035 Bad Medicine by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene [Keene, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mobilism
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Ten

NANCY KICKED BACK HARD, connecting with the man’s left shin. Her attacker yelped with pain but kept dragging her toward the bushes near the dark corner of the parking lot.

Nancy twisted and fought, her heart pounding wildly. Her arms were held so tightly she couldn’t free herself. The man was strong but slender. His voice sounded somewhat familiar. If only she could get a look at his face!

“Hey!” someone yelled from near the administration building.

At the same moment Nancy bit down on her attacker’s hand. “Help! Somebody help me!” she screamed when he let go of her mouth.

The sound of footsteps came pounding toward them. Her captor didn’t wait. He threw her to the ground. Nancy hit the pavement and a loud groan escaped from her as the heels of her palms skidded against the asphalt. She scrambled almost instantly to her feet. Her attacker was zigzagging among the parked cars. Nancy ran after him, but by the time she got into gear, he was just a memory.

She stopped in the center of the lot, panting. Doubled over, she drew several long breaths, willing her heartbeat to slow down.

“Are you all right?” a voice asked.

“Yeah. Fine.” She straightened up to see a worried-looking man in a lab coat standing beside her. “Thanks. He, uh, got away.”

“You’d better come back inside the hospital and report this, miss. Have you still got your purse? This parking lot’s getting dangerous!”

Nancy smiled an agreement. She let her would-be rescuer think this was just a random mugging, but she knew better.

Ned was pacing the hospital lobby when she returned. “Nancy! Where were you?” Seeing her torn dress and scraped palms, he asked, “What happened? Are you all right?”

“I’m fine,” she assured him. “I was just on my way to the administration building to meet you when a guy attacked me from behind.”

“What guy? What do you mean, the administration building? I got a message you were going to be late.”

Nancy blinked. “You got a message I was going to be late?”

He nodded. “I picked it up here at the front desk.”

Nancy turned to the two people at the desk. “Both messages were just dropped on the desk,” the receptionist informed them when Nancy asked. “That’s how it’s done. People just pile them up and we route them to the right person or office.”

“Someone wanted you to be outside alone,” Ned said grimly to Nancy. “He meant to attack you!”

“I know,” Nancy answered in a low voice, pulling Ned toward the door. When they were out of earshot of the others, she told him about her attacker’s warning. “Ned, I’m not positive, but I think the guy who grabbed me was David Baines.”

“Baines!”

“His voice was just a growl, but it sounded familiar. I got a look at him as he was running away. This guy had David’s slender build and dark hair. It could have been someone else, I suppose, but I think it was David.”

Ned’s gaze narrowed. “Let’s get out of here. We can pin Baines down tomorrow.

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