American Mary Page #3

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but I said I'd deliver it.

I know you don't want strange looks.

Yeah...

Well, tell her thank you for me.

Truly.

- She really didn't have to do that.

- Oh, she wanted to do it.

To say thank you.

You should check out her website,

she puts up all kinds

of new pictures.

I bet you're glad

Ruby didn't show up.

- Yeah. I'm gonna go now.

- OK.

If you ever want to get together

for coffee or something, sometime,

- just girls' night...

- OK. I'll keep that in mind.

- OK.

- OK.

My treat.

- Festivities. It's gonna be...

- Festivities.

I couldn't find any patients

needing surgery on the break,

- so I grabbed a coffee instead.

- Ah, surgeon humour.

I was honestly looking.

How was your break, Mary?

- Good.

- Good.

Mary, I'd like to talk to you about

something without the others around.

- What?

- Some of the surgeons

from the hospital are getting together

tonight for drinks.

We're wondering if you'd

be able to attend.

For drinks? With... other surgeons?

Yes, at Dr Grant's home.

Do you have the address?

No. I don't have the address.

I'll email it to you.

You'll come then?

I would love to.

Does he know you're inviting me?

It was his idea.

Come around ten. We should have

everything at a good pace by then.

- OK.

- Good.

Come on, we have rounds to do.

C*nts and runts.

- You must be Mary Mason.

- Good guess.

- Why don't you come in?

- Thank you.

- Allow me.

- Thank you.

- Here we are. Hm.

- Wow. It's beautiful.

I'll go get us some drinks.

- I'll be right back.

- Thank you.

- Mary Mason.

- Thank you.

- I feel like I know you from somewhere.

- What did you say your name was?

Have a drink.

- Um, are you a surgeon at the hospital?

- I'm a f***in' motherf***er.

No, seriously, babe,

I cut people up for a living.

Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut!

- Dr Black, I see you've met Mary.

- Hi.

I'm done, Walsh.

- Enjoy the party, sweetie.

- Thank you.

Hi, Dr Walsh.

It's so great to see you.

- How are you?

- Very well, Mary. Thank you.

It's so nice you were able to attend.

What a pretty dress.

- Things must be paying well.

- It was a gift from a friend.

- It's lovely.

- Thank you.

Have some drinks.

Everyone's all over the place.

Some men are out in this area

using it as, I don't know,

some sort of a lobby. And everyone else

is in the other rooms.

I'll go let Dr Grant

know that you're here.

Thank you.

Well, I hope you finished all your

studying before you came here.

Dr Walsh runs us

pretty hard in rounds,

so if you don't learn to cram it all in,

you fall behind.

Mm-hm.

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

- Don't f*** up.

- I don't intend to.

- I've been working very hard.

- And?

- And I won't f*** up.

- No. Never.

Everything else is forgivable

if the work is good.

You mean, like, as a person?

I never... thought of it like that.

Isn't the work just as much

a part of yourself?

What do you think, Mary?

I don't really know.

You have to think for yourself, Mary.

No one is gonna hold your hand

through this life.

Everyone here is just

out for themselves.

So how are those turkeys coming along?

Quite well. It's really helping me

with my suturing technique.

Yeah. It's an old pro's secret.

Let me just take that for you, Mary.

Hope our party's matching up well

to the ones you usually attend.

I don't usually attend parties

with doctors and surgeons.

We do do things a little differently.

- He's kind of odd.

- Mm-hm.

Most microsurgeons are.

Did you know in his spare time he likes

to paint people being eaten

by different animals?

Usually a bear.

You're kidding.

Oh, no, I'm not.

I would never kid about something

as f***ed up as that.

I hate people who

exaggerate their stories

just to make them sound

more interesting.

So, Mary, I noticed that you

were doing better financially.

Nice new clothes,

brand-new stethoscope.

I never thought I'd see you

at one of these.

- I'm sorry, what?

- Whoa, whoa...

- I don't feel good.

- Hey, hey, hey. Take it easy.

OK, OK. Maybe you just need to lay down

on your back for a moment.

Hm? Whoa, whoa.

- That would be good.

- There you go.

- No good.

- Oops.

Just keep going. There you go.

Lay down on a nice bed here,

you'll feel much better.

Take it easy, take it easy. OK.

Let's go this way, come on. Come on.

Just turn yourself around.

There you go.

Lay down.

Let's make you nice and comfy.

OK?

Relax!

You are so pretty.

So pretty.

Lobby.

Wanna make five grand?

Let me know when you're done.

Lance and I'll come back to get him, OK?

No, you can just go home.

I won't be done till tomorrow night.

All right.

Just give me a call.

I quit med school today.

That shouldn't come

as a surprise to you.

I'm guessing you thought

I went into prostitution.

That's why you invited me

to the party last night.

I didn't.

Please hold still.

Is your jaw numb?

I'm changing specialties, Dr Grant.

Have you ever heard

of body modification?

Neither had I.

Anyway, you know how

you're always, always

telling me that surgeons

can't make any mistakes?

So... in the spirit of practice,

I've come up with a little list...

...of the most popular procedures

that we are going to try on you...

...tonight.

So... we have...

...tongue splitting.

I know.

Implants, sometimes referred to

as 3D implants.

Teeth filing.

Genital modification.

And voluntary amputation.

So, I think we should get started.

We have at least 14 hours

of surgery ahead of us.

I would like to get it all done

in one session.

So just going to grab

your little tongue right here.

Isn't this fun?

I'm still learning from you.

I'd say that's healing very nicely.

- I f***ing love it.

- You wear it very well.

It was very nice to see you again, Dru.

If there's anything I can do to help you

express yourself any further,

- let me know.

- Thank you very much, doctor.

Have a great day.

- That's f***ing gnarly.

- What's f***ing gnarly?

Oh.

Genital modification.

There are more procedures available

than there are in the book.

- He must have been hard-core.

- He was. Yes.

Very... hard-core.

I also put together this mod menu.

Maybe it'll help you channel

your creativity.

Henrik, the last time we spoke,

you talked about wanting

to become more unique.

Has anything in the album inspired

any further thoughts on this?

I was thinking about maybe getting some

tribal scarring and some piercings.

Piercings.

- Get out.

- What?

Just get the f*** out.

You 20-year-old Satanist-wannabe reject.

Does it look like

I do piercings in here?

Did you see an advertisement somewhere

for piercings with my name on it?

- No.

- Lance!

Hi. Excuse me, miss.

You Mary Mason?

- Who are you?

- I'm Detective Dolor, Mary.

I'm investigating the disappearance

of Dr Alan Grant.

The disappearance?

That's terrible.

I haven't seen him

since I left med school.

He didn't really seem like

the kind of guy who'd just vanish,

but, again, I didn't really know him.

Well, he wasn't the sort of guy who

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