Chapter 39
Jacksonville, FL
MICKEY WENT STRAIGHT from lunch to his office, dropping Ted off at the bank’s day care facility on the way.
“We’ll go back and see Chris this evening, Ted,” Mickey said.
Mickey managed to put in almost half a day at his desk, and when five o’clock came, he collected Ted and headed home. He’d called the hospital along the way and learned that Chris had already been moved to a regular room. That’s progress, he thought. He and Ted had a light supper and were minutes away from departing for the Mayo Clinic when the doorbell rang.
“I’ll get it,” he said.
When he opened the door, he found a sort of rotund thirtysomething man with black hair standing on the stoop.
“Can I help you?” Mickey said.
“I’m looking for Christopher Bottoms,” the man said. “I’m his cousi
