Fairbank.

Admitted two hours ago, cardiac distress, scheduled for an emergency bypass.” I closed my eyes.

“Now go into the audit log — the backend, the metadata.

Every change, every timestamp, every login since she came through the door.” The line went quiet, and then his keys started again, faster, and his voice changed.

“Shannon.

The diagnosis was overwritten eighteen minutes ago.

Somebody rewrote the resident’s original intake.” Nothing in a modern medical record ever truly disappears; every keystroke leaves a stamped, permanent trail.