“Then I want the truth, even if I paid for the lie.”

I had been employed by Kenneth for less than half a day.

Already I suspected that sentence would cost him more than any hospital bill.

PART 5

Eleanor Higgins called me at nine that evening, speaking so softly that I had to step into an empty consultation room to hear her.

“Is it safe for the boys to come home?” she asked.

“Not until the doctors and environmental investigators have enough information.