ns with doctors who looked at her with a mixture of pity and alarm. The heavy curtains

She was sitting up, watching Vera pe

e apple. She was staring at her phone resting on

room's energy immediately. "

er lip. Slowly, she picked up

and massive: Cole Compton Pledges $10 Million

a "rising star in the medical field," claiming the donatio

white lab coat, standing behind a podium with a fake, humble sm

physical nausea

rism of an unpublished thesis June had written when she was twenty y

of the phone. The last remainin

s to buy her a fake reputation, yet he had restricted June t

back to Vera. Her voic

heckin

azy? The doctor said you need at le

feet over the edge of the bed. "I've been rotting

ne signed the discharge pap

overhead televisions were broadcasting a live feed of

crophone. His voice echoed

he world," Cole said, looking at Alycia with

ounter, wearing large dark sun

Mr. Compton is so generous to his girlfriend. Hi

m at the nurse, but June grabbed he

oward the exit. "Let them climb a little

doors. The crisp New York air hit

Vera. "Take m

pulling her keys out. "

S. The private wealth manag

BS? June, you need a minimum of ten million

ched upward into a cold, sharp

rsche downtown in

as the towering skyscrapers of the

that had revolutionized nerve pain treatment. She had hidden her identity to

who couldn't survive without his credit

e massive, fortress-like en

simple black coat. Even without designer clothes, her post

who was staring at the

surprised?"