My Childhood Sweetheart Asked Me to Sign a Special Folder in Room Four Hundred Seven

basket, leaving a dark trail on the skin.

“Switzerland?” I asked, keeping my voice quiet.

“They do not take standard insurance, of course,” Ben said, his hand reaching up to touch his crooked bow tie again.

“But Klein says he can get me onto the list if we can show we have the liquid assets to cover the first quarter of the clinical trial.”