The Perfect Victim

Summary

Once again, my wife, Claire Winters, stabbed me with a silver needle.

A reporter tracked me down and asked, "Louis Sterling, wasn't your wife, Claire, one of the winners of the National Inspiration Awards from ten years ago? She won the reward for saving you during the earthquake and ending up paralyzed from the waist down, right?"

I stayed quiet for a moment, then nodded.

"Louis, we're from a TV station, and we're producing a tenth anniversary special about the earthquake."

I rubbed my arm, which was covered in tiny needle marks, and looked her straight in the eye.