To The Bone

Chapter 22

Late, after midnight, you find yourself driving toward the clinic. In the past you've returned to the operating room – to linger, to replay the event, moment by frozen moment, in your mind.

But tonight, you drive past. Things have gone very wrong: the word murder has been spoken. It's not about last night, or even the other times. It's what they think might have happened to Eden Hale.

That Monks is prying, and that will bring the wrong kind of attention around. The thought of this – of him – sets off the old fear. You realize you've been grinding your teeth.

You pull over to the curb and close your eyes. Concentrate.

It starts to come to you. What to do, how to set things up, so they'll look at someone else.

You think about who might fit.