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Dr. Brook opened the sterile covering and removed the needle. She took a deep breath and let it out, then carefully inserted the sharp point of the needle through Katherine’s skin. She watched the image of the needle on the ultrasound display as she slowly pressed it onward through the breast toward the mass. Once she had successfully guided the needle into the right spot, she began to slowly extract a sample of breast tissue. She flicked a glance at Katherine’s face and noted that she still had the mask covering her eyes. After drawing the sample, she slowly withdrew the needle and gave the
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“Yes, Dr. Brook.” The nurse hurried out of the room. Dr. Brook placed a bandage over the site of injection. “You can open your eyes now, Kat.” Katherine removed the sleep mask, opened her eyes and looked around. She hadn’t seen the frightening needle and, she had to admit, she had not really wanted to. “Is everything okay?”
“Yes, the procedure went well. Now we just wait for the lab results and hope that everything turns out fine.” Katherine looked at the ultrasound display. “While you have...
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“It’s okay. At first we wanted it to be a surprise, but our curiosity just kept growing along with the baby.” Katherine smiled as she looked at the ultrasound image. “Hello, Baby Rachel. Mommy loves you, sweetie.”
Dr. Rachel Brook felt a lump in her throat, but made an effort to keep her composure. She knew there was a chance the baby might have to go through cancer treatments along with her mother, and felt like her heart was being squeezed under a weight.
Katherine gazed with love at the ultrasound image. After all these years of trying, she was finally going to have a child. She had tears in her eyes, but she was smiling as she took a picture of the ultrasound with her phone and sent it to her husba...
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Dr. Brook removed the ultrasound device from Katherine’s belly. The imaging had been recorded as a video and she set it to replay again and again so Katherine could watch it. She patted Katherine’s arm and went out into the hallway to check on other patients. She was thankful that the test had gone well, but they still ...
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Easton raced toward the hospital with the lights flashing from under the front grill. Jake didn’t say anything as they traveled through the streets of San Francisco. His mind was focused on killing Ivan Zhukov. They arrived at their destination and turned onto the street where the hospital was located.
Greene asked Jake, “Now that we’re here, what’s your plan?” “To improvise.” “That’s it?” “Pretty much.” “Great plan.” “The plan is we go into the hospital, search for Zhukov, and if we find him we kill him,” Jake said. “We don’t try to capture him?”
The SUV pulled up in front of the hospital and was quickly surrounded by armed Secret Service agents. Easton showed his credentials. “Agent McKay was going to call and inform you about our arrival.”
