Chapter 9 - Poisoned? (1/2)

”Halia...Halia...”

Halia snapped back to reality and looked at the confused head nurse. ”Sorry, my mind just wandered off for a second,” she explained.

What was that vision? It felt so real. Was that Sara's memory? Did Sara have an admirer? Did that happen recently?

Halia had so many questions, but one thing was for sure, the killer wasn't Dr. Roberts. She only had two things that she knew for certain about the killer: the laugh she heard belonged to a man and the eyes she saw were dark brown. Dr. Roberts eyes were far from brown!

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After a long day at work, Halia left work and drove to a restaurant about 20 minutes away. It was a busy restaurant, but it was far enough for her to not run into any familiar people (or so she thought). She then sat down at a booth which had its back against another booth. There was already a man sitting on the one behind her. She was here to give a report for the day.

”Any findings today?” the man asked without turning around.

”Yes,” Halia replied as she took a quick glance at the man. It was Dr. Ren. Why was he here? Shouldn't they have gotten her a proper handler or something?

”What are you doing here?” Halia asked under her breath.

”There are only 8 people that know about your mission at the moment: me, the police chief, Dr. Li and 5 assistants that helped with your surgery.”

”The police chief couldn't come because he's been appearing at press conferences regarding this case, so he thought it might blow your cover. As for Dr. Li, he's in the middle of running a test, so he couldn't step away,” Dr. Ren explained.

”In the end, I offered to come, since you don't know the other assistants.”

”The chicken pesto pasta is really good here,” Dr. Ren suggested.

Halia sighed and ordered the chicken pesto pasta from the waiter. She then slipped a piece of paper to Dr. Ren.

”I've compiled a list of suspects. There are 6 on there,” she explained.

”Did you experience any more memories?” Dr. Ren asked.

”It appears as though someone confessed to Sara at an aquarium. Can you ask the police chief if he knows anything about it? I'm not sure if it's related to the case, but my instincts tell me it is.”