Unlucky

Terrible what happened, so soon after Christmas and New Year. Ruined everything. Retired neurosurgeon Christian Graham didn't deserve such rotten luck, no one did. Add to that the strange, sad fact that it remains a medical mystery today, five months later. The whole affair is bizarre, tragic.

The doctors know he was poisened by something, and death came fast. But autopsy and forensic analysis came back inconclusive: unknown bacteria, pathogen, or parasite. He was gone within twenty-four hours after feeling suddenly weak, the first sign something was wrong. Graham's family and friends were still in shock, with no facts or answers for comfort.

His older sister, a tropical research chemist, took it hardest. She had just finalized details of their parents' substantial estate, now a family trust, she and her brother as co-trustees. The  siblings were never close, but Graham's sister reached out to him when their mother was terminal.

Sadly, she had just sent her unlucky brother his favorite passion: extra fine, imported chocolate. Hand-made, designer quality, these blissfully exquisite rectangles of wrapped delight were specially flavored with the most exotic, transporting notes. She will miss her dear brother, Christian.