MARIA
His sure strides slowed to a stop when he saw her. If not for the light in the hallway, she would not have been able to see his expression and she thanked the gods for it.
His expression was one of...confusion?
A cross between confusion and surprise, actually.
"What are you doing here?" The words were hard but he sounded genuinely curious like he wasn't trying to be mean, so she tried not to let them sting.
"I..." She shook her head, swallowed and tried again. "I just want to know how he's doing. I saw... I saw the physician leave some while back—at least I think he is a physician—and I... well..." She stumbled all over her words as Corey just kept staring at her, his expression smoothened into a blank mask that unnerved Maria. "I wanted to know if he's okay."
"Ho
