Case fragment 01 · THE ADVOCATE
Cade Morrow met Ash beneath the clinic awning while rain silvered the pavement. He was a municipal auditor, not family, but she had asked for someone whose loyalty could not be purchased by Orison Clinic.
At intake, Ash made him repeat the promise: if her answer changed, the procedure stopped. Cade signed beside her name. By morning, the public transcript remembered Ash arriving alone.