�Can you tell me what�s going on with her pregnancy? How can she be eight to ten weeks pregnant?�

�She had an affair with a coworker during that time frame, someone named, uh,� Dr. Pachla flipped a page, �Danny.�

�But he�s not the father,� Dr. Hubley said.

�How do you know that?�

�I have the results of the paternity test in my hand. It says Denby is the father.�

Silence.

�Dr. Pachla? Are you there?�

�Yes.�

�What�s wrong?�

�Now I�m suspicious. There are notes missing from this file, and I just learned from the receptionist that Ms. Russell had an AI done a couple of months ago. The chart says she had a cauterization procedure. The patient wouldn�t really know the difference, except she was asked to lie flat on her back for two hours.�

�Denby was still alive back then. That also explains one of the dreams she�s been having.� A second later, she gasped, �No. This is not possible. The name of the prosecutor in her dream was Muzqu�z. I see the connection now. What do you know about Dr. Muzqu�z?�

�I just learned his family came seven years ago from Cartagena.�

�You had better watch out. Denby was involved with a heroin smuggling ring from Colombia. Diane killed him when he showed up to steal sixty kilograms of their heroin.�

�What have we stumbled into here?�

�I don�t know, but I for one am in over my head, and I suspect you are, too,� Dr. Hubley�s voice was shaking. �I want to bring IAB into this one. In the mean time, I suggest you don�t try to be a hero, okay? Do you promise?�

�I promise,� Dr. Pachla whispered, and then let the phone stumble into the cradle. She buried her head in her hands. �Lord help us.