Lie Down in Green Pastures
“"WHAT IS IT?" HE asked, hearing the tension in his partner's voice.
"Get over to the hospital now." There was a click as Paul hung up. Mark turned on his siren and hung a U-turn in the middle of the street. He slammed his foot to the floor and screamed around startled drivers who hadn't had time to register his coming and pull over.
He spun to a screeching halt in the emergency room parking lot and sprinted inside. Paul met him just inside the door.Sitting on the ground rocking back and... forth, head on her knees, was Cindy. There was blood on her clothes but she appeared uninjured.
"Is it the rabbi?" Mark asked.
"No. Larson Beck. He was shot by a mugger a few minutes ago. Doctors are in with him now." "It wasn't a mugger!" Cindy wailed. "They just wanted you to think it was one!" Mark dropped down beside her. "Cindy, it's Mark. Who wanted us to think that?" She looked up at him. Her eyes were red and swollen, the pupils dilated unnaturally.MoreLess
"Get over to the hospital now." There was a click as Paul hung up. Mark turned on his siren and hung a U-turn in the middle of the street. He slammed his foot to the floor and screamed around startled drivers who hadn't had time to register his coming and pull over.
He spun to a screeching halt in the emergency room parking lot and sprinted inside. Paul met him just inside the door.Sitting on the ground rocking back and... forth, head on her knees, was Cindy. There was blood on her clothes but she appeared uninjured.
"Is it the rabbi?" Mark asked.
"No. Larson Beck. He was shot by a mugger a few minutes ago. Doctors are in with him now." "It wasn't a mugger!" Cindy wailed. "They just wanted you to think it was one!" Mark dropped down beside her. "Cindy, it's Mark. Who wanted us to think that?" She looked up at him. Her eyes were red and swollen, the pupils dilated unnaturally.MoreLess
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