Chapter 3

That night after Neela's shift had ended and she had left with Ray, Abby decided to check her email. After fighting with Frank to get on the computer, Abby clicked on the mail button but instead of going to the login screen, it went right into the inbox of the last person who had signed in. Shaking her head at the screen, Abby sighed. "People need to remember to log out." She put the cursor over the logout button but something caught her eye. Messages, a lot of messages from the same person and it wasn't a hospital email address. "Paratg1123? Who is that? And why are they sending so many messages to…" Abby blinked twice when she realized whose email she was in. "Neela? This must be why she was so out of it this afternoon." Not wanting to intrude any further, Abby clicked the logout button and proceeded to check her own email, but her mind was elsewhere. She had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach and was sure something was going on with Neela now. It was going to take all of her willpower to not confront Neela about this. She just hoped that she was doing the right thing.

Back at home, Ray was in the shower and Neela was heating up leftover macaroni and cheese when her cell phone started ringing. Grabbing her phone from her purse, she looked at the caller id. Her brow furrowed in confusion when she didn't recognize the number. Frowning, she flipped the phone open and held it up to her ear.

"Hello?" When there was no response, she looked at the screen and noted that the call was still connected. Confused and slightly frustrated, Neela sighed. "Hello?" She repeated. "Who is this?"