<div style="text-align: center">《 Hale and Mr. Frazier 》<br/>
<i>Location: Abendblume conference room<br/>
Addressing: Sou</i><br/>​</div><br/>Did she not think he might require her to prove it? He didn't believe her, and in the event she was pregnant she figured it would be just as much a surprise to her. A product of her recklessness and a responsibility he imagined she might shirk if the test did turn up positive. He would see to it that she carried through with the entire thing.<br/><br/>"What you two have is not love," Hale said with a laugh.<br/><br/>"Stress is an everyday part of life now, Sou! To bring a new life into this world, you must understand that. You'll need to be strong. Stronger than this," he said, disproving of the way that she was acting now.<br/><br/>"A positive test could wash away all your worries, my dear. You sounded so certain and I am not entirely heartless. If you aren't, no need for a fight. If Rebel wants you so badly he can follow you out. And any other poor sap you've fucked that might let you pull the wool over their eyes." Hale looked to the guards, who looked away from their ease dropping and tried to make themselves appear busy when there was really nothing for them to do except wait out the situation.<br/><br/><a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FypYtjL3.jpg&amp;hash=e8aaa7e944cabd6b916c574b7bddde8c" href="https://i.imgur.com/ypYtjL3.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Mr. Frazier</a>had been given a strange set of orders but he wasn't one to argue with Hale. He only wanted to wait a moment to see if they could get a replacement in to tend Aurora, who was still visibly upset. The guard was waiting for him to finish, explaining the situation.<br/><br/>"She claims she's pregnant. Hale seems to think the father could be anyone's guess," the guard snorted. "Don't suppose you have that sort of that sort of test too?"<br/><br/>"What? A paternity test?" Mr. Frazier shook his head, "No. And it's no ones business."<br/><br/>When Marcia entered and explained she would be attending Aurora, the PA threw his hands up in frustration. They were shuffling everyone around, putting whoever wherever they wanted, regardless of qualifications. The man liked things a certain way and disruptions to his clinic always aggravated him. Today was a day for the books.<br/><br/>"This, hopefully, will not take long." If he thought he could get away with it, Mr. Frazier would have sent the guard back with the test alone. Surely, the woman could handling peeing on a stick, but he didn't want anyone accused of tampering with it beforehand. As the most qualified medical professional of Abendblune, Hale would want him to see to it. With the Clear Blue test and sterile urine cup in his short consult coat, he left the clinic for the conference room.<br/><br/>Inside, Sou looked white as a sheet. Hale was leaning back in his chair, smiling, with a glass of amber liquid in his hands.<br/><br/>Hale pointed to the rolling projector screen, now being used as a bulletin board during meetings. It was the most privacy she was going to get after the hole she had dug herself into. If she was being truthful, Hale would lend her a hand to help her out, though he was displeased by the way she'd handled all of it. Especially coming in and criticizing, and then threatening him with her public boyfriend.<br/><br/>"With Mr. Frazier. You two might be seeing a whole lot more of one another, if you're lucky," he said to Sou.<br/><br/>Frazier motioned her over, turning the screen to close off a corner part of the room. He pulled a table behind it as well, to set the supplies onto it. The cup, a sanitary wipe, and the test. This was all better done in a bathroom, or the clinic, but evidently she'd pissed Hale off. He could at least appreciate that this would be quick.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry," he apologized low enough he didn't think anyone else could hear. This was in no way, shape, or form standard professional protocol and it all made his skin crawl a bit but Hale made up his own rules. "I promise it is better than him having one of his men do it."