The Proteus Cure
“Gerald Kaplan looked up at the clerk—a young black woman in a green skirt and blouse—and concealed his annoyance. He was only scheduled till three today and he wasn’t staying late. Whatever “last thing” she had, she’d better be quick about it. He’d put in his hours, now he wanted to go home.
It had been raining steadily all day and the parking lot was flooded. The longer he stayed, the deeper it would get. “What is it?”
“A chart. You were the last to see her, so you need to sign off on her.”
“W...hat’s the story?”
The clerk shrugged. “Dead. That’s all I know.”
Gerald looked at the name. Icy shock stabbed him. Tanesha Green.
He flipped open the chart and looked at the typed note pasted inside the front cover: Deceased. Cardiac arrest. The time of death, the names of the hospital and the doctor who pronounced her were listed below.
He closed the chart and leaned back, chilled yet sweating. Takamura had told him that the first patient showing pigment changes had died in some sort of accident—a fall at home.MoreLess
It had been raining steadily all day and the parking lot was flooded. The longer he stayed, the deeper it would get. “What is it?”
“A chart. You were the last to see her, so you need to sign off on her.”
“W...hat’s the story?”
The clerk shrugged. “Dead. That’s all I know.”
Gerald looked at the name. Icy shock stabbed him. Tanesha Green.
He flipped open the chart and looked at the typed note pasted inside the front cover: Deceased. Cardiac arrest. The time of death, the names of the hospital and the doctor who pronounced her were listed below.
He closed the chart and leaned back, chilled yet sweating. Takamura had told him that the first patient showing pigment changes had died in some sort of accident—a fall at home.MoreLess
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