Night Shift by Robin Cook

Author:Robin Cook [Cook, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2022-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Tuesday, December 7, 7:25 p.m.

After traversing most of a darkened Central Park, Jack exited on the West Side at 106th Street and rode the distance to his brownstone. There he hefted the bike up onto his shoulder and climbed the stoop. When he reached the top, he turned around to gaze wistfully over at the small park across the street with its illuminated basketball court whose lights he’d paid to have installed. A game was in progress, and even from that distance he could make out the identities of a number of the players. He felt a definite tug to join, as he loved to play, but regretfully it wasn’t to be. He had decided on his way home that he was going to do a bit of research that evening on medical serial killers and wanted to get to it in short order. He would have preferred to have Sue’s folder, so he’d be sure to read the specific articles she favored. Obviously he couldn’t, but he guessed he’d be able to find on the internet most of the articles she’d printed out. He was also interested in calling Abby to see if he had any knowledge of Sue’s trials and tribulations at the hospital, and if she had ever spoken of the possibility of a serial killer stalking its halls. He doubted it, though, because Sue had said on several occasions that she had a hard-and-fast rule not to bring home any work-related issues.

Once inside, Jack put his bike in the utility room he’d created when they renovated the building. He hung it by its front wheel next to his son’s bike. Also stored in the room was the sporting equipment that he and JJ used in Central Park on weekends and occasional summer evenings when it stayed light until almost nine. He put his empty backpack in one of the cubbies that lined the opposite wall.

He then started up the stairs. Their apartment occupied the top three floors. On the lower three floors they had fashioned six rental units, which paid most of the expenses of the building, including a sizable portion of the mortgage. Jack considered his buying the mid–nineteenth century structure a number of years ago one of the best decisions of his life. As he climbed, his quadriceps complained because of the exercise from riding the bike all day. Just like that morning, on the way home he’d had the opportunity to aggravate a few very serious bicyclists by challenging them speed-wise as they rode around the northern portion of Central Park.

Once inside the apartment he could hear PBS NewsHour, which Dorothy watched religiously every night. The sound drifted down the open stairway from the fifth floor where the kitchen, dining room, living room, family room, and study were located. The fourth floor, where he was now passing, had the guest suite and Caitlin O’Connell’s apartment. Caitlin was their long-term nanny, whom they adored and couldn’t live without since both Jack and Laurie worked every weekday from early morning until early evening.

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