Close To Home - A Sam Prichard Mystery (Sam Prichard, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Private Investigator Book 14) by David Archer

Author:David Archer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2017-12-06T07:00:00+00:00

12

Sam pulled up in front of the apartment building and was surprised to see no crowd out front.

Snake laughed. “Why you surprised? After you offered a ten thousand dollar reward, I’d be shocked if anybody was still here. They’re all out looking for Digger, trust me.”

“Well, I hope they have some luck. You’ll call me if anything comes of it?”

“Hell, yes,” Snake said. “You the man with the money.” He climbed out of the car and walked toward the building as Sam drove away.

Sam decided to go to the hospital and check on Freddie Pilsner. It only took him about fifteen minutes to get there, and he was glad to see that Burton had wasted no time. Four police officers were standing around the emergency room, and Sam recognized one of them from his days on the force.

“Charlie Stevens, right?” Sam asked as he walked up to the officer. “Remember me?”

Stevens nodded and smiled. “I remember you, Sam. You always treated us lowlifes with respect. How you been?”

“Hanging in there,” Sam said. “You’re here guarding Mr. Pilsner?”

“Yes, sir,” Stevens said. “Orders from the DA’s office. We’re supposed to make sure nobody gets to him without their approval.”

Sam nodded. “Good. Any word on how he’s doing?”

Stevens turned and glanced toward the room where several doctors and nurses seemed to be busy. “One of the doctors made the comment a few minutes ago that he’s probably going to pull through. Guy looks like he’s built like Stallone, back in his younger days, and I guess his muscles were so thick they slowed the bullets down enough to keep them from doing as much damage as they might have.”

Sam’s eyebrows moved upward. “Really? Maybe I need to hit the gym more often. Who’s the doctor in charge, do you know?”

Stevens pointed at the doctor who was coming out of the room. “That guy,” he said. “I didn’t catch his name, though.”

Sam stepped to one side and caught the doctor’s attention, then flashed his ID. “I’m Sam Prichard, a private eye. Your patient in there is an important witness in a case I’m working on. Can you tell me anything about the prognosis?”

The doctor sighed. “I think he’s going to live,” he said. “He’ll be going into surgery in a few minutes, to remove a couple of bullets that didn’t make it all the way through. There’s one lodged next to his spine, and another sitting just inside his right shoulder blade. Right now, we’re checking for signs of internal bleeding that we need to deal with, but it doesn’t appear that any of his major organs suffered any damage.”

“That’s good news, Doc,” Sam said. “Any idea how soon he might be conscious enough to answer some questions?”

“Well, it won’t be today. You might check tomorrow, I’d say maybe around noon or so. If everything goes well in surgery, he should be awake and coherent by then.”

Sam nodded. “All right,” he said. “Thanks for the update.”

He waved goodbye to Stevens and walked out of the hospital again.

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