Sigma Curse - 04
“Venn had left the FBI office an hour ago and headed down the East Side to Revere Hospital. Beth met him on the second floor.
“Hey,” she said.
She hugged him. He returned her embrace, hard, until he realized he might be hurting her.
“I’m so sorry,” she said, gazing into his face.
“Yeah, well.” He tried to glance away, but found he couldn’t. “Those are the knocks.”
He immediately wished he hadn’t said it. Beth said, “You mean those are the risks a cop takes? Yes. Don’t I know it.” But she wasn’t ...mad.
She’d left her ward for a few minutes to meet him, and together they rode the elevator up two floors to the post-surgery recovery unit. On the way, she said, “I told you Katz was good. The surgeon. They took the first bullet out of her neck. It was lodged just behind her collar bone. As everyone’s saying, she was real lucky. It was a matter of millimetres, not even inches. No damage to major blood vessels or other structures.
“The second bullet?” asked Venn.MoreLess
“Hey,” she said.
She hugged him. He returned her embrace, hard, until he realized he might be hurting her.
“I’m so sorry,” she said, gazing into his face.
“Yeah, well.” He tried to glance away, but found he couldn’t. “Those are the knocks.”
He immediately wished he hadn’t said it. Beth said, “You mean those are the risks a cop takes? Yes. Don’t I know it.” But she wasn’t ...mad.
She’d left her ward for a few minutes to meet him, and together they rode the elevator up two floors to the post-surgery recovery unit. On the way, she said, “I told you Katz was good. The surgeon. They took the first bullet out of her neck. It was lodged just behind her collar bone. As everyone’s saying, she was real lucky. It was a matter of millimetres, not even inches. No damage to major blood vessels or other structures.
“The second bullet?” asked Venn.MoreLess
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