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around or do any kind of spy stuff. He said it was because that was all
he had clean, and he knew once I saw the way he was dressed, I would want to be
dressed the same way. He thought he would save a step and tell me that’s what I
had to wear, smart man.
    As we were looking for the files on Tatiana, we noticed that
most of the clients were women. We both thought this was a little odd so we
took out several of the files and began reading them. Charlie took photos of
all the files with the smallest camera I have ever seen. It had to have been
something he used at work, very spy like; that made me feel a little better. We
couldn’t find anything on Tatiana. Nothing, not a chart, a bill, or progress
notes. We made sure we put everything back as we had found it and left. We went
back to the car and headed for home. I couldn’t believe it; my first operation
and no one noticed anything. Now I know why people say, “I didn’t see anything”
when asked about a crime that has just occurred. No one pays attention. Two
people dressed completely in black strolled down the street, opened a locked
office building, then an office. We went through file cabinets and took
photographs, and then let ourselves out of the building. Not one person
noticed, never gave us a second look.
    It was very disappointing.
    When we got back to the house it was around two thirty in the
morning. There were a couple of lights still on in Mrs. Ruby’s house; enjoying
one of her refreshments I’m sure. I told you she doesn’t sleep. I thought about
taking a picture of her with Charlie’s little camera, but I had no idea where
Charlie had put it. I went into the kitchen and got out a couple of the
sandwiches I had made, along with a couple of our own refreshments. Charlie
went to the computer room and did his magic. When I walked into the room he was
printing out something. He had enlarged all of the files so they would be
easier to read. We skimmed over the files to see if there was a common thread.
There wasn’t any one thing that stood out except that most of the patients were
women, and a fairly large number of them were from different countries. Now I
don’t know anything about investigating people, but I thought this was odd.
Remember Natasha? She’s the doctor’s wife, and most likely the woman everyone
had seen and thought was Tatiana’s sister. It seems the good doctor and his
wife kept meticulous records on everything except Tatiana. Including e-mails
and letters from someone named Tyler Moran. All of which were in a foreign
language. Charlie thought we should contact some of these patients and see if
any of them would talk to us. I am getting a feeling that we have stumbled onto
something much bigger than we thought.
    Other than the mystery e-mails and letters, we didn’t find
anything interesting or informative in the files. They didn’t contain the
smoking gun we were hoping for. Charlie went home to get some sleep; then he
was going to take all of the files, e-mails and letters over to Mark’s. They
are going to run everything through the data bases Mark has access to, and see
if they can come up with anything on the names we did get. Then Charlie will
make a list of the patients and come back later. We will try to put them in
some kind of order and hope some of them will talk to us. Charlie is very
persuasive; I’m sure he’ll get them to talk.
    Later

Evening June 11 th
    Dear Mary,
    Charlie called and said having the letters translated was
taking a little longer than he and Mark expected. They hadn’t found any useful
information on any of the names. He was putting together the list of the
patient addresses. He thought it would be a good idea to rest up tonight so we
could head out early in the morning. That sounded good to me, so I headed to the
kitchen to find something for dinner. That’s when someone knocked at the door.
    When I looked out the window you’ll never guess who I saw,
you know this never happens in New York.