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There is a knock on the door and I glance out of theto find anearby A fewthe elevator up to Shane’s suite, a s on my shoulder At Shane’s door I knock but he doesn’t answer, and the fact that he trusts ht We have to stop seeing each other I unlock the door and enter, settingand purse on the coatrack by the door

I pass the kitchen and glance up the stairs at the bedroo, Can I really walk away if I ht with Shane? Tor roo, I move forward to hear Shane’s voice

"What exactly are you suggesting, Eric?" Shane de," co you what my patient told my nurses And not just any patient The wife of a professional baseball player who says he’s using perfor else froe of the bar fro involved with more than just a fa I’ve tried to fight and escape in ht," Shane says "The soon-to-be ex-wife says this drugoff-label can’t be detected in blood tests?"

"That’s what she clai for the plastic surgery you’re doing on his soon-to-be ex-wife"

"Correct"

"This has dirty divorce settlement written all over it," Shane replies

"Shane, man," Eric says "I want that to be truth, but she swears that ballplayer who died lastit too"

"This isn’t happening at Brandon Pharmaceuticals," Shane insists

"I hope not, rew up together I know you wouldn’t do this, but your family is another story"

Shane brushes past that coive ive you that"

"Of course you can’t I’ll figure it out, but I need you to keep me in the loop"