As Keith made his way downtown to the meeting, his phone was buzzing with incoming texts, most of them surrounding his absence and what he was missing - namely, Dominic Black and his scare tactic that there may or may not be a six-year-old girl living among them that might be a carrier for some unknown but lethal pathogen.

Keith thought about that as he made his way back towards town and after visiting the clinic, and he had to admit, the ruse was brilliant. ...