Identity Crisis (Rocky Mountain Novella Series) by Chambers Rory

Author:Chambers, Rory [Chambers, Rory]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Porterlance Books
Published: 2013-06-27T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Kawoski arrived to the hospital just behind the ambulance and watched as they wheeled Derek through the ER. As he waited to hear something from the doctors, it finally hit him how exhausted he was. Up until that point, he had been running on adrenaline. He was running out of steam, though. “I’ll be right back,” Kawoski told the nurse’s desk in case Derek’s doctors came out looking for him. “I’m just going to grab some coffee.”

He had to go through a maze of hallways to locate a coffee vending machine, and purchased two cups to save time later and give him enough caffeine to kick-start his system. After grabbing a few candy bars from the neighboring machine, he briskly walked back to the ER.

“Sergeant Kawoski?” one of the doctors asked when he rounded the corner.

“Yes. Do you have news on Derek Moore?” Kawoski asked, hoping that he was finally about to receive some good news. He sipped his coffee which was barely luke-warm as he listened to the doctor tell him about Derek’s condition. He had lost a lot of blood, and had a concussion, but Kawoski would be able to question him, at least briefly.

By the time Kawoski had finished his second coffee, he was told he could see Derek. “Try not to agitate him, and no longer than ten minutes,” the nurse warned.

“I’m Sergeant Kawoski. I’ll be asking you some questions about the woman you kidnapped.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Derek replied. He wasn’t going to admit to anything until he had no other options, and maybe not even then. It was possible that there was no real evidence against him and he wasn’t about to volunteer for another prison sentence.

“We can do this the hard or the easy way,” Kawoski said, trying hard to keep his frustration hidden. He wanted to beat the answers out of Derek Moore, but that would just land him in jail, and he couldn’t help Julie from behind bars. Whether he liked it or not, he was going to have to be nice to Derek. He needed answers and needed them fast. He just kept reminding himself that he was doing it for Julie. “We already know you kidnapped her. Security cameras caught it all.”

Derek was having a hard time focusing at first because of the pain in his head, but the medication was beginning to work. He listened to the police officer in his room and tried to figure out whether or not he was bluffing. “So if you know everything already, why are you in here questioning me?” he asked.

“I need to know who hired you,” Kawoski answered, bluntly. It was just a hunch, but all of the evidence pointed to Derek just being a lowly hired hand…someone to take the blame for everything.

Derek didn’t answer right away. He needed to weigh his options. If the police did actually have him on video surveillance, he was sure to go back to prison. Maybe, by cooperating, though, he could strike a deal.

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