Chapter 18

The only information I had from Kourtney was her town's name and nothing more specific, so finding her would not be easy. However, I figured that since she had not completed her recovery when she was discharged, she would still need medication. If she really was living here and needed to refill her prescription, there was only one place she could go. I headed to the town's health clinic and found an internal medicine doctor. I explained the situation and showed him my medical license along with the surgery records from Kourtney's case. "Dr. Ranford, your request is quite unusual," the doctor said, visibly surprised. "Let me check with our director first, if that's all right with you." He clearly did not expect a doctor from Dynora to show up in such a small town just to track down a patient. It completely challenged his assumptions. "She's been under my care from the beginning. She's fought her illness for a long time, and now that she's finally on the path to recovery, I don