(Kieran)
Wednesday morning I woke up early. Five AM. Couldn't sleep.
I got up and made coffee. Sat at my kitchen table looking out at the lake.
Today I'd find out what happened at Vaughn's hearing. Whether the medical board suspended his license or let him keep it.
I already knew the answer. The evidence was overwhelming. The complaints were real. The mistakes were documented.
They'd suspend him. They had to.
My phone rang at seven. David.
I answered. "Tell me."
"It's done. The board suspended his license indefinitely. He's on the national practitioner database. No hospital will hire him."
I let out a breath. "Good."
"There's something else. Emily Hart testified at the hearing. She broke her NDA."
I sat up straighter. "What did she say?"
"Everything. The patient who died at Joh
