Laurel Heights 3 by Lisa Worrall

Author:Lisa Worrall [Worrall, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Stiletto Press
Published: 2020-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

The drive to the hospital took even less than the usual two minutes from the station, because Will turned on the lights and siren before they’d even left the parking lot. Scott held on as Will wove in and out of the traffic and concentrated on getting them there as fast as he could. When Scott had come flying out of Glenn’s office, Will had stood up, immediately knowing something was very, very wrong. He’d only had to say the words, Kimberly and hospital, and Will had gone on automatic pilot.

Tires screeched as Will braked heavily right outside the ER, much to the security guard’s displeasure. Scott heard the guard yell that it was a no parking zone, followed quickly by the jangle of Will’s keys being thrown at the guard and Will’s brusque, “Move it, then!” as they ran past him.

They both skidded to a halt at the reception desk and Scott showed the young woman his badge. “Kimberly Stein?”

“Are you a relative?”

“No, she’s our coworker,” Will replied. “She was brought in about an hour ago, something about a drug overdose.”

“I’m sorry, sir, but if you’re not a rel—”

“We’re the fucking police!” Scott snapped, his frustration rising.

“There’s no need for that—”

“Scott?”

Scott spun around at the sound of his name and froze as he saw Ally standing in the doorway of what appeared to be a waiting-room. What the fuck was she doing here? “What are you—?”

“They told us to wait in here.”

Before he could say anything else, Will was already pushing him toward the room with his hand in the small of Scott’s back, so he had little choice but to follow his sister inside. He rounded on her as soon as Will closed the door behind them.

“Why are you here?”

“The hospital called me,” Ally replied, sitting down next to Matt.

“Why would they call you?” Scott snapped.

“Because I’m her emergency contact.” Ally kept her tone calm and even, as though she were speaking to a child, which pissed Scott off even more than her presence.

“Her emerg—why the hell are you her emergency contact?” Scott was confused. “What about her parents?”

“They moved to Florida three years ago,” Ally explained. “When Kimberly took the job in the coroner’s office, she asked me if she could put my name down instead.” She raised an eyebrow and gave him the same condescending look she had perfected when they were kids. The one that drove him out of his gourd. “Is that a problem for you?”

“Now why would the fact that you seem to have kept in touch with everyone in Tivoli apart from me, be a problem?” She recoiled, as if Scott had physically struck her, and for a moment he felt awful—for a moment.

“Sco—”

“Ally,” Will interrupted. “What happened? Is she okay?”

“I don’t know,” she replied, her gaze remained on Scott. “From what I’ve been able to find out, she didn’t show up for work this morning, so one of her colleagues went over to the apartment to see if she was okay. He found her in her car in the parking lot at the back of the building.

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