She did not want to talk about the preliminary diagnosis in front of her mother, but Jess made it clear that it was important for her to talk to Helen again.

Dr. Singleton listened carefully to Jess. And the news that Dr. Firth was missing genuinely surprised him.

“I don’t even know where Helen could have gone so urgently,” he said puzzledly, fiddling with a half-empty cup in his hands. “It's not her style at all. She has always treated her clients with great responsibility. But I'll try to find out where she is and what's wrong with her.

"Thank you," Jess smiled, not noticing that the doctor was smiling...