Chapter 501

Much to her surprise, Doctor Coren gave his approval for Patricia to help. "We have run into a brick wall. We can't find anything that went wrong. The procedure was 100% effective. We were right on target. If she is as good with a computer as you say she is, maybe she can spot something we missed."

They wheeled Patricia in to the meeting room, in street clothes. Doctor Coren, and his staff, discussed her case with her at length. When she had a question, she typed it into her computer, and all the doctors read it on theirs. The discussion lasted a little less than one hour.

Then something happened, the doctors never expected. Patty laid down the ground rules for her help:

1. She wanted total access to the hospital's mainframe.

2. When she was working at a computer, no one but Stephano was allowed within 3 feet of her. If they wanted to watch what she was doing, they could look at another monitor.

3. Computer printouts were to be on an