Easter Eggs and Shotgun Shells by Madison Johns

Author:Madison Johns [Johns, Madison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-17T05:00:00+00:00

Eleanor and I walked down the hallway of the hospital. We stopped at an open door where a man was being pushed into the room on a hospital bed. He had an IV pump attached to his bed. I thought I recognized him as the man we found unconscious, but I wasn’t positive.

We leaned against the opposite wall and observed from a distance. Two women dressed in scrubs entered the room with a computer desk on wheels, closing the door behind them.

“Either that patient was just admitted or just moved from ICU,” Eleanor said.

“That’s my thought too. The nursing staff is checking him into the floor, so it might be a while before we can sneak a peek to see if it’s Misha Curry.”

“What are you doing here?” Sheriff Peterson asked with a grimace as he walked up the hall to join us.

“We were looking for someone.”

Peterson walked between the hospital room and us. “You’re not speaking to the man from the crime scene. He just got out of ICU.”

“That must mean he’s awake now, otherwise you wouldn’t be here.”

“How did you find out?”

“Would you believe we didn’t come here looking for Misha Curry?”

Peterson’s brow furrowed. “Who told you his name?”

“You did, remember?”

“That’s right, but at this point, I was just dropping by to see how he’s doing.”

“You weren’t planning to speak to him today?”

“Not unless his doctor gives me his permission. I don’t even know what his condition is. He might not be able to speak to me today or any day.”

“I thought about that too. He might have a skull fracture or a serious head injury.”

“We didn’t come here to see Misha,” Eleanor said.

“Nope, we were looking to see if his ex-wife was here,” I said. “She was camping at the campground right here in town with her twin sister.”

“We spoke to them yesterday,” Eleanor said.

“Let's move down to the visiting lounge. It was empty the last time I checked,” Peterson said.

“Misha’s ex-wife is Bonnie Sue Curry. Her twin sister is with her in Tawas too, unless they hightailed it,” I said.

“But they’re no longer at the campground,” Eleanor said. “We checked.”

“Leotyne told us they didn’t go far. She’s a fortune-teller in case you’re wondering.”

“I wasn’t.”

“We were hoping Bonnie Sue might have come to the hospital. We have a few more questions for both her and her sister.”

Peterson pulled out his notebook and clicked open his pen. “Tell me what you’ve learned about the ex.”

“Misha was a louse when it came to being a husband,” I began. “He cheated on Bonnie Sue, and she caught him about a year ago at Robinson’s Manor having lunch with another woman.”

“Her sister Bobbie Sue was with her too,” Eleanor added.

“Anyway, Bonnie Sue confronted the other woman and slapped her across the face.”

“What about Misha?”

“He was in the bathroom, but he left the manor in a hurry. He left the poor woman he was with behind.”

“And the woman’s name is?”

“Jillian Bauer. She works at the community center as a yoga instructor. We already questioned her.

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