Chapter 50

The crew rolled into the hospital in record time. Maybe not the ritziest joint, but it'd have to do for now. The agent gently laid Patricia on a gurney, and Director Free flashed his ID, asking to speak to the top doc around. When she appeared, he pulled her aside and dropped the bomb: Patricia had radiation poisoning, and she'd already been treated for it down in Miami.

The doctor's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "How in the world did she get radiation poisoning?"

Director Free shook his head. "She did it to herself. Stubborn as they come. No matter what I said, she was dead set on this. I tried everything, Doc. But she sneaked off to some hospital up in the Bronx and got it done."

The doctor frowned. "There are procedures for this. Forms, permissions from the FDA, CDC. How'd she bypass all that?"

"I'll give it to you straight: money talks. She greased palms all the way through. People tend to