Chapter 8 - The Woman In Red Visits The Hospital Waiting Room
Two days later, while Daniel was meeting with the lead homicide detective at the precinct downtown, Vanessa made her move.
She walked into the children’s ward of St. Jude Memorial Hospital wearing her signature emerald-green wool coat.
The nurses at the front desk smiled politely, assuming she was just another concerned family member visiting the recovering children.
Vanessa pushed open the door to Noah and Maisie’s private recovery room with smooth, terrifying confidence.
Noah’s eyes widened in sheer terror as he instinctively pulled his sleeping sister closer to his chest on the hospital bed.
“Well, look at you two playing detective with your father,” Vanessa hissed, stepping softly across the polished floor tiles.
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“You really thought a couple of crayon drawings and old security files were going to save you from me?”
“Get out of here!” Noah yelled, pressing the emergency nurse call button repeatedly with his shaking hand.
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