6Vince pushed open the hospital Pathology Lab doors and headed for the post mortem room. As usual he felt apprehensive in the sterile terrain. Starting the day cutting up dead people had never really appealed to him, so back in medical school he’d veered away from Pathology, instead choosing a specialty with live punters and mostly happy endings.
That’s not to say the young Vincent Hanrahan didn’t have a bit of time for aspiring pathologists. Especially one. Back in first year, Sarah Bell had been tall and willowy with a serene, almost mystical expression and Vince had immediately fallen for this ephemeral creature with the golden tresses. They shared a love of old movies, especially Casablanca, and Vince let his ginger hair grow and started reading Herman Hesse.
The relationship had pea
