Page 15 of Alexander's Heart

Just as I step up to Davies, Charlie Chief walks up to us with a stiff gait and I know the bird has landed.

“Alpha team has arrived; we’ve set up an abandoned room in the basement for Trickle.” His face is like stone when he mentions his name, and the anger rolling off him is dangerous, everyone wants a piece of him it seems. “and we have a room for Caroline set up in the Psych ward.”

Doc and I both growl our thanks and follow Charlie Chief, and every single person we pass moves out of our way, our menacing body language radiating from us, one is bad enough but three of us is an intimidating site.

CHAPTER SIX

ALEXANDER

Doc grabs my shoulder and I turn to face him, “We don’t know whether she is an accomplice, or a victim herself, but what I do know is she is badly injured and addicted to God only knows what drugs.”

I give Doc a curt nod, “I’ll follow your lead.”

We step into the room and what I see stops me dead in my tracks. Tiny is standing beside Caroline’s bed stroking her dirty hair and I spot Betty sitting in the chair asleep. Caroline is strapped to the bed by her wrists and ankles and is thrashing like Regan from that damn Exorcist movie. She is heavily bruised, covered in filth and looks like a wild animal, and her voice is hoarse from her screams.

Tiny looks up and steps away from Caroline and comes toward us looking worn down and pained.

“Doc, you need to help her, she’s getting worse. She’s pinging off the fuckin’ walls man, she needs something else to help her, either that or the dosage we administered wasn’t enough.”

“I’ll give her some Naltrexone, and Valium, she’ll be a lot calmer soon.”

“Good, yeah, good, thanks man.” Tiny stumbles out.

He’s on edge, which is not his normal character, Caroline has gotten under his skin I get it she resembles Lily and it’s a hard fucking site to see. While Doc goes to assess Caroline, I pull Tiny aside.

“What’s up man, you’re not yourself.”

“I’m good, Chief, it’s just, it’s not fucking easy seeing this woman, who looks like our Lily in this fucking state she’s like a wild fucking animal, whatever drugs she’s been on has really fucked her up.”

“I agree man, it’s a trip that’s for sure. Has she said anything?”

Tiny growls, “Not really, she’s too manic for us to understand half the shit she’s been spewing out her mouth but keeps repeating the devil will come for you.”

“The devil?” I question.

“She’s scared shitless of the devil.” Tiny confirms.

“Maybe that’s what she refers to Trickle as, but then that makes no sense because Trickle rode with you, she would know we have him under our control.”

Betty’s eyes pop open and she stands abruptly and walks over clapping me on the back.

“Harrington, how’s my cupcake?”

“Lily is out of surgery and stable at the moment, she’s in a bad way but Doc thinks she’ll pull through it’s just going take some time.”

“Ohhh thank fucking God. I couldn’t bear it, if I lost my cupcake, how bad is she?” Betty asks point blank.

“She’s stable but has some serious injuries to recover from.”

“Elizabeth is a survivor, Son, she will do everything she can to return to you and your little girl, that I can promise. All she knows is how to love, she’s always been a pure, selfless, angel of a girl.”

I close my eyes, and let out a long tensioned filled breath, “I couldn’t agree more.”

“I can see she picked a worthy man, you’re a gooden, Harrington.” Betty squeezes my arm as she finishes.

“Do you want to get some rest? I can have one of my men take you to the apartment.”

Betty raises her eyes back to mine and fuck me the fierce look in them makes me recoil.

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