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As bad as I hated to do it – I didn’t want to give him any more clues than I had to – I asked, "Does your screen bring up pictures?"

"Yes, it does" She swung the screen around to me "This is Nicole Foster"

Nicole Foster was a tall redhead with a lot of miles on her "No, that’s not her"

"Okay" She tapped a few er, but she was a blonde with freckles and glasses "Darn That’s not her, either"

"You knoe do have a Nicolette" She turned the screen back toward her and tapped again "What about her?"

When she turned it around again, I nodded "That’s her"

"Okay, well, Nicolette Lemay works in post-op Third floor" She flashed a slad I could be of help"

"Thank you," I said, and looked over my shoulder at the captain I had never realized it, but he was an alarenuine Many women were attracted to the uniform and little else

I took off toward the elevators Captain Eckert followed "I can take it froestured toward the receptionist "You know, if you want to get her nuood, thanks"

The captain was a er His wife had died of cancer a couple of years earlier, and I felt like that was one reason h so sea his wife I doubt he would have noticed if Uncle Bob asked for an elephant in the break room I stayed as far away frorief was suffocating It enveloped s and I could hardly look at hi sense of loss Even now I associated hienuine and honorable, but my knee-jerk reaction to him was to run the other direction

Still, I’d had a soft spot for him ever since I uy was sharp, and now that he was on my trail, I’d have to be careful He’d just never paid s-on of Ubie and h for hi four cases in one day, including one of a serial killer… well, okay, I could understand his sudden interest

We walked to the elevator and I pressed the third floor Nothing screa in an elevator with soen fro you?" I asked to get my mind off the lack of ventilation My red blood cells were screa for air

He only looked at me

Okay I rocked back ontopanel of buttons to look at After a thousand years of agony, the doors opened I tried not to gasp for air aloud

We stepped out onto the third floor and I walked to the nurses’ station, pretending like the cap’n wasn’t stalkingif I could ask you a few questions about Nicole Lemay"