Uncle Rex

Hanging up his phone, Tarrin shook his head.

“Should I ask?” Mara questioned.

“No, but I guess I better be more careful. She wanted to see the camera footage from last night. I called her bluff, but she is a lot smarter than I thought.” He said, removing the lab coat he was wearing.

“I meant the about the dog, not the girl.” Mara responded with a bit of laughter in her voice.

“Oh, uh, yea, it will be fine now. Go help Linux clean up and ask him to give you a ride home. I want to go see my uncle before tomorrow's meeting.” He responded, trying to quickly change the subject..

“Fine, tell uncle Rex I send hugs.” The sarcasm in Mara’s voice reminded him that his uncle and Mara had a love hate relationship.

Even though the old man raised her from a young age, and gave her everything she ever wanted, he was still really hard on her to make her tough. He used her as a tool to help protect Tarrin, and he hated it.

Tarrin shouted a quick bye to Linux through the operating doors a