Vultures At Twilight (2012)
“Seated behind a battered wood desk in a windowless office Hank had commandeered for her, she now had some idea as to why Tolliver Jacobs had been so cagey. ‘We were having problems,’ he had said, before calling his attorney. This was not what she’d expected.
She reread Wendy’s poem. Poor Lil, she thought, her earlier conversation with Ada Strauss at the hospital having filled her in on the details.
‘Lil’s convinced Wendy was talking about her husband,’ Ada had said.
‘Aren’t there other doctors ...in town?’ Mattie had asked.
‘Lil said there weren’t, at least not then. And . . . he was Wendy Conroy’s doctor.’ ‘Did you know Bradley?’ ‘Yes, the kind of man who’d drop whatever he was doing to help. A very kind person, and completely ethical. This makes no sense. And I told her that. The girl was clearly out of her mind. If she was talking about Bradley it had to be a fantasy, not something that actually happened.’ Mattie studied the poem; it had been torn off along its bottom edge.MoreLess
She reread Wendy’s poem. Poor Lil, she thought, her earlier conversation with Ada Strauss at the hospital having filled her in on the details.
‘Lil’s convinced Wendy was talking about her husband,’ Ada had said.
‘Aren’t there other doctors ...in town?’ Mattie had asked.
‘Lil said there weren’t, at least not then. And . . . he was Wendy Conroy’s doctor.’ ‘Did you know Bradley?’ ‘Yes, the kind of man who’d drop whatever he was doing to help. A very kind person, and completely ethical. This makes no sense. And I told her that. The girl was clearly out of her mind. If she was talking about Bradley it had to be a fantasy, not something that actually happened.’ Mattie studied the poem; it had been torn off along its bottom edge.MoreLess
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