The Book of Ill Deeds by Phaedra Weldon

Author:Phaedra Weldon [Weldon, Phaedra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Caldwell Press

TEN

David stepped back from the body and yanked the latex gloves from his hands. He tossed them into the bin by the autopsy table and motioned for Dr. Helena to hand him his phone. He checked his messages. Nothing. It was afternoon now and he had no idea what Ginger was up to.

Dr. Maggie Helena removed her own gloves and covered the body of Charles Willmington. “I’ll write this up and forward you a copy.”

“Thanks,” David smiled at her, though he didn’t feel any joy. Charles’ corpse showed nothing new. The man had some serious health issues due to his weight and habits that he probably didn’t know about. But those weren’t the cause of death.

This man stopped breathing, same as Manchester. But he couldn’t find any clear reason why. Nothing medically wrong. But his vampire intuition screamed at him that Willmington’s, and Manchester’s deaths, were wrong. Very wrong. But he was stumped as to how. Or why.

“You ever come across cases like these?” Dr. Helena asked.

“No. But I rarely deal with the back end,” he smiled at Dr. Helena. “I do know that people don’t stop breathing for no reason. There has to be something.”

“There is probably an explanation, but given Castle Falls’ proclivity for the weird,” She held her phone she’d been recording notes on and shrugged. “I think the causes might be out of my purview.”

“And more into mine?” David ran his tongue over his teeth. Dr. Helena was what he called a Weird-Sensitive. She knew the weird was there. Accepted it was there. Knew it was standing in front of her, wearing a white doctor’s coat.

He’d also become aware of Dr. Helena’s crush on the good Sheriff of Castle Falls because she complained about Mavis Mulroney’s crush on the Sheriff. It seemed someone had a crush on someone in this town—and he was no exception. He hadn’t stopped thinking about Ginger since he arrived at the hospital minutes after Willmington’s body arrived. Evidence was his constant need to check his phone.

“Maybe,” She gave him a small laugh. “Why don’t you go call whoever it is you’ve been silently stalking on your phone this whole time?”

“I don’t stalk.” David paused. Well, he hadn’t stalked in a very long time.

“Go call her, David. I’ll get this done.” She waved her phone at him, grabbed the folder for Willmington, and left the room.

David looked at the two bodies, then looked at his schedule on his phone. It synced to the one his secretary, Ty Gervase, kept and pinged when it was updated. He had two appointments back to back in a half hour. Yesterday’s empty day had been a fluke, though Mr. Gervase had manned the office while he was out with Ginger. He called Ginger and it went straight to voicemail.

“Hi, it’s Ginger! Leave a message!”

David hesitated after the beep, then said, “It’s David. Just checking in on you. Finished the autopsy. Same as Manchester…so…I’ve got two appointments this afternoon. Call me when you can. I don’t have a list of what Willmington had on him.

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