“He needs to know that I know the truth,” I said.

I tapped the blue send arrow before Ben could say anything else.

The message bubble slid up the screen, and the gray word *Delivered* showed up beneath it at twelve fourteen.

At two o’clock the computer at the front desk chimed with a new email.

I moved the paper appointment book aside and clicked on the inbox, expecting a routine note from a patient.

Rory’s name was near the top of the unread list.