Chương 17: Secret Cabin

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It was already midnight in ing. Hayden was still awake, he found it difficult to sleep. He felt strange. He knew she was familiar with. He had not been able to get her last name perhaps that would have aided his research. He searched through his social media accounts typing the name Chloe, after surfing through all the results that popped up from his search he found nothing, he was already pretty much exhausted. He couldn't get his mind off her.

"Whoever she is, she sure is damn pretty," he thought to himself

He had prepared yam pottage when he returned from the grocery store and had been on his laptop for about 3 hours afterwards. He needed to select the right time to strike.

Hence, he spent most of his time making adequate preparations which included purchasing a cabin, about 300 miles south of Ravensburg. He had secretly bought the house under an alibi.

It couldn't be traced to him. After checking his secret lab downstairs decided to catch some sleep. He had to resume work at 8:00 am and the last thing he wanted to be was late.

He had to clinic hours and was sure there was a surgery scheduled for tomorrow.

The 7:00 am alarm had woken up Hayden, he stepped out of bed immediately and went to his bathroom to wash up. He brushed his teeth for about 2 mins after arranging the suit he was wearing to work.

After taking a hot bath he felt relaxed. He brought out a black coloured suit with a lemon green shirt, black tie with a matching black belt and laid it on his bed. He wore a white coloured inner vest and blue coloured boxers. He decided to have a quick breakfast before putting on his work clothes.

He went downstairs unsure of what to have for breakfast.

He looked around and noticed he hadn't touched the grocery bag he brought back the previous day. He searched through and saw the can of oats he bought.

He remembered the small scene that occurred at the mall

"Chloe" he whispered underneath his breath

He quickly switched on his gas placing a small pot on it after adding 2 glass of water to it.

He was never late for work, and he wasn't going to start today.

He walked past his living room to the hidden laboratory he had there. He gave the lab dogs the usual concentration of substance X. He knew this dose was perfect. He had already lost 15 dogs out of 20 and the remaining 5 that we're on 20mg of the substance were exhibiting the signs he wanted to see before their subsequent death.

He rushed back to the kitchen to make his oat and munched the whole bowl.

He went upstairs and slid into his work clothes. He pulled out an Italian made black shoe from his closet and wore it.

His outfits were quite expensive but he kept it simple. one would never have guessed he was casually wearing a 5000 dollars worth of shoe to work.

He took his backpack and strolled to his garage he ignited his car and drove off to work.

The hospital was in its usual state on Monday mornings.

Patients were there to take their routine ned for the chronic illnesses they had, like hypertension, diabetes, or even cancer.

Depending on what they were suffering from they had different doctors to see.

He was on clinic duty today from 8:00 to 10:00 am.

He had gotten to work at 7:55 he went to the doctors closet to get his lab coat.

The clinic for outpatients was located on the ground floor of the hospital, he walked briskly towards the door labelled OPD 1.

"Good morning Dr Harland" a pretty young nurse greeted with a bright smile

"Good morning" he replied almost immediately no taking even a second glance at her

"What is wrong with him? So much negative energy" the nurse reasoned as she walked to her station.

That was Hayden, he wasn't readily interested in conversations with people. That was something a lot of his colleagues had gotten used to already.

Once you understood him, you won't be mad if he gave sparing replies or didn't return a nice gesture you offered him.

He hated clinic hours because it meant he'd have to spend more time with patients. He stood in front of the door and called the first patient in,

"Miss Gina Wright, please come in." A slender curvy blonde hair young lady stood up from the waiting area and walked towards him. He reminded her of Stephanie. She was probably in her early 20's.

"Please have a seat ma'am," he said while looking at her file,

"When did the pain start?"

"About a week ago"

"And what did you do about it?" He asked raising his brows slightly. Judging by what was the lady's file he had his suspicion as to what might be wrong with her.

"Okay" he simply said

"What's wrong?" She asked with an eerie look on her face.

"Do you have more than one sexual partners?"

'Erm No... I don't " she stammered still sounding defensive.

Hayden knew she was lying. What he didn't understand was why she needed to lie, "what was she hiding?"

He handed her a test container, please go into the restroom said to point the door at the right side of the examination room.

Fill this with your urine, we will be carrying out a urine test for you to check if your lower abdominal pain was caused by pelvic Inflammatory disease. Okay

She went in and brought out the container filled with urine.

"Please lie down, flat and raise your clothes I want to run a quick abdominal scan. He observed her for a while and lastly, drew blood for further tests.

You can wait in the cafeteria or the waiting area. The results will be ready in an hour. He said casually. He knew she had something to hide and whatever it was, he was going to find out soon. He brought out his note pad from his pocket and wrote down her name and starred it, Gina Wright.