Dead on Arrival by Lori Avocato

Author:Lori Avocato [Avocato, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, FICTION/General
ISBN: 9780061741999
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2007-06-26T04:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Lilla, dressed in my white lab coat with my stethoscope draped over her shoulder, and I looked at each other and then at our empty Caesar salad dishes. For some reason, I knew, just knew, we were thinking the same thing.

I leaned near her, “So, how do we get in to see her?”

Looking very much like a doctor and sporting my old hospital employee ID, which I’d managed to save as a souvenir of working at St. Greg’s Hospital since I was friends with Sara from Human Resources, Lilla winked at me and we stood, took our trays to the conveyor belt, and my heart started to race.

This could be a huge break in my case—and I’d be doing it without Jagger!

That alone was reason enough to be there.

I “borrowed” Miles’s ID badge and wore it backwards as if it’d turned around on its own. Although Lilla really didn’t look like my picture, unfortunately that is, I figured no one would be looking that closely at the ID badge. As evidenced by all the males in the cafeteria, they’d all be looking at Lilla’s face and other more important parts and not checking her ID. Besides, she acted so nonchalant, no one seemed suspicious.

A few people recognized me though, so I claimed I was there doing part-time float pool work, so they couldn’t connect me with any unit. Each time I acted as if I were in a hurry so there’d be little chitchat with old employees. Damn. I was getting better and better at this stuff.

I said a silent prayer that Pansy would be out of her coma to give us some information and that we could get in to see her. Well, I wished she’d be out permanently for own good.

Lilla and I made our way toward the Central Supply department, as that was the least traveled route. We could have gone straight up to Pansy’s floor on the elevator, but I noticed a few docs that I’d worked with near the elevators and needed to avoid them. This area was like walking in the basement of the hospital—so very few came through here.

I looked at Lilla. “You look very good. Very real.”

She smiled. “Thanks you, chérie.”

I winked and decided not to correct her English. She was turning out to be a real asset to my case. “I’m trying to think of a reason for us to use to get into the room. Past the guard. With one being attacked already, they might be more careful. Not that they weren’t before though.”

I stopped talking and pushed the elevator button. When nervous I tended to ramble, and right now I felt a whopper of a ramble coming on.

“Can we say we are going in to exam her?” Lilla asked as we stepped onto the empty elevator.

“Examine? Yeah, but hopefully the guard won’t ask questions. So much staff goes in and out of patients’ rooms on a daily basis that I’m banking on the hopes that fake outfits and IDs will do the trick.

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