Michaels: Northern Grizzlies MC (Book 5) by M. Merin

Author:M. Merin [Merin, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Michaels

Upon my arrival, I find out the woman died but no one can tell me what happened to the baby. Searching the halls, I come to the NICU to find Tabby silently crying as she cradles the child. I pause in the doorway, memories of the worst day of my life nearly overwhelm me and the growing feelings I have for the woman in front of me swell in my chest.

I push aside the memory of another woman who didn’t survive her child’s birth and the day I held tight to that child, still wishing there was more I could do.

“Mike,” Tabby finally notices me. “I think this is murder, Mike. I don’t know. I…” The tears stream down her face faster and I move to hold her.

“I’ll figure it out, Princess,” I assure her, hoping I can make good on my word.

“She said, the mother, I meant, said different things at different times. The others are waiting to give statements, I will too. But she was scared of someone taking her baby, murdering her baby,” Tabby sobs. “I couldn’t save him, Mike.”

“Look at me, Doctor,” I purposefully use her title and my harshest tone as I rub her back. “Help me put together a case then. Get me blood work, DNA, whatever we need. Have two different tests run on whatever you do, but don’t tell anyone but me. Got it?”

She squares her shoulders and lets out a shuddering breath. She nods and the steel I’ve seen in her pushes to the surface. Laying a light kiss on the fetus’ cheek, she turns to get a needle.

“I had the nurse save the placenta,” she informs me as she gathers hair and blood samples, sliding them into her coat pocket. She wraps the child in a blanket before nodding to a younger nurse who was waiting behind a glass panel.

“Put me down as the next of kin, to be notified if anyone else steps forward,” she informs the nurse and waits for a confirming nod before leading me into the hallway.

“Tayna!” she calls to the back of a nurse further down the hall. The woman quickly looks back and shakes her head before turning a corner

“Dr. Forsythe?” We turn simultaneously to find two state policemen, followed by Rod Addison, approaching us. “We’re investigating a crash that happened and the subsequent death of Ashley Taylor and her unborn child. We’ll need any blood and tissue samples that have been taken and we’re looking for the nurse who was working with you.”

The older officer does all the talking while the younger one can’t seem to stop his eyes from looking anywhere but at us. Addison merely stands behind them appraising me.

“Where’s your warrant?” Tabby asks without missing a beat.

“This is an open investigation…”

“Yes, and Sheriff,” she turns to me, “isn’t it in your jurisdiction?”

“The accident happened on the interstate,” the officer answers before I can say anything.

“If it’s an accident then why do you need blood and tissue samples from a baby?” Tabby’s response has me hiding my smile but has also drawn Addison’s attention.

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