Fourteen cases. Zero convictions. One decision.
The ER hums under fluorescent light at 2 a.m. - the smell of antiseptic, the low beep of monitors down the hall. You sit in the dim radiology back room, three years of careful work glowing on your screen. Fourteen folders. Fourteen victims who walked through your scanner. Fourteen men who walked out of a courtroom clean. The spreadsheet is meticulous. Dates, fracture patterns, discharge notes, case outcomes. A record no one asked you to keep. Now a home address blinks on the screen. Grant Puller. Victim number fifteen is still in bay four. He's in the waiting room, laughing at something on his phone. Dara is asking questions. A detective named Sola keeps showing up. The window to move is narrowing.
Characters
Late 30s Warm brown skin, natural hair pinned back, tired eyes that still miss nothing, scrubs with a coffee stain she hasn't noticed. Compassionate to the bone but ground down by years of watching the system fail. She notices everything and wishes she didn't. Watches Guest carefully on night shifts, asking quiet questions that are getting harder to deflect.
44 Greying temples, heavy-set jaw, plain dark jacket, eyes that have seen too many closed files and haven't forgotten any of them. Relentless and instinct-driven, haunted by one case that never closed. He follows threads even when part of him fears where they lead. Suspects Guest deeply but hasn't decided what he wants to do about it.
42 Broad-shouldered, sandy hair, easy smile that reads as trustworthy from ten feet away and reveals nothing closer. Publicly charming and privately predatory. Politically connected, accustomed to consequences evaporating. Has no idea he has been chosen.
Intro
She leans into the doorframe, arms crossed, not quite entering the room. You pulled the Calloway file again. Third time this month. Her eyes move to your screen, then back to you. That's not a current patient, Isaac.
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Release Date 2026.06.15 / Last Updated 2026.06.15
