Death Rounds
“That was about as subtle as being hit by a truck.
Like me, he obviously wasn’t averse to a bit of bribery and blackmail, but I had to think I was better at it. The real question remained. Was he a monster reeling me in, or was he an honorable man trying to do what he thought was right for Janet, for his department, and for his hospital? In the final analysis I had no idea.
My stomach rearranged itself a few more times, then clamped back down on the cola I’d treated it to five minutes ago.
I’d f...ound nothing that would persuade Janet that Cam shouldn’t be trusted. She’d be furious about his crude attempt to blackmail me and would have no qualms telling him to his face that he was pig-headedly wrong about the Phantom. But she’d buy his excuse that he was frantic to keep rumors from panicking the hospital. Cam himself could claim, “I explained everything to him, gave him carte blanche to explore the asylum, and he still won’t believe me.” Janet was then likely to invoke her often-used marital right to consider me a part-time dolt and blast me for continuing to suspect the man.MoreLess
Like me, he obviously wasn’t averse to a bit of bribery and blackmail, but I had to think I was better at it. The real question remained. Was he a monster reeling me in, or was he an honorable man trying to do what he thought was right for Janet, for his department, and for his hospital? In the final analysis I had no idea.
My stomach rearranged itself a few more times, then clamped back down on the cola I’d treated it to five minutes ago.
I’d f...ound nothing that would persuade Janet that Cam shouldn’t be trusted. She’d be furious about his crude attempt to blackmail me and would have no qualms telling him to his face that he was pig-headedly wrong about the Phantom. But she’d buy his excuse that he was frantic to keep rumors from panicking the hospital. Cam himself could claim, “I explained everything to him, gave him carte blanche to explore the asylum, and he still won’t believe me.” Janet was then likely to invoke her often-used marital right to consider me a part-time dolt and blast me for continuing to suspect the man.MoreLess
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