A sense of dread coursed through Scott when he heard the sober tone of the doctor. He sat up on the couch as his palm suddenly became sweaty. "What is it, doc?"

"I carried out some tests yesterday. Cora said that Tommy had been stooling yesterday morning, so I had to take some of the fecal matter alongside his blood sample. I carried out some tests yesterday and..." the doctor paused.

"And what?" Scott's patience ran out. "What did you find?"

"It seems that Tommy has a kidney infection."

"I beg your pardon? What the hell did you just say?" Scott felt he had heard wrong. But after the doctor...