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"Great Take care of yourself," Stephanie said

"You, too, dear You, too And Stephanie!"

"Yes"

"Thank you"

"For what?"

"I heard that the shoere brilliant, that the audience nearly rolled on the floor with laughter"

"Thanks We hope to bring it all back ’Bye, then"

"Ciao"

When Drew returned to the hospital, he was startled to see the police car in front When he entered, half the staff in the reception area was talking excitedly, angrily, and gesturing wildly to emphasize their words over those of others

He stared blankly at the chaos for a minute The older police firmly, and everyone fell silent

The pretty nurse he had roup He made his way around to her and whispered, "What’s happened?"

"Our blood was stolen"

"What?"

She sighed deeply "I went to our supply roos, and of course, our blood supply, which are always ot there, all our blood had been stolen! Dr Antinella is very angry He thinks it ht have been a very mean prank, and he wants our police chief to round up all the teenagers in town and get a confession" She turned to Drew, her large, dark eyes somber "It’s really very serious You kno our supplies are--you gave type O for your friend last night Noe have no A, B, or AB It’s all gone"

"That’s terrible!"

"Yes"

"But… soot into the rooot out--without being seen?" Drew said, somewhat incredulous

"I’m afraid that’s what happened," the nurse told hied to get the rest of them to stay silent Dr

Antinella spoke quietly and cal, he looked very weary and disgusted

"Our chief is saying," the nurse explained to Drew, "that he will speak with everyone working here, one by one And he wants the roo the cri town to come back They were already here, you know, for quite so the area where poor Maria Britto had been buried up in the hills"

"I know," Drew erprints, a shoe print… so that will help them But, aren’t supplies like that locked up?"

"That’s why everyone is so upset Yes, of course, they were locked up Dr Antinella has a key, the superintendent has a key, and the head nurse has a key They all swear that their keys were in their possession at all times But the room was not broken into So… soravity of her words, she smiled suddenly "My name is Antoinette, by the way"

"Antoinette," Drew said "That’s a beautiful naain, because Merc was talking "He will use the superintendent’s office and speak with everyone there None of us is to leave the hospital" She sighed

"And to happen today!"

"Why today in particular?" Drew asked

"Why, they are burying Maria Britto today It is such a sad occasion And word is all over town that an arht, at the resort, on aactress Now, this… everyone is edgy, and excited And afraid," she added softly She turned back to him "Well, it is a pleasure to know you I’ll be called soon enough You must excusecold," she finished, indicating the bag Drew carried

He had cohetti The concept of "to go" was not really recognized here

Now, the food was indeed getting cold, and his sense of things going right was definitely flying out theStrange, he’d finallyaround hiht to hell