Ethan looked down at her. He did not let go."Chloe, you have worked yourself to the bone today," he said, wiping a tear from her cheek with his thumb. "Sit down and drink your tea.""No, Ethan! Listen to me, please!" Chloe pleaded. "I do not care about the tea, and I do not care about resting right

The pitch-black drainage tunnel swallowed almost every sound, leaving only the rush of water against the concrete walls. The foul liquid rose quickly until it reached Ethan Sanders’s waist, pulling at his trousers. Even through his thick rubber clothing, the concentrated chemical fumes burned the

The blue emergency lights of four police cruisers flashed across the rainy street outside the environmental crimes lab. Inside the mobile forensic van, Detective Ray Keller stared at a green computer monitor while forensic technician Dave Miller worked quickly at the keyboard.“We pulled the damaged

The morning sun shone over the marble pillars of the National Medical Association building. Inside the grand auditorium, three hundred senior physicians, hospital directors, and health journalists filled the rising rows of cushioned red seats.A low rumble of worried voices filled the wide room as i

He dropped the gold pin onto the floor and ground it beneath his shoe before the entire medical community."By the supreme authority vested in this association, you are stripped of your medical license on the spot!""Your name is erased from the national physician registry forever!" Dr. Sterling-Col