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I said, ‘Personally?’
    “As soon as I got in there and the door was shut, he said, ‘You’re a believer!’
    “I was scared to death. I said, ‘No, I―a believer in what?’
    “He said, ‘Don’t deny it! I can see it on your face!’ He had to be fishing, so I denied it again. He said, ‘You deny Jesus one more time, you’re going to be just like Peter. Watch out for a rooster.’
    “I had no idea what he was talking about. I couldn’t have told you that Peter was a disciple, let alone that he had denied Christ. David had guessed my secret, mentioned someone named Peter, and was jabbering about a rooster. Still I couldn’t help myself. I said, ‘I’m not denying Jesus.’
    “He said, ‘What do you call it?’
    “I said, ‘Fearing for my life.’
    “He said, ‘Welcome to the club. I’m a believer too.’
    “I said, ‘But how did you know?’
    “He said, ‘It’s written all over you.’
    “I said, ‘But really, how?’
    “And he said, ‘Literally, God wrote it on your forehead.’ That’s when I knew I had stepped off the edge.”

    As soon as Buck and Floyd Charles entered Young Memorial, the teenage receptionist called out, “Miz Rose, your friends are here.”
    “Keep your voice down!” Leah said, hurrying from her office. “Gentlemen, I’m not sure I can do anything for you today. What’s the trouble?”
    Floyd whispered it to her quickly. “God help us,” she said. “This way. Grab that.”
    “Have you had any symptoms?” Doc said.
    She shook her head. Buck appropriated a wheelchair and pushed Floyd behind Leah. She led them down a short ramp, past the main elevators, and around a corner to the service elevator. She used a key from a huge jangly ring to access it. “If you see anyone, hide your face,” she said. “Just don’t make it obvious.”
    “Yeah, that wouldn’t be obvious,” Buck said.
    She glared at him. “I know you know what real danger is, Mr. Williams, so I’d appreciate it if you’d not underestimate mine.”
    “Sorry.”
    They boarded and the doors shut. Leah used her key again and held the sixth floor button. “Don’t know if this’ll work,” she said. “On the other one you can bypass other floors by turning the key and holding down the button.”
    It didn’t work. The car stopped on two. Buck immediately knelt before Doc as if chatting with him. That blocked both their faces from the door. “Sorry,” Leah told the people waiting. “Emergency.”
    “Oh, man!” someone said.
    The same thing happened on five and elicited an even more frustrated response.
    “This is not good,” Leah said as the doors shut again. “Be prepared for people in the hallway on six. We’re going left.”
    Fortunately, the trio was ignored as Leah led the way to an empty room. She shut the door and locked it, then closed the blinds. “Get him into the bed,” she told Buck, “and get those wet clothes off him. You sleep that way, Doctor?”
    Doc nodded, looking tired.
    Buck hated the bright red around his dark pupils. “What’s wrong with him, Leah?”
    She ignored Buck, grabbing a gown from a cabinet and tossing it to him. “If he needs to use the bathroom, now’s the time. He’s not likely to get out of that bed again.”
    “For how long?” Buck said.
    “Ever,” Doc slurred. “She knows what’s going down here.”
    Leah pushed the speaker button on the wall phone and continued working as she talked. “ CDC delivered some antivenin yesterday. Get me two vials to 6204.”
    “Stat?” her receptionist said.
    Leah made a face. “Yes, stat!” she said. “Like now.”
    “You’ve got a phone call.”
    “Do I sound free to take a call? Stat was your word, girl. Would you hurry please?”
    “OK,” the girl said. “Don’t say I didn’t tell you.”
    Leah tugged Buck’s sleeve and pulled him close to Doc’s bed. “I need to ask him some questions. When that girl knocks, just take the medicine and shut the door.”
    He nodded.
    “Now,