Lethal Practice by Peter Clement

Author:Peter Clement [Clement, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Medical Thriller
Publisher: Belgrave House
Published: 1998-04-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Bufort arrived resentful as hell. He obviously considered this latest interruption a continuation of my personal campaign to sabotage his investigation.

Seated, silent, legs crossed, he listened to my tale and occasionally made notes in his pad. Once again I felt as if I were being given all the status of a suspect obstructing his speedy version of justice by perpetrating a hoax.

As I laid out the details of the lone figure on the golf green with the Dobermans, the whispered warning by an anonymous caller, and the footprints at our cabin door, Janet was becoming livid all over again.

Admittedly, hearing myself describe the extent of everything else I hadn’t told her was making me feel pretty sheepish—a “How could you be such an ass?” type of sheepish—if not outright deceitful.

Janet’s silence screamed I’d damned well gone way too far into this business, and I’d done it behind her back.

“It would appear. Dr. Garnet,” Bufort said coldly, “that you’ve attracted the interest and now the rage of a very dangerous person.”

Janet was a little less subtle. “You idiot! You’ve been dabbling like some damn amateur detective and brought God knows what down on us.”

I winced. Bufort smiled at my discomfort. Then he even tried coming to my rescue.

“Now, Mrs. Garnet—” he began.

Janet bristled. “My name, Detective, is Dr. Graceton,” she said icily.

Bufort flinched.

My turn to smile.

Bufort sighed. “I was going to say, I doubt your husband even knows what he did to make such a nuisance of himself that he’d get killed for it.”

Some rescue. His tone echoed Janet’s verdict perfectly. A bumbling fool. Man doesn’t know what he’s doing. “In fact”—he looked at me—”I suggest you write a complete account of all your movements, everything you’ve said and done in the last four days.” He leaned back, enjoyed my attempted protest, then quickly cut me off. “Everything, Doctor. Every step, every encounter, and—this is particularly important—log every word you have uttered and to whom.”

“You’ve got to be kidding! Come on. That would take hours, even days.”

I turned to Janet, who was no help at all. She was busy suppressing a giggle.

“Ah, c’mon. You can’t be serious. I’ve got a department in meltdown, and a practice, and I don’t see enough of either as it is.”

No use. Janet was even nodding in agreement. I knew what they both liked best—that I’d be safely out of the way.

I felt I was being sent to my room to write lines—like I should scuff my foot, say “Gee whiz, you guys aren’t fair,” then surrender to the inevitable and stomp off. Except I didn’t have a room. We didn’t even have a house at the moment.

Bufort saw me waver and moved in with the clincher. “Listen, you’re in danger. Someone wants you dead, and your home and loved ones are obviously of no consequence to this killer. Look around you, for God’s sake! The mind behind this is frenzied, out of control. Your only job now is to help us. Until we catch whoever it is, you and your family have no life, no haven for business as usual.

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