Overdose by Glen Apseloff

Author:Glen Apseloff [Apseloff, Glen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medical thriller, Drug studies, Medical research, murder, Mystery, suspense, Experimental drugs
Publisher: Glen Apseloff

BEFORE LEAVING THE pharmacology department, Emily stopped by the copier room to duplicate the work schedule from the evening before. The machine was still out of order. A repairman had dismantled part of it.

Modern technology, she thought. Conveniences creating inconveniences. Like her computer. Nothing seemed to work well in Baldwin Hall.

Just outside the ground-floor elevators, she walked past Neville. He stood in a phone booth, probably talking to a dial tone. Their eyes met. She had only glanced at him, yet that was enough to distract her focus from the exit doors, just in front of her. Then, at the last instant, she saw someone approaching from the other side.

Chao Hsu.

She almost ran into him, and an involuntary gasp escaped her lips. What was he doing here? Here at Baldwin Hall less than twenty-four hours after she’d warned him to stay away!

She didn’t know what to do. Instinct told her to get away from there, but her plan with Neville dictated she go to the parking garage. For a moment, she froze, too stunned to react.

Chao breezed by as though she weren’t even there. Not so much as a sideways glance.

She held her breath, not daring to turn around, waiting for his footsteps to recede. Then she put on her gloves and stepped outside.

A frigid wind clawed at her clothes, made her scarf flap like a flag. Under her coat, the cold sent shivers up her legs. Was winter ever going to end?

She crossed the street, not looking back, and headed into the garage. Her car was parked on the fifth floor, but she didn’t take the elevator. She felt safer walking up the stairs. A few other people straggled from the lot, late arrivals for work.

Rows of cars packed the fifth floor. She unlocked her Mercedes with her remote key and looked underneath the car for any unusual wires. She couldn’t see much from her angle—she didn’t want to get dirty—but everything looked normal. She popped the hood release and opened it.

She knew little about cars and recognized only the radiator, the battery, and the dipstick for the oil. But the lighting in the garage was good—the sun slanted in at a convenient angle—and she was able to make out most of the hoses and belts. She was about to close the hood when something caught her eye. A thin white wire at the back of the engine running beneath some hoses and other unfamiliar structures. Ordinarily such a wire wouldn’t mean anything to her, but this one was different. This one was clean. A layer of grime and dirt covered everything under her hood, but not the white wire. She leaned over to try to get a better look. It appeared to run from somewhere in the engine to somewhere underneath the car.

It’s a bomb, she told herself.

No, it’s just a white wire, her more logical half replied. Cars have wires all over them; it’s called the electrical system.

But there’s no such thing as just a white wire when everything is covered with filth, she reminded herself.

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