Chapter 8
Thursday
Thirty minutes later, a somber Nathan, Lizzie, Hank, and Annie sat and waited in a small room adjacent to the surgical suites at Baylor University Medical Center.
It didn’t escape Lizzie’s notice that Hank deliberately chose the seat furthest from Annie and completely ignored her.
Lizzie’s eyes narrowed as she glared at him.
I don’t care what’s going on. No excuse for him to be an ass to her like this...
The sound of footsteps echoing across the tiles broke her train of thought, and along with the others she too looked up in anticipation – but it was their director, not a surgeon with an update as they’d hoped.
“Any word?” their boss asked as he joined them, taking the empty seat to Nathan’s right.
“None so far,” Nathan managed before he closed his eyes and rubbe
