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Client Present
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 4 2026
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Mrs. Jones nearly collapses in Alana Reed's exam room-then insists it was nothing.
Alana has seen nothing become a fall, a fracture, a spiral. She documents the facts, checks the meds, and slows everything down.
But someone else is speeding the story up.
A request for Alana's notes arrives before Mrs. Jones even knows an assessment has been scheduled. Forms appear. Appointments move. Words change-declined to sign becomes declined services. And inside a clean portal designed to look harmless, one box is already ticked:
CLIENT PRESENT
Now Alana is fighting two battles at once: keeping her patient safe in the real world-and keeping the record honest on paper. Because in a system built on checkboxes, a single yes can be manufactured... and once it's filed, it becomes truth.
A medical-thriller about consent, coercion, and how fast help can turn into a trap.
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