The Pattern Maker by Lim Nicholas

Author:Lim, Nicholas [Lim, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Richmond Press
Published: 2014-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

This red darkness is finding the index case is the key to Christmas time is a happy…

Christmas!

Garrett woke between heartbeats.

“What about Christmas?”

Cherry looked up from her magazine. “Mmm?”

“Christmas?”

“He’s not talking.”

Garrett picked at the sheets with her fingers. “We–”

“Trust me. Fly’s tried. He’s saying nothing. The cops are holding him on possession. They expect you to press charges.”

“Where is he?”

“Shepton Mallet station. What do you think you’re doing?”

“I'm getting up!”

“You’re not. You must rest. You're hurt.”

Garrett struggled upright. Pain from her left arm broke through the drugs. “He must be tested.”

Cherry reached out to her shoulders. “You gotta stay in bed!”

“We need to get samples to the lab. Where’s my phone?”

“They don’t allow mobiles in here.”

“I must–” Garrett threw off a sheet.

“All right!” Cherry looked into her eyes, like a parent demanding attention from a toddler. “If you stay in bed, I'll find you a phone, and you can call through and get what you need done. Okay?”

Garrett stared at Cherry, one leg on the floor.

“Just get back into bed and I’ll go ask.”

Garrett hesitated. She had been on the other side of these conversations. The only way to escape being treated as a child was to act like an adult.

“And I'll bring the phone, okay?”

Pain throbbed in Garrett's arm. She nodded. “Okay. But you don't realise–”

“I know it's important. I'll do it,” Cherry patted the sheets back into place. “Leave it to me.”

Garrett flopped back onto her pillows. Slowly, bit by bit, she allowed tiredness and morphine to close her eyes.

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