Chapter 24

Was the Danbury family going to hold this over Frederick's head and make him keep working for them?

At Frederick's frown, Vivianne explained, "Here's the situation—I had all four patients sent home this morning, and I gave them 100 thousand dollars each in exchange for their secrecy. I told them to stay at home for the time being.

"One of the patient's family members refused to accept the money, though. They insisted on having the doctor who'd checked the patient treat the patient before they would agree to keep their silence. And so, to keep things under wraps and to help catch the people who framed my father, could you please help?"

Frederick wasn't too pleased about this. As a doctor, he naturally had the empathy and kindness to want to treat every patient in the world. If any patient came knocking and asked him to treat them, he would gladly do so.

Yet, this patient was using the dirt they had on Vivianne to threaten her so she would come to him and ask him for help. Frederick