“What’s the matter, Dr. Jarvis?”
Colby had just fallen asleep when he was jolted awake by Roxanne’s call. When he glimpsed the caller ID, he immediately answered the call.
Hearing his voice, Roxanne furtively breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn’t the time to exchange pleasantries with him, so she cut to the chase. “If it isn’t too much trouble, can you make a trip to the research institute right now?”
At that, Colby sat up from the bed. “Is there anything important?”
While saying that, he had already started changing without waiting for her reply.
He knew that there must be something crucial that she was calling at that hour, but he wanted to know the specifics.
Roxanne glanced at the three children in the room, her voice grave. “I have kids here who developed an allergic reaction d
