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Caleb.” The male policeman knocked on the window suddenly and motioned for the doctor to meet outside the room. “I’ll be right back.”
     
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                  “You’ve been monitoring this boy since his birth, correct?”
                  Doctor Thomas Fink nodded slightly and said, “Yes, officer.” The only thing on his mind was staying as calm as possible over this string of questioning. He knew remaining serene was paramount; he knew he was one half-thought lie from severing Audrey from her baby boy forever. Being calm was the only option. His mind went around in circles at a blinding pace, but his outward expression remained focused and unflappable. He glanced over at the female officer, still fuming and staring in at Caleb. Fink thought, ‘And her cross-armed posture shows her mind is running circles around the impossibility of the boy being alive.’ His internal self cracked a smile and broke from its observational thought. ‘They have no idea how tiny a feat this survival is for Caleb.’
                  “Describe the nature of this boy’s visits to you.”
                  The officer’s uniform pen stood at attention as the doctor shook his head slightly while answering. “The only times I’ve ever seen him were for yearly visits. None ever for sickness or injury, until now.”
                  “So, you expect me to believe that a young boy who goes to school and doesn’t live in a bubble has never stepped foot in this hospital for sickness? What about his shots?”
                  “All taken care of on his visits,” he lied with his head continuing to shake and churn, ‘His many, many early visits. All the genetic testing, calibrating of the boy’s delicate state, praying that no medications would upset the gentle balance of defects inside every strand of this DNA….’ A sigh escaped him as his facetious story to cover the truth started to dribble from his lips. “Yes, I’d thought it a bit odd myself, so after the boy’s tenth birthday I talked to his mother, Mrs. Whitmor,” he darted his eyes to her, noticing her beautiful chest was holding in a breath, “and a few of the things she told me calmed my suspicions.”
                  “What did she tell you exactly?”
                  “Simply that their home was a clean environment and he didn’t have any real friends so there wasn’t much risk for sickness exposure.”
                  The pen clicked closed as the officer chuckled in disbelief. “I wanna see the boy’s medical records.”
                  A pang of nervousness worked its way into his mind but kept out of his voice, for now. “I’m sorry but that’s simply out of the question.”
                  “Well I’m bringing it into the question.”
                  “Sir, not to mention the fact that his file has absolutely nothing to do with this report, but to even begin to see that confidential information, you would need a proper warrant with just cause. Can you produce either?”
                  Both officers looked at one another and suddenly felt their authority, as well as their welcome, had run out. “We’ve got everything we need from the boy.” He barely gave a glance towards Caleb’s mother.
                  They both retreated down the hall, almost dragging their feet along, as Audrey walked up to him and whispered, “Thank you so much for that, Thomas.”
                  He shook his head. “It’s no problem, but I do think he’s old enough to know a little bit about what he is. He can’t hide something if he doesn’t know why he should hide it.”
                  Fink watched her eyes wander around and refocus with a look of gathered thoughts. “After he sees his little friend healthy, we can try to explain