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It.
This was exactly why he didn’t like sharing information before he had confirmation. Giving it to her had meant he’d sent her off on a wild goose chase.
Yeah, he was not loving it here without the techs he’d worked with for the last fifteen years.
Pulling out his phone, he dialed his wife, and she was sitting in the vehicle that was transporting her.
“Hey, Christopher. Miss me already? What’s up?”
He went there.
“Ignore the previous information that I gave you regarding Chloroform.”
She blinked.
Was he kidding?
“Why? What’s wrong?” she asked, genuinely curious as to what brought this on. There was no doubt she’d been drugged.
“I retested, using what was left of your blood, and I reset the parameters to go wider. It was too narrow before and it missed a drug.”
She was waiting.
“Okay, Handsome, what did it miss?”
Chris told her.
“You were absolutely drugged. Only, it wasn’t with the Chloroform. It was with a drug called Halothane. It’s also a drug that’s not used as much anymore, but likely found on the reservation due to cost.”
She wasn’t upset.
“I’ll just go back to the vet clinic and…”
Chris stopped her.
“It’s not used on animals, Elizabeth. It’s used on human beings in clinics, outpatient facilities—or it once was. Newer, safer meds are used now, but if we go by the cost, it fits here.”
She considered what he was saying.
“So a doctor at a clinic would have access to this?” he nodded.
“Also, I’d like to point out that Tony mentioned earlier that the way the latest body was disarticulated, could mean someone with medical experience.”
And there it was.
Each piece of trace was falling into place.
“Thank you, Christopher. Ivan is going to head back toward the clinic. I appreciate it.”
He apologized.
“I’m sorry this was so fucked up. I hate that I gave you misinformation.”
Elizabeth reassured him.
“I understand. We’re all under duress here, and you’re working on the fly with new staff. You still got it to me before anyone we love was hurt or injured. We’re good.”
He didn’t feel good about any of this, or being on this side of the country.
