ALEXANDER Nearly an hour had passed since I called Dr. Adams. I had tried to distract myself with work while I waited for her, but it hadn't gone particularly well. I had gone through the same report twice without realizing it, and every attempt to focus eventually brought my thoughts back to what had happened outside. Whatever this was, I needed an explanation soon. Or at the very least, I needed to rule out the obvious. Normally, I wouldn't be bothered by something like this, but I had witnessed a lot of things that seemed small turn into something serious and out of the ordinary. So maybe I was being paranoid, but I had a good reason to be. When another ten minutes passed without a knock on my office door, I decided to go downstairs instead. Perhaps she had arrived and someone ha

