The Bayer Institute was a large building set outside of the city in deep virgin woodland, owned and run privately by a Corporation who masked their true name by a series of mirrors and smokescreens. The facilities were first class and discretion was absolute, the walk to the office had been totally without contact from the car pulling up at the smoked glass door until the office door was opened by Doctor Stephen J. Holden himself.
He was an attractive man of indeterminable age but certainly older than 35, his short cut brown hair held the aspect of grey but not to break the well groomed and cared for style. He stood there in his white coat, a patterned tie underneath and his crisp neatly ironed suit trousers, a dark blue with thin herring bone material. His height of already 6 foot 4 inches was increased by the expensive leather shoes that held a high shine and implied that he never walked a street in his life.
He spoke softly and clearly as he greeted her with some warmth, as if she was an old acquaintance despite their meeting only twice before. The English accent was crisp and the vowels sounded perfectly as he began to speak “Please come in and take a seat, I trust your ride up to the Institute was comfortable? I can request some refreshments if you wish, I can offer tea, coffee, juices or mineral water.”
He proceeded to seat himself behind the desk and set aside his thin wire frame glasses on the deep dark oaken surface besides him. His grey eyes were softened by the removal and the corners crinkled slightly as he smiled to reassure the young lady before him. He sat there in his office, the carpet deep and the walls a soft green, all to give an air of tranquillity and serenity to the subjects that he often had to discuss within these four walls. The door to the examining room was closed and the inside of the room screened from view, it was always closed for the initial part of a consultation, the medical equipment and the examination table with the rests, often made people uneasy and he would see the slight nervous glances to the chair as they talked.
He was an attractive man of indeterminable age but certainly older than 35, his short cut brown hair held the aspect of grey but not to break the well groomed and cared for style. He stood there in his white coat, a patterned tie underneath and his crisp neatly ironed suit trousers, a dark blue with thin herring bone material. His height of already 6 foot 4 inches was increased by the expensive leather shoes that held a high shine and implied that he never walked a street in his life.
He spoke softly and clearly as he greeted her with some warmth, as if she was an old acquaintance despite their meeting only twice before. The English accent was crisp and the vowels sounded perfectly as he began to speak “Please come in and take a seat, I trust your ride up to the Institute was comfortable? I can request some refreshments if you wish, I can offer tea, coffee, juices or mineral water.”
He proceeded to seat himself behind the desk and set aside his thin wire frame glasses on the deep dark oaken surface besides him. His grey eyes were softened by the removal and the corners crinkled slightly as he smiled to reassure the young lady before him. He sat there in his office, the carpet deep and the walls a soft green, all to give an air of tranquillity and serenity to the subjects that he often had to discuss within these four walls. The door to the examining room was closed and the inside of the room screened from view, it was always closed for the initial part of a consultation, the medical equipment and the examination table with the rests, often made people uneasy and he would see the slight nervous glances to the chair as they talked.