Mia. She opens her mouth and one word falls out. “… Gwen?”
Time slows to a crawl.
I can’t believe my eyes. Can’t make sense of the reality in front of me.
That’s Prizrak’s boss. The realization tries to sink in, but keeps clashing with another truth. One I can’t reconcile with thewoman in camo.
Because she’s my boss, too.
Her name slips out of me. In the eerie silence the parking lot has fallen into, it rings out like a gunshot. “… Gwen?”
She turns to me. “Nurse Winters,” she greets with a hint of a smile. It’s the first smile I’ve ever seen on her face. It makes myblood curdle. “What a coincidence. I don’t suppose you’ll give me two weeks to replace you after this, will you?”
A million questions crowd my mind, but only one makes it out. “Why?” I ask with a broke
