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“Fair enough.” Jason sipped his water. “Did you get the sister’s name?”
“Didn’t ask. Sorry, man.”
“That’s okay. Thanks for your help.”
The bartender pointed at Cassie’s glass. “Another?”
“Just the check, please. Thanks.”
Jason drained the rest of his water. They paid for their drinks, then swiveled around in their chairs and exited the bar. Outside, Cassie let the breeze play with her hair. Neither of them wanted to get back into the car. It’s not like they knew where to go next.
“What are you thinking?” Jason asked. He leaned on the fender of his car. She joined him.
“I’m thinking we’re at a dead end.”
“No such thing.”
She laughed. “I wish that were true.”
“In my experience, a dead end just means we made a wrong turn. Or we’re not seeing the secret passage. There’s always an answer.”
She smiled up at him. Bumped his shoulder with her own. “You’re good at this.”
“You are, too.”
“I learned from the best.” The words left her mouth before she knew what they meant. She was talking about David, of course. But she didn’t want to. It was still too painful. “Do you think Charli is the right path?”
“I think it’s interesting that she got fired and wound up dead a month later.”
“I was thinking the same thing.”
Jason ran a hand over his head. “Lots of people dead. We might have a coverup on our hands. Except—”
“Except that only makes sense if this had gone down in one hospital.”
“And Don Chichetti upsets the balance. He connects UMC and Tulane.”
“And leads us to a dead ex-volunteer.”
“What the hell have we gotten ourselves into?” Jason chuckled, but she heard the nerves underneath. “What are we chasing?”
“I’m not sure. And there’s a whole other dimension to this, too.” Cassie waited for Jason to lift an eyebrow in question before she supplied the answer. “The Ghost Doctor.”
He made a noncommittal noise.
“You don’t believe me.”
“Oh, I believe you.” His eyes were wide, almost crazed. “But I’m not sure she has anything to do with this. Unless she can hop from one hospital to the other?”
“Not that I’m aware of.” Cassie didn’t finish her thought. Then again, I’m not sure what she’s capable of.
After a moment of silence, Jason spoke again. “I keep going back to Charli. She’s fired and then she dies. Something’s off here.”
“She could’ve found out something she shouldn’t have.” Cassie was guessing at this point. “Maybe both hospitals are dealing with an overload of malpractice lawsuits? Maybe they’re working together to cover it up?”
“It’s possible.” Jason’s tone indicated it wasn’t likely. “If that’s the case, then we need to find out what happened to her. But we don’t have any more leads.”
Cassie held up her phone. “We know a few details about her. Might be enough to find her social media profiles. If we can do that, we could track down her sister.”
