Chapter 66

Fortunately, Hillary reacted quickly. She calmly greeted her colleague and joked, "You had better not go tattling to the boss later that I've ditched work to slack off, Holmes. You'd be killing me!" "Slack off?" Mr. Holmes continued, "I thought you were out meeting a client, too." Hillary was calm when she explained, "They're my friends. She injured her foot, and since she happened to be near our office today, we decided to meet. Otherwise, we'd never find the time." Steve's gaze still held a trace of suspicion, but he seemed pressed for time. He told Mr. Holmes, "We've got 30 minutes. We'll make it if we head over now." Mr. Holmes seemed to defer to him and immediately followed after. Even after they left, my heart kept pounding, and my palms were slick with cold sweat. Worried, Juliet asked, "Do you think Steve noticed something? That look he gave us is truly terrifying!" I took a deep breath and said, "If he did, so be it. The cardiopulmonary support device would go on the ma