Murder, She Wrote: Prescription for Murder
“One of the first files we opened simply contained a short list of names. Carlos Cespedes was among them.
“Do you suppose these are the others who invested in Dr. Vasquez’s research without Bernie Peters’s knowledge?”
“Mebbe.” Seth’s expression was worried. He wrote down the names on a lined legal pad.
There were numerous separate documents, most of them containing a lot of long medical and scientific terms that I didn’t understand but knew that Seth did. We read in silence; Seth made an occasio...nal note on his pad.
After a half hour he said, “Stop it there, Jessica.”
He rubbed his eyes and paced the room.
“Have you learned anything so far?” I asked.
“Not much, except that one of Al’s earlier experiments didn’t pan out the way he’d expected.”
“It must be frustrating doing medical research,” I said. “I imagine there are lots of dead ends.”
“That’s for sure. Hungry?”
“As a matter of fact, I am.”
“Let’s order up,” he said.
I consulted the room service menu and read off items to Seth, who opted for onion soup and a Crab Louie salad.MoreLess
“Do you suppose these are the others who invested in Dr. Vasquez’s research without Bernie Peters’s knowledge?”
“Mebbe.” Seth’s expression was worried. He wrote down the names on a lined legal pad.
There were numerous separate documents, most of them containing a lot of long medical and scientific terms that I didn’t understand but knew that Seth did. We read in silence; Seth made an occasio...nal note on his pad.
After a half hour he said, “Stop it there, Jessica.”
He rubbed his eyes and paced the room.
“Have you learned anything so far?” I asked.
“Not much, except that one of Al’s earlier experiments didn’t pan out the way he’d expected.”
“It must be frustrating doing medical research,” I said. “I imagine there are lots of dead ends.”
“That’s for sure. Hungry?”
“As a matter of fact, I am.”
“Let’s order up,” he said.
I consulted the room service menu and read off items to Seth, who opted for onion soup and a Crab Louie salad.MoreLess
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