Mack wraps his arms around his wife again. Everyone in the room moves forward. Doctor Spears and Doctor McCain glare at their colleague. Now I’m pissed. They weren’t going to tell us Harley was with someone.
“You lost two patients tonight?” Jack asks.
Nick grabs his tablet. “What’s her name? I’ll get my team searching for her, too.”
Doctor Spears lifts his chin. Oh, the last thing he wants to do right now is to get brave. “I can’t give you another resident’s information.”
Yep. He’s an idiot.
I turn to our computer geek. “Nick, you got it?”
Nick steadily taps away on his tablet. He pauses and literally growls before looking at me. “She’s with a man.”
“What?” Nanny barely gets the word out.
“You can’t hack our records! That’s illegal, and we’ll sue!” Doctor Spears yells at Nick.
“Oh, let’s do that. It’ll be fun.” Ciara grins at the doctor.
Nick gives Ciara a slight grin before glancing at the doctor. “I didn’t.” He turns to Mack and me. “Aspen Park’s Police Department has an APB out on a male and female from the town’s Valentine’s party. Both are residents of Aspen Health Resort.”
“You need to come clean and tell us everything,” Mack demands.
Neither doctor answers. This is going to be a long night.
“Just how close is Harley with this man?” Jack asks.
The three doctors look at each other. They’re getting dumber by the minute.
“My client asked you a question.” Ciara crosses her arms.
Doctor McCain answers, “They talk in the cafeteria and during downtime in the common room.”
“Are they intimate?” Jack pushes.
Nanny covers her mouth with her hand and closes her eyes. That’s the last thing Harley needs. Harley has been spiraling for a long time. Her choices in men haven’t been the best. I don’t have any room to talk in that department. My choices in women have been less than ideal.
Harley’s drinking and partying get worse when our brothers from Texas visit. Her emotional state crumbles to dust. She has her sights set on one of the guys from Texas, but he never really notices her. He spends most of his time talking to the guys. If he wants female attention, he goes for one of the bunnies. Doctor Spears knows Harley’s story. Surely they don’t encourage intimate relationships between their patients.
“We don’t allow that,” Doctor Spears finally replies.
“I want a name,” Mack demands.
The doctor shakes his head. “We have privacy laws. I can’t give you that.”
We all turn to Nick. He's still typing away on his tablet. He pauses and smiles. Feeling eyes on him, he looks up.
“Their outstanding police department just listed a missing persons report for Harley McLeod and Josiah Edwards.”
Doctor Spears groans and drops his head into his hands. Privacy laws don’t mean a thing when your own police department gives out information. A name is all Nick needed. He goes back to searching.
“Doctor Spears, the McLeods and I will be there tonight. I suggest you personally be there to greet us.” Ciara taps Nick’s arm.
Without looking up, Nick taps a button, and the monitor goes black. His phone dings. He glances at the message and quickly sends a reply.
“Please tell me you have something on this man,” Mack says.
Nick nods and looks up again. “He’s from a small town in Montana.”
