Graham watched it again. And again. There was no misunderstanding the movement.

Dana’s voice came through the speaker. “We found twenty-seven similar recordings.”

Graham looked at the silent image of Vanessa disappearing down the hallway. The woman who had slept beside him. The woman whose ring he had chosen. The woman who had kissed him after every doctor’s appointment and promised they would face his illness together.

His phone rang. Dr. Kim’s name appeared on the screen. “I have preliminary results,” she said. “There is a compound in your bloodstream that should not be there.”

Graham pressed the phone closer to his ear. “Can it cause hearing loss?”

“Yes.”