Chapter 528 Are You Afraid?


    At noon, Anna went back to her office for a break after finishing her shift. Soon, Patrick appeared at the


    door, asking, “Mrs. Wright, may |e in?”


    Anna nced at him and replied, “You’ve already entered my office before I can answer you. What


    happened?”


    “I finished the poster you asked me to work on this morning. | printed the first draft, as well as some


    flyers. I’ll make some changes if you find anything wrong with it,” Patrick raised the stack of papers in


    his hand and said.


    “Take a seat,” Anna said, pointing to the seat beside her. Patrick, you can be rude sometimes, but I got


    to admit that you’re a hardworking guy as you never failed to finish the tasksssigned you. Anna


    thought to herself.


    Taking a look at the posters, Anna said, “Great! You canter post them on the bulletin board. Send the


    flyers to your coworkers and collect the list as soon as possible.”


    “This is just a first draft. Don’t you want to make some changes to that?” Confused, Patrick asked.


    “That’s not necessary. Besides, you did an excellent job. Those who want to go will sign up, while those


    who don’t will not, regardless of how good your flyers are. Tomorrow afternoon, the dean will tell


    everyone about this at the pep rally.”


    Standing there silently, Patrick opened his mouth a few times but


    eventually shut it. As sharp as Anna was, she knew what Patrick was 527 Are You Afraid? — thinking,


    Then she dropped the posters in her hand, saying, “You can go there with Nancy if you want. I’ll speak


    with her about itter.”


    “That… That’s not what | meant,” Patrick said after a brief pause, “I came here to apologize to you,


    Mrs. Wright. I’m so sorry! | shouldn’t have said those words to you in the morning. Dr. Moore told me


    you hadn’t taken a vacation in a long time and you have been so preupied that you


    didn’t even have much time to spend with your family. Again, | sincerely apologize for what | said to


    you. | shouldn’t have judged you like that.”


    “It’s okay,” Anna nodded, “I didn’t take it personally.’’


    “How about | take you out to lunch, Mrs. Wright? There’s a new Spanish restaurant nearby, and my


    friends say the food there is excellent.*’


    “No, thank you. I’ve got ns for noon.”


    “Are you still upset with me?” Patrick didn’t leave, as if he needed Anna to forgive him badly.


    After a brief pause, Anna said, “Okay. I’ll take you somewhereter”


    “Sure!”


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    “Don’t you even want to ask where I’m taking you before answering me? Aren’t you worried I’ll kidnap


    you?”


    “You’d never do something like that! Besides, | totally trust you.”


    “allright, pack your belongings ande with me,” Anna said with a smile.


    Half an hourter, Anna stopped in a building in a medical school


    “What are we doing here?” Patrick asked. He had many doubts in his head; nheless, he got out of


    the car and helped Anna with her


    stuff, a


    “Thank you, but | can take these myself. | need to get some stuff from


    527 Are You Afraid?


    theb and give it to the volunteers,” Anna said, pointing to theboratory building in front of her,


    “Actually, ‘ve been preparing for the volunteer thing for years. And recently, ‘ve been visiting theb for


    six months to conduct experiments to study Fleosil’s infectious disease virus. Although | decided not to


    go there, | still want to do something to help you guys. And | want to share with you the information |


    gathered with my other colleagues. In any case, | want to be a part of the action.”


    Astonished by what he heard, Patrick gasped and said, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier, Mrs. Wright? If


    you had told me earlier, none of the misunderstandings would’ve happened. I…”


    “Just let bygones be bygones, okay? There’s no point talking about it now. Go get my stuff and follow


    me,” A bit impatient, Anna interrupted Patrick and said.


    “Alright! I’m on itt”


    As she entered theb, Anna waved to a gray-haired man, greeting, “Hi, Dr. Foster!”


    “Anna! Hello!” Dr. Foster greeted back as he ced the paper in his, hand. Following that, several


    other students in theb greeted Anna.


    “This is Patrick Dawson, my intern. This is Dr. Foster, Patrick.” Anna then introduced them to each


    other.


    “Pleasure to meet you, Dr. Foster. | took your ssst semester,” Patrick said in excitement.


    Dr. Foster said coldly after surveying Patrick, “You were Dr. Burton’s student, weren’t you? | certainly


    remember you.”


    Anna immediately knew Dr. Foster meant wasn’t satisfied with the young man he was looking at, and


    she looked at Patrick thoughtfully. She 527 Are You Afraid? s thought to herself, Patrick must be a


    nuisance at school as well. Someone as lenient as Dr. Foster could not have treated him any other


    way. No wonder the dean’s wife tried to get Nancy drunk so that she would promise to look out for


    Patrick.


    “Lcame here to see the experiment’s results, Dr. Foster,” Having collected her own thought, Anna said.


    “The results haven’te out yet because the experiment is only halfway through. Are you preparing


    to leave for Fleosil?” Pushing his sses upward, Dr. Foster asked Anna.


    “The outbreak is serious there, and it has not been widely publicized. My colleagues who went there


    gave us firsthand feedback, so the dean nned a pep rally for us. | think the second medical team will


    depart this weekend.”


    “Fine. You can go directly to theb.”


    ” Okay.”


    Before entering theb, Anna said to Patrick as she pointed to the men’s locker room, “Change your


    clothes and disinfect yourself before entering theb.”


    Patrick smiled wryly and said,”! know the procedure, Mrs. Wright. Thanks for the reminder, though.”


    Awhileter, they began to check the virus. The virus in the petri dish was spreading much faster than


    Anna had predicted. However, its mutation worried her more than the virus’s spread.


    “Mrs. Wright, in my opinion, in the current situation, the most important thing Fleosil should do is iste


    the patients,” Patrick said seriously.


    “It would be difficult to put it into action. Most people there live in slums, and some still work in factories.


    Every day, they must travel back 527 Are You Afraid? and forth between the outbreak origin and the


    factory.”


    “But we can’t even keep up with their infection rate!” A little frustrated, Patrick added.


    “Don’t worry about it,” Anna said as she recorded the most recent data and handed the book to Patrick,


    “The document of the experiments here. | need experimenters now that the first batch of medicine is,


    ready.”


    “You mean…” Patrick hesitated.


    “We don’t have much time left, so we have no other options. I need you to deliver these medications to


    the patients.”


    “Should we report this to the government? “


    Anna said, shaking her head, “It will take a long time to file for approval, and don’t forget about the


    clinical data analysis results. In that case, the drug may be rendered ineffective. What’s the problem?


    Are you scared?”


    Finally, Patrick realized why Anna had brought him to theb.