Kat pushed Alex in a wheelchair. He'd meant to visit the children, check in on them. He'd heard from Helman that Kat was almost done with her rehab, would be going home in another week or so. Also that the ethics committee had approved Alex's DNR and Grace had been appointed his guardian ad litem. No small feat, considering Grace had lost her ability to speak during the surgery that saved her life.
He watched her with the children, her graceful movements striking even from this distance. Kat threw her head back and spun around with glee, wavering a little when she put her weight on her left leg.
Despite losing her voice, that hypnotic angel's voice that had first attracted him to her, Grace had no difficulty communicating with the two children. He watched as she gently lifted Alex from his chair and made him comfortable on the blanket.
Then he realized Alex had no oxygen with him. Grace held Alex on her lap, pointing out the early budding forsythia, crocus and daffodils while Kat sat on his other side, blowing bubbles from a small bottle.
Vincent closed his eyes on the scene, his hand still pressed against the glass, trembling as he realized what he was witnessing. Alex's death. And Vincent's failure.
"All right, Emberek." A man's voice broke through his reverie. "Let's talk turkey. What's it gonna take to get rid of these lousy feelings? I don't have time for all that talk-therapy crap, can't afford to lose my edge because of Prozac or any of that other shit. So tell me, what can you bring to the table? What's this new wonder drug of yours I heard about?"
Vincent opened his eyes, the tableau below him blurring as he blinked. He spun around, a wide smile creasing his face.
"Lucidine," he told Leonard Augustine, a powerful Hollywood advertising executive, certain to be another success story for Vincent. "It will change your world. Forever."
About CJ:
As a pediatric ER doctor, CJ Lyons has lived the life she writes about in her cutting edge suspense novels. She has assisted police and prosecutors with cases involving child abuse, rape, homicide and Munchausen by Proxy and has worked in numerous trauma centers, as a crisis counselor, victim advocate, as well as a flight physician for Life Flight. CJ credits her patients and their families for teaching her the art of medicine and giving her the courage to pursue her dream of becoming a novelist.
Her first novel, LIFELINES (Berkley, March 2008), received praise as a "breathtakingly fast-paced medical thriller" from Publishers Weekly, was reviewed favorably by the Baltimore Sun and Newsday, named a Top Pick by Romantic Times Book Review Magazine, and became a National Bestseller. LIFELINES also won a Readers' Choice Award for Best First Novel.
Her award-winning, critically acclaimed Angels of Mercy series (LIFELINES, WARNING SIGNS, URGENT CARE, and CRITICAL CONDITION) is available in stores now. Her newest project is as co-author of a new suspense series with Erin Brockovich. To learn more about CJ and her work, go to www.cjlyons.net.
Books by CJ Lyons
ROCK BOTTOM with Erin Brockovich, coming 3/11
Angels of Mercy Series:
LIFELINES
WARNING SIGNS
URGENT CARE
CRITICAL CONDITION
BORROWED TIME
NERVES OF STEEL
BLIND FAITH
Shadow Ops Series:
CHASING SHADOWS
LOST IN SHADOWS
EDGE OF SHADOWS, coming soon!
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39