All Chapters of SSS: THE LAST ANTIDOTE : Chapter 71
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chapter 69
The cleanup took a while, but soon the hall was silent and clean, as if Dr. Pazzo and Dr. Schneider had never been there. Nella and Frank waited through another four days of the same routine, blood tests, meals and new hospital clothes. At last a doctor in normal scrubs walked up to them. "Where's your mask?" Frank asked. The doctor grinned."Don't need it. Will you open the door Dan?"The soldier appeared and Nella was mildly surprised to see his face. He was middle aged and a great scar raked across his face and neck. He opened Frank's cell first."Dan? It was you?" Frank shook his hand and the larger man pulled him into a hug. Frank looked over at Nella. "Thank you for- for everything.""I'm sorry I didn't say anything, but if I'd had to shoot you-" the soldier swiped at his eyes. He walked over to Nella's door. "I told Frank he should be more social and that he didn't need to hide you away." He swung the glass door open. "Yet here we are, meeting for the first time. Sort of." He s
chapter 70
Sevita and Christine drove her to the docks to meet Frank. Nella had the windows open, enjoying the first fresh air she'd breathed in months. The day was warm and bright and more people than normal wandered the streets on errands. Sevita drove slowly, afraid to hit anyone and unwilling to part with Nella any earlier than she had to. When they puttered past Dr. Carton's mansion, Nella sat up. The house was dark, as it had been when they had snuck in, but the front door was hanging open as well."Sevita, did Dr. Carton move?" Nella asked.Sevita glanced back at her in the mirror. "Ms. Jacobsen and I decided he would be better off with someone to take care of him. I know that's your area Nella, but you were so wrapped up in this whole mess- he had a stroke. For now he's at the prison, just because the medical care there is better than the hospital's. He'll go with Ann to Harbor House when she goes."Nella nodded and let Dr. Carton and the mansion drop out of her thoughts as it disappeare