Miracle Cure (46 page)

On the way back to D.C. where he’d meet Phoebe and the girls, he stopped at a small park where a group of teens was just choosing sides for a game of touch.

“You guys need a quarterback?” he asked.

M
ICHAEL
P
ALMER
, M.D., is the author of
Fatal, The Patient, Critical Judgement, Silent Treatment, Natural Causes, Extreme Measures, Flashback, Side Effects
, and
The Sisterhood
. His books have been translated into twenty-six languages. He trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General hospitals, spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine, and is now involved in the treatment of alcoholism and chemical dependence. He lives in Massachusetts.