CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
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THE MEDICAL EXAMINER lowered himself in a chair before the DCI’s desk and sighed deeply. The last few days had demanded a lot of energy from him. Stress and exhaustion had taken their toll and worsened his arthritis. Now, he felt pangs of pain whenever he flexed his knees.
The doctor searched McNamara’s face carefully. “You look quite tense, lad,” the doctor said with nonchalance.
Their relationship allowed him to make some observations others avoided. The legal examiner wasn’t the man to keep his mouth shut, anyway.
The DCI just shrugged. He didn’t feel like getting into the details of his investigation and worries right then. Stewart was his friend, but that didn’t mean that McNamara would open his heart in front of him.
“I suppose you finished
