The pharmacist placed the guarantee beside the prescription so Kellan could see both at once.
“This covers assessment, the listed course and monitoring,” she said. “This drug isn’t part of the listed course.”
“It treats the infection.”
“Yes.”
“The infection is why he has the course.”
“Yes. I’m not disputing why it was prescribed.”
She turned the page to the medication schedule. The covered drug had a similar name, close enough that Kellan had read past it when the specialist explained the twelve-week offer. He had asked about transport, about follow-up costs and the possibility that Theo would need to stop. He had left the room believing he had found every edge of the agreement.
The pharmacist put a small mark beside the new name.
