The Doctrine Discovery by Paul Casella

Author:Paul Casella [Casella, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

27

Lucy followed Eddie downstairs and watched as he put the kettle on. “We should visit Jamie before we leave.”

“I know. I should have gone yesterday, but I’m feeling guilty. I got him into this.”

“I don’t think Jamie looks at it that way. We’ll have some breakfast and go to the hospital. I’ve already packed for the trip.”

“Packing my clothes now. Just like an old married couple.”

“Eddie. The tin.”

“I know. I know.”

He did know. He knew only too well how important it was to their future. He also knew he needed to trivialise it as much as possible — for both their sakes.

Jamie looked up from his bed when they walked in. He said, “I’m pleased you’re here. Can you pass me my phone?” Jamie pointed at the side table.

Eddie said, “No, oh, good to see you?”

“I told Jamie I would call to say how I was, but the nurse put my phone over there and said I needed to rest. That’s all I’ve done. I’m bored out of my skull.”

“I think I can see it creeping out of your baldy head,” Eddie replied.

“Is it that bad?”

Lucy knew this could go on all day. “It’s nothing a 1970s footballer comb-over won’t take care of, and it will grow back in a couple of weeks. It’s only a small patch. And you’re obviously feeling better.”

“I don’t even know what I’m doing here. It’s only a little lump. I’d be better off at home.”

Eddie stared. It wasn’t just a little lump. He asked, “Any idea when that will be?”

“This afternoon or tomorrow, they said. Depending on some tests, blah, blah,” Jamie slapped his arms on the bed covers. “So bored.”

Eddie and Lucy laughed in unison.

“Anyway. What’s going on? Give me an update.”

Eddie provided a quick run-down of events before asking for Jamie’s impressions of Ian Gale.

“He seems like a nice guy. He didn’t seem too bothered about the stone. I don’t think he knew what I was on about. He did say the bald man had committed assault, so it would be investigated, but he seemed to be more bothered about the original crime that kicked all this off.”

Eddie said, “That’s good. I spoke to him, as well. He has already found out the man’s name. Owen Garvan. And he’s tracking him down. He also thinks there’s more to this case than we know. I get the impression he thinks it’s organised crime.”

“Well, that would tally.”

“Tally with what?” Lucy asked.

“I was clearly knocked out when I hit my head on the stairs, but when I woke up this morning, I had a phrase going through my mind. I remember the man say, ‘The cure’.”

Eddie and Lucy looked at each other. Lucy raised her shoulders.

“Is that it?” Eddie asked.

“Yes. I remember him going into my pocket, taking the stone out and saying, ‘The cure’. I must have blacked out after that.”

Ian Gale guessed she was in her late forties. Of average height and weight, but with pinched features. Her glasses were not positioned evenly across her nose, and her shoulder-length, brown hair was untidy.

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