They didn't move for a second.
People moved around them....nurses finishing shifts, a porter with a trolley, two junior doctors who walked past without looking up from their phones. The ordinary end-of-day traffic of a hospital entrance, completely indifferent to the two women standing in it.
"Walk with me," Victoria said.
Not a question.
Aria looked at her.
She thought about calling Marcus. He was in the car at the end of the block, same as every day, waiting for her to appear. She thought about what he'd say if she texted him right now. She thought about what Damien would say.
She thought about what she wanted.
"Five minutes," she said.
They walked.
Not toward the coffee shop. Away from it, down the quieter side street that ran along the east side of the hospital building. Less traffic. Still public...people passed them, a woman walking a dog, two men in suits....but with enough space between them and the nearest person to talk without being heard.
