STATE OF CONTROL: A Thriller (Virgil Jones Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Series Book 3) by Thomas Scott

Author:Thomas Scott [Scott, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mystery thriller ebooks - Godbold & Whiteman
Published: 2016-11-28T08:00:00+00:00

Virgil ran to the central nursing station near the elevators and was so amped up he didn’t realize he was yelling at the nurses.

“Sir, you’ll have to calm down or we’ll be forced to call security and have you removed.”

It finally dawned on Virgil that he hadn’t identified himself to the nurses and he must look like a madman. He took a deep breath and forced himself to slow down. He pulled out his badge and said, “I’m Detective Virgil Jones with the state’s Major Crimes Unit. You’ve got a dead woman, Martha Esser, down the hall. My partner is giving her CPR right now.” Then he slowed down, “Ah man…she’s gone. Did you see a janitor come by here?”

The nurses were already moving. One of them grabbed a crash cart and ran down the hall. The other picked up the phone and gave a code over the intercom that Virgil didn’t recognize. She started to follow the other nurse, but Virgil grabbed her arm and stopped her. “Listen to me for a minute.”

She tried to yank her arm away. “Let go. You’re hurting me.”

Virgil let go and held his arms up. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Just give me a second, please. Did you see the janitor? It wouldn’t have been more than two or three minutes ago, tops.”

“No, I didn’t. I wasn’t at the desk. Neither of us were. We just finished turning a patient.” She was rubbing her arm where Virgil had grabbed her. When she continued, her voice had changed, now thick with contempt. “The main janitorial station is on the ground floor, near the south entrance by the shipping and receiving area. Try there. I’ve got to go.”

“I’m sorry about grabbing…” Virgil let her go. She wasn’t listening to him anyway. He spun around in a circle looking for the elevators, caught them just around the corner, pushed the button and waited, his heart rate beginning to slow. He’d seen enough dead people in his life to know that Martha Esser was gone. They might hook her up to the machines, but she’d never be back.

He pushed the elevator button again, then again and thought, janitors don’t wear army issue combat boots, do they? Virgil had seen the tops of the boots poking out of the blue paper shoe covers while the janitor had been kneeling next to his cart. He ran it through his head all the way down to the ground floor. He was headed to the south entrance where the janitorial department was when his phone rang. He pressed the answer button, brought the phone up to his ear and said, “Jones.”

“Virgil, it’s me. Where are you?”

Cora. “I’m at Methodist. Martha Esser is dead. I think somebody killed her in her hospital bed.”

“Is Wheeler with you?”

“Yeah. What is it, Cora?”

“All right…leave him there for now to handle Esser. I’ll get some extra help headed his way. You need to get over to Pam Donatti’s place.”

Virgil could hear the tension in her voice. “Cora,

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