“No, I think we’re good, Doc,” Marla said.
His gaze returned to me. “Do you need help getting back to your room, Miss Elizabeth?”
“Ask him a math question,” Anna whispered.
Though, it wasn’t like she tried being quiet about it.
“What?” I asked as I furrowed my brow.
“Anna,” Doc said.
“Oh, shut it,” she said as she slugged him in his arm. “Ask him a math question.”
I blinked. “Like, how many apples does Trey have after his best friend steals some?”
“Nooooo, come oooon,” Anna said with a grimace. “Get creative. Hey, Doc.”
He sighed. “What.”
“What’s fourteen-point-two divided by nine?”
Doc sighed. “One-point-five-seven, and the sevens go on forever.”
“See?!” Anna said with a giggle as she clapped her hands. “He’s practically a walking calculator.”
“Huh,” Marla said as she tilted her head. “What’s one thousand four hundred and fifty-two minus two thousand six hundred and sixty-six.”
And again, Doc didn’t miss a beat. “Negative one thousand two hundred and fourteen.”
Anna barked with laughter as she held the burner phone we all got when we got here in her hands. “Holy fuck! That’s what it is!”
She turned her phone around to show us, and I had to admit, it was pretty impressive.
“Have you always been able to do that?” I asked as I looked up at Doc.
His face was stone, and I found him already staring down at me. “Yes.”
“Can you do other things?”
His eyes roamed my face for a little while before he picked up his hand. His finger brushed along my cheek, and I winced as the heat of pain rushed through my jaw.
His hand quickly dropped.
My stomach dropped with it.
Anna stuck her head into our conversation. “Did you know he’s got three doctorates?”
“Anna,” Doc warned.
“Wait, what!?” Marla squealed. “Really, Doc? You do?”
I looked up at him and found him staring down at me with a look of stone in his eyes.
What did I ever do to make this man hate me the way he does?
I turned away from him as Anna spoke. “Yeah. He’s got that medical doctorate of his, but he’s also got one in engineering and psychology.”
“Holy shit,” Marla said breathlessly. “Seriously, Doc?”
