Paul knew if none of them spoke, they’d just be staring at each other the whole afternoon. So he opened his mouth to say something, anything, but she still beat him to it. “I found Jimmy’s body and the dog’s behind the receptionist’s desk,” she said. “You don’t mind sitting down, Paul? My neck’s…” “Oh! Sure! No problem!” Paul stuttered, lowering himself on the ground and then moving sideways so he’d get more of the sun as it traveled west towards the sunset. “So, you’ve checked him and the dog?” Judith nodded. “I took some specimens from both then had their bodies disposed of in the furnaces. Luckily, during the clean-up, I found the syringe and the vials Jimmy used to inject tainted viral inoculum.” She handed him a tablet with photographs of the vials and something that reminded him o

