The overhead reading lights clicked on here and there across the rows while the rest of the cabin stayed dark.

I reached into my tote and took out the sealed manila envelope Dr.

Vance had handed me by the clinic’s side exit.

The paper was stiff, held together by two metal prongs along the top edge.

Inside were three original laboratory ledgers printed on heavy blue paper, each with St.

Jude Clinic’s official watermarked seal.

My name was at the top of the first page under primary patient records, but the handwritten figures underneath were all Spencer’s.

A red rubber stamp in the left margin labeled the whole document a restricted administrative summary.