Into the Breach by Lottie M. Hancock

Author:Lottie M. Hancock [Hancock, Lottie M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-29T22:00:00+00:00

15

T he chief sat in his office alone. The blinds were drawn, a single lamp illuminated the desk, and the overhead light was off as he often preferred it to be. Shadows were hidden in the light that so often flooded rooms. Drew had learned that as the light hides the shadows, the shadows hide the darkness. In his own way, he kept his office lit where he was in control of that darkness.

Drew opened his desk drawer and laid his hand on the 9mm that Sam would have received if it were a normal world. He had switched guns at the firing range for when Sam came to claim it. Father Donovan had blessed the bullets personally. Drew couldn't do much other than a blessing to the gun as far as holy water was concerned since Sam would clean it regularly, but the bullets were a necessity. They didn't always work in the way they wanted but using these blessed objects had saved not only his, but Faith's ass several times.

Closing the drawer, he stared at the empty coffee cup by his phone. He dialed Massachusetts General and asked for Dr. Mathers. There were too many cases for any of them to pass off as coincidence and the chief knew the doctor had to take his call.

"This is Dr. Mathers," the voice on the other line announced.

"Dr. Mathers, this is Chief Shafer of the Boston PD."

"Yes, Chief Shafer. I was hoping you would call. I wanted to talk to you about these comas." Dr. Mathers sounded frustrated and the chief couldn't blame him. The situation was grim.

"I figured that you would. I have a few questions myself. Do you remember a patient by the name of Margaret Parsons?"

"Parsons? Yes, that was Dr. Wallace's patient. One of the advanced cases. Her organs began shutting down and she died of renal failure. It was odd." Dr. Mathers sounded confused.

"How so?"

"Dr. Wallace had said that she was weakening, but her death came suddenly. She was comatose for three days."

"I see." She didn't last the five days that the others had done. This proved that her death, and her husband's, were brought on at the same time. Perhaps the husband refused to give in to the blackmail, whatever it had been, and ticked off the raptor somehow.

"Chief Shafer, what is going on? I have patients dying here, and I just put Mrs. Morgan on life support."

"I wish I knew for sure, doctor. When I do, I will let you know." The chief hung up the phone. Immediately, it began to ring. "Chief Shafer."

"Yeah, Chief, this is Sgt. Macinah. There is a woman on the line that says that Detective Wesson asked her to call. Says its important."

"Patch her through." Drew waited the few moments, he had a bad feeling about this.

"Is this Chief Shafer?" asked a soft female voice, anxiously.

"Yes, this is Shafer. Who's calling?"

"Chief Shafer, my name is Lisa Reynolds and I just left Sam at Union Park. I think he's in trouble.

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