Whisper Death (2015)
“On the far side the street, the low lines of the Palm Springs Municipal Building began to emerge from darkness. Shrubs and lawns faded from grey to green.
McGuire watched the dawn arrive, seated on a bench near the manicured walk leading across the lawn to Palm Springs Police Headquarters.
He had been staring into the darkness for the past hour, refusing to sleep and willing the sun to rise, remembering the chaos at the motel. The hysterical screams of women and children. Ralph Innes sq...ueezing his eyes against the pain and repeating “It hurts. Christ, it hurts.” The arrival of squad cars and ambulances, unfamiliar faces performing familiar, reassuring activities; professional calm washing away chaos.
Riding with Ralph in the ambulance as it howled its way to the hospital, he had watched as paramedics injected fluids into the wounded police officer and cursed his wounds, their equipment and themselves.
“It’ll be a few hours before he stabilizes,”MoreLess
McGuire watched the dawn arrive, seated on a bench near the manicured walk leading across the lawn to Palm Springs Police Headquarters.
He had been staring into the darkness for the past hour, refusing to sleep and willing the sun to rise, remembering the chaos at the motel. The hysterical screams of women and children. Ralph Innes sq...ueezing his eyes against the pain and repeating “It hurts. Christ, it hurts.” The arrival of squad cars and ambulances, unfamiliar faces performing familiar, reassuring activities; professional calm washing away chaos.
Riding with Ralph in the ambulance as it howled its way to the hospital, he had watched as paramedics injected fluids into the wounded police officer and cursed his wounds, their equipment and themselves.
“It’ll be a few hours before he stabilizes,”MoreLess
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