Chapter 67

"I called to say I'm sorry. I received a call this morning from my secretary that a big client came to the office early. I immediately left the clinic," he said and that explained the reason why I couldn't find it when the procedure was over.

"It's okay. You did your assignment before you left, so thank you very much for that," I replied calmly.

I heard Quintin laugh, but it sounded awkward to me. "Y-you're right." I seemed to notice something strange when he paused. There were some noises in his background but I couldn't distinguish what exactly those were.

"What was that, Quintin? Are you alright?" I immediately asked out of curiosity and concern.

"What do you mean?" he returned.

"There's something noisy. Did you fall on your seat?" I tried focusing my ears on the noise, which surprisingly suddenly disappeared.

"There is nothing noisy here," he said, which surprised me even more.

"O-okay, maybe I'm just imagining things," I said as an excuse, but I was certain I