Natalie's eyes lit up as she, too, concurred on the point made.

“I've spoken for long enough, madam, so I shan't continue to impose. I shall take my leave now.” Looking at the time, Mrs. Wilson realized how late it was and decided against continuing the conversation.

Smiling, Natalie passed the now empty glass back along. “All right. Take care, and do rest up soon, Mrs. Wilson.”

“Will do.” Mrs. Wilson then exited with a genial laugh.

At the Stanford Hospital, Silas was already waiting at the entrance by the time Shane arrived and quickly came down the steps as soon as he saw the car turn in. “Mr. Shane,” he greeted.

“Where's Jackson?” asked Shane as he tossed him the keys.

Silas followed behind as he entered the hospital. “Dr. Baker's at the morgue.”

“How long has he been there?” asked Shane with a squint.

Silas considered it before he replied, “Almost half an hour. I got here about half an hour ago and inquired with the person in charge. Dr. Baker had only arrived a few minutes before I did.”

from the police coroner and the person working there, few who were at the morgue to view the body of the deceased were allowed to

of the deceased, and secondly, because the morgue was cold enough to the

when he heard how long Jackson had been

the outside. He was unable to hear anything happening within, regardless. Thus, his

The guards nodded in acknowledgment before they pushed their way past

to abide by Shane's orders, hence, they would abide by

heard from behind the doors in the form of Jackson's angry roar. “Get your hands off me! Let go of me this instant! I'm

listened to

after, Jackson was escorted out by the security guards,

immediately collapsed limply on

was astounded. “What happened to

lips pursed into a slit. “Your

themselves. “Dr. Baker has stayed inside the morgue for too long. When we found him, he was already sitting on the floor by the freezer like that. His legs must have gone numb from the

see,” Silas replied,

thought for a moment that something else inconceivable had happened

are people passing on in the hospital every day so we'd get family members coming into the morgue just as often. That's why we encounter this sort of situation quite a

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