Murder and Malpractice by Mairi Chong

Author:Mairi Chong [Chong, Mairi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mairi Chong
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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They all made a real effort to get on with work in a positive manner now that the practice was open to patients. It was difficult. The atmosphere was very strange. It felt like picking through the wreckage after an enormous hurricane had blown through. A natural disaster, although of course, it was anything but natural. Cathy knew that Brenda was trying her best to be as visible as possible. It seemed that the practice manager had spent much of her morning out at the reception desk helping the girls. They were on the front-line really and needed her. In truth, Cathy surmised that poor Brenda would have liked nothing more than to stay in her own room and hide.

The practice manager, seeing that Cathy had a gap between patients, had come through to vent. Apparently, the police had called her late the night before, saying that they were locking up the building having been back with forensics again. Brenda had told them that she couldn’t imagine what was taking them so long, or indeed what they were doing. Cathy had smiled when she had said this.

‘Brenda, they need to investigate thoroughly,’ she had said, but the woman was having none of it. It seemed clear to her that it had been a suicide and of course that required some sort of an investigation, but it wasn’t as if anything could be done now. Cathy didn’t disagree, although of course, she suspected that something more sinister might well have occurred. Brenda admitted that she wished, more than anything, that the police would go away and allow her to get her practice back on track. She confessed to Cathy that she had already begun to worry about how they might replace Dr Hope. Cathy told her it was too soon.

‘Anyway, I’ve told that Jackson boy not to come in this next week,’ Brenda said. ‘God knows what he must be thinking, and having come here to see how a career in general practice might be.’

‘What about the room?’ Cathy had asked.

‘Mark’s room? Oh, that’s to stay locked. Not that any of us would want to go in. They’ve taken the keys and they’re welcome to them. Took them off me as soon as they arrived that dreadful day,’ Brenda said. ‘There’s no way any of us could think of using the room for a long time now. Every time I walk past it …’

Cathy nodded.

‘I’ll let you get on,’ Brenda said. ‘I don’t suppose you’d take some flowers home tonight? God knows how many bunches have been sent in. I’ve got them dotted around reception, but it’s beginning to look like a shrine.’

Cathy laughed. It was rare to see Brenda so flustered, but then they all were. The receptionists had been so busy and the phones hadn’t stopped ringing. Leaving her room mid-morning, Cathy had gone through to get a form and had seen how hectic the place was. It seemed that Brenda had felt compelled to offer further support and was now answering calls, so great was the volume.

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