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“She got a nasty concussion when she slammed her head into the concrete roof of that fort She’d probably be brain-daed or dead without the helmet As it is, she’ll need weeks or months to recover”

Juan crossed his arainst the counter next to Julia

“I thought we had such a good plan for getting them out safely,” he said

“Don’t beat yourself up,” Julia said “This is a dangerous business We all understood that e signed up”

“But this time, it wasn’t bad luck We screwed up Did you find out what happened to Linda, Gomez, and Murph on the Gator?”

She looked puzzled and shook her head “I did a full work-up on all of the unusual The tox screen caative for chemicals in their systems Other than Linda’s injuries, there weren’t any residual effects”

“What could cause them to lose their minds like that?”

“You know I hate saying that I’ like this I’ll do a deeper search of the et a little sleep”

The sound of creaking crutches preceded Hali’s tottering into the medical bay

“I heard everything ell,” Julia said to him

She had found an orthopedic specialist in Vitória as renowned for his expertise in laparoscopic ACL repair

“Only took an hour,” Hali said “Did you know that doctor does the knee surgeries for all the famous soccer players here in Brazil?”

Julia nodded “He studied at Harvard Med with et you in so fast”

Hali s scissors kicks again in no time”

“Why don’t you go into exam room one, and I’ll take a look at the incision in a minute”