Doctor Williams stood frozen in place, Alice's words and the knowledge of the entire ordeal all rattled around in his mind.

This made no sense! How could such a wound heal so fast and leave behind no scar nor blemishes to boot? Her claims [b]were[/b] true, when the hospital nurses had found her she was soaked in blood and the report did list a wide, deep open wound that stretched nearly the entirety of the left side of her neck, below her ear. The attending nurses themselves cleaned and cared for the wound and filled out the proper reports.
So it wasn't some kind of a prank or jest, she in fact did suffer such a damaging wound to her neck. But still...

[i]How, how, [b]how[/b] did it heal to such a perfect extent in a period of less than forty hours? And no scarring? This is unrealistic![/i]

Doctor Williams was rubbing intently at the bridge of his nose with two fingers, his eyes were squeezed shut, his faced locked into intensity.
He finally lowered his hand and looked to Alice and spoke, the hard look never leaving his face,"Look, this....I don't know..."he trailed off, sighing heavily and looking back to her, his face slightly tendering,"I need to go speak with my associates. I'll be back shortly."

He grabbed up his clipboard and hurried toward the door, pitching the wad of bandages and tape into the trash can by the door as he went.
As he closed the door behind him, his quick footsteps could be heard echoing all down through the long hallway.