Dirtier Than Ever by Vickie M. Stringer

Author:Vickie M. Stringer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria Books

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

You did very well today, Mr. Carter,” his therapist said. “You’ll be walking without that walker in no time.”

This was the third day that he had seen her and Q looked forward to therapy. It was a nice getaway from Chass but the girl reminded him of Red, too.

“I’m going to take you back to your room,” she told him, “so I can get my next patient.”

“No, you don’t have to do that,” he told her. “I want to try to get back to my room by myself. I just have to go down the corridor until I get to the elevator. My room is not that far once I get off.”

Liking his determination, the therapist spoke. “Sure, but if you feel tired at all, just stop someone. They will call me.”

“Okay, thanks.”

Q slowly ambled his way out of the therapy room and found himself on the main floor of the rehab center.

He continued to walk with his walker until he was outside, where he stood with his face to the clear blue sky. Q took a deep breath, his mouth open as if he were drinking the sun’s golden wine while his eyes followed the puffy white clouds lazily floating around.

“Ahhh.” He exhaled deeply. It had been a long time since he had breathed fresh air.

He had been thinking about what the detective told him when he called Chass on her cell phone.

“I gotta get that tape,” he said to himself as he stood outside the rehabilitation building hospital.

He wasn’t that far from his home. Q took two steps and put the walker down. Two steps again, and he leveled the walker. He had to make it to his place before the detective did.

• • •

It took him an hour to walk the five blocks to his apartment building. Very exhausted, Q entered the doors of his building.

Natalie, the front desk person, recognized him.

“Mr. Carter? Is that you?”

“Yes, it’s me.” He slowly walked over to her.

“I’m glad to see you. And you’re looking quite well.”

Natalie always had a thing for Q. She didn’t like to see him with Red and she made it known, but she was merely a clerical worker and Q was out of her league. She was happy to see him, though.

“What are you doing here?”

“Just trying to get some exercise. Came from therapy and now trying to get back into real life, you know.”

“Yeah, but you can’t overdo it,” she told him.

“Hey, Nat, has anyone been in my apartment since I’ve been in the hospital?”

“I don’t think so. The detectives were only here for the first two days, but I think everything is quiet in there. The detective did call and say he wanted to come by and get the videos of that night, though.”

“Oh yeah, he did say that. He wanted me to watch them with him. You know, to see if there was anything suspicious going down that night.”

“Well, they’re right here.” She pointed to two tapes. “He’ll get them when he comes by.

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