Chapter19: Back At Work

Chapter 19: Back At Work XENOIS The doctor's clearance of my injuries felt like both a relief and a burden as I folded the medical release papers and slipped them into my jacket pocket.  After days of being confined to the hospital and the house, the thought of returning to work should have made me happy. Instead, I felt dread of the unknown settling in my stomach. "Ready, sir?" Dmitri asked as he held open the passenger door of the black SUV. I nodded my head and slid into the seat, as he closed the door behind me. Then got in the driver seat and soon enough I was watching as our estate disappeared behind us.  The drive into the city gave me enough time to think, though my thoughts kept going back to yesterday's conversation with Sophia and the pregnancy test she'd left on the restaurant table. "Fill me in on what I've missed," I said, needing to keep myself distracted from wandering to more complicated matters that I had no solutions to. Dmitri glanced at me through the rearview mirr