“Wait, have you seen Carl? Is that what he’s doing here?”
Dominic shook his head sadly. He looked so tired. “I don’t know. I didn’t have time to check on him before everything else exploded. I mean ...” He cleared his throat. “Well, you know what I mean.” His pager beeped, and he frowned at the screen. “I hate to do this to you, but I need to hit the ground running again. There’s going to be some very scared people in the ER, and I’ve got to be there for them. I just couldn’t stand the thought of you being in harm’s way.”
“What about my friends?”
He frowned. “I told them to find you and Willow and bring you both back here, but the message must have gotten garbled. We’re going to do everything we can. Right now, we don’t know if there’s a genuine threat or not. I just want you to stay he
