I apologize if someone fdidn't finish reading chapter 18/17 as I deleted it rather quickly once I realized that I typed it in Bold face type. Here is the chapter again.
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Chapter 17
BJ moved a couple of files blocking the computer monitor and sat down, quickly getting the newspaper's website. "You said Bay View Nursing Home?" he asked.
"That's right," Eva replied. She'd moved her chair over to where shecould read the monitor screen.
He quickly typed the name into the search box and sat back to see what came up. Within a minute there were a number of articles listed going back over twenty years. "Well, what do you want to startwith?" he asked.
Eva quickly perused the list of articles and pointed one out. "Try this one 'Major Scandal Rocks Bay View'," she told him.
"Now I remember. This happened before it went into new ownership. I'd just started work here and didn't have anything with the investigation. There were allegations that a number of residents' deaths had neglect as a contributing factor," BJ said, quickly bringing the article up and sat back reading it.
Eva scanned the article, catching certain phrases. "Poorly run facility...Residents left lying for hours...City planning shut
down..."
"Find what you need?" BJ asked.
"It's a start. I can see there's plenty of dirty little secrets here.," Eva replied still reading. "...Neglect suspected in residents' deaths...Going back over ten years..."
"I'll make you a copy of this," BJ told her, hitting the print button.
"Great. Is there somewhere a list of the residents' suspected of dying of neglect?" Eva asked.
"I believe that the names were listed in a expose a year earlier that broke the scandal. Let me see what I can find." He looked over at her. "Eva, I've known you long enough to know when you're hiding something. And you are definitely hiding something."
Eva sighed, "I never could put one over on you, BJ. Let's just say, this has to do with what I'm doing here in San Francisco."
"All right," he said and brought up the expose, photos and all. "I'll warn you these are somewhat shocking."
"I think I've probably seen worse," she replied, turning the look at the article and photos. As he had warned, they were shocking and evidently taken by a hidden camera. There photos of residents left lying in their own filth; aides playing cards while a resident's light flashed repeatedly, and much more. All the things that the nursing home didn't want to see the public to see.
"Pretty bad, huh? If they had warning that any resident's family were coming, they'd get them cleaned up in a hurry. And people were only allowed to visit during strictly enforced hours," BJ explained.
"Pretty bad," Eva agreed.
BJ found the list of names and brought it up. "All there is a first initial and a last name of the resident. No clue to what as to what sex or even what year. this list goes back over ten years and they're in no particular order."
"How many can there be?" Eva wondered as she began quickly reading. Halfway down the list, she pointed out a name. "Can you get me the obituary on this person?"
"Playing a hunch?" BJ asked.
"Playing a hunch," she replied.
"For the obituaries we need to go down to the basement and look at microfilm. And you know how much I hate doing that."
"I know. It makes you seasick. I'll do the reading and you just find me what I need to look at," Eva told him. "Can you get me a copy of the expose?"
A/N Since the story was posted elsewhere, the chapters will remain the same length. I will try and get posted up what is already written. It is still a WIP but nearing completion.