Deadly Conception by Patrick Blake

Author:Patrick Blake [Blake, Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 50

Raimy arrived at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital emergency room in near panic.

“Where’s Carl? I’m Dr. Robinson. I want to see my son. Where’s my son?” he repeated wildly until the attending physician showed up and led Raimy to his teenage son.

“Hey, Dad.” Carl sounded a lot better than he looked. His right eye was swollen, badly. Nose bloodied and bruised. Lower lip showing half a dozen stitches. Left arm splinted in a sling. “I was mugged outside of school. I got a couple of punches in but it’s fair to say the dude kicked my ass. Damn southpaw. Oh well, he didn’t get my wallet. Sucka.”

Raimy didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at his son’s bravado. So, he did both, and hugged his boy gently.

The emergency doctor broke in. “We tried calling your cell, Dr. Robinson, but the calls didn’t go through.”

Of course, not. Raimy thought. I just turned in my phone.

“Your son was beat pretty badly, but he’ll be okay. No permanent damage. I want to keep tabs on his eye, though. The police will be in to take his statement shortly.”

Raimy sat with his son, checked with the medical staff, and observed while a Newton Police Officer took Carl’s statement. Shortly after, Raimy’s soon-to-be ex-wife arrived and the tension in the recovery room quickly elevated.

Raimy tried to break the ice. “They want to keep Carl overnight. Probably release him tomorrow. I can’t believe he was mugged. That just doesn’t really happen in Newton,” he said.

Her response was cold. “I’ll stay with Carl,” she said, and kept her back to Raimy.

He decided to leave and gave his son a hug. “Get some rest, tough guy. I love you.”

In the hospital parking lot Raimy spotted a police squad car driving away from his sedan. Then he saw an envelope tucked under his windshield wiper.

A parking ticket? He thought.

It wasn’t a ticket…it was a warning.

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