Chapter 40

Say what now?”

I chuckle. “You know those medical school exams you had to study for, all those hours you spent grueling over all those books and papers, all the practice exams and preparations.”

“Yeah, what about it?”

“Not everyone had to work that hard at it. Or to be more precise, some tried and failed, but instead of taking a hint and moving on, they simply found someone else to take the exams for them so they could pass with flying colors and eventually become a chief resident in the ER of a certain prominent NY hospital.”

Her mouth drops open. “No!”

“Yes.”

“There’s no way.”

“I’m telling you,Chleo’s about to be knocked clean off that high horse of hers.”

“Ben, this is nuts,” she says as her eyes dart side to side trying to process the implications. “How do you know? Is this real?”

“I make it a point to acquire knowledge about the key people in my life and dealings. I hoped it would never come to this, but I needed to know any weaknesses that the chief resident might have,