Chapter One
Meghan Collins stood somewhat aside from the cluster of other journalists in
Emergency at Manhattan's Roosevelt Hospital. Minutes before, a retired United
States senator had been mugged on Central Park West and rushed here. The media
were milling around, awaiting word of his condition.
Meghan lowered her heavy tote bag to the floor. The wireless mike, cellular
telephone and notebooks were causing the strap to dig into her shoulder blade.
She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes for a moment's rest. All the
reporters were tired. They'd been in court since early afternoon, awaiting the
verdict in a fraud trial. At nine o'clock, just as they were leaving, the call
came to cover the mugging. It was now nearly 11. The crisp October day had
turned into an overcast night that was an unwelcome promise of an early winter.
It was a busy night in the hospital. Young parents carrying a bleeding
toddler were waved past the registration desk through the door to the
examination area. Bruised and shaken passengers of a car accident consoled each
other as they awaited medical treatment.
Outside, the persistent wail of arriving and departing ambulances added to
the familiar cacophony of New York traffic.
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