Beginning of Could You Not Watch

The two files lay there.

Their owners sat in easy chairs across the desk.

Two files, two lives. This was what they came down to. Would they live or would they die? Who could make such a decision?

Dr. Kenneth P. Johnson could. It was all in his hands, and he wasn’t entirely comfortable with it. Not by a long shot. But, somebody had to do it, and he was somebody. He rubbed his eyes a bit, and picked up the first file.