The Jack Turner Suspense Series: Books 1-4 by Dan Walsh

Author:Dan Walsh [Walsh, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 4253220525
Published: 2024-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

3

“Hi, Dr. Turner. I’m so sorry interrupting your honeymoon like this. I wouldn’t do it unless I was absolutely forced to. It really is an emergency. Not the life or death kind, but it’s pretty serious. Dr. Mendelson called a few minutes ago and insisted I contact you about it.”

Dr. Mendelson was, essentially, Jack’s boss at Culpepper University. If he had insisted Aileen call, she really didn’t have a choice. The other slightly irritating thing was hearing Aileen refer to him as “Dr. Turner.” Jack had received his doctorate a few months ago but didn’t enjoy everyone on staff addressing him so formally. But Dr. Mendelson had insisted on it, saying it was a show of respect.

Jack put his hand over the phone. “I’m going to take this outside.” As he opened the patio door, he said, “Okay, Aileen. What’s going on?” He closed the door and leaned up against the wood railing, facing the water.

“Dr. Watson has been in a car accident.”

“Oh no,” Jack said. “Is he all right? How serious was it?”

“I don’t have all the details,” Aileen said. “Just what his personal assistant told me when she called about thirty minutes ago. It didn’t happen here. It happened back in Cincinnati, on his way to the airport. The taxi he was riding in got T-boned at an intersection. The driver’s in critical condition. Dr. Watson’s condition is listed as serious. He has some broken bones and a concussion, but his assistant said he’s expected to make a full recovery.”

“I understand,” Jack said. He was responsible for a huge annual fundraising gala this weekend back in Culpepper. Hundreds of alumni, many of them big donors to the school, planned to attend. The only way Jack could get Dr. Mendelson to agree to let him schedule his honeymoon this week was to bring in a guest speaker that Dr. Mendelson would see as talented as Jack, if not more. When Jack told Mendelson that Dr. Watson had agreed to come, a big smile came over his face. “Okay, now you can go.”

Jack was sure, with this news, that smile was no longer present on Dr. Mendelson’s face.

“As you know, Dr. Turner,” Aileen said, “Dr. Watson was scheduled to speak at both the luncheon tomorrow at twelve thirty, and then again at the big gala tomorrow—”

“I know, Aileen. I’m the one who set up the schedule, remember?”

“I’m so sorry, Dr. Turner. I know how much you and Mrs. Turner were looking forward to this New England trip. I asked Dr. Mendelson what instructions he wanted me to give you. You know, to gauge his expectations. It seems he’s really just concerned about the two big events. I don’t think you’d have to cancel your whole trip. I looked up some flight information. You’re in Chatham now, right?”

“Yep.”

“I did some checking. It’s about a forty-five minute drive to Hyannis. There’s a nice municipal airport there. If you leave within the hour, you can make a flight to Boston’s Logan Airport and easily catch one of several flights from Logan back to Atlanta this evening.

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