A month had passed and Wanfahmai hurried her steps towards Prof. Arthichard office.

“What is it, Wanfahmai?”

“Are you busy?” as she saw that Dr. Panya was in the room as well, “I can come back later, if you are…”

“No no… It’s fine… Why?”

“Prof… There’s something I would like to share with you…”

“You have another patient in mind for the trial?”

“No… It’s not that…”

“Then? Come in… Take a seat…” invited Prof. Arthichard as she was still standing at his door.

“I believe that there’s something sinister going on…”

“What are you referring to?”

“I’ve been having an inkling feeling… That I had hope to not be true…” as Wanfahmai spoke with much difficulty before she placed her findings on the table for Prof. Arthichard to read.

Prof. Arthichard gave a quick read of the data that Wanfahmai had compiled. He then looked towards her with a shock in his eyes as she continued to speak,

“Prof Chard… I know the sample size is really small… And they are basically just solely patients who requires my expertise… But… How many times should it happen before it is no longer a coincidence?”

“Then what are you going to do about it? Do you have any evidence?”

“I knew you would ask that… I’ve taken a sample water from the lake in that province along with another sample water from a single household and also sample soil near the lake that I’ve sent for some testing…”

“And you’ve got the results?”

“Yeah… Here it is…”

“But the concentration isn’t high enough to directly link to the issue you have in mind… We would need more evidence…”

“I know, Prof… But at the same time, I am thankful that it has yet to spread to the households… But the question the effect on the people working there… And that can only mean that I would need to collect more samples from different parts of the lake but it has become private property… They have cordoned most of the area so, it is not possible for