The Leander Welles 01 - The Mystery of Leander Welles (mf) by Ashlyn Drewek

Author:Ashlyn Drewek [Drewek, Ashlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

The grandfather clock in the corner ticked away the seconds, the pendulum swinging back and forth hypnotically. I wished it would stop. The ticking made my head hurt.

At last, Gene looked up from the document on his desk and took his reading glasses off. As Parkview’s resident attorney and head of the internal review department, he’d been my first point of contact in regard to Leander’s assault. “This is not good.”

“No, it isn’t.” I laced my fingers together in my lap.

“What does Mr. Welles have to say? I noticed his statement is missing.”

“He refused to talk about it.”

“That will make things more difficult.” Gene shuffled through the papers again and squinted at another statement. I could tell from the back of the paper it was Jeanette’s loopy handwriting. “Alright. Let’s get this show over with.”

I nodded and followed him to the conference room.

The board of directors were seated around the table with a stack of files. I took a seat in the corner and watched as Gene moved to the head of the table. Kim eyed me from her position next to the chairman. She seemed less than thrilled with my recent claim against Nora but I stood firm in my decision to bypass her and go straight to Gene with the complaint.

“Thank you everyone for clearing your schedules,” Gene began, laying out several pieces of paper in a particular order. “We’re here today to review the complaints against Russell Brewer and Nora Kelly.”

I stole a glance at the pair from across the room. They were sitting next to one another, whispering and openly glaring at me. Probably planning their revenge. Good luck to them.

The door opened and Calvin snuck in, cramming himself into the chair next to me.

Relief washed over me the second I felt his arm squish against mine on the armrest. Russ and Nora could glare all they wanted now that Calvin was there. They wouldn’t actually be stupid enough to try anything in front of him.

“Ms. Kelly, would you mind?” Gene gestured to the chair at the far end of the table.

Nora stood and took the hot seat, clearing her throat.

“Can you please tell the board what happened last Thursday while you were on shift?” Gene asked, peering over the top of his glasses at the date on the paper.

“I was doing my rounds and I heard a banging sound coming from room three. I could see through the glass that the patient was having an episode, so for my safety I called for security to help extract him so he could be sedated. Ru—Mr. Brewer was the senior guard on duty and he responded, along with Jeanette and eventually Mark. We extracted the patient, sedated him, and secured him in the padded cell, per policy.” She slid a glance at me. I balled my hands into fists to keep from lashing out.

“Can you explain what you mean by ‘having an episode’?”

“He was punching the wall, he hit his face against the glass, and when we entered the room, he attacked us.

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