One week later, Leo Reyes returned to St. Raphael Medical Center with sunglasses, a baseball cap, two security guards, one irritated manager, and the expression of a man who had been forced to behave for seven consecutive days.
Maya saw him before he saw her.
He was sitting in the outpatient surgery clinic, long legs stretched carefully in front of him, one hand resting near his abdomen as if he did not want anyone to notice he was still moving cautiously. His disguise was useless. The sunglasses were expensive, the cap was pulled low, and he still looked exactly like Leo Reyes pretending not to be Leo Reyes.
A nurse walked past him twice with no medical reason.
Leo smiled at her both times.
Maya looked down at his chart.
Post-operative day seven. Laparoscopic appendectomy. No report
