Chapters 16-17 Summary

Dexter recalls the first time he killed a person. It was while Harry was slowly dying in a hospice. One of Harry's nurses was giving too much medication to her patients, hastening their deaths. Harry was possibly going to fall victim to this behavior and was aware of it. Harry told Dexter what was happening and suggested to him that he stop her. Deborah was in the room and thought it was a matter of clarifying the doctor's orders. However, Dexter knew what his father meant. The nurse would be Dexter's first human kill.

Dexter collects slides with a single drop of blood from each of his victims; however, Dexter forgot to get a drop of blood from his last victim. The murder is in the paper the next morning. Deborah calls, believing this murder is one of the Tamiami Trail...