"Thanks again for all the information," Ben said as he and Annie stood and shook hands with Dr. Marshall, Dr. Maunrey, and Dr. Howerton.
"Good luck," Maunrey told them sincerely. "And let us know how it turns out."
They were walking down the stairs to the ground floor when Annie's phone chimed. She paused, scanned the message, then read it aloud to Ben.
We're going to have another call in twenty minutes to talk more about what we just learned. I'll call and connect you in - N.
"Yep, he's furious," was Ben's immediate comment. "I feel really sorry for whoever he gets hold of at the health department."
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Technically, Nathan could have assembled his team for the call right away.
But I need to fill Steve in, and I also need some time to try and calm down some. This could have
