Chapter 9

"News reports confirm that all field doctors recruited from abroad have now arrived at the front lines, including one who is blind in one eye. Though she can only see with one eye, her medical skills are said to be extraordinary…" It was yet another news report of the war zone. Hayden closed the door to his room. He had heard one too many of such reports in recent days. Even in the hospital, groups of young nurses whispered about a supposedly very touching love story of a doctor going to the frontlines because of her boyfriend. Hayden wondered how that could be called love. If the guy loved that doctor, how could he have let her go to such a dangerous place? What kind of a man was that? But as he thought about that, his mind drifted back to Jacqueline yet again. Where had she gone? A sudden sense of unease hit him. He grabbed his phone and sent Fabian a message, "Find out where Jacqueline went." But just before he could hit send, the door was pushed open. Penelope came in with