The Baba Yaga, a Dr. Adam Karl Mystery by Leon Shure

Author:Leon Shure
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, mystery, doctor, autism
Publisher: Leon Shure

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Lewis on my cellphone, upset. He caught me as I finished my last patient of the day. I’d allowed Nurse April to book several patients who felt they needed to see me on an urgent basis. It was well beyond dinnertime. I’d called Keith several times to postpone my pick-up.

“I had Marsha check on Ms. Brasen about mid-morning. She wasn’t there. Her bed had been made, but Ms. Brasen usually made her own bed, even though Marsha told her one of the maids would do it. So I wasn’t immediately concerned. Thinking, perhaps she had decided to leave early to do some shopping.

“When she still didn’t appear, I asked everyone if they’d seen her return on Sunday night, but no one could recall talking to her. I went back up to her room, and took the liberty of checking her closet and looking for her suitcase. However, her things were still there, her clothes in the closet, the suitcase was under the bed. I didn’t think it was my place to look through her personal things. I did open her bathroom cabinet, being careful not to take note of anything I really shouldn’t see, such as her medications, if any, but I saw her toothbrush.

“I still couldn’t rule out an early morning appointment. I remained concerned, however.”

“Why didn’t you call me?” I asked.

“I was reluctant to call. I know you are in with patients, and I didn’t want to disturb you or upset you. I discussed with Marsha what we should do, but we decided to wait a few more hours to see if Ms. Brasen appeared.”

“Go on.”

“Around 3 p.m., I asked Grace if she’d taken any calls from Ms. Brasen. She had not. I asked Keith if he had driven Ms. Brasen anywhere. He had not.”

Lewis was going to get to the point soon, so I waited for him to finish his narrative, which, of course, painted a picture of his thoroughness and attention to detail. “Around 6 p.m., Grace gave me the phone. A man with a deep voice said he wanted to talk to you. I told him you were not available at the moment, and could I take a message.”

“Yes?”

“He said to tell you that Ms. Brasen was staying with him for a while and that he would call at 10 p.m. and discuss how you could get her back.”

I’m sure that sentence ended with an exclamation point.

“Send Keith to bring me home.”

My mind raced as I waited. The man, maybe I should just call him the murderer, who was writing me threatening letters said he was getting closer and would keep trying. Now he had Kayko. A chill passed through me. Not only had Kayko become one of my closest friends, but I had put her in danger without giving her the option of withdrawing from the possibility of harm. I hadn’t told her about the threats. So far, she’d faced a gunman in the airport with me, had her

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