Chapter 52 A Lead On The Leak

• The doctor, a man with eyes that held the weariness of countless sleepless nights, looked at Liam. He sat across from Liam, his fingers drumming a steady rhythm against the desk. "So, Mr. Callahan, can you tell me what happened before you found Ms. Isabelle in the bathroom?"
• Liam swallowed. His mind was a whirlwind of images – Isabelle's limp body, the chilling emptiness of the bathtub, the frantic call to emergency services. But when it came to what had happened before, a gnawing blankness filled his mind. He felt a tremor of fear, a cold realization that he couldn't recall anything beyond the moment he'd walked through the door and found her.
• "I… I don't know," he admitted, his voice hoarse. "I got home, and… she wouldn't answer. I thought she might have locked herself in the bathroom, and… I found her."