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that name before. And I do believe I heard it from you. Or am I
wrong? " "No, you're right."

"Seems to me you had yourself a bit of a hard-on for this Doc Lathram a
while back." '"We had a disagreement. That's all. ' More than a
disagreement, actually.

Duncan Lathram had flat out refused to operate on Gerry's face after
the car accident. It had been a very bad time for Gerry. The worst.

And Lathram's brush-off had almost put him over the edge. He still
smarted from the sting of that rejection.

"You seemed pretty heated up at the time, if I remember." '"Look.

The computer spit out the correlation on its own. I didn't go looking
for it. But you've got to admit it seems a little strange that a
congressman and a senator both die a month or so after plastic surgery
performed by the same doctor."

"One in a car accident, the other in a fall. I don't exactly see a
trend here."

"Neither do I. Just mentioning it as a curiosity. ' "Fine. So
basically we've got no evidence of foul play in the Schulz death. '
"None."

"Okay. Then let's fold up that tent and move on without muddying the
water with plastic surgeons."

"Will do." . .

But Gerry's interest was piqued. It might be nothing■ doubtless was
nothing■but he'd keep an eye out for any other Lathram patients who
wound up in the morgue.

Just for the sheer hell of it.

SURGERY DR. PANZELLA? " Gin sat before a computer terminal,
completing a pre-op physical, summarizing her evaluation of a patient's
cardiopulmonary status and suitability for surgery. At least that was
what she was supposed to be doing. Actually she was staring at the
screen ruminating about yesterday's disaster at Marsden's office and
that officious little■ Don't think about it.

She looked up. A young black woman, dressed in surgical scrubs and
cap, had poked her head and upper body through the door of the record
room and was looking at her expectantly.

'"He's ready to scrub, " said Joanna, the surgicenter's OR nurse.