The men who`d met me at the garage door were standing in the kitchen doorway when we arrived. Each of them was holding a blood test unit. I stared.
"Is this a joke?" I asked.
"No, ma`am," said one of the men. He held his blood testing unit out toward me. The other offered his to Audrey. "You must have a clean bill of health before we can allow you to enter."
"I took a blood test to get into the house."
"Yes, ma`am."
"I just finished a full decontamination shower. I smell like bleach."
"Yes, ma`am."
"There is no possible way I`ve been exposed to live-state Kellis-Amberlee between the bathroom and here."
"Yes, ma`am." Through it all, the man continued patiently offering me his blood testing unit.
Audrey already had her thumb on the unit that was intended for her. She looked my way and rolled her eyes. "Just do it, Ash. This is going to take forever if you try to argue with them. These are not men who have a 'negotiation' button."