Somebody had applied a blowtorch to his toes.

Trying to ignore the searing pain in his right foot propped against the accelerator, Pete gritted his teeth and focused on the heavy rush hour traffic.

The tingling in his toes had begun about a year ago, and he had had no idea what was causing it. He kept flexing his toes, thinking that it was a just a circulation problem. But it kept worsening. Finally, he mentioned it to one of his coworkers.

Randy shook his head. "I have no idea, but it sounds like you