Double Trouble by Diana Orgain

Author:Diana Orgain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Diana Orgain

Chapter Fifteen

I slept solidly that night—no doubt thanks to the steady supply of pain medicine. One advantage to a C-section.

When I woke up close to noon, an idea sparked in my mind. If I eased back into my maternity clothes and walked confidently, would the nurses stop me from leaving the maternity ward?

Could I sneak into the NICU to visit Jim and the babies—and maybe even Nurse Bindi?

Worth a try.

It’s not like this was the highest-stakes sneaking I’d done while investigating a case. If I could skulk through the French ambassador’s house, surely, I could sneak through a hospital.

Carefully, I pulled on a loose-fitting dress and stuffed my feet into my flip-flops.

I peeked out my door, hoping to find the hallway momentarily empty. But instead, Mama Tina was walking past my room, holding a box.

“Oh!” I exclaimed. “Hi, Mama Tina!”

She smiled at me. “Hello, dear. How are you feeling today?”

“Still sore, but doing better every day—and even more importantly, the twins are doing better every day! I’m hoping we’ll be discharged tomorrow.”

If I were being completely honest, I wouldn’t mind one extra day in the hospital . . . if it would help me solve the case, plus it was nice to have the extra help taking care of the babies.

But at the same time, I ached to be home with the boys and Laurie.

She shifted the box to her hip. “I’m so glad. It’s always a relief to get moms and babies back home to normal life, and”—concern washed over her face—“especially now, with all this bad business going on.”

I seized my opening. “Yes,” I said, affecting a distant expression. “It’s been so tragic and strange. Two doctors murdered!”

She nodded grimly, opened her mouth, and closed it again.

“Are you afraid?” I asked softly. “That the killer’s not done?”

She tilted her head, as if surprised by my question. “I don’t think I’m afraid, no. At least, not for myself. No one with a grudge against Dr. Hall—I mean, Samuel—or Dr. Phillips would have a grudge against me.”

That caught my attention. I leaned back against the wall and studied her. “Does that mean you have an idea of who might have had a grudge against them?”

She grimaced, looked up and down the hall, and whispered, “Let’s not do this here.”

Why does she want to talk to me in secret? As far as she’s concerned, I’m just another patient. But I wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip away.

I raised my voice a little louder and said, “Would you mind taking me out to the hospital gardens, Mama Tina? I’m going absolutely crazy in here. I think I need some contact with nature and some sunlight.”

She beamed at me. “I’d be delighted. Let me go get a wheelchair for you.”

A couple minutes later, she returned with a wheelchair instead of the box she’d been carrying. She wheeled me past the receptionist’s desk and out the automatic doors to a lush garden.

I lifted my face to welcome the warm beams of sunlight and let out a happy sigh.

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