Barbara

A social media post by a young woman, Emily Fogarty, tells about having dinner at a creepy billionaire’s home. She tells of him taking her to a dungeon in his house. The creepy billionaire, Craig Hollis Fintech CEO, and his lawyer/fixer with the Meridian Group, Anders Whitman, are talking about what happened with Emily. He shows him the safe room in his home. It’s not a dungeon like Emily described. Caig calls it a riot retreat, in case of social unrest. He says he took Emily there and they...

A nurse enters the ICU ward at Van Kirk Memorial Hospital, a ward where coma patients are kept. Alicia Santos, a nurse in the ICU ward, noticed a patient’s eye movement, but was told by another  nurse that it’s just an uncontrolled twitch. It doesn’t mean anything. Alicia’s not so sure. Meanwhile, in Watson’s bedroom, John is awakened suddenly when Sherlock Holmes drops in and says good morning.  John threatens him if he continues to arrive without notice. He still can’t figure out how...

A literary director of the Pigeon Print, Gary Pidgeon is at a working lunch with one of his friends, Delores Feinn, asking her for an additional donation to their literary journal.  She lets him know she won’t be donating anything if he doesn’t publish her latest epic poem. She’s such an odd and difficult person.  He’s not pleased when he returns to his office. His associate and arts administrator, Hannah Lee, complains to him about her paycheck bouncing, and threatens to leave if he doesn’t...