“Izzie, let’s go over your day.” Myra steered the conversation back.
“There is a lot to tell. My new BFF, Regina, was an unwitting fountain of information. There are a few things we need to check out. She said she heard a rumor that Edith Clayton was related to someone in upper management.”
“Good. We can check her family tree,” Charles noted.
“Then she told me about Jeremy being let go. The reason they gave him was that they are automating, but Regina knew nothing about it, and she said if anyone were to process an invoice for more tech, it would be her. She also told me about the morphine found in his car.”
“Nikki, any word on a lawyer for him?” Myra asked.
“Yes, I have two names. Just holding off until we find out if they are going to press charges.”
“Good.”
Maggie chimed in, “When I saw him the second time, he told me that there had been boxes of drugs missing in the past few shipments. He spoke to the sales rep, who blamed it on someone else. He finally brought it up to his boss, and a week later, he was shown the door.”
“Seems like our Jeremy was about to uncover something unseemly,” Fergus noted.
“Yoko? Any chance you got close to the dump trucks?”
“Not today, but I know where they’re parked. I’ll try to get a better look tomorrow without drawing any suspicion from my workmate. His name is Danny. Seems like a normal sort. My impression is that the facilities department isn’t as nefarious as the main operation.”
“But where did the dump trucks come from?” Maggie asked.
“Good point, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Danny and his coworkers are in cahoots with the rest of the organization,” Yoko added. “I might also add that they are breaking ground for a new section and want landscaping done before some prospective investors show up.”
“Investors? They’re bringing outside money in?” Annie asked.
“Maybe they’re not as flush as they appear in spite of the government funds that have been flowing in,” Fergus said.
Charles added, “With something this widespread, I would think whoever is running it is keeping things very close to the vest and involving the fewest amount of people.”
“We suspect Clayton is connected. Perhaps she is their point person in Florida.”
“Then there’s Nurse Ratched,” Annie said.
“Uh, uh. Janet Turner, please,” Myra reminded everyone.
“And she would be the point person for Arizona,” Izzie added.
“Makes sense. As long as people do what they think is typical or ordinary work, there is no reason to involve more people in the scheme,” Charles noted.
“Very true. They show up for work, get paid. End of story,” Myra said.
“Except Jeremy began to notice things and began to ask questions,” Fergus noted.
Izzie jumped in, “Regina told me that she tried to look up Jeremy’s personnel file to get a family contact name, but his was gone. Sounds like it was deleted.”
“There appears to be a lot ofwhys that need to be uncovered,” Myra said.
“I have another one,” Kathryn jumped in. “I was supposed to meet with Janet Turner today at four, and when I got there, I was told to come back tomorrow.”
In unison, everyone asked, “Why?”
“My point exactly,” Myra said.
“Let’s review what we know.” Myra went down the list:
In Florida:
