“I know this must be a shock to you,” Nathan told Abby and Miriam gently. “Take your time.”
Paula’s co-workers were with Nathan in Dr. Brindler’s conference room on the top floor of the professional building. They’d been summoned by the Chief of Surgery personally and had been extremely confused as to why.
Then Nathan began to speak about the reason for the meeting, and confusion had turned to complete shock.
“Wow,” Miriam said. “That just can’t be right. I mean, Paula ran over a squirrel once as she was coming into work. She was devastated. That type of person couldn’t possibly kill others. I don’t see it,” she finished, shaking her head.
Abby was extremely pale and quiet. She nervously fidgeted with the buttons on her jacket.
“Abby, what do you know that we don’t?” Brindler asked he
