The Ninth Floor by Liz Schulte

Author:Liz Schulte [Schulte, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-06-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Blair hung out at the hospital the rest of the afternoon. The two of us chatted with Bee, who seemed much more like her normal herself after lunch. We laughed and talked about everything, and by the time we left, she could hardly keep her eyes open. I had the notion I should bring Ashley next time. If it made Bee this happy that Blair and I were friends, what would including Ashley do? We’d started for the elevator when I remembered I forgot my cell phone on Bee’s bedside table. I ran back to her room and grabbed it. Sitting next to my chair was my purse.

The unsettling knowledge that there was no way I’d overlooked my bag earlier sent chills down my back, but I didn’t want to ruin yet another evening with my brother. I started back out, nearly plowing over a nurse.

“I’m so sorry,” I said, catching her shoulder.

“No problem.” She smiled kindly. “You must be Ryan. Bee speaks of you often when she can’t sleep.”

“Yes, I am Ryan. It’s nice to meet you—”

“Paula.”

“Paula.” I shook her hand. “Were you here last night?”

She nodded and frowned. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

“Like what?”

“Didn’t you hear? Your aunt was found sleepwalking. For someone in her condition to move that easily must be some sort of medical miracle.”

“Where was she found?”

“In the stairwell.” Paula shook her head. “I don’t even want to know what would’ve happened had she fallen. Or how on earth we missed her leaving her room. But no harm done, and I’ll be extra vigilant tonight, even if I have to station myself outside her door. You have my word.”

I walked out of the hospital in shock. Bee had walked all around, up and down stairs, when she could hardly make it ten feet without having to rest in the wheelchair when we went on walks. And what was she doing in the stairwell? Her comment about the light came back to me—and the sight of the open padlock flashed in my mind. Had Bee been on the ninth floor? And more importantly, why had Jack lied to me?

“What happened?” Blair asked as I walked up.

“Nothing.” I didn’t want to upset him until I had more figured out. “I was just talking to Bee’s nurse—and I found my purse.”

I let Blair choose the restaurant. We ended up in a place called Bada Bings where the waitresses all wore shirts a size too small and skirts that didn’t leave much to the imagination, but he swore to me the pizza was the best in town. I glanced around, wondering if Aiden would like it here and if he came in to eat at all the same restaurants as me. We ordered a large pizza called the Darwin—turkey, peppers, artichokes, and tomatoes—and I tried to enjoy Blair’s company, but the hospital was still bugging me. What happened last night simply wasn’t possible. I could be fine with ghosts, but how could Bee do what she did?

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