Speeding up so he could catch her, Frank stopped her and asked,
“Is he awake?”
The woman was in her forties with dark brown hair and no nonsense look about her.
“Are you family?”
“No, I am not but this should get me any information without any trouble.”
He flashed his badge and she was immediately cooperative.
“Certainly, but no, he is still out.”
“Man. You guys gave him one hellofa shot there!”
The nurse frowned and looked at the chart she was holding.
“Shot? There has been no shot given to him since he got to this floor. Maybe they gave him one downstairs before bringing him up. I will check.”
Cranford and Anna had caught up to them and Anna protested,
“No, I was here and saw them give him the shot. He was trying to find his wife and that other nurse said it would calm him down!”
“No ma’am, I have been on duty ever since they brought him up and would have been the only RN here to administer a shot. Are you certain you saw someone give him a shot?”
“Yes, I am! She was tall and blond and young…yes, she was real young.”
“There is no one on this floor with that description. Surely you are mistaken.”
“No I am not, I remember it clearly!”
A heavy sigh came from the nurse. A security breach was so very serious and she would need to call down and have them send someone up and she would need to get the doctor on this case up too so he could examine the patient……
“Okay, I just took his vitals and everything looked good a few minutes ago but I’m sure the doctor will want to order blood word done to see what was given to him. If you want, you all can wait in his room or down in the waiting room. Security will want to talk with you.”
She turned back toward the nurse’s station while the three started walking the other way toward Jack’s room. Once to the door, Frank encouraged the other two to go ahead on.
“I will stay and answer any questions. You think it could have been a student nurse?”
Anna shook her head at him, insisting that a student nurse would not be allowed to give shots unsupervised and he shrugged but said nothing back as he already knew this.
Cranford was ready to go. There was nothing they could do and he really wanted to go to Sang-mi’s before it got dark. He reminded Frank to call when Jacks woke up. He left with Anna who was more than ready to get home after the stop at Sang-mi’s .
She was not at all sure what she would do with the house, which was now hers. Sang-mi knew she would never live there and wished she had given her a heads up before doing it. Whatever the reason, she did know she was expected to keep it or it would have just been combined with the other properties to be sold and divided amongst the children.
She and Cranford indulged in idle chitchat during the drive to Sang-mi’s, avoiding anything unpleasant. Cranford felt he needed to gain her trust before she would open up to him about anything having to do with the mysterious side of Sang-mi. He glanced over at the woman from time to time as they talked and wondered why she had never remarried. From an earlier remark, she was around sixty and that meant she had been a widow now for almost forty years. It also meant she had to have been a kid when she married. He looked over at her again and shook his head, for she was still a pretty woman who did not look her age. One minute he was thinking that it was none of his business and the next he was blurting out,
“Why in the world have you never remarried? I mean, look at you, you are a beautiful woman now and forty years ago you must have been so young. You know you can just tell me it is none of my business and it will be all right. Maybe you just loved him so much you felt you would be betraying him.”
Anna smiled, but was not bothered by the question she was asked more often than any other
“Is he awake?”
The woman was in her forties with dark brown hair and no nonsense look about her.
“Are you family?”
“No, I am not but this should get me any information without any trouble.”
He flashed his badge and she was immediately cooperative.
“Certainly, but no, he is still out.”
“Man. You guys gave him one hellofa shot there!”
The nurse frowned and looked at the chart she was holding.
“Shot? There has been no shot given to him since he got to this floor. Maybe they gave him one downstairs before bringing him up. I will check.”
Cranford and Anna had caught up to them and Anna protested,
“No, I was here and saw them give him the shot. He was trying to find his wife and that other nurse said it would calm him down!”
“No ma’am, I have been on duty ever since they brought him up and would have been the only RN here to administer a shot. Are you certain you saw someone give him a shot?”
“Yes, I am! She was tall and blond and young…yes, she was real young.”
“There is no one on this floor with that description. Surely you are mistaken.”
“No I am not, I remember it clearly!”
A heavy sigh came from the nurse. A security breach was so very serious and she would need to call down and have them send someone up and she would need to get the doctor on this case up too so he could examine the patient……
“Okay, I just took his vitals and everything looked good a few minutes ago but I’m sure the doctor will want to order blood word done to see what was given to him. If you want, you all can wait in his room or down in the waiting room. Security will want to talk with you.”
She turned back toward the nurse’s station while the three started walking the other way toward Jack’s room. Once to the door, Frank encouraged the other two to go ahead on.
“I will stay and answer any questions. You think it could have been a student nurse?”
Anna shook her head at him, insisting that a student nurse would not be allowed to give shots unsupervised and he shrugged but said nothing back as he already knew this.
Cranford was ready to go. There was nothing they could do and he really wanted to go to Sang-mi’s before it got dark. He reminded Frank to call when Jacks woke up. He left with Anna who was more than ready to get home after the stop at Sang-mi’s .
She was not at all sure what she would do with the house, which was now hers. Sang-mi knew she would never live there and wished she had given her a heads up before doing it. Whatever the reason, she did know she was expected to keep it or it would have just been combined with the other properties to be sold and divided amongst the children.
She and Cranford indulged in idle chitchat during the drive to Sang-mi’s, avoiding anything unpleasant. Cranford felt he needed to gain her trust before she would open up to him about anything having to do with the mysterious side of Sang-mi. He glanced over at the woman from time to time as they talked and wondered why she had never remarried. From an earlier remark, she was around sixty and that meant she had been a widow now for almost forty years. It also meant she had to have been a kid when she married. He looked over at her again and shook his head, for she was still a pretty woman who did not look her age. One minute he was thinking that it was none of his business and the next he was blurting out,
“Why in the world have you never remarried? I mean, look at you, you are a beautiful woman now and forty years ago you must have been so young. You know you can just tell me it is none of my business and it will be all right. Maybe you just loved him so much you felt you would be betraying him.”
Anna smiled, but was not bothered by the question she was asked more often than any other
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