Chapter 5
That same week, Hud took Stoney to see Dr. Lennox Wilder, one of New York’s most progressive cosmetic surgeons. With the doctor directing him, Stoney found himself sitting in a large, brown-leather chair looking up into bright lights, a huge magnifying glass, and a camera that seemed to be looking down at him with one gigantic eye. The doctor sat on a stool adjacent to him squinting through a large, amplified glass. With gloved, antiseptic hands he probed, stretched, and moved his fingers roughly across Stoney’s scarred face. After a while he pushed the larger glass aside and fit a small, black instrument against one eye for closer work.
“My God, I’ve never seen anything like it,” he mumbled and then moved the magnifying glass aside and looked down at Stoney. “This was done wit
