Chapter 5 - Testing The Unknown Pills At A Secret Chicago Laboratory
On Thursday afternoon, Maya took her scheduled four-hour break, driving her modest sedan straight toward downtown Chicago.
She met with Dr. Aris Thorne, a trusted former colleague of her late father who operated an independent testing lab on Michigan Avenue.
Dr. Thorne placed the brown prescription bottle into his digital mass spectrometer, analyzing the chemical composition of the tablets.
“Where did you get these pills, Maya?” Dr. Thorne asked twenty minutes later, his face grave behind his wire-rimmed glasses.
“They are being administered to a private home-care client,” Maya replied, keeping her client’s identity strictly confidential.
“This isn't a standard nerve therapeutic,” Dr. Thorne revealed, turning his glowing computer screen toward her.
“It’s a high-potency neuro-blocking agent that induces localized muscular atrophy and severe central nervous system depression,” he explained.
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“If taken continuously for another month, it would permanently destroy his ability to ever walk again,” Dr. Thorne added grimly.
Maya took the printed toxicology report, holding the damning evidence tightly against her chest as she returned to her car.
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