69 Judith At Rest
“Oh!” Judith exclaimed loudly when she dropped the scalpel to the floor. She retracted her foot out of the way before the blade could stab through her shoe guards. Her assistant, Victor, quickly stepped over to her station and looked at her questioningly. When he saw the dropped scalpel, he said gently, “Judith, you should take the day off to rest. Really.” Judith began to shake her head to reject the idea and the plea but stopped. She sighed and leaned on the station table with one hand. It has been many days since Paul and Rahu left to check on the towns and Balford City for expansion. She would be lying if she said she did not worry about them, particularly for Paul, almost every waking moment. It was ridiculous and the old Judith Merkel would have laughed and sneered at her now, la
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