Chapter 37: Before the Next Dose

Evan read the four-page disclosure at the kitchen table in navy scrubs, his rain shell open and the large umbrella propped against his chair. Su had placed the packets square with the table edge. He had disturbed the top copy by less than an inch. At eight that morning, she had called Mina Park. Mina had apologized twice for making Su repeat herself. Then she had asked whether Hana could have the fever again. "Yes," Su had said. Mina had gone silent. When she spoke again, she asked where and when to come. Now Evan reached the signature page. "What happens if they don't sign?" "I stop transfer treatment for them." "And if they do?" "I continue under the limits written there." He rested one finger above the blank line. His right hand trembled hard enough to stir the paper. "You want them to choose tonight." "I want to give…