Brain Eater (4)

So the coffee someone had left behind was being drunk—that was the poor woman's last little comfort after all she'd been through?

Loretta's delight couldn't help but make Fu Qian sigh inwardly.

Now came the problem. Whether the sedative would even work on this patient, who was clearly at the end of her rope, was one thing. Kelly was worried she'd snap and hurt someone?

That doctor was getting stranger by the minute!

"So when did you come here?"

Before Fu Qian could say anything, Loretta asked first.

"Three minutes short of two hours."

Fu Qian glanced at the clock on the wall and gave her the precise time.

The odds of this scene happening in the real world were practically zero, so there was no need to make up a lie just to make Loretta feel better.

"Even longer than I have..."

Sure enough, a trace of sympathy appeared in Loretta's eyes. She clearly hadn't forgotten that Fu Qian had once said they were patients of the same kind.

"So you just got here?"

Loretta's words sounded off, to say the least. Fu Qian looked around.

Why did other people get to be self-employed while he had to work for someone else?

"I think so, though I've been getting more and more sluggish lately. I must have been sitting here for ages before I remembered to look for the coffee pot."

Loretta stared blankly outside and murmured.

Things were getting more and more complicated. Fu Qian waved the list in his hand.

Loretta probably wasn't lying on purpose. Which meant Kelly had completely made up the claim that Loretta had missed her appointments.

The biggest question was, Loretta had only just arrived. How did Kelly know she was here?

"Have you seen Kelly Randa recently?"

Fu Qian decided to