Ding Dong!! Is She Dead? (24 page)

Justin rushed up to Allie, glad that she was still okay. He held onto her, while she explained what happened. When she mentioned that G.G. had been shot, Justin pulled away and raced over to his dad.

“Dad, Mom’s in the hospital, but they said she is going to be okay. We can drive you over there.” Waving to Allie and Sally to follow him, he grabbed his dad’s arm and started leading him to the truck that they had just arrived in.

“Allie, I’m going to take dad over to the hospital. Why don’t you and Sally come with me so that I know that you are okay?” Justin might have been told Mike was dead, but he didn’t want Allie where he couldn’t see her. He didn’t want to take a chance on losing her even though the danger had passed.

They all climbed in and Justin drove since he knew that his dad would be a little reckless trying to get to his life- long love. They arrived at the hospital 10 minutes later all in one piece. Before they had even stopped James was out and through the ER doors, headed to find G.G. They followed at slower pace and were told that she was in surgery and they could wait in the room set aside for families. This is where they found Megan; she had been given scrubs to wear since all her clothes had been covered in blood. They would take her clothes for evidence, but at least for the moment she was clean.

“Oh, Mr. G. I’m so sorry that I got her shot. I didn’t mean for that to happen. He was aiming at Sally and me; but he hit her instead.” Megan just hugged him and burst into sobs.

He hugged her back, “Megan you must quit calling me Mr. G., just James or even Dad will be fine. I don’t know all the details Megan, but if G.G. was there it was for a good reason. I don’t blame you at all sweetie. We will get through this and she will be all right.” James guided her over to the couch and set them down.

Allie and Justin sat on the opposite couch with Sally in the middle. Allie was just explaining what happened when Mark rushed in and came to a complete halt when he saw Megan and Sally were okay.

“Oh, thank goodness. When the police report came over the scanner, I was in court and my assistant let me know as soon as I got out. All they said was that one was dead and one was on the way to the hospital. I was so worried that it was you.” Mark walked over and took Megan by the hands and pulled her up towards him. He then kissed her a hot, I’m glad you’re alive kiss. Megan sat back down with her hand over her mouth in shock when he had finished.

Evidently Mark had more than a lawyer’s interest in Megan’s welfare. Allie smirked to herself that there might be more romance in the air when things calmed down.

Mark looked around and then realized that they were at the hospital with everyone, but his Aunt G.G. wasn’t in the room. “Oh, no Uncle James, was G.G. shot?”

“Yes, she was, but they are removing the bullet and think that everything will be okay. So we are just waiting for the doctors to come and update us.” James accepted the man hug, hand shake with a slap on the back from his nephew.

Allie went back to the beginning and explained what had happened, with a few words from Sally. Amazingly Sally seemed unfazed by what had happened and had taken everything in stride so far.

They were still waiting an hour later when the police finally showed up to finish getting the rest of the details and the time lines on what happened.

Taking the ones that had been at the scene of the crime, they led them one at a time from the room. They got Megan’s statement and then Allie’s. Sally was allowed to have Mark present since he was the family lawyer, so that they could get a different perspective.

By the time they finished, the doctor had arrived to let them know how G.G. was doing.

“She had a close miss to her heart, the bullet was lodged in the top left of her chest. It wasn’t next to anything major, but it took some digging so that we didn’t damage anything while we were in there. She is in recovery right now and we will have her in a room shortly. I suggest only one or two close family at first and then maybe switch out if she is up to it.” The doctor nodded as he left the room.

James and Justin went in to see her first while the others waited outside. Then they took turns because James was going to stay with G.G. while she was in the hospital.

Megan was so thankful when she saw G.G. that she burst into tears again for the sheer joy that G.G. was alive. “I am so glad that you are okay. I thought we were all going to die. I am so glad that he didn’t kill you.”

G.G. wasn’t quite recovered, but she knew that Megan needed reassurance. “Megan, I walked into that room knowing that it was a bad situation. I am thankful that we all got out of it without more people being hurt. I’m sorry that he died honey, it was us or him. I choose him. So no more tears or worry, just go take good care of Sally. We can talk more when I get out of here.”

