She started to answer the question, but she couldn't get words out fast enough to make them not be overheard. The nurse with the little cups of pills smiled back at Veronica. She was two feet away, now.
"Ah, hi Miss Mars," she said. "I see you made friends with Mr. Custer."
Veronica nodded.
The nurse handed her the cup of pills and a little cup of water. Veronica shot a look at Jesse. She put the pills in her mouth and carefully slid them under her tongue, swallowing some water and handing the cup back to the nurse.
When the nurse turned her back to grab Jesse's pills, and those of the other patients in the common room, Veronica opened her mouth, grabbed the pills out from under her tongue, and stuck them between the couch cushions.
"Hide them under your tongue," she said to Jesse, then.
Veronica was quite happy to be unmedicated. She felt like doing cartwheels down one of the hallways. Maybe now she could figure out what was going on.