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Authors: Victor Methos
Walk in Darkness - A Thriller (Jon Stanton Mysteries) (23 page)
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Doctor Searle finished the sutures on the young boy and stood back to evaluate his work. The eight-year-old boy had been surfing when he scraped what had appeared to be some rough coral and it’d taken a nasty chunk out of his leg. But all-in-all, the leg was looking much better; with some antibiotics and rest he would be back surfing in no time.
“Doctor?” the nurse said, poking her head around the curtain.
“Uh huh,” Searle said as he ran his finger along the wound, testing the sutures.
“That detective is here to see you.”
“I’ll be right out.” He finished, tousled the boy’s hair, and looked to his mother who was sitting on a stool next to the bed. “He’s gonna be fine. I’m prescribing some antibiotics and he should stay home from school the rest of the week. Make sure he stays off that leg for a time.”
All the worry in the woman’s face melted away. “Thank you, Doctor.”
“My pleasure.”
He opened the curtains and stepped through, closing them behind him again. He walked out and saw a tall, slim man in a bad suit with a buxom blond standing in the hallway.
“You Detective Porter?”
“That’s me,” the female said.
“Like I told you on the phone, they’re stable and doing fine. The big guy, Childs, he’s a tough son of a bitch. That blow he took to the head would’a shot me straight to hell, but he’s hanging in there. The other detective . . . ah . . .”
“Jon Stanton.”
“Right. He’s in stable condition but he’s burnt something fierce. Second and third degree burns over at least thirty percent of his body. We’re going to have to watch him, but he’s young and strong. I’ve seen weaker men make it out with worse just fine.”
“What about the other two?” the male detective said.
“The young male was dead from several gunshot wounds before he ever got here. The other body we found survived for a few hours but died of smoke inhalation. What the hell happened at that house anyway?”
Danielle turned and looked to the ICU down the hall where Stanton was recovering in a plastic isolation unit. She walked over to him, the doctor saying something
, but she didn’t pay attention. She stared through the door at Stanton lying in the bed, propped up by several pillows. His eyes were closed.
After a few seconds, she saw the slightest trace of movement. His eyes partially opened, and a faint grin came to his lips before they closed again.
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BY VICTOR METHOS
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