Don't Open the Door by Allison Brennan

Author:Allison Brennan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2023-02-06T15:48:25+00:00

Twenty-Six

Regan really, really hated the traffic that now seemed to go in every direction, not just flowing out of DC and Arlington into the suburbs. Her GPS told her it would take more than an hour to get to Grant’s place for a drive that should have taken thirty minutes. But there was no getting around it; she was going to see him tonight and not leave until he told her what he and Tommy had been doing.

Tommy was dead and she feared that Grant might also be in danger. She just couldn’t figure out why. What had they found and why hadn’t Grant told her immediately?

Her cell phone rang and it was Terri Granger, returning her call.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t get back to you sooner,” Terri said. “I had rounds all afternoon—this is my first real break of the day.”

“I told you it wasn’t urgent,” Regan said. “And it doesn’t really have anything to do with Tommy’s murder. It’s more about your line of work.”

“Oh?”

“Are you involved in the Godwin Group?”

“Involved? No, but I’m very familiar with their work. They raise money for pediatric cancer research. I believe they’re the number-two-ranked private donor in the country.”

“Do you know any of the principals? Someone I might be able to talk to about their donors?”

“Most charitable groups won’t talk about their donors. Privacy rights and all that. But most of the donors are listed on their webpage. Why are you interested?”

“The name came up today, and I’m just crossing t’s. I was talking to my ex-husband at his office and the head of BioRise Pharmaceuticals came in, and I remembered meeting him at a charity event that the Godwin Group put on.”

“BioRise? That’s not surprising. They specialize in cancer research and therapeutics, and have done some groundbreaking research into actual cures.”

“Curing cancer?” Regan asked, surprised.

“Not cancer as a whole, but specific cancers. They uncovered a gene that is involved in a rare cancer, and developed a screening test that is ninety percent effective. If we can prescreen for high-risk patients, we can intervene at the earliest stages.”

“Like if a woman is at high-risk for breast cancer, we know because there’s a history in her family?”

“Similar, but more focused. Soon, we’ll be able to screen children for a large range of potential cancers and genetic disorders that don’t manifest until later in life. Once we can identify the at-risk population, we can develop therapeutics to stop the cancers or disease before they develop. It’s very state-of-the-art gene therapy and I’m cautiously optimistic.”

Regan mulled that information over, but she didn’t know if it was important. She might ask Grant more about BioRise and Seidel when she talked to him tonight.

“BioRise is a pioneer in this field,” Terri continued, “and I’m, personally, very excited by the early trials that they’ve conducted. Of course it will take years before we have answers, but I believe it’ll be in my lifetime. They will save lives.”

“Good to know,” she said.

“How are you?” Terri asked.

“I should be asking you that question.

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