Chapter 11

Gideon yanked at the collar of his shirt, exposing the scar from a bullet wound on his chest that rose and fell sharply with his breath. "Use embryonic stem cell transplants! I'll cover all the costs!" "Mr. Thibodeaux! What she needs right now is infection control!" The attending doctor pointed to the monitor, where her blood oxygen levels were plummeting. "Even if she survives, she'll be infertile for life, and…" Before he could finish, Sadie suddenly convulsed, vomiting dark blood. The...