Chapter 3 - The HospitalThe county hospital smelled of disinfectant, stale coffee, and fear.
Mark sat beneath fluorescent lights, his elbows resting on his knees.
Every few seconds, he looked toward the ICU doors.
Sarah was alive.
But barely.
Detective Vance approached with two cups of coffee.
"Mr. Evans?"
Mark looked up.
"I'm Detective Vance."
"Is she going to live?"
Vance hesitated.
"The doctors stabilized her."
Mark closed his eyes.
The detective continued.
"Her blood work showed an abnormal concentration of a heart medication she wasn't prescribed."
Mark slowly reached into his pocket.
He handed over the note.
Vance read it.
His expression changed.
"This is not random."
"No."
"Where did you find it?"
"In Martha's bag."
Vance looked up.
"Your mother-in-law?"
"She was upstairs with my daughter."
Mark swallowed.
"Lily saw her putting something into Sarah's water."
Vance folded the paper carefully.
"Then we need to talk."
Mark looked toward the ICU.
"I don't care about anything else."
His voice cracked.
"I just need my wife to wake up."
Vance nodded.
"But when she does, Mr. Evans, you're going to have to tell her what her mother did."
Mark stared at the ICU doors.
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He wasn't ready.
But he knew there would be no way to hide the truth.
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