You know the story...Don't own 'em....
This takes place when Nigel and Peter are doing the tox- screen in 'Cruel & Unusual'
Jordan has just left after viewing the body of her ex's wife....
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Nigel and Peter watch Jordan leave the room visibly shaken.
Peter points a thumb at her retreating figure "So, what is the story with her?"
Nigel begins "Ah, our Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, the conundrum, the mystery, the enigma."
"I've heard everything from that she's a vampire, all the way to that she's the precursor to the second coming."
Nigel's laugh could be heard out in the hallway. He turns his back to the body and continues. "The vampire shows promise... but really she is just a complicated bird."
Nigel pulls out a chair tells Peter to sit. Peter sits warily in the chair. He feels as if he just opened a big can of worms.
"Jordan came here right out of med school. She left behind numerous offers to work with the living to come here, because this is where she wanted to be."
"Who'd want to be here?" Peter says slipping back in his chair.
"Well, it's not for the salary or perks." Nigel sits down on a stool at the counter. "You see it all goes back to when her mother was murdered. She was just a kid. To this day the case is unsolved. I think she feels there's some unfinished business in this office."
"That's tough." Peter interjects.
Nigel pulls his stool closer. "That's not the kicker. For the longest time the police thought her father was the murderer."
"Really? But he was cleared though, right?"
"So far, but the search for the real killer has lead her into some pretty bizarre situations."
"Speaking of strange, at first she says that she doesn't know the husband and then come to find out they're old friends. Is she always so honest?" He motions to the draped body on the gurney.
"Actually her reaction to our little wife's previous attempt at suicide opens a few more questions." Nigel stands and begins to pace the floor. He stops at the body and picks up a wrist and looks at the telltale scars.
"About the same time frame as our little woman slices herself, Jordan ups and disappears. She just fell off the face of the map." Nigel says half to himself.
"What?" Peter asks.
"Oh yes. We all thought the worst for awhile, a pretty young woman, alone in the big city. It took over a week for her resignation letter to reach Macy. Her fours look like nines every once in awhile. The letter was originally delivered somewhere in Kansas."
Peter nods trying to understand what this has to do with Jordan's penmanship. "So what happened to her?"
"Her father was in a panic; Macy was beside himself and with one M.E. short; life was sheer hell around here for awhile. After the letter arrived we all figured it had to be a man. But frankly we thought she was running TO one." Looking down at the body he says "But it looks like she was running away again... as usual"
"Sounds like she's got some intimacy issues.' Peter states.
Nigel looks at him with pity. "Don't tell me you're interested in her?"
Peter shakes his head. "No, I have enough issues to last me a lifetime. I don't need added ones."
"Good, because there is at least one poor sap in this town that's following her around like a lost puppy. Frankly, it's sad to watch." Nigel shakes his head, "You know how in the old 'Peanuts' comic when Lucy holds the football and as soon as Charlie Brown goes to kick it... you just know what's going to happen." Peter nods as Nigel continues "Jordan is not letting him get too close to the ball and he keeps on ending up on his ass staring up at the sky asking if he'll ever learn."
"Do you think he ever has a chance to make the punt?" Peter asks strangely interested. 'So much for trying to keep out of this' he thinks to himself.
"That's why we all like to watch, my dear Dr. Winslow. Even with out the popcorn, it's our own little built in soap opera." Nigel says looking over his shoulder as if waiting for someone to swoop down and bean him in the head for gossiping. "If you're interested you can still enter the pool if you like five bucks a square."
"You're not serious are you?" Peter laughs.
Nigel pulls out his palm pilot and opens a page. "Good money says the cheese head walks before she gets the chance."
Peter just shakes his head. "Why do you think she came back to Boston?"
"I wish it was because she missed the bosom of her loving friends and family, but alas, I'm afraid she was running yet again." Nigel stands and pulls the sheet over the dead woman's face.
Peter says "Do you think she'll ever stop?"
"I'm afraid of what will happen if she does." Nigel grabs the tox-report and hands it to Peter. They still had work to do......
