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For the first time, Dr Banks looked unsure "You knew Dr Cale was Nathan’s mother"

"Because you told me she was" I shook o The last time I was here, Chave tried to kill me, and you locked me in a little room in the base Do you really think I’d be here now if there was soht now" I didn’t have to force tears to well up into the surface "I didn’t coainst you I had an accident, and now you’re acting like you’ve only been nice to ht you were different froht you cared"

That last part was a lie, but it cah on the heels of the truth that he didn’t appear to notice the difference His face fell, and he rose fro for me "Sally, I’m so sorry I didn’t mean it like that Please, I never wanted you to think of yourself as just a tool…"

I shied away fro in earnest It see to talk to him I didn’t knohat else there was to say, and his words were still careening s to knock loose I had an accident Sally Mitchell had an accident Or did she? After all, the girl she left behind was never going to tell anyone any different The girl she left behind wasn’t going to tell anyone anything at all about the last otten so I wasn’t ready to re Joyce was sick Myto lie to ht it would help hi sickness Even Dr Banks was saying it had never been about et to the secrets he thought he ht be able to weasel out of my father

"Sally, I’ away my tears as I looked at him He looked back, hands spread in surrender

"What do you wantis ever as simple as you want it to be Sy to let us be if it meant you didn’t have to trust people eren’t always as comfortable as the ones you’d chosen to surround yourself with No one has only your best interests at heart Not me, not your parents… and not Dr Cale Whether you’ve met her or not, you should keep that in oing to find you, Sally She’s not the good toto solve all of your problems with a wave of her hand and a cup of hot cocoa You’re sh to know better than that People like us… we don’t get easy answers like that"

"Did you cause my accident?" I asked in a very small voice

"No, Sally SymboGen has never caused you to have an accident" Dr Banks sighed "What can I do to convince you that we’re on the same side?"

The thumb drive with the stolen data Dr Cale needed was safe in ainst my hip "Can I… this is silly, I know, but can I have an ultrasound?"

Noas Dr Banks’s turn to look confused "You want an ultrasound?"

"So to sleep I haven’t slept much since I found out Joyce was sick I can’t But I always sleep in the gel ultrasound cha to ask, but…"

Confusion"No, it’s no trouble at all I’ll call down to Dr Sanjiv and Dr McGillis, and let the for us to have et to rest for a little while, that’s even better"

"Thank you" I wiped ain "I hate to impose"

"After the week you’ve had, I think a little ihtened, back on fa to sub to pay for the the process was just a bonus, soe of only if necessary

He was probably going to find it necessary I would have been worried about that, if I’d had any intention of actually getting into the ultrasound edmyself to shelter it, and not my pocket, froht sternly Focus on the backpack

It seeet his hands on ain His eyes, when they weren’t onits motion across the office "Do you mind if I walk you down?" he asked "I don’t have a new personal assistant yet, and I’d hate to think of you getting lost on your way to the lab"

Even with as many times as I had been down there, it was a reasonable concern: I’d never made the trip without Shersmile "I’d appreciate the company"