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In the cafeteria—which was little more than a coffee station and a cooler with premade sandwiches—they sat at a table in the corner and scanned the lab work.
“Why are you here for only five days?” she asked. “Where are you off to next?”
“There’s an odd rash of polyneuropathy cases in Barrow, so I need to spend a bit longer there.”
“I’ve never been to Barrow. Actually, it’s Utqiaġvik now, did you know?” And that was another hint—not that he’d get it. If he requested her help in Barrow—Utqiaġvik—she could probably get permission to travel with him. The hospital staff bent over backwards for Ian.
“Hmm. Take a look at this here.” He directed her attention to the electrolyte levels on the scan, and that was the end of that topic. Damn it. Why was he so blind to all of her efforts to furt
