“She sends corporate risk lawyers with nondisclosure forms.”

He reached inside his heavy coat and took out a thick cream envelope sealed with gray security tape.

“What’s that?” I asked.

“The clinic administrator asked for my resignation forty minutes ago,” he said, his voice falling nearly to a whisper.

“They claimed I broke internal audit protocols.”

“Is this because of Spencer’s file?”

“Because I wouldn’t overwrite the master laboratory logs,” Dr.

Vance said.