Dr. Gideon Box 03 - Outside the Box
Outside the Box
(a Dr. Gideon Box Novel – Volume 3)
By
John Locke
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OUTSIDE THE BOX
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Outside the Box
(a Dr. Gideon Box Novel – Volume 3)
1.
“GET AWAY FROM me!” she screams. “Get away or I’ll jump!”
“Go ahead,” I say, leaning out the window to my waist.
We’re in Manhattan, forty stories up. She’s standing on the ledge, her back pressed against the building.
“What are you doing?” she says.
“Trying to look up your dress.”
“What?”
“It’s windy as hell today. The way your dress is whipping around, I’m bound to see your panties.”
“Omigod! My last minute on earth, I’m with a pervert!”
She looks skyward. “Thanks a lot, God.”
She lowers her hands to her sides, holds her dress in place.
I crawl out the window, get to my feet.
“You’re gonna fall,” she says.
“Bullshit. This is a wide ledge. Even you aren’t going to fall. And don’t think this is my first time out here. I’m a veteran of this particular war.”
“You’re lying.”
“You think it’s a coincidence this is the only window in the entire hospital that opens? It’s my window. This is my ledge.”
“You weren’t using it.”
“You beat me here by a minute, at most.”
She gives me a curious look. “Why would you come out here?”
“Same reason as you. To jump.”
“Then why haven’t you?”
“I don’t have the guts. Neither do you.”
I take a step toward her.
“Stop! I swear to God, if you come any closer, I’ll jump!”
“If I get close enough, you won’t have to.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“I didn’t come out here to talk you off the ledge. I came to push you!”
“What? You can’t do that! You’re a doctor.”
“You’re only saying that because I’m wearing scrubs. Any jackass can buy scrubs.
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