The Fever by Megan Abbott

Author:Megan Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2014-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

A few minutes later, they were all standing by the car.

“Gabby,” Deenie had whispered, “it’s the only way we’ll find out.”

A man with a large camera hoisted over his shoulder appeared from nowhere, but the TV woman handed him the microphone and waved him away.

That was when Deenie noticed a truck and two vans with satellites like giant teacup saucers had pulled in behind them.

She looked at the TV woman, her hair crisp but eye makeup blurred in the mist.

“We got a tip from the Danielses’ lawyer,” she said, wiping her face with the back of her hand. “He’s friendly that way. He’s going to give us some camera time. He’s got a statement to issue.”

Deenie felt her chest pinch hard. “Something happened to Lise?”

“No. Not yet.” She shook her head, her eyes as white as pearls under the parking-lot lights. “The mother is trying to move her to the medical center all the way down in Mercy-Starr Clark. Looks like she’s going to be suing. Suing everybody.”

“Suing for what?” Deenie said. “Over the vaccine?”

“You bet. We heard the state health department people were here today, someone from the DA’s office, cops, who knows what’s next.”

There was a slamming of doors somewhere and the camera guy, his face concealed behind the great black box slung on his shoulder, was suddenly there again.

“Now?” the TV woman asked him.

He nodded.

“Wait,” Deenie said. “But do you know about Lise, about how she is?”

The camera light went on and the woman’s worn face sprang magically to life.

“Well, you two probably know more than anyone,” she said, her voice newly smooth, buttery as her hair. “How about we just talk a few minutes. Have you ever been on TV?”

“No,” Deenie said. “I—”

“Not you,” the woman said. “Her.”

Deenie turned to Gabby, who was facing the car.

“No,” Deenie said, watching Gabby’s body, wire-tight, her elbows clamped to her sides. It looked like she was trying to hold herself together, to keep herself from blowing apart.

The front doors of the hospital opened loudly and all the lights seemed to go on everywhere.

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