The Landman: A Jeff Koehler Mystery (The Jeff Koehler Mystery Series Book 1) by Bill Friedrich

Author:Bill Friedrich [Friedrich, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter nineteen

Later in the evening, Eddie felt much better at home. It seemed Dr. Cunningham’s treatments had helped tremendously. He even ate some chicken soup Elk made and delivered specifically for him. Jeff gathered his gear and left the camp with no desire to continue hunting. Besides, he wanted to be close to Eddie in case his symptoms returned. He had a lot of thinking to do and felt the need to get away from everyone at the camp. Jeff felt totally exhausted that evening at home and fell sound asleep by 9 pm. He slept through the night until 7 am the next morning.

Carrie Cunningham had thought a lot about Jeff since the previous day in her office. Despite her attempt to remain aloof and not get emotionally involved with anyone in Granite Cove, she couldn’t deny that she had developed feelings for Jeff. She just didn’t know what type of feelings they were. She definitely felt empathy for a guy who lost his wife in a rafting incident, then his dad, and now his brother with a heart attack. On top of all that, he even got a scare from his remaining brother yesterday. How could a person not feel sorry for the pain he must feel?

On the other hand, she wasn’t sure if her feelings were something more. She remained focused on her children and her career and had promised herself not to let anything get in the way of these priorities. However, she found herself attracted to this tall wildlife photographer, whether she could admit it to herself or not.

Carrie finished with her third patient of the afternoon, a child that had contracted scarlet fever. Her nurse entered and told her she had a call from the Petoskey lab. She’d been waiting for the call and immediately grabbed the phone. “Dr. Cunningham, this is Myra Ellsworth from the lab at McLaren in Petoskey. I hope I didn’t catch you at a bad time.”

“Not at all, Myra. I’ve been expecting a call.”

“Just to confirm, Dr. Cunningham, you’re the doctor that sent in the flask yesterday for testing. Correct?”

“That’s right. My patient came in with a possible severe case of food poisoning, and I need to know what may have caused it so that I can treat it properly.”

“Dr. Cunningham, we may have found something you need to know about. I don’t want to say much more until I complete two additional tests. I think it might be best to talk in person tomorrow morning. By then, we will have the final results of our tests and can fill you in. Would it be possible for you to meet me here at the lab around 10:00 am tomorrow? Oh, and by the way, would it be possible for you to contact your patient to see if he can attend the meeting? We may have a few related questions to ask him once the final test results are in.”

“9:30 would work better for me, so I’d have ample time to return to the office for afternoon patients.

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