Daddy's Home by A. K. Alexander

Author:A. K. Alexander
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Crime, Suspense, Thrillers, Fiction
ISBN: 9781456332013
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2010-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

“You stoled what the count says on Sesame Street.”

“No, I didn’t. I borrowed it. See, I’m a good friend of the Count’s, and he said that I could borrow all the magical things he says.”

Kristy giggled, reassured, and they whiled away the afternoon, with Holly telling Kristy stories and having quiet conversations with Lynne that varied from the lighthearted to serious, but all of it with an undertone of sadness.

Lynne had spoken the truth about the friendship changing, and now, as Holly drove up the Interstate 5 towards Children’s Hospital, the sensation of something insidious and evil sat in the center of her gut, and she couldn’t help but hate herself for having failed Lynne and Kristy.

She pulled into the emergency parking at the hospital and placed the police placard on her car. She walked directly to the ER desk and asked for Kristy’s room number.

The woman behind the desk rifled through several stacks of paperwork and said, “She’s just out of recovery and in the ICU. I can have someone take you up. But I can’t guarantee that the doctors will grant you entrance. They’re pretty protective of their patients up there. Dr. Lukeman, her doctor, is still on that floor, and he may allow you to see her.”

Moments later, after an elevator ride and moving quickly down several long corridors, Holly met up with the doctor. He shook her hand. “Dr. Lukeman.”

“Detective Jennings.”

“The other detective that was here left about an hour ago. I told her everything we know to this point, and that I would keep the police updated. Nothing has changed. We simply have to wait and see, Detective.”

“I understand. But I’d really like to see her.”

“I’m afraid I can’t let you do that. Besides it wouldn’t be at all helpful. As I explained to the other detective, she’s in a coma. “To update you, she came out of surgery about three hours ago. When she was brought in, she had extensive internal bleeding and a serious head injury. I was able to get the bleeding under control, but we won’t know much of anything about her head injury for some time. The neurologist on call took a look, but it’s hard to say, with her being in a coma. Another specialist will examine her in a couple of days. Right now, her body needs recovery time.”

“So you have no idea how badly she’s been injured?” Holly asked, with fear in her voice.

“She had a bad gash to the head, and it’s obvious there is some swelling there that we’ll have to watch. If it swells too much, we’ll have to consider removing a portion of the skull, draining it and then waiting until the swelling goes down to put the skull back on.”

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