So that is what everyone did, they left to go back and make sure that the Double G was put back in order.

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After the medical examiner had done the autopsy on Mike and found that there had been two shots, one had just wounded him, but the other was a killing shot. It was clearly self- defense since there were four different accounts of what he was trying to do.

They had a simple funeral that only the close family attended. There was not any big deal made over it, but Megan thought that a proper funeral would be a way to bring closure to Sally. Once it was over, they headed up to the hospital to see G.G. before they brought her home the next day.

Justin and Allie were thrilled that Mike was no longer a threat and they could resume their lives. Helping Megan move forward would be the bigger challenge. They were planning to see how dating under normal circumstances would work out, but things were looking good.

Mark was planning to help Megan get settled and there would be lots of things that she needed to help with to get everything sorted out in the near future.

Epilogue

Over the next six months things returned to a new kind of normal for Allie and Justin. They dated and discovered that they like being together better than being apart, which was giving Justin problems on how to surprise her with a ring.

Stan had asked that she come to the bar early that Sunday night because Jessica was sick and wouldn’t be able to help restock.

When Allie got there the entire Greenley family was waiting to have a party if she accepted Justin’s offer.

Justin followed her in letting her read the banner over the bar that said, WILL YOU MARRY ME?, with AND MY FAMILY? right underneath it.

Turning toward Justin with a look of astonishment, Allie saw that he was down on one knee.

“Allie will you do me the honor of letting me love and protect you and cherish you for the rest of your life? Will you marry me?” Justin looked hopefully up at Allie.

“Yes!!! Yes!!! I will marry you and your family. Laughing, Allie turned toward the waiting crowd, “I’ll think I will keep all of you, no matter what, if you will have me?”

Sally ran over and jumped into Justin’s arms, “I’ll marry you Justin, if she ever gets rid of you. I’m next in line.” All of the adults burst out laughing.

Everyone was hugging and there were many tears of joy that Allie would be joining their family. After all the heartache, she had finally found a place to belong.

Only one person noticed when Megan left the room trying not to burst into tears. It was such a happy occasion and she didn’t want to put a damper on their day, but she was certain that no one would ever love her in that way.

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Death by Poison?

Nova Ladies Adventures: Book 2

Megan had a little time left before Sally would be home on the bus. Deciding that a mommy break was needed, she poured herself a glass of tea and went out to sit on the porch swing. Enjoying the brief rest during a hot day, Megan drank all of her glass and went back inside for a refill. Trying to relax into her new life hadn’t been too difficult. Sally made every moment worth all of the trouble that Mike had put her through.

Sitting back on the swing, Megan started to feel a little warm. It was over 100 degrees outside, but it seemed that she was becoming hot rapidly. Drinking her iced tea quickly, in the hope that it would cool her down didn’t appear to be working the way she wanted.

Feeling that something was wrong, Megan picked up her phone to dial G.G., but she had trouble focusing on the screen. Turning to put the glass down on the table next to the swing she lost her balance. This caused her to drop the glass to the floor making it shatter. Megan tried to stop the swing from moving, but overcompensated falling to the floor. Her phone flew from her hand across the porch out of reach.

Megan didn’t know who was trying to kill her now, but was glad that Sally had a family that could take care of her in case she didn’t recover from whatever had caused this. Megan slipped into unconsciousness; her last thoughts about her daughter.

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Hours later in the hospital again, family and friends huddled around Megan as she lay in the bed comatose. The doctor came in to deliver the verdict about her condition.

“She is in a coma and may not recover from this. We tested the tea that she was drinking and found that it had large amounts of wild mushrooms ground up in it. A small portion would have made her violently ill, but since she ingested such a large amount, we can only hope that she will respond to the medications that we are giving her. There is no possible way that it was done accidently, it was an attempt to poison her. Whether the person was trying to kill her, or simply cause her extreme pain is a minor distinction. We won’t know unless the police are able to find who did this to her.”

Mark slid down the wall, his face white as a sheet. This is what had happened to his mother, she had gone into an unexplained coma and a few days later, she was dead.