POV: Yessica | Location: Edinburgh
"What kind of something else?" Yessica said.
"Dr. Gillies would prefer to explain in person." The nurse's voice was professionally careful. The specific carefulness of someone who had been told not to give information over the phone. "She's available at two o'clock this afternoon. Can you come?"
"Yes," Yessica said. "I'll be there."
She ended the call.
Stood in the back room of the bookshop with Agnes watching her face.
"Medical," Agnes said.
"Blood results. Something flagged in the secondary panel." Yessica kept her voice even. "She wants me in at two."
Agnes didn't fill the silence with reassurance. That was why Yessica trusted her — she never performed calm she didn't feel, and she never weaponized the truth before it was confirmed.
"I'll come
