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this way.”
The look of concern was clear on Thomas’s face.
“You may be right, but if I am going to track his movements, I have to start where he started moving. I’ll keep in touch but you need to get somewhere safe. Do you have a place?”
“Yes. I can go to . .”
“Don’t tell me where you’re going. Trust me, I don’t need to know. All I need to know is that I can get in touch with you on your cell phone and that wherever you are headed is safe and that you’ll stay put. Understood?”
“Understood.”
As they reached the parking lot, Thomas stopped in his tracks and said, “What will you do if you find Alexander?”
“I don’t think that far ahead. You just get your ass to wherever it is that you are going, and stay there until I tell you otherwise.”
“Okay. And will you give Mark Rinaldo a message for me?”
“Depends on the message,” Derek said.
“Tell him that no matter what happens to my brother, that he hasn’t heard or seen the last of the O’Connells.”
“Sounds like a threat.”
“No threat. Just a promise that he will pay for the lies he told. Him and that whole team of his. My father is already in contact with his lawyer. That asshole Rinaldo and the entire team will be behind bars the second this whole mess is cleaned up.”
“Behind bars may be the safest place for them if we don’t stop your brother,” Derek said. “And, by the way, did that Ralph Fox say anything else when he spoke with your parents?”
“Just that they found a list in what they believe was Alex’s bedroom.”
“And what was on that list?”
“Names. Rinaldo, Mix, Zudak, Adams, Lucietta, Straus, Curtis, my parents, and me. Two of the names had been crossed out in what looked like blood. Adams and Curtis, two of the three killed so far.”
“No one else made the list?”
“I haven’t seen the list. Like I said, my parents had the talk with the cop, and they told me everything. At least it seemed like they told me everything.”
Derek opened his car door then paused in thought.
“You mentioned that there were three murders. Adams and Curtis. Who was the third victim?”
“Don’t know. My parents told me that Fox said the other victim was probably just in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“Do you know if Ralph Fox contacted the other doctors yet?”
“I have no idea. He just told my parents that he suspected that Alexander is my brother, that he killed three people, that he had a list of names, and that my parents and I were on the list.”
“I don’t understand why your parents made the list. Is there any way that they knew about Alexander and were part of the doctor’s plan?”
“No way. No way in the world,” Thomas said. “You should have seen their faces when they were telling me what Fox told them. That Alexander didn’t die on the operating table at Saint Stevens but was wanted for a triple murder.”
“Why do you think Alexander added your parents to the that list?”
“I have no idea. They weren’t involved at all and are as much of victims as Alexander. You know that my parents, especially my mom, visits the cemetery every week since Alexander died? Or at least, since they were told he died.”
“But I’m sure your parents were part of at least the decision to do the surgery that cut Alexander off from your heart? I’m not a doctor, but I have to believe that your parents had a voice in the decision.”
“Sure, but they have nothing to do with those bastards did after Alexander and I were separated.”
“How much did Fox tell you about what the doctors did?”
“My parents spent at least forty-five minutes on the phone with him. I never spoke with the guy. My parents filled me in with as much information as they could get from the talk with
The look of concern was clear on Thomas’s face.
“You may be right, but if I am going to track his movements, I have to start where he started moving. I’ll keep in touch but you need to get somewhere safe. Do you have a place?”
“Yes. I can go to . .”
“Don’t tell me where you’re going. Trust me, I don’t need to know. All I need to know is that I can get in touch with you on your cell phone and that wherever you are headed is safe and that you’ll stay put. Understood?”
“Understood.”
As they reached the parking lot, Thomas stopped in his tracks and said, “What will you do if you find Alexander?”
“I don’t think that far ahead. You just get your ass to wherever it is that you are going, and stay there until I tell you otherwise.”
“Okay. And will you give Mark Rinaldo a message for me?”
“Depends on the message,” Derek said.
“Tell him that no matter what happens to my brother, that he hasn’t heard or seen the last of the O’Connells.”
“Sounds like a threat.”
“No threat. Just a promise that he will pay for the lies he told. Him and that whole team of his. My father is already in contact with his lawyer. That asshole Rinaldo and the entire team will be behind bars the second this whole mess is cleaned up.”
“Behind bars may be the safest place for them if we don’t stop your brother,” Derek said. “And, by the way, did that Ralph Fox say anything else when he spoke with your parents?”
“Just that they found a list in what they believe was Alex’s bedroom.”
“And what was on that list?”
“Names. Rinaldo, Mix, Zudak, Adams, Lucietta, Straus, Curtis, my parents, and me. Two of the names had been crossed out in what looked like blood. Adams and Curtis, two of the three killed so far.”
“No one else made the list?”
“I haven’t seen the list. Like I said, my parents had the talk with the cop, and they told me everything. At least it seemed like they told me everything.”
Derek opened his car door then paused in thought.
“You mentioned that there were three murders. Adams and Curtis. Who was the third victim?”
“Don’t know. My parents told me that Fox said the other victim was probably just in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“Do you know if Ralph Fox contacted the other doctors yet?”
“I have no idea. He just told my parents that he suspected that Alexander is my brother, that he killed three people, that he had a list of names, and that my parents and I were on the list.”
“I don’t understand why your parents made the list. Is there any way that they knew about Alexander and were part of the doctor’s plan?”
“No way. No way in the world,” Thomas said. “You should have seen their faces when they were telling me what Fox told them. That Alexander didn’t die on the operating table at Saint Stevens but was wanted for a triple murder.”
“Why do you think Alexander added your parents to the that list?”
“I have no idea. They weren’t involved at all and are as much of victims as Alexander. You know that my parents, especially my mom, visits the cemetery every week since Alexander died? Or at least, since they were told he died.”
“But I’m sure your parents were part of at least the decision to do the surgery that cut Alexander off from your heart? I’m not a doctor, but I have to believe that your parents had a voice in the decision.”
“Sure, but they have nothing to do with those bastards did after Alexander and I were separated.”
“How much did Fox tell you about what the doctors did?”
“My parents spent at least forty-five minutes on the phone with him. I never spoke with the guy. My parents filled me in with as much information as they could get from the talk with
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