Chapter 195

Callaway left the group, and went to the ICU nurses' station to inform them that Alan was conscious and talking. While she was there her mother called and gave her the information she had received from her bank and the business brokers, who advised her of her new holdings in the Houston area.

Callaway walked back to Alan's bedside, took Patricia by the arm, and told everyone that she was taking her to the linen closet to beat the shit out of her, until she got the truth.

Innocently Patricia said, "Why what did I do now?"

"You have ever heard of truth serum, Patricia, haven't you?"

"Yes I have."

"There are several types, and we have all the medications we need in this hospital to mix a batch together to get you to talk. Tell me what you did, before I make you a babbling idiot."

"What you are proposing would be illegal."

"What you did last night wasn't illegal?"