Grab & Go (Mayfield Cozy Mystery book 2)
“Des had helped me evade the hospital’s gatekeepers. I wondered about that man. Maybe I should let him buy me food. However, if he thought my company was charming, then I questioned his judgment.
I softly tapped my fingernails on the partially open door and peeked through the crack. There was some shuffling, and Sidonie’s huge dark eyes appeared.
“Oh, it’s you.” She grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the room. “Thought that sheriff had come back. He wore Hank out with all his questions....”
Hank did not look good. Better than dead, but still not good. His skin was pale and waxy and deeply shadowed, almost as though he’d been beaten to a bruised pulp underneath the surface. A gown much too large for him sagged against the lumpy bandages on his chest. He was attached to several machines and tubes, his arms limp at his sides as he lay in a slightly inclined position, eyes closed. But his chest was rising and falling in a regular, if slow, cadence.MoreLess
I softly tapped my fingernails on the partially open door and peeked through the crack. There was some shuffling, and Sidonie’s huge dark eyes appeared.
“Oh, it’s you.” She grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the room. “Thought that sheriff had come back. He wore Hank out with all his questions....”
Hank did not look good. Better than dead, but still not good. His skin was pale and waxy and deeply shadowed, almost as though he’d been beaten to a bruised pulp underneath the surface. A gown much too large for him sagged against the lumpy bandages on his chest. He was attached to several machines and tubes, his arms limp at his sides as he lay in a slightly inclined position, eyes closed. But his chest was rising and falling in a regular, if slow, cadence.MoreLess
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