Malice Page #3

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- It's not what you think.

- Yeah?

I think it's so you can make a lot of money

and see a lot of naked women.

Well, then it is what you think.

Hey, pace yourself.

I'm not done with you yet.

- I'm impervious to alcohol.

- Yeah?

We'll see about that.

Tracy.

You all right?

Yeah. I'll be right there.

- You had me worried for a second.

- No, I'm fine.

Come on, let's go to bed.

Hey, hey. Got to get out there, old man.

Six miles a day keeps the doctor away.

- You want some coffee?

- No, never touch in the morning.

- You okay, Trace?

- I'm fine.

Well, I'll grab quick shower,

fly over to the hospital.

I'll catch you guys later.

Are you sure she didn't call to

cancel her appointment?

Yes, I'm sure. In fact,

I called her yesterday to remind her.

- Did you try calling her again?

- Nobody's there, professor.

- I keep getting her answering machine.

- She's there.

She's dodging the call.

Paula?

Paula!

I'm gonna need a statement.

Andy.

You wanna hear about the first time

I ever saw a corpse?

No.

It was my first year of medical school,

gross anatomy.

The takes a real saw

to the cadavers head.

People were running out of the room.

They're passing out, turning green.

I tell you, it really didn't

bother me over that much, though.

It's a great story, Jed.

Of course, I'll never look at a cantaloupe

the same way again, but other than that...

Hey, You'll get over it.

Hey, Stanley, who the hell is that

in the backfield?

Livelle something. He's off the bench.

- What happened to Krakowski?

- Flunked the piss test.

That upsets me.

Guy can't stay off of cocaine

even for one million dollars.

Man, I'll give my right arm

for a million dollars.

We cannot afford plumbing,

for Christ's sake.

- Would you really?

- What?

Give your right arm

for one million dollars?

- You mean like, literally?

- Yeah.

Well, not even an arm.

Let's just say a finger.

One finger, for one million dollars?

Oh, God, this is a strange conversation.

What we're talking about

is a surgical procedure

just to the joint. Would you do it?

No.

Really?

Would you?

No.

Oh, man.

I should be getting back.

Here, let me...

No, no, no, no.

Hey, stay and have

one more drink with me.

No. Tracy's gonna be home.

- I'll see you.

- Yeah.

Stanley.

Would you please bring those two girls

a round of whatever it is they're drinking?

- Bourbon.

- Bourbon it is.

- Got a minute?

- Sure.

This is the living room.

Have a seat.

I just need you to

clear up a few things for me.

Like what?

Paula Bell came to see you three times,

is that right?

That's right.

- It would have been four times, only...

- What is this?

Last night we matched the soil sample

taken from Paula Bell's carpet

to a sample taken from your yard.

I went inside, I told you that.

We also matched it to a sample

taken from Bridget Kelly's room.

Bridget came by here to

pick up a letter of recommendation.

Am I a suspect, Dana?

Am I a f***ing suspect?

All three victims had been in to see you

before they were attacked.

I found Paula, for Christ's sake.

- What was it that made you go to her house?

- She missed her appointment.

So you went to her house?

Yes, because she was a screw-up

and I have a responsibility.

- What's your blood type, Andy?

- O positive.

See, as luck would have it,

you have the same blood type

as the perpetrator.

Dana, this is crazy.

In my entire life

I have never harmed anyone.

I believe you.

I don't think you're the guy.

Thank you.

I need you to do something for me.

It's procedural, I wouldn't be doing

my job if I didn't ask you to do it.

Do what?

I need a sperm sample to test

against the one taken from the victims.

I can't believe this.

It's a simple thing, take maybe in an hour.

You'll be eliminated as a suspect.

What if I refuse?

You get to wear my handcuffs.

- Damn.

- No, no. That's much better.

- No, it's not.

- No, it is.

At least you're not

hitting innocent bystanders.

Beautiful.

Andy.

Andy.

Oh, God.

911. Emergency.

The rotator cuff, if you don't mind,

it's right in here, okay.

I pierce that, he can't even comb

his hair, let alone throw a ball.

That thing's been beeping all night.

Are you a drug dealer?

Yeah, you can say that.

Stanley.

Somebody talk to me.

We've got massive hemorrhaging.

It's probably an ovary.

We'll have some more numbers

in a few minutes.

- Blood type.

- AB negative. We need more.

Tanya, get a hold of the Mass General,

Boston, and Mercy, Hartford, in that order.

If they're low, we're gonna need donors.

I'm sorry we had to

put you through this, Andy.

You can go home now.

Andy.

- Mr. Safian.

- Yeah.

Your wife's name came up on a 911.

It's a medical emergency.

- David, what's the blood pressure?

- 93 above 57.

- Heart rate?

- 86.

- Quick count?

- 27.

Jed, did you see this?

Four to five weeks would be my guess.

- She is pregnant?

- Not for long.

Her fetus will abort

from the trauma of the procedure.

Whenever you're ready, doctor.

Dr. Hill.

All right, let's go.

- Scalpel.

- Scalpel.

- Mr. Safian.

- Yeah.

- What happened to my wife?

- She's bleeding internally.

Dr. Hill will come and talk to you

soon as her condition is stabilized.

- Is she conscious?

- I'm sorry Mr. Safian, that's all I know.

We're almost done.

I just wanna have one last look around.

Check for rings and watches.

- Suction.

- Suction.

All right, I think we've got it all.

It's amazing it didn't rupture sooner.

Jed.

We've got some pathology

in the second ovary.

- Let me have a look in here. Harrington.

- Harrington.

It was torsed when I unpacked it.

Think it's necrotic?

All right I want to do a frozen section

right away,

see if we still get a viable ovary here.

- We can't.

- Why not?

- The pathologist isn't in house.

- Well, what do I do for frozen section?

- We can call him in.

- How long would that take?

30, 40 minutes.

Hell, I'd better get a microscope

and do it myself.

It'll take at least a half an hour

for the processor to warm up.

- What's the pressure?

- 78.

- I don't have that kind of time.

- You got maybe half that, tops.

All right. Irrigate and try to

get the BP back up. I'll be right back.

- Come with me.

- What's going on?

Just come with me.

I had to remove one of Tracy's ovaries.

It ruptured. A large cyst had developed

and that what was causing her pain.

I have to be direct with you

because we're little under the gun.

- Is it under control?

- Not yet.

There is a problem

with Tracy's second ovary.

We discovered it was torsed or twisted

around in its own blood supply.

If I remove it, I'm simply

removing a dead organ

and in all likelihood

Tracy will lead a normal, healthy life.

But...

She won't ever be able to have children.

If I close her up now, she could die of

toxic-shock in the middle of the night.

Do whatever you have to do.

- Tracy's gonna be fine.

- Yeah.

- But what?

- I'll tell you later.

No. No, tell me now.

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