Helen had passed the entire afternoon shift at the Lobster's Festival wandering from dock to dock, without following a logical pattern and without really seeing what was happening around her. She had spent the whole time thinking back to what she had seen that same morning in Dr. Parker's basement, and wondering countless times if what was written in Harry's medical record could be true, because if so the implications would be really terrible. But as the hours passed, her certainties had faded more and more, also because that confusion and the oppressive heat prevented her from reasoning clearly. She then wondered if it would really be appropriate to speak with the County Judge to order a search in the doctor's office. By doing so she might have succeeded in pulling her feet out of that qu
