A few days into the New Year and less than three weeks before the rescheduled hearing, Carol contracted the flu. She made an appointment with Doctor Moreira—the family’s physician—and was scheduled for later that afternoon.
She dealt with her accountant, took his advice about selling more than ninety percent of Montenegro’s restaurant stock shares and the two remaining hotels to pay out some debts, and sat through another meeting with Caesar Dunbar. When the headache verged on the brink of a full-blown migraine, she took two ibuprofen tablets.
By the time she was waiting in Doctor Moreira’s office, she felt marginally human. It wasn’t long before a young nurse called her in and escorted her into an examination room. She instructed her to undress and put on the disposable paper robe befor
