OK? We’ll start tomorrow with hospital rounds. I’ll pick you up shortly after six and we’ll get something to eat at the hospital. I’ll see you... in the morning. Hospital rounds went smoothly, with nothing out of the ordinary. The doctor saw six patients, five of them over sixty, and the sixth was a cesarean section birth with the operation a success. Both baby and mother were doing just fine. Joe was just a little surprised at the way Dr. Balkema had run his hands over the swollen belly of the. " As he continued to talk, her mind raced and she barely heard what he said. She wondered silently, "How could Dave say he loved me more than I loved him? I love him more than anyone. More than Mark? Yes, even more than Mark. But I do love Mark and can't simply dump him after two wonderful years."Lost in thought, she heard him make some sort of apology but wasn't really focused until he said, "Have a good life with Mark. Goodbye, Jennifer."His words sounded so final and she watched a tear run. In the distance, I saw a very thick and sturdy chopped down tree, and without hesitation, told myself that that would be a nice place to rest for a bit. Every tree in the woods seem to stem up in such a way that I could easily mistaken them as stick-like monsters. When we get there, we set all of our things down, and made ourselves comfy. It was so cold, I could feel chilling needles poking around inside my toes. My jacket was ripped and loose, and I was at the breaking point... That is,. I couldn’t help but gasp, watching as blood seeped down the alien’s cheek where Raz had sliced her open.She yielded, cowering, raising her shredded sleeves in a gesture of submission. Raz paused, a clawed hand poised for another strike, and then she backed off. The fight had been fast and brutal, no wonder Raz had been so casual about the knife wounds that the Bug had inflicted upon her if this was how they resolved their disagreements.She let her defeated adversary rise to her feet, her head.