now,” Cathy explained.
‘ ‘About to be overtaken in prestige by my colleague. I come bearing good
news. I have a spy on the Lasker Committee. You’re in the finals, Cathy.”
“What’s a Lasker?” Price asked.
‘ ‘There’s one step up from a Lasker Prize,” Bernie told her.’ ‘You have to
go to Stockholm to collect it.”
“Bernie, I’ll never have one of those. A Lasker is hard enough.”
“So keep researching, girl!” Katz hugged her and left.
/ want it, I want it, I want it! Cathy told herself silently. She didn’t have to
give voice to the words. It was plain for Special Agent Price to see. Damn,
didn’t this beat guarding politicians?
“Can I watch one of your procedures?”
“If you want. Anyway, come on.” Cathy led her back to her office, not
minding her at all now. On the way they walked through the clinic, then one
of the labs. In the middle of a corridor, Dr. Ryan stopped dead in her tracks,
reached into her pocket, and pulled out a small notebook.
“Did I miss something?” Price asked. She knew she was talking too
much, but it look time to learn the habits of your proici-ii-os. She also rnul
Culhy Ryan as the type who didn’t like being prokvlal, and so iico