Chapter 9
I slid the door to the meeting room aside, adjusting my hastily-retrieved jacket.
The message had said, Meeting room 653, 10.30 hours. Standard uniform.
My standard uniform wasn't something I wore regularly in the hospital, so I had to run back to my cabin to get it, all the way wondering what was going on, and why Dr Spencer hadn't come into work yet.
Carla Avery was in the room, as well as two top brass officers I recognised as Commander Ehrlich, Carla Avery's superior, and Captain Josephine Mayfair. At seeing her, my heart jumped. I had never spoken to her in person. She was one of the upper military officers who hung out on the flight deck, where medical grunts like myself weren't allowed.
Dr Spencer wasn't there.
That didn't do much for my nerves.
"Sit down please, Li
