Chapter 21 Six Out of Ten

"Squeeze," Dr. Reyes said.

Mara closed her right hand around the grip gauge. The fourth knuckle hurt. The needle climbed and stopped.

"Forty-one pounds," he said. "Your left reads ninety-two."

"My left is a show-off."

He did not smile. He wrote the number on his form. Behind her, Dante stood agai...