This takes place when Nigel and Peter are doing the tox- screen in 'Cruel & Unusual'
Jordan has just left after viewing the body of her ex's wife....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nigel and Peter watch Jordan leave the room visibly shaken.
Peter points a thumb at her retreating figure "So, what is the story with her?"
Nigel begins "Ah, our Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, the conundrum, the mystery, the enigma."
"I've heard everything from that she's a vampire, all the way to that she's the precursor to the second coming."
Nigel's laugh could be heard out in the hallway. He turns his back to the body and continues. "The vampire shows promise... but really she is just a complicated bird."
Nigel pulls out a chair tells Peter to sit. Peter sits warily in the chair. He feels as if he just opened a big can of worms.
"Jordan came here right out of med school. She left behind numerous offers to work with the living to come here, because this is where she wanted to be."
"Who'd want to be here?" Peter says slipping back in his chair.
"Well, it's not for the salary or perks." Nigel sits down on a stool at the counter. "You see it all goes back to when her mother was murdered. She was just a kid. To this day the case is unsolved. I think she feels there's some unfinished business in this office."
"That's tough." Peter interjects.
Nigel pulls his stool closer. "That's not the kicker. For the longest time the police thought her father was the murderer."
"Really? But he was cleared though, right?"
"So far, but the search for the real killer has lead her into some pretty bizarre situations."
"Speaking of strange, at first she says that she doesn't know the husband and then come to find out they're old friends. Is she always so honest?" He motions to the draped body on the gurney.
"Actually her reaction to our little wife's previous attempt at suicide opens a few more questions." Nigel stands and begins to pace the floor. He stops at the body and picks up a wrist and looks at the telltale scars.
"About the same time frame as our little woman slices herself, Jordan ups and disappears. She just fell off the face of the map." Nigel says half to himself.
"What?" Peter asks.
"Oh yes. We all thought the worst for awhile, a pretty young woman, alone in the big city. It took over a week for her resignation letter to reach Macy. Her fours look like nines every once in awhile. The letter was originally delivered somewhere in Kansas."
Peter nods trying to understand what this has to do with Jordan's penmanship. "So what happened to her?"
"Her father was in a panic; Macy was beside himself and with one M.E. short; life was sheer hell around here for awhile. After the letter arrived we all figured it had to be a man. But frankly we thought she was running TO one." Looking down at the body he says "But it looks like she was running away again... as usual"
"Sounds like she's got some intimacy issues.' Peter states.
Nigel looks at him with pity. "Don't tell me you're interested in her?"
Peter shakes his head. "No, I have enough issues to last me a lifetime. I don't need added ones."
"Good, because there is at least one poor sap in this town that's following her around like a lost puppy. Frankly, it's sad to watch." Nigel shakes his head, "You know how in the old 'Peanuts' comic when Lucy holds the football and as soon as Charlie Brown goes to kick it... you just know what's going to happen." Peter nods as Nigel continues "Jordan is not letting him get too close to the ball and he keeps on ending up on his ass staring up at the sky asking if he'll ever learn."
"Do you think he ever has a chance to make the punt?" Peter asks strangely interested. 'So much for trying to keep out of this' he thinks to himself.
"That's why we all like to watch, my dear Dr. Winslow. Even with out the popcorn, it's our own little built in soap opera." Nigel says looking over his shoulder as if waiting for someone to swoop down and bean him in the head for gossiping. "If you're interested you can still enter the pool if you like five bucks a square."
"You're not serious are you?" Peter laughs.
Nigel pulls out his palm pilot and opens a page. "Good money says the cheese head walks before she gets the chance."
Peter just shakes his head. "Why do you think she came back to Boston?"
"I wish it was because she missed the bosom of her loving friends and family, but alas, I'm afraid she was running yet again." Nigel stands and pulls the sheet over the dead woman's face.
Peter says "Do you think she'll ever stop?"
"I'm afraid of what will happen if she does." Nigel grabs the tox-report and hands it to Peter. They still had work to do......