CHAPTER 45
The rest of that day and most of the next were a mix of excruciating boredom and the anticipation that the next time a guard appeared they’d be accompanied by some US law-enforcement agency come to arrest her. It didn’t happen. Likely Cassidy still believed she’d be of use to him and didn’t want to give away any of his cards.
As she was finishing her lunch on the second day, she encountered Doctor Mendez again. He didn’t smile.
“What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with Michael?”
“Wrong? I’m not sure how you define that.”
“Has something happened to him? Is he still all right?”
“He’s healthy. Oh, yes. In fact, I’ve never studied anyone healthier.” He gave her a strange look.
“It wasn’t supposed to be a trick question.”
“Michael Hart has better blood chemistry, cholester
