Die Judge Die: A Fiona Gavelle Mystery by Una Tiers

Author:Una Tiers
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: Gavelle Press
Published: 2014-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

It took a week of daily calls to the Senior Department to set an appointment to see Eddy. The fifth day I called three times, and that was when I got a response that I could see him the next afternoon, on a Saturday.

Nearly skipping, I was anxious to tell him we had a toehold. We would object to the sale of his house. My keenness to talk to Eddy plunged into despair when I found him sound asleep in the middle of the afternoon. He was wearing pajamas and was covered with a few blankets.

Was a nap appropriate? What did I know about being eighty years old? And wouldn’t you take a nap in your street clothes? Judge Curie was around the same age and he was still working. Maybe he took afternoon naps. Maybe Eddy didn’t sleep well the night before. Maybe he had a hard day fighting off the lady residents who had him outnumbered.

I tiptoed into the room and whispered his name several times, a little louder each time. He didn’t stir. I jiggled his arm and he smiled but didn’t open his eyes. I opened the blinds a little to let the sun come in. He hadn’t shaved in several days and looked like Moses.

“John?” he asked with his eyes closed. “Are you going to the Piggly Wiggly later? We need bread. He laughed softly and returned to a gentle snore. Eddy seemed to be about a hundred years older than the last time we met less than two weeks back.

As I was leaving Know Acres, a man labored along the hall toward me using a walker. Tap, scrape, tap, scrape. As we were passing one another, he stopped and asked for a glass of water.

“Water?” I confirmed.

“I’m thirsty,” he answered. He made a head jerk toward a table that had thermos marked ‘coffee’ and a jar with a spout to dispense ice water.

“Can I pour?” I teased him.

His blue eyes darted left and then right. “I’m looking for my wife, have you seen her?” His voice was loud and packed with mischief. A nurse walked past us and smiled like a happy nun.

“Not today maybe she will be back later,” I answered in what I took to be a code.

As soon as the nurse disappeared into a room, the conversation shifted from code to spy talk.

“You’re the lawyer, right?” His eyes were clear and intense.

I nodded and held the water to his mouth as he sipped.

“They’re drugging Eddy. He hasn’t been to the dining room in almost a week. I was told not to go into his room.”

Before I could ask questions, he tottered down the hall at an increased speed and disappeared.

The creepiness overwhelmed me and I scurried out to the parking lot, stopping only when I was inside the Fiona Mobile with the doors locked.

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