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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KitanaVorr" data-source="post: 894642" data-attributes="member: 9167">FU KIM Restaurant, Front Room - Carlos' tableBellaire Chinatown, DIHO Mall3:20pmOver near the far corner by the window, a man sat patiently awaiting his meal with his dinner companion, a young Vietnamese woman with a serious expression on her face that never seemed to vanish.  Their voices flittered in an out, one serious, the other flippant but either way the conversation never seemed to move beyond work. “Carlos, I know this isn’t your area, but I really think that Dr. Harrison was wrong about this one.  The outbreaks are getting worse.  I’ve never heard of anything like that,” the woman spoke in an agitated voice.  “If you would step into the emergency room, you would know what I’m talking about.”Carlos took a sip of his iced tea and listens to Amy go on about West Nile. Virology has never been his...well...cup of tea. But she was cute, intelligent, friendly, and even conversational so he didn't mind the break from his usual routine. He strained to remember some of the details from the microbiology courses in med school so he can keep up with her talk.That was when the sister walked in.About to take Amy up on her offer, Carlos found the words lost on his lips as he noticed the woman weaving through tables led by one of the busboys.  Catching himself watching her, he looked back to Amy, a little flushed before standing up a bit awkwardly as she approached, smiling.Dressed equally well as the young woman, he sported square-toed Gucci shoes, tailor-fitted khakis, and a brown turtleneck a little too small for him. Beneath the shirt, his thin but toned upper body stood out, among another unusual addition that affected his gait…his prosthetic leg.“Jess!” Amy Nguyen called out with slight reprimand in her voice though it was definitely affectionate. “You’re late! Again.”“Sorry, sis,” the younger one replied with a laugh. “You know how bad traffic gets when school lets out.” Stretching her hand out to Carlos she afforded him a generous smile. “I’m Jessica Nguyen, her little and obviously absent-minded sister.”“The one that goes to law school up east,” Amy clarified, remembering belatedly that she had two rather irritating younger sisters. Turning her eye toward Ferris she asked him, “Can you get her some water? And get the waiter to come get her order?”Carlos took her hand, "Carlos Munguia, pleasure to meet you," he greeted, sitting back down, "A doctor and a lawyer? You must have quite a prodigious family. One stops bleeding, and the other's a bloodsucker."He paused.</blockquote>

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