Chapter 7Ric had been pacing the hospital waiting room for what felt like forever when Detective Kane finally appeared. He stopped to talk with a nurse at the nurses’ station before taking a seat along the wall, gesturing for Ric to join him.
“Looks like he’s going to make it,” Kane said at the same moment that a doctor came into the room. He, also, stopped at the nurses’ station and one of them pointed to Ric.
“Your friend is out of surgery and in intensive care, where we’ll be monitoring his vital signs,” the doctor told Ric. “He won’t be allowed visitors until tomorrow morning at the earliest.”
“Meaning I can leave,” Ric replied with a tight smile, although he wouldn’t until Susan arrived.
“It’s your choice, but I will tell you those benches make damned uncomfortable beds.” The doct
