Memories of the Falls (A Sweetwater Falls Mystery Book 4) by Elle Gray

Author:Elle Gray [Gray, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Sweetwater Falls Mystery
Publisher: Elle Gray
Published: 2023-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Spenser broke land speed records getting to Magnolia General. She careened into the parking lot and slammed on the brakes, stopping the Bronco in a cloud of smoke and loud tire squeals. She jumped out of the vehicle and looked at the way she’d parked—cockeyed and taking up two of the marked slots. Young came around and looked at it as well, arching her eyebrow at Spenser with an amused curl to her lips.

“Close enough,” Spenser said. “We’re on official business.”

“Works for me.”

They turned and headed into the emergency room which was bustling with activity. Spenser spotted Marley standing at the nurse’s station and made a beeline for her with Young right behind.

“Mar,” Spenser said.

Marley put down the tablet she was holding and smiled. “Well, isn’t it nice to see my best friend in my hospital without any life-threatening injuries for a change,” she said. “I have to say, it’s a real nice change of pace, Spense.”

“Har har. You’re hilarious.”

“It’s not exactly untrue,” Marley said with a smile. “How are you doing, Amanda? Nice to see you, too. This one behaving herself?”

“I’m great, thank you. And it’s good to see you, too,” Young replied. “As far as behaving herself? Depends on the day.”

“Don’t make me fire you,” Spenser said.

Marley laughed. “You’re wearing your nifty little hat, so I’m guessing you’re here in an official capacity?”

“You would be correct, my friend.”

“I assume that means you’re here to see Marcus Bell?”

“Is he the overdose victim?”

Marley nodded. “He is. The kid’s damn lucky,” she said. “If his mom hadn’t come home early and found him, he’d be as dead as the others. I mean, he’s not officially out of the woods yet, but he seems to be trending upward. Just don’t quote me on that yet.”

“That’s an incredible stroke of luck,” Young said.

“That’s five ODs and four dead,” Marley said. “What in the hell is going on, Spense?”

“We’re working on that,” Spenser said. “What else can you tell me about Marcus Bell?”

Marley picked up her tablet again and tapped on it. “Okay, Marcus Bell, age eighteen. He’s a senior at Taft and has no history of drug abuse noted in his records. Because he’s an athlete at Taft, I was able to access those records and saw he had a drug test about three weeks ago. He tested clean. In fact, he’s never tested dirty once in all the drug tests the school has administered.”

“Same as Drake Wright and Wren Hall,” Spenser said. “Mar, this is going to be a longshot, but did you happen to see any residue on his face when he was brought in?”

She shook her head. “I wasn’t even looking for any. Why?”

“Can you do me a favor and swab around his nose and mouth?”

“Sure. Of course,” she said. “But he’s been worked on. He’s had an oxygen mask on and any number of other things. If you’re looking for trace evidence, I can’t promise we’re going to find anything there. Or even if we do, that it isn’t going to be tainted.

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