Client Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798242495517)

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.