The Bancrofts 1: Saving Face by Brenda Barrett

Author:Brenda Barrett [Barrett, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, United States, African American, Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Fiction
Amazon: B00QARAPB6
Publisher: Jamaica Treasures
Published: 2014-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The week after the Ball, Taj was seriously considering his options. He would have to give up the undergraduate class immediately and would have to hire a new assistant. He smiled ruefully as he headed to his office. Natasha was so taken up with the case that she was barely going to classes or even pretending to be working on anything other than the investigation. She and Harry had been sporadically using his office as a base.

He glanced at Anne Carter's empty desk and let himself into his office. He was not surprised to find Natasha ensconced in his chair, surfing through her computer and printing papers. She looked up at him with weary eyes. "I am so tired, Taj."

Taj came into his office and sat down across from her.

"Why?" he asked, concerned. Her usually bright brown eyes were looking bloodshot and she had the beginnings of dark circles under her eyes.

"This case is going nowhere," Natasha said, slapping her hand on her forehead. "I am missing something. Something vital."

She snapped her fingers. "Explain something to me."

Taj crossed his legs. "Go on."

"Explain to me, how can somebody induce a heart attack in someone without it being detected? I mean, not even the coroner was too sure if it was a heart attack. I can see why people would want to kill the man, I just don't understand the how. Talk to me like you would a really slow person who is not well-versed in medical terms."

"Well," Taj steepled his fingers, "how did he die?"

"From a heart attack," Natasha said. "For all intents and purposes it looked natural but the coroner says that there was a heightened level of potassium in his blood. Way too high, so his exact statement was that 'he had hyperkalemia at the time of his death.'"

Taj frowned. "Did he have any pre-existing conditions?"

"Yes," Natasha snapped her fingers, gazing at Taj as if she wanted to drag the information out of his head. "He had high blood pressure, but it was under control, said his uncle, who is my boss."

"I have heard of cases where elevated potassium deposits in the body cause the heart to beat too fast. The medical term is tachycardia. This leads to a type of cardiac arrest which is known as ventricular fibrillation…just one of the many types of cardiac arrests."

Natasha sighed. "Maybe Harry and I have been going about this the wrong way. Who would be knowledgeable enough to know the effects and inject him with enough potassium to kill him?"

"Where was he found?" Taj asked curiously.

"In his office at ten in the morning, by Anne Carter," Natasha said matter-of-factly. "She had come in late that morning."

She blew in the air and rocked in Taj's chair. "Anne is a nice fisherman's daughter working as a secretary; what would she know about potassium causing heart attacks?"

Taj smirked. "The Internet. Did he have any mail that day? Had any appointments?"

Natasha shook her head. "No appointments except with his golf buddy, D.M. Carter, at eleven.

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