Secure Beginning (Chase Security Series Book 7) by R.L. Dunn

Author:R.L. Dunn [Dunn, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Kip’s hip was vibrating. He rolled over and pulled the phone free. He’d been asleep six hours. Urgent: report to your office. He opened the door to be greeted by Josh, who handed Kip a washcloth and face towel.

“What’s going on?” he asked.

“I’m not sure. Mark Hart… I’ve known him since he joined the company. He looks sick. I’ve never seen him like this. Coop and Bruce are with him. So is Hunt.”

Kip ran into his office, which was already occupied by Kyle, Bruce, and Brock Carpenter. Also present were Hunt Montgomery, Logan Shepard and Crescent 3’s leader and his XO. One look at Brock and Kip knew something major happened. “What?”

Mark Hart stood and stepped to parade rest. “Sir, at your request, we continued the door-to-door inspection of the facility. At the morgue, three patients were listed as due to be picked up by funeral homes. Inspection found eight corpses.”

“Only four of the eight have ID bands. I secured samples for DNA and sent them by two of Mark’s team to the lab at the hospital and to the ME’s office,” Hunt said.

Kip returned his stare to the team leader. Mark had served five tours with the Army’s Delta force. He was good at being stoic, but this morning his eyes were swirling.

“Sir, continued inspection of the facility brought to our attention a storeroom with seven more dead, wrapped and double body-bagged to eliminate the odor. There were no outward identification bands. Dr. Montgomery suggested holding my team in the conference room on twenty for a stress debrief.”

Hunt grimaced. “I had the bodies moved to the hospital morgue. With Kevin’s help, we opened each bag. No ID bands, all in various stages of decomposition, all women. I took samples for DNA and closed the bags. I’ll bring in an ME and make the appropriate notifications.”

“And?” Kip knew there was more.

Kyle pointed for Mark to sit down.

“Sorry I’m late.” Thom Wagner joined them. “After speaking with Logan and Hunt, I was relying on charts, but now I instructed my PAs to do a full exam on all patients. It appears there have been falls or abuse that were not reported. I ordered a combination of X-rays, sonograms, and CT-scans. Kip, I think we have multiple injured throughout the facility.

“I ordered a chart-by-chart review to identify all staff involved in each patient’s care. I also ordered a payroll review to identify all on shift. Kyle assigned Crescent 5 to begin questioning.”

The peace from the six hours of sleep dissipated. “We need to identify the dead and injured, then notify their family. Hunt, get some shut-eye. Logan, debrief Crescent 3, then send them to bed.” Kip sat heavily. “Brock, where do we stand?”

“I’ve got two of my criminal attorneys with Mike and Tobey. Legally, we need to notify the authorities about our findings. What happens depends on the NOLA police, ME’s office, and the health department.”

Kip said firmly, “Brock, I’ll ask one more time, where do we stand—and no more lawyer speak.

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