第6章 Epilogue

Daniel Whitfield was released from prison six weeks later.

I resigned my position at the university and testified at the inquiry. Thomas Chen surrendered his medical license. Victor Okafor was recalled from his advisory position and faced a parliamentary investigation.

Harriet Blackwood won the Pulitzer for her investigative series.

Catherine Ashworth was charged with the murder of Marcus Webb. At her trial, the jury deliberated for forty minutes before returning a verdict that shocked no one who had watched the broadcast:

Not guilty.

As for me, I teach now at a small community college in Norfolk. Criminal ethics, of all things. Every semester, I begin my first lecture the same way:

"I am going to tell you about the worst thing I ever did. And then I am going to tell you how a dead man made me pay for it."

The students always lean forward.

They always want to hear what's behind the last door.