Chapter 114

Nora POV

Elaine Reid is standing at the end of the hallway like she owns it with her coat flapping open, and face flushed red.

 "Nora Ellis, what the hell did you do to my son?"

 The words bounce off the linoleum and draw every head in the corridor. Nurses pause mid-step. A janitor stops pushing his cart. Even the security guard near the elevators turns to watch.

 I turn slowly, letting her see every inch of the blood still drying on my hands, my arms, and the front of my dress. I don't bother wiping it off. Let her look. Let her see what her precious boy walked into tonight.

 She marches forward, her heels striking the floor like accusations. "Answer me! I get a call from the hospital saying David is in surgery for a gunshot wound, and the first person I see when