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always a soft touch for a friend who needed money. Material things meant very
little to her. The girl came from nothing, made a lot of money, and was happy
to give it away. Don t know any more than that but I must say I wasn t
inclined to like this Dietrich fellow.
We were struggling to make small talk by this time and Mike asked the doctor
what Gemma had done for amusement or fun.
Fun? Dogen responded as though the word needed interpretation for him. Not
exactly the first thing that comes to mind about her. I mean, she enjoyed her
friends, and she liked a good movie or a great read, but Gemma was quite
intense about all her pursuits.
Well, did she ever talk about American baseball or similar events that she
went to for diversion? Mets, Yankees, Knicks ?
Never heard her say the word baseball. Can t imagine she went to any games
of that sort. She hated team sports.
Mike s questions reminded me of the folder I had seen in her apartment when
Mercer and I had visited there more than a week ago with the file tab
labeledMET GAMES.
Dogen rambled on. Gemma loved nature. Put her in a canoe or climbing a
mountain or running for miles at a clip and she was content, but I ve never
known her to be interested in any kind of team activity, really. And your
American baseball? Much too slow a game for her to sit through. No patience
for that kind of nonsense at all.
I d have to make a note to check out the file folder and see what it had
contained. Or decide whether this meeting had been a complete waste of time
because Geoffrey Dogen simply didn t know his ex all that well after the many
years of separation.
* * *
Mike and I entered the reception area, having said good-bye to Dogen and the
Commander. A bellman handed me the piece of paper and told me its message. I
was to call Mr. Mercer back at Sarah Brenner s office. Good news, the note
read, and bad news.
Mike followed me up the stairs to our room. I dropped the case folder on the
desk and asked the operator to place the call to my office.
Sarah s secretary answered and put me through. I ll give you the good news
first. They ve had a break in the stabbing of the doctor at
Columbia-Presbyterian. A snitch led them to a suspect last night and the
squad s got someone in custody right now. Tell Mike he was right. The guy saw
the M.D. plates and flattened the tire himself, figuring he could at least
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steal drugs or a prescription pad from the victim. Then the doctor turned out
to be a woman, so he tried to rape her, too. But this perp s an uptown guy.
Nothing at all to link him to Mid-Manhattan. Unfortunately, his victim is
still likely to go out of the picture.
And Maureen gets a message to me, via the Commissioner, once a day.
Everything s fine, so try and take it easy til you get back home. Here s
Mercer with the bad news.
I could hear him humming in the background, doing the intro like he was one
of the Platters, before his deep bass voice broke into song as he took the
receiver from Sarah. Oh oh, yes, he s the great pre-e-tender
Dammit. Will the real John DuPre stand up, please? What s the story,
Mercer?
Keep in mind the Tulane Medical School offices didn t open until ten
o clock that s not much more than an hour ago. Just got a call back from them.
The only John DuPre who holds a diploma from their distinguished institution
graduated with honors in, let me see, the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-three. Nineteen thirty-three that s a wee bit before our
boy was born, I would say. And I have to agree that my money s with you on the
idea that no self-respecting brother is walking around with the name Jefferson
Davis anywhere in his pedigree.
Now, when are you bringing m man home to me?
We re done. We re on that noon flight tomorrow.
I ll be picking you up at Kennedy so we can compare notes then. Right now
Sarah s typing me up a search warrant for DuPre s office.
I m not gonna call over there first cause I don t want to alert any of his
staff. But I ll just show up and go back in to the receptionist saying I ve
got some more questions I forgot to ask about Gemma Dogen. Meanwhile, Sarah s
looking at the statutes on practicing medicine without a license. The warrant
should cover all those diplomas on his wall, some of the patient records, and
his appointment book. I m thinking maybe we ll catch a break and find
something that connects him to the deadly candy or the attempt on Mo the other
night.
Fingers crossed. Keep us posted.
Let me talk to Chapman. Can t wait to tell him how much I miss him.
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