“I won’t discuss specific chemical findings over an open cell connection,” Doctor Aris said.

“I can be at your office in twenty minutes,” I said.

“Drive around to the back lot behind the main building,” he said.

“Use the side entrance near the alley dumpster.”

“Is there a problem with the sample?” I asked.

“Just come straight to my desk, Mrs.

Vance,” he said, and hung up.

I parked my sedan behind the brick clinic, right next to the grey steel dumpster in the alley.