Pressing issues? What was the damn nuthead talking about? Athena wondered, welcoming the tense silence that ensued after the director's declaration.
She exchanged a confusing glance with Aiden. Was there any other pressing issue she was not aware of? Maybe a bomb threatening to wipe out a whole country or even the world? Or maybe some other disease ravaging the nation that she wasn't aware of? What was that pressing issue?
Aiden, sensing Athena's line of thought, shook his head subtly to indicate there was really no issue more weighty than what the Grey disease represented.
Athena inhaled deeply for control before speaking, because this man was still above her in rank after all.
