Shifters (Nightwalkers Book 3) by Candace Wondrak

Author:Candace Wondrak [Wondrak, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: k'12
Published: 2016-01-03T16:00:00+00:00

The trip to the hospital was quiet. Like, eerie quiet. Claire didn’t speak at all. And neither did I, because I didn’t want to be the one who didn’t stop talking because she didn’t know what else to do. I did that too much already. Staying silent was a good choice.

Soon we were walking through the revolving doors and into the lobby. Claire knew exactly where to go. She made an immediate left and hit the up button on the elevator. We stood, waiting for quite a while. She shoved an annoyed finger into the button a few more times.

Yeah, because pushing the button always makes it go faster. Not. People and their impatience. Though it wasn’t like I had any patience of my own, so I was just a hypocrite. If I were Claire I would have broken the button by pushing it in so hard.

I was told I had some anger problems. Many times. Many times.

The elevator door opened slowly. We tried getting on, but people had to push out first. There were probably ten people crammed in there. And they took their time, too, getting out. We had to catch the door two times.

Claire glimpsed at me before pushing the fourteenth floor. On our way we picked up a few people. Jeez. I never noticed how many people were in a hospital before. And, being in this situation (a building with a few exits with huge amounts of people) always made me edgy and nervous. If something went wrong who knew how long it would take to get out of here.

I followed her as she speedily and masterfully turned in the right places, landing us in the correct wing of the hospital, the one where her father was.

The attendant at the counter looked up. “Ah, hello Claire. It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?”

Claire shrugged her shoulders, saying, “Almost a week.”

The nurse nodded sympathetically. “Feels like it’s been forever, doesn’t it?”

Her eyes fell to the floor. “Yeah. I’m…sorry about last time.”

A warming smile formed on the nurse’s red lips. “Don’t worry about it. We all know what you’re going through. It’s just that you were making a lot of noise, and we didn’t want you to disturb the other patients.”

“I know. It won’t happen again,” Claire told her, shooting a quick glance at me. “This’ll be a quick visit.”

“Nonsense,” the nurse replied, typing away on her computer, “you stay as long as you need to.”

“Thanks,” Claire gripped her purse tighter, smiling. She waved and walked around the counter, landing us at a room sixty-seven. She spun on her heel and looked me in the eyes. “Um…could you…”

“You want me to wait out here?” I asked, side glancing to a hideous green chair that was situated right outside her father’s room. I hoped it was comfier than it looked.

She nodded solemnly, apologizing, “Please. If that’s okay…”

“Of course,” I replied, taking a seat and finding out that the green chair was not comfier than it looked. It was like sitting on a rock.

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