With Every Breath
“The streetcar was nearly empty at this time of the evening, but he preferred to stand when he was nervous. The surgery took longer than planned, but the patient was doing well. Surgery was an intellectual challenge he enjoyed, and it was so much easier than making chitchat like Kate wanted him to do tonight.But she was right. He needed allies, because the situation was a lot worse than Kate knew. In addition to the negative coverage in the newspapers, he had been getting threatening letters del...ivered to his home address. The newspaper articles were tame compared with the virulence in the letters he received at home. And those anonymous letters were written by someone who knew a great deal about his personal history, mentioning too many private details for it to be a coincidence. Whoever was behind this campaign was not so much afraid of tuberculosis as someone who despised him. Someone who wanted to see him ruined.He tightened his fist around the strap. Medicine was the only thing he had in the world.MoreLess
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