Trapped Nerves
Chapter 1
Pill Hill—Portland, OR, July 2005
Whenever he entered an elevator, Dr. Mason Grant always felt a slight pang of fear. Guiding his wheelchair through the opening, Mason was glad to see the car was empty. However, when he turned around to face the doors, someone else had stepped inside, too. Mason gazed up at the broad, heavy-set frame of the newcomer. His body froze when he reached the man’s face.
Feeling a desperate need to escape, Mason reached for the rims of his wheels, but his arms refused to co-operate. To his horror the steel doors began to close, locking him inside the car with the one person he hoped he’d never see again.
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Central High School—Crawford, Vancouver, WA, September 1991
The coach had worked the soccer team hard: harder than usual i
