Chapter 5
Part 3
When Jack arrived at the morgue he found a new set of guards on duty. Dr. Hei was now in charge. Jack told him that he wanted to see the body.
The doctor looked at Jack and knew that he was on the verge of collapsing. Viewing his daughter's remains was not a healthy thing to be doing. "Are sure you want to do this?" he asked.
Jack's silent reply was his answer. The doctor reluctantly pulled the body out from it's refrigerated crypt. Jack again pulled back the sheet.
"Jack, don't do this to yourself," a voice said from behind him.
Jack turned and saw Dr. Barnett entering the room.
"Please Jack, let me help you," she pleaded with him.
"I don't need your help," he told her as he turned back to the body.
"Jack, if you don't let someone help, then I will see to it that you are placed on a medical leave," she informed him.
Dr. Barnett was now standing in front of Jack, on the other side of the table. He looked up at her and venomously said to her, "If you do anything to keep me out of this investigation, you will regret it."
"Are you threatening me?" she asked, trying to hide the fear that ran through her blood.
Jack realized that Dr. Barnett did in fact have the power to prevent him from being a part of this investigation. He could not afford the time it would take to fight to get his job back. He contritely told her, "Dr. Barnett, if you really care about my mental health, then you know that I have to be involved in finding out what happened to her."
Dr. Barnett agreed to a compromise. "Jack, I won't put up any roadblocks, but you have to take care of yourself. You need to go home and get some rest."
He glanced at the body lying in front of him. He swallowed to suppress the emotions that wanted to overpower him. He bent down and placed a kiss on the forehead of the remains. He whispered into her ear, "Forgive me." He then left the morgue without saying another word to either doctor.
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Part 3
When Jack arrived at the morgue he found a new set of guards on duty. Dr. Hei was now in charge. Jack told him that he wanted to see the body.
The doctor looked at Jack and knew that he was on the verge of collapsing. Viewing his daughter's remains was not a healthy thing to be doing. "Are sure you want to do this?" he asked.
Jack's silent reply was his answer. The doctor reluctantly pulled the body out from it's refrigerated crypt. Jack again pulled back the sheet.
"Jack, don't do this to yourself," a voice said from behind him.
Jack turned and saw Dr. Barnett entering the room.
"Please Jack, let me help you," she pleaded with him.
"I don't need your help," he told her as he turned back to the body.
"Jack, if you don't let someone help, then I will see to it that you are placed on a medical leave," she informed him.
Dr. Barnett was now standing in front of Jack, on the other side of the table. He looked up at her and venomously said to her, "If you do anything to keep me out of this investigation, you will regret it."
"Are you threatening me?" she asked, trying to hide the fear that ran through her blood.
Jack realized that Dr. Barnett did in fact have the power to prevent him from being a part of this investigation. He could not afford the time it would take to fight to get his job back. He contritely told her, "Dr. Barnett, if you really care about my mental health, then you know that I have to be involved in finding out what happened to her."
Dr. Barnett agreed to a compromise. "Jack, I won't put up any roadblocks, but you have to take care of yourself. You need to go home and get some rest."
He glanced at the body lying in front of him. He swallowed to suppress the emotions that wanted to overpower him. He bent down and placed a kiss on the forehead of the remains. He whispered into her ear, "Forgive me." He then left the morgue without saying another word to either doctor.
tbc
