Chapter 26“Ms. Brower,” Doctor Conley tapped his knuckle on the glass of a one-way mirror. “Might I ask why you ordered Private Ford to disregard my orders?”
The nurse crossed her arms in front of her chest and leaned a cool shoulder against the wall. “What orders might that be, Doctor?”
“I specifically instructed him to insert Allison into the general population. Imagine my surprise to find her in here. Alone.”
“I just thought we should err on the side of caution, sir. We had no way of knowing what she might morph into. Say she changed into a diurnal carnivore. A bear, for instance. The last thing we need is an out-of-control beast ripping through all the prisoners while they slept.”
“You let your imagination run away with you.”
“Perhaps so. I thought it better she was confined until
