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Katie sat waiting for Jake. This was a period that felt like forever. She couldn't sit here and do nothing. She had to take action. She stood up and walked out in the hallway. She spotted Nurse Helen walking in the other direction.
"I know i abuse you too much for this, but is there any chance you could watch the kids for a little bit? I need to find Dr Cannerts" Katie told her.
Nurse Helen chuckled, "No problem. He's in his lab. You will have to talk to him through the glass im afraid. Hes been working tirelessly to find a cure or vaccine"
Katie nodded, "Thank you Helen, your a God send"
Cannerts couldn't be a bad guy right? He wouldn't been doing all of this if he was a bad guy...
Katie walked through the halls, she checked her watch. Jake was usually back by now. Maybe he had found someone to take the footage. Hopefully when she got back he would be there.
She walked through a few doors before entering the corridor that housed the labs. She looked through each glass room to spot Cannerts. When the very last one, she found him. Covered in white overalls and a number of test tubes in front of him.
She gently knocked her the window, not to startle him. He quickly looked up and nodded, putting down his pen and walking over to her.
"Katie, lovely to see you, what can i do for you?" he asked, his British accent still prominent as ever.
She waited, he waited for it, she had to do it. Her courage overtook her, "Why are you lying to us?"
Katie noticed him swallow quickly and his breathing increase. She could only see his eyes from him whole face, but they looked worried.
"Shall i ask again?" she asked him. He still hadn't said a thing.
"Katie i;m not..." he started.
"Don;t even try it" she states with force, "We found the footage of the Dr's boyfriend coming into the hospital before Patient Zero was even known about. The footage that had been corrupted" she felt her anger rising. She watched as he still looked petrified, "all these children Cannerts, they want to go home to their families. I want to go home with Quentin and..."
"Be with Jake"
She was was taken back. She didn;t even mention Jake. If she was honest, of course she wanted to be with Jake. But Cannerts knew nothing about her and Jake;s situation. It was between her and Jake, "I'm not going to dignify that with a response. When you should be giving us answers. Life and death. Each day we deal with that. Therefore who i date its not significant to you"
Cannerts nodded, "Your right i'm sorry. I've crossed a line, too many times it seems. I cant seem to do anything right recently" he stated looking up at the ceiling, almost annoyed with himself.
"What do you mean by that?" Katie asked, digging more.
He looked down, suddenly looking sincere, "I tore those pages out, and i corrupted the footage"
He said it. The first honest thing to come out of his mouth. Katie leaned on to the glass. She closed her eyes. She knew it. He was hiding something. Deliberately, "You were covering something. Why?"
He shook his head, pointing behind him he says, "I need to finish here. Then we can talk"
"NO!" she slammed her hand against the glass, starling him, "I have had it with excuses and lies. Did you not hear me? Or is being in this little glass bubble ok for you? While out there Men, Women and Children are dying of this Cannerts! My son" she starts choking up, "the most important thing in the world to me, could catch this thing, with just a simple touch. Hes 11! And Jake," she starts and watched Cannerts slightly raise his eyebrows, "goes out every single God damn day to make sure the people that are left are ok, keeping order in the chaos and trying to make people feel safe! What hes seen in 13 days a cop probably never sees in all of his time in law enforcement. Thats not right! Or dont you get that?!" she screamed.
Suddenly a shuffling sound came from the other end of the corridor and the door to opens quickly, a worried Jake enters, rushing straight to her.
"Katie! Are you ok?!" he jogs up to her quickly.
He had obviously heard her.
She looked at Jake and then Cannerts, "Tell him" she whispered.
Jake looked to Katie then to Cannerts, "Tell me what?" he bit, glaring at Cannerts.
Cannerts looks briefly at Jake, then to Katie, "Katie look, i know i have explaining to do. And i will. I'm so close to a break through" he breathes almost in relief, "please, just let me finish and i will come and talk to you"
Katie rolls her eyes and turns away from him. Jake steps forward to the glass, "Why'd you upset her like that huh?" he asked, getting aggressive. Jake was reaching his boiling point again with this man.
Katie spins round, not wanting Jake to get angry, "Jake its ok. I just lost it for a moment" she states brushing herself down. Trying to calm the situation.
Jake doesn't look round at her when she speaks, he still keeps his eyes on Cannerts, "When your done here, your going to speak to both of us" he wasn't going to let Katie be alone with him.
Katie walked towards the glass again, staring straight at Cannerts, "No more excuses. No more lies" she states.
He nods as she walks away down the hall. Jake watches her go and turns back to Cannerts, he shook his head and spoke softly, "I heard what she said" he states, "So clearly. She was screaming Cannerts" the Doctor looked guilty, "do you have any idea what the feeling in the pit of my stomach was like, hearing that when i wasn't with her?"
Cannerts was lost for words.
"13 days Cannerts," he tells him, "Its taken only 13 days for me to completely fall in love with that women," he states pointing down the hall to where Katie had just disappeared. He exhales, frustration setting in. Cannerts didn't look surprised at all but this admission, "And you" he points to the window at him, "are the one that is stopping it from happening right now"
"Jake.."
Jake shakes his head, hes not interested, "No. Don't bother. The least you can do for her, for me, for all those people who want to touch their loved ones. Kiss them", this couldn't go on for much longer, he couldn't stand it, "Is tell us the truth"