33‘Have they worked out who killed the poor Monsignor?’ Colleen Maloney said as she and Vince walked around the ward the following day.
Although he was banned from the labour ward, Vince liked to look in on his former obstetric patients even though they’d had their babies delivered by someone else. Colleen was a caring midwife but vague on details. He preferred to do his round with Barbara Craig, the Nurse Unit manager, but Pete Paras had gotten in first. Surprise, surprise.
‘’Fraid not,’ said Vince. ‘It’s a mystery.’
‘Well, he was still alive at quarter past ten, that’s for sure,’ Colleen said as they walked into the postnatal area.
Vince spun and put his hand up in front of her. ‘Whoa, Col. Back up a little. How the hell do you know that?’
She shrugged, a few strands of curly red ha
