The disappearance of the hand was discovered the next day when Carlos went to the lab. He might have been enthralled by the unexpected arrival of his lover, but he was a scientist first and foremost, and he’d wanted to reexamine that specimen.
Carlos glared at Sam, but he simply shrugged. “I had nothing to do with it.”
I did my best to convey my concern, but no one paid much attention to me.
“Fortunately, samples have already been obtained, my friends,” Carlos remarked.
“What do you think happened to that thing?” I asked him, knowing I had to offer some degree of curiosity.
“Ah, it was probably disposed of by some overzealous lab assistant, no doubt, who thought we were finished with it. Not much was left of it. And so we shall inform Dr. Perez.”
“Will he demand the assistant be fire
