Rough Country (A Virgil Flowers Novel, Book 3) by John Sandford

Author:John Sandford [Sandford, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2009-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

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THE HOSPITAL was a sprawling flat red building south of town; Virgil found a parking space near the emergency room, and jogged across the tarmac and through the door. A nurse spotted him as he came through and he blurted, “Virgil Flowers, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension—I’m here to see Mrs. Washington.”

“Have to hurry. She’s sort of in and out,” the nurse said.

JAN WASHINGTON’S HUSBAND was an overweight balding guy who wore Wal-Mart glasses and a pathetic mask of fear, choked by the violence to his wife. He was sitting in the hospital hallway outside the intensive care unit, in a metal-and-plastic chair, while Sanders squatted beside him, one hand on Washington’s shoulder. When Virgil walked up, Sanders stood and said, “Virgil: James Washington, Jan’s husband.”

Virgil shook Washington’s hand and said, “We’re sorry about your wife, Mr. Washington. How is she?”

“She’s hurt bad; hurt bad,” Washington said.

Sanders said, “We’ve got one of our investigators in there talking with her; she’s pretty drowsy.”

Virgil said, “I’ll step in and listen. . . .” He turned to the door, then stopped and said, “Mapes told me about that .223 shell. How far was the shooter from where Mrs. Washington went down?”

“Two hundred and forty-four yards,” Sanders said.

“And she was riding her bike at the time?”

“Yes . . .”

Jenkins and Shrake had been right, Virgil thought. The shooter was showing off, or proving something . . . or maybe was just really, really good with a rifle.

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