Hide My Light: A Romantic Suspense Thriller Novel (Hide Me Series Book 3) by Lisa Ladew Page B
Authors: Lisa Ladew
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it. He didn't know what for, but he didn't want to ignore his impulses. Proof, maybe. He folded it as flat as possible and lifted up the large metal trashcan, then placed the shirt on the ground and put the trashcan on top of it. It was a little wobbly, so he pushed it into the corner. Perfect. He would come back and get it as soon as possible.
West left the bathroom and hurried to the reception desk. Now he remembered the woman’s name. Robin. She was sitting at the desk, talking to an irate woman outside the glass. “Robin, can I use one of the phones?”
Robin nodded distractedly to him and he picked up the handset and dialed nine for an outside line before he realized he didn’t know Craig Masterson’s number. He sat there for a moment, a blank look on his face, and then dialed another number.
He got Emma Masterson’s secretary on the first ring. “Sylvia, It’s West. is Lieutenant Masterson around?”
“Sure West, hold on.”
“Lieutenant Masterson.”
“Emma, it’s West. I really need to talk to your husband. He's somewhere in the hospital but I need him to come to the ER. Katerina’s hurt and I know where the guy he is looking for is.”
Emma sucked in a breath and West hoped that she would hurry. He needed to get back to Katerina quickly.
“I can’t always get ahold of him right away, West. But I will try right now. Here, let me give you his cell phone number.”
“No thanks. I don’t have a phone. Just have him come see me in the emergency room, room A11.”
“Got it,” Emma said and West hung up the phone gently.
“Thanks Robin,” he said and hurried back to the room, praying that when he got there there would be some change in Katerina. Some good change.
Chapter 15
When West arrived back at Katerina’s room, there were even more people inside it. As far as he could tell, Katerina had not woken or moved at all. There was an IV in her left arm, and a tube in her mouth. It was a small tube, much smaller than a breathing tube. It was attached to a bag and a small, white machine that was pumping a bland looking liquid through the two. She was being force-fed. Good.
The doctor and the two nurses were still there, and now there was a portable x-ray machine and two x-ray technicians. Waiting in line outside the door was an EKG technician with the EKG machine. West saw that everything possible was being done for Katerina and he knew he should feel better, but he felt worse. Her eyes were so sunken, her face completely ashen, and her skin was drawn tight over her bones. It was painful to look at her.
The x-ray technician ordered everyone out and while West was waiting in the hallway, Craig Masterson came in through the stairwell door, large strides eating up the distance to West quickly. Craig looked straight at him and West wasn’t sure how to read his expression. Angry? Determined?
“What happened?” Craig said as he drew even with West.
West was beginning to loathe that question. Here was another person he couldn’t tell the real story to. Craig hadn't believed Katerina when she told him how she had seen what Kane had done. So he couldn’t be trusted with the rest of it.
“Katerina collapsed,” he said. “Kane got us, right under the nose of your agent, and then he died in the van and the two other men ran off. Katerina collapsed with the stress of it.”
Craig shook his head in disbelief and West could see the thousand questions just behind his lips. “Kane died? What? Where is he?”
“In a full-size van, stopped in traffic, on Government Street about a mile away.”
Craig brought his radio to his lips and spoke into it, his eyes burning holes into West. West wondered how much trouble this guy was going to make for him.
Craig jabbed a finger into West's chest. “I’ll be back. Don’t you leave the emergency room.”
West nodded, but he knew if Katerina came around and he had a chance, he would be out of here in a second. They could
West left the bathroom and hurried to the reception desk. Now he remembered the woman’s name. Robin. She was sitting at the desk, talking to an irate woman outside the glass. “Robin, can I use one of the phones?”
Robin nodded distractedly to him and he picked up the handset and dialed nine for an outside line before he realized he didn’t know Craig Masterson’s number. He sat there for a moment, a blank look on his face, and then dialed another number.
He got Emma Masterson’s secretary on the first ring. “Sylvia, It’s West. is Lieutenant Masterson around?”
“Sure West, hold on.”
“Lieutenant Masterson.”
“Emma, it’s West. I really need to talk to your husband. He's somewhere in the hospital but I need him to come to the ER. Katerina’s hurt and I know where the guy he is looking for is.”
Emma sucked in a breath and West hoped that she would hurry. He needed to get back to Katerina quickly.
“I can’t always get ahold of him right away, West. But I will try right now. Here, let me give you his cell phone number.”
“No thanks. I don’t have a phone. Just have him come see me in the emergency room, room A11.”
“Got it,” Emma said and West hung up the phone gently.
“Thanks Robin,” he said and hurried back to the room, praying that when he got there there would be some change in Katerina. Some good change.
Chapter 15
When West arrived back at Katerina’s room, there were even more people inside it. As far as he could tell, Katerina had not woken or moved at all. There was an IV in her left arm, and a tube in her mouth. It was a small tube, much smaller than a breathing tube. It was attached to a bag and a small, white machine that was pumping a bland looking liquid through the two. She was being force-fed. Good.
The doctor and the two nurses were still there, and now there was a portable x-ray machine and two x-ray technicians. Waiting in line outside the door was an EKG technician with the EKG machine. West saw that everything possible was being done for Katerina and he knew he should feel better, but he felt worse. Her eyes were so sunken, her face completely ashen, and her skin was drawn tight over her bones. It was painful to look at her.
The x-ray technician ordered everyone out and while West was waiting in the hallway, Craig Masterson came in through the stairwell door, large strides eating up the distance to West quickly. Craig looked straight at him and West wasn’t sure how to read his expression. Angry? Determined?
“What happened?” Craig said as he drew even with West.
West was beginning to loathe that question. Here was another person he couldn’t tell the real story to. Craig hadn't believed Katerina when she told him how she had seen what Kane had done. So he couldn’t be trusted with the rest of it.
“Katerina collapsed,” he said. “Kane got us, right under the nose of your agent, and then he died in the van and the two other men ran off. Katerina collapsed with the stress of it.”
Craig shook his head in disbelief and West could see the thousand questions just behind his lips. “Kane died? What? Where is he?”
“In a full-size van, stopped in traffic, on Government Street about a mile away.”
Craig brought his radio to his lips and spoke into it, his eyes burning holes into West. West wondered how much trouble this guy was going to make for him.
Craig jabbed a finger into West's chest. “I’ll be back. Don’t you leave the emergency room.”
West nodded, but he knew if Katerina came around and he had a chance, he would be out of here in a second. They could
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