As they were carried up to the third floor, Jack started thinking out loudsomething he tended to do when they were actively on the hunt. So Vick has access to both clinics and then conveniently gets a job somewhere new not too long before the murders start, he said. Its not a smoking gun by any means, but it does seem a little suspicious, right?

A bit, yes. Rachel mulled it over, trying to look past the logic that told her a woman that was currently working in a prenatal program would probably be disgusted by the idea of someone killing women that were seeking out fertility treatments. Of course, Rachel had worked her fair share of cases where such reasoning had ended up serving as the killers motive in the end. So she knew better than to rest her laurels on logic alone.

The elevator dinged and the doors slid open, revealing the third floor. As they walked down the hallway, it felt very much like the atmosphere of Regency clinic, only there were more menhusbands and boyfriends for the most part. Rachel saw several women sitting in a large waiting area in the center of the hallway, most of whom looked to be at least six or seven months pregnant.

You know, Jack said, as old-fashioned and caveman-like as it might sound, I dont know that men will ever feel comfortable in these places.

Or any places that caters specifically to women, Rachel pointed out. When I was pregnant with Paige, Peter loathed coming to my appointments. He did it because he was an awesome husbandcame to every single appointment. But you could tell from the moment he stepped in the front door, he was very uncomfortable.

She tried to imagine Jack coming into a place like this, sitting in a room with a wife and many other uncomfortable women. But Jack had never married and really didnt even date all that much. Shed heard him mention a woman with any sort of real romantic interest one time and that had ended up coming to nothing.

Something about this feels…right, I think, Jack said as the doctors lounge drew closer. You ever get that feeling that what youre about to step into might very well be what youre looking for?

On the job, yes, Rachel said. In other aspects of life…rarely. And Im getting something like that from Pauline Vick. But I think it might mostly be the awkwardness of the situation.

I guess being the resident asshole comes with the job when youre an agent working on a case like this one, though, Jack said with a shrug.