Page 33 of Fractured
Damnit.
To Chief Klein, I said, “I’ll find her. Give you a call.”
Just then, as I was climbing into my 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback, painted solid black, I called herCola. The interior was candy apple red when my phone rang.
I pulled it out and saw it was Caine.
I hit the button and said, “Yeah?”
“Talia just called, we’re swamped, can you take a look at her Jeep?”
I sighed, “Where is she?”
He sighed, “Told her we didn’t have time, then man, I swear to fucking Christ, sounded like she was on the verge of tears. She hung up on me.”
I hung up on him and whispered, “Fuck.”
Then I started my car and started the process of trying to find her.
The keyword in that was trying.
It was two hours later that I headed to the hospital.
And thankfully, her Jeep was parked in the lot, and when I caught sight of her driver’s side door, I felt lower than a piece of shit.
It was concaved in.
Fuck. Me.
I parked my car near her Jeep and headed to the doors.
My phone had been blowing up, but I had ignored it.
Until now.
I saw Garrick’s name and called him. He answered on the second ring, “Never known you to blow off on one of our busiest days, what’s up?”
“Talia asked you to look at her Jeep. Right?”
“Yeah, but we were swamped.” He said.
I nodded, “Said the same thing to her. She tried to take it to Sawyer’s, but they’re swamped too. Chief Klein informed me that a woman backed into her jeep. Been driving, trying to find her after he told me she complained about her leg hurting.”
“Fuck me. Shit.” He said.
“Found her Jeep at the hospital. Brother, the entire door is concaved in.” I told him as I entered through the doors.
“Shit. Okay. I’ll rally everyone.”
I hung up and pocketed my phone as I reached the front desk, and an older woman asked, “How can I help you, sir?”
“My best friend’s little sister, Talia Griggs. Can you tell me where she is?”
After she told me where she was, I headed in that direction.
And fuck me.
The sight of seeing Talia’s little body lying in a hospital bed with Chief Klein sitting there taking her statement, I was trying to keep a rein on my temper.
