Watching Her by Elle Gray

Author:Elle Gray [Gray, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Blake Wilder FBI Mystery
Publisher: Elle Gray
Published: 2023-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

Cedarview Wellness Facility; Bellevue, WA

“I don’t think you’re going to get much out of her, to be honest. She’s in the grip of withdrawal, which is bad enough,” Evelyn Slater says. “She’s also fairly out of it because of the medication we have her on to combat the worst of the withdrawal symptoms.”

“I understand,” I say. “We really need to speak with her. If we had the time to let her finish coming down, we would. But we don’t. Lives are at stake, Ms. Slater.”

Evelyn Slater, the head nurse in the withdrawal ward, frowns and looks down. Slater is a couple inches taller than my five-nine frame with black hair pulled back into a loose bun and dark, almond-shaped eyes. She has a lean, trim figure with very feminine curves that not even her violet-colored scrubs can hide.

It’s also just as obvious that she cares deeply for her patients and doesn’t want to expose them to anything that might upset them. The idea that lives are at stake, though, looks like it’s weighing heavily on the nurse, and I can see she’s trying to find a balance between protecting her patient and protecting innocent lives.

“We will be gentle with her, Ms. Slater,” I say, trying to reassure her. “But it is very important that we speak with her.”

Slater’s frown deepens, but she seems to relent. “All right. I’ll give you ten minutes with her,” she says. “But Valerie is in a very delicate place right now.”

“Ten minutes,” I say. “That’s all we need.”

“All right then. Come with me,” Slater says. “She’s in the day room.”

Slater walks us to a set of doors and stops to slip her ID badge into the reader set into the wall. A moment later, it beeps and flashes green. There is a loud clacking noise followed by a deep, rumbling buzz as the door unlocks. Salter leads us through it and down a long corridor. We pass a few offices, a security station, and a nurse’s station further down. The walls are painted in soothing earth tones, and the fluorescent overhead light dazzles off the white tiles beneath our feet. Everything is clean. I can even smell the cleaning supplies in the air. For a state-run facility, it’s impressive compared to others I’ve seen.

We turn down a few more hallways until we get to an open doorway. Inside the large, rectangular room, I can see half a dozen people in gray sweatpants and matching T-shirts that have “Cedarview” in black lettering on the back. The floor is covered with dark gray industrial carpeting, and the walls are a soft beige color. There are chairs set up near the windows on the far side of the room, offering a view of the sunny day outside. Round, metal tables are set in a lengthwise line that cuts through the center of the room, and three sofas are set along the wall closest to us, each of them separated by a small table.

On the wall to the right are two large bookcases that are stuffed with both books and board games.

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