Badger Or Bribe

Winter chased away autumn and laid claim to the city. The media storm over the Clubhouse had finally died down. Brennan Finnegan was in jail. The other members of the paedophile ring were either behind bars or put on trial. But it wasn’t all good news. Cara’s condition deteriorated. The drugs were rapidly losing their efficacy. I tracked down Alison, but she refused to talk to me. She was more concerned about her criminal husband than her dying daughter. Fitz had not had any luck with the international registry of bone marrow donors. During our last meeting, he told me Cara might not make it to the spring if she didn’t get a transplant soon. I hounded Alison, was determined to badger or bribe her into coming in for a matching test. I was on my way to her house when I got a call. Freya’s name flashed onscreen. After a brief moment of hesitation, I detoured to Orchid Park. It baffled me, why she’d want to move back here after everything came to light. But the house belonged to her and Ni