The Weejee Man by NP Cunniffe EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: NP Cunniffe
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Julia,
You won’t believe what’s happened to Rick this time.
It was nine-thirty on New Year’s Eve when I received a phone call from a
hospital. I was casually winding up the Twitter trolls, Shirley purring in my
lap, when an unfamiliar number appeared on my screen. A young male
voice informed me he was phoning from Portiuncula Hospital in
Ballinasloe. I’d never heard of those places before. I could only assume
Ireland. He said a man named Rick had recently been taken into intensive
care.
I’d been waiting to hear from Rick for months. He’d been quieter than
usual. He had said he was planning to undergo a ‘Digital Detox.’ I’d sent
him emails and left him several voicemails, but he never phoned back. I
can’t imagine someone willingly giving up their phone, or any devices, for
that matter. Anyway, I’d hoped he’d been busy working on something new,
as part of this mad detox. Perhaps he’d followed my advice and taken a
holiday, found some much-needed inspiration. Maybe he was doing his
detox in Ireland. But a phone call from a strange-sounding hospital wasn’t
the call I was expecting.
“He’s not speaking,” the nurse said. I wondered if this young man might be
handsome, like in those hospital dramas. Sorry, but I don’t get out much!
“He doesn’t even have a phone,” the nurse continued. “We managed to find
your business card in his wallet – I hope you don’t mind. But apart from
that, we couldn’t find any other contact information. He has a journal with
him but, to be honest, his writing is so poor it’s barely legible.”
He explained that Rick was found lying in a graveyard unconscious with
extensive injuries. I struggled to listen to what he was saying; I could only
think about the journal Rick was found carrying – and the nurse. Was it a
full draft of a new book? The result of this detox? Had he churned out a
bestselling novel at last? I have to admit, I was curious. And, as
commissioning editor, it’s my responsibility to ensure it gets published and
I hit my annual targets, as I’m sure you would agree, Julia.
“Does he have any family members we can contact?” the nurse asked.
“I can check,” I said, though of course I wanted to be his first visitor. I
needed that manuscript in my hands.
“Well, we’ll keep looking,” the nurse said, a hint of fatigue in his voice.
“When can I visit?”
“Visiting times are between two and four, and five and seven. But just to
let you know, he’s not very responsive. I know it can be a shock at first, but
he’s been like this for weeks, so don’t take it personally. He doesn’t seem to
be suffering any memory loss, so he should still recognise you. We can only
assume some psychological trauma has occurred. And please don’t push
him to speak. We don’t want to overexert him.”
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