Double Blind: Kate Benedict Paranormal Mystery #2 (The Kate Benedict Series) by Carrie Bedford

Author:Carrie Bedford [Bedford, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: female sleuths, paranormal suspense, supernatural mystery, British detectives, traditional detective mysteries, psychic suspense, cozy mystery, crime thriller
ISBN: 9780986178368
Publisher: booksBnimble Paranormal Mysteries
Published: 2015-09-02T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

I walked slowly from the hospital to the tube station, thinking about what Anita had shown me on the patient records. Was it possible that the discrepancies between the electronic records and Anita’s notes were related to Dr. Reid’s death? And what did that mean for Anita? Was her aura signaling a danger that tied into the three patient records we’d looked at?

Realizing that I’d walked right past the station, I carried on towards the next one. In front of me, the Millennium Bridge, fictionally destroyed in a Harry Potter movie, stretched across the Thames to the South Bank. To the west, the London Eye soared, its glass pods glowing orange in the strange half-light of the hidden sun.

This was the view I used to see every day from my office window. I looked at my watch, tempted to make a detour to see if anyone was still there. I was impatient to get back to work. Just a few more days, I thought. But my excitement was tempered by fear. Every hour that passed brought Anita closer to death.

I turned towards the Victoria Embankment, carried along by the strengthening crowd of early evening commuters. At the Temple tube station, I took the escalators down from the street to the platforms below, suddenly in need of a cup of hot tea and anxious to be home.

When I got back, I tidied up the already spotless flat, straightening throws and cushions, and scrubbing the granite counters in the kitchen. I could have been doing something useful like reading the project files that Alan had emailed me, but folding towels and rearranging jars in the refrigerator in order of size seemed far more suitable to my frame of mind. After straightening all the wine bottles in their rack, I picked out a sauvignon blanc and put it in the fridge to chill. I was missing Josh, but I looked forward to spending another evening with Anita.

I checked the time at seven and again at five past, feeling my stomach churn. Anita was late. She didn’t respond when I rang her mobile, so I scrolled through my contacts and found the number for the nurses’ station. Anita had given it to me once when her phone was broken. When one of the nurses answered, I asked for Anita.

“She’s not here, sorry. I think she left about an hour ago.”

“Could you just double check that she’s not in her office?” I asked. “It’s really important that I reach her.”

“All right pet, give me a minute.”

While I waited for the nurse to return, I stared at my reflection in the blackness of the kitchen window. Bereft of color, it was only a shadow outline, like a ghost hovering on the other side of the glass. Finally, the nurse picked up the phone. “Sorry to take so long. The lights in her office are out and her coat isn’t there. As I said, I’m sure she left already.”

“Thanks,” I managed to say before clicking off. I decided to call Anita’s parents.

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