Ships And Stings And Wedding Rings - Plot & Excerpts
You do. So when Grey, Bashford, Cox, and Gallaccio stepped out of their pod, one look was all I needed to see that something had happened. I stood quietly while they were ushered off to Sick Bay for the statutory check-up, waited for everyone else to disappear, and then followed on behind. ‘Why are you here?’ said Nurse Hunter to me, ushering Bashford into an examination room. ‘Is everything all right?’ ‘Absolutely fine,’ I said. ‘Why shouldn’t it be?’ ‘You’re here voluntarily, that’s why.’ ‘I’m just checking up on my people. They’ve returned from a vital and important assignment and I want to debrief them as soon as possible.’ She consulted her scratchpad. ‘Are you sure? They’ve only been checking out shipbuilding in … Ancient Egypt.’ ‘Quite sure,’ I said firmly. ‘Where’s Grey?’ She nodded in the direction of the women’s ward. Elspeth Grey was sitting in the window seat, staring at the snow falling silently outside. She turned her head as I entered and I knew I was right.
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