Rachel nibbled at a kebab first, then tried the salad, then the bread. Cacik was always a winner.

[color=mediumpurple]”She got weak and complacent, huh?”[/color] Rachel doesn’t say it out loud, but part of her job on the ambulance (way back when) was to figure out what people weren’t telling her. If Reika thought Federica was becoming [i]weak[/i] and [i]complacent[/i], maybe she wanted her out of the way to strengthen it up.

[color=mediumpurple]”They do say snitches get stitches, but for the record, I’m going to pass on the stitching this time, whoever you are.”[/color] This was not a small mistake. This was life ruining. [color=mediumpurple]”I was going to see if Federica would help me get into actual med school, finally, then I could do an even better job. But you took that off the table, and I’m feeling petty.”[/color]