BlackWind by Charlotte Boyett-Compo

Author:Charlotte Boyett-Compo [Boyett-Compo, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Horror, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781592799930
Google: xQG5AAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1592799930
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Published: 2002-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 28

“That's basically what your job will be here at Baybridge,” Dr. Wynth explained as he reached for his cup of tea. “Do you have any questions?”

“I'm sure I will once I settle in,” Bronwyn replied. “Right now, I can't think of anything you haven't covered.”

“When Sage returns, I'll have him take you on a tour of the facility. Your office won't be ready until tomorrow, though.”

“That's fine. I...”

The door to the conference room opened and Sage Hesar hurried in. He was out of breath, his face flushed.

Wynth looked up and frowned. “You're late.”

“My apologies. There was a problem on Four East,” he explained, patting Bronwyn's shoulder as he took a seat beside her at the table.

“What kind of problem?” Wynth queried, setting down his teacup.

“James Schulte managed to get out of his pod. He attacked one of the orderlies before he could be subdued.”

“Was the man hurt?” Bronwyn asked.

“Minor scrapes and bruises before one of the S. S. took him down.”

“James Schulte,” Wynth said, looking at Bronwyn, “is the sociopath who murdered everyone in his real estate office one morning, then started taking potshots at passersby on the street. When they went to his home to inform his wife that her husband had been dispatched by the SWAT team, they found her and the four children murdered and stuffed in the family freezer.”

“I remember reading about him,” Bronwyn said with a shudder.

“Is he back in his pod?” Wynth asked.

“The captain is seeing to it personally, sir,” Sage responded. “He said to tell you he'd be along as soon as things are settled.”

Wynth nodded. “Do we know how it was possible for Schulte to get out?”

“Apparently he jammed something into the locking mechanism and the door didn't close properly. He was able to hook his fingers around the door's edge and pull it back. The captain issued an order to the S. S. to check all the pod doors.”

“I want to see Midlin in my office within the hour,” Wynth ordered, then turned to Bronwyn. “Dr. Midlin is the resident physician on Four East.”

“Each of the nine floors has two resident physicians attached to it,” Sage stated. “One on East and one on West. They work an eight-hour, eight on/eight off schedule. Baybridge has a staff of sixteen physicians, fifty nurses, and eighty orderlies, as I'm sure Dr. Wynth has told you.”

“Plus an additional staff of specialty physicians on call from the local area,” Wynth added.

“What about the North and South wings?” Bronwyn inquired. “Are those sections run in the same way?”

“No,” came an answer from behind.

Looking around, she watched the tall man in black walk to the far side of the table and sit across from her.

His uniform was as black as a starless winter night and just as crisp. The creases down the pant legs and long shirtsleeves were knife-blade sharp. A thin, black silk tie at his throat matched the thin, black belt threaded through the loops at his waist. His collar insignia was a set of silver ravens.

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