05 - You Can't Hide by Karen Rose

Author:Karen Rose [Rose, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446616898
Amazon: 0446616893
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2006-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Karen Rose

[Suspense 5]

You Can't Hide

A knock had all four turning toward the door. Rick stuck his head in. “I’m sorry, but Dr. Ciccotelli’s out here. She’s asking to see you, Aidan. She doesn’t look so good.”

Aidan came to his feet, worry instantly pushing everything to the side of his mind. “She was supposed to call me when she wanted to leave the hospital. Where is she?”

“Here.” Tess pushed past Rick, then froze as her gaze swept the cameras on the table. Her face had been pale, but now every drop of color drained away leaving her ashen. “All those?” she whispered. “Looking at my patients? At me?”

Aidan took her arm and guided her into a chair. He crouched down next to her and tilted her face so that she looked at him, not the cameras. “What happened, Tess?”

She pul ed from his grasp, her lips trembling. She looked back at the table, her eyes stopping at her key ring. She turned to Aidan, an immense hurt in her eyes and his heart dropped to his gut. “You gave them my files?” Barely audible, wisps of words.

“I wanted them, Tess,” Spinnelli said before Aidan could say a word. “He wouldn’t let me have them.”

She nodded and the hurt eased away leaving behind a horrible grief, and he knew. Still he asked, hoping he was wrong.

“What happened, Tess?” Aidan asked her again, very gently. She drew in a shuddering breath. “Harrison died.”

Her grief cut at his own heart and he wanted to drag her in his arms and hold her, but he couldn’t. Not here. Not in front of his lieutenant who already thought he and Murphy were too involved. If they only knew. So he took her hand only. “When?”

She shook her head numbly. “Thirty minutes ago. He was in surgery, but there was too much internal bleeding. His children came to be with Flo. So I left.” She lifted her eyes, dark and haunted. “I finished listening to my voice mail while I was waiting,” she went on with a hol ow, toneless quality that made his heart start beating faster. “My license has been suspended. And three more of my patients have threatened me if I tell their secrets.”

His racing heart stopped. “Do you know who they were?”

“No. I thought about calling all of them, every one of them on my list and tell them I wouldn’t say a word, but the ones who’d believe me wouldn’t have called threatening me to begin with. And it wouldn’t make any difference if she tells with my voice. The damage is equally done. Harrison died protecting their privacy. Their damn secrets.” Her voice broke. “But he died for nothing.” Her head bowed, she sat clutching his hand, silently weeping. His own eyes stung and he blinked as her tears dropped to his hand. “Tess, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” The words seemed so inadequate, but she nodded and drew another shuddering breath. She pul ed her hand free and wiped at her wet cheeks.

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