Amanda: Tales of an international female spy by Richard Marques

Author:Richard Marques [Marques, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Richard J Marques
Published: 2016-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The figure that entered the hospital through a side entrance took great care to make sure he was not noticed. He had been told to be quick and efficient. It was early morning, sometime around three a.m., before dawn. There was no one to be seen as he made his way to the right wing. He already knew where the girl was located. There was no need to disturb any of the very few staff who were on duty at this time of the day. It was simply a case of navigating his way through the maze of corridors and mezzanines to find her. He headed for a wide staircase and turned left.

Amanda had been brought, discreetly, to the hospital by Jeremy. She was still unconscious as a result of the impact of the crash, which had caused severe concussion. Jeremy was anxious to have Amanda thoroughly examined to ensure no other damage had been done. He guessed he should count himself lucky that they were both still alive.

The police had taken their pursuer into custody and he would presumably be interviewed at some length. SVHQ had hinted that they would also involve themselves in the interrogation. They clearly hoped to gain some useful information from the man.

Jeremy spent several hours next to Amanda's comatose figure, cursing himself over and over again. He had lost count of the number of times he had practised racing around SVHQ’s private training circuit in anticipation of taking part in a car chase on his next mission. He had even been involved in a minor chase in South America. But he had never experienced anything like this. And he had never carried a passenger that he cared so much about either.

Jeremy was making a complete nuisance of himself. He kept fussing around the French doctors and nurses. The American Hospital in Paris was one of the most exclusive private hospitals in France, and the staff did not take kindly to an unqualified member of the public telling them what to do. He had especially pestered the head ward nurse, Jacqueline.

Jacqueline, an efficient, highly qualified nurse-practitioner who originated from Corsica, was very suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Amanda’s admittance to the hospital. Jeremy had turned up in a taxi with the unconscious young lady, announcing that he was her husband and that his wife was in need of urgent attention following a car accident. Jacqueline very much doubted that he was the lady’s husband. Firstly, he hesitated when asked Amanda’s date of birth and could not fill in the extensive admission questionnaire fully. She also noticed that neither of them wore a wedding or engagement ring. Finally, he was very brief about the details of the accident. There was definitely something unusual going on. As well as being a nurse, Jacqueline was a professional gossip who loved to play the detective. She would be keeping a close eye on these two.

That afternoon Amanda came round from her coma. Jeremy was downstairs getting a coffee at the time.

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