"This is a lot to digest." Ally turned and sat down in a chair. "All right, I might as well get the exam. It doesn't mean I've agreed to anything here."
He heard the ambivalence and knew he had no choice but to do what he was going to have to do tomorrow.
"I will proceed on the assumption that you'll be entering the program. Truthfully, if you don't, a week from now your mother is going to be asking you why." He smiled. "In any case, we need to have those tests done in the city. Also some blood work here. We're affiliated with a lab. I want to check your T‑cells and certain other markers, like C‑reactive protein and homocystine. It's something you should do regularly anyway."
"All right, then," she said finally. "But after that, let me go see how Mom's doing. Then I'll arrange things with Maria somehow and drive back to the city."
"By the way, before I forget, we have to complete a formal application for your mother to admit her into the clinical trials, and we also need a signed liability waiver. I assume you have power of attorney for her by now. If you don't, then we may not legally be able to proceed."
"I have it."
"Then let's get started" he declared almost certain he had her.
[Chapter 14]
Tuesday, April 7