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“We’re as well as can be expected, given the circumstances.”
“Don’t worry, sweetie, those Thorne men can pull through just about anything.”She winks and a small smile pulls at the corners of my mouth.The first I’ve had in over the last twenty-four hours.No one must’ve told her about what happened yesterday.
“I know.Levi would never willingly leave the ones he loves.”Even if I’m not included in that statement, I know that he’d fight tooth and nail to be here for the rest of his family.
The bell of the elevator dings, and out comes Levi’s bed and his nurses wheeling him to the room.Two police officers and a man in a cheap suit follow as well, behind the nurses.As they approach, we all stand and start to make our way over to Levi’s room but stop when the officers block the door after the bed enters the room.
“Excuse us, we’d like to see our son.”Alice, Levi’s mom, stands toe to toe with the officers and almost pushes past them.
“Sorry ma’am, but there has been a development.”
“Well, don’t just stand there like a statue, tell us what the hell is going on!”Grandpa demands.
The young guy, probably around my age in the cheap suit, steps forward and flashes his badge.Detective Ford.
“After receiving a preliminary report, we’ve found some footage of our suspect tampering with Mr.Thorne’s vehicle.”Detective Ford tells us.
Gasps set off all over the place and my knees go weak.
“Wait, it was Levi’s car that exploded?Not the car next to his?”Reid asks the same question I just thought.All these hours we thought it was the car next to theirs at the light that blew up.“You mean the bomb was meant for my brother?”
Grandpa grabs ahold of me to keep me from landing on my ass.Out of everyone, Daniel doesn’t look one bit surprised and I wonder if he knows more.
Who would want to kill Levi?
“Who would do something like this?Do you have any leads?”Reid asks the million-dollar question.
“Yes, we have a suspect and are about to bring them in.We feel very strongly about it and think we have our person.”Detective Ford assures us.
“Well, then what are you standing around here for.Go do your job and take this asshole down!”Reid yells and all movement and chatter stops in the hallway.
“We are on it,” Detective Ford says, then turns to the officer to his left and nods.They both step to the side of Alice and take a few paces over, until he is close to Grandpa and myself.“Saylor Thorne, you have the right to remain silent.Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.You have the right to an attorney…”
Shocked.
Numb.
Dream-like state.
Foggy haze.
Is this some kind of joke?When did we enter the Twilight Zone?
“…do you understand everything that has been said to you, Mrs.Thorne?”
I’m not even sure I can respond.Is this man serious?I’ve never even had a ticket, much less tried to hurt another person.
All hell breaks loose when the man tries to place handcuffs on my wrist.Grandpa shoves the officer and Grandma gets in Detective Ford’s face.My body is shaking like a leaf, as Alice tries to steady me while yelling that they’ve made a mistake.
“You are out of your minds!”
“What are you talking about?This is his wife!”
“Is this a joke?”
“What kind of rent-a-cops are you?”
The berating and yelling continue until Detective Ford screams out.
