Criminal Detective

Miranda And Gregory

Claire's body shuddered as the cold air from the air conditioning units made contact with her skin. She instinctively forced herself further into her jacket then walked farther into the hospital.

She snaked her way through a bunch of people who stood between her and an elevator, quickly dashed in then punched the button which would lead her to the floor she was headed. Claire watched as an overweight man waved at her to keep the elevator open but from his tone, she could tell he was going to be trouble if he stepped into the elevator.

She walked over to the buttons then continued to click her floor number while she watched the man get closer and closer, luckily for her, his weight put him at a scary disadvantage of making it in time.

She shut her eyes then exhaled in relief, beyond thankful that the elevator was able to close just in time.

After a while, the elevator doors opened and Claire stepped out. She made a right then walked straight until she reached a door with the number "201" engraved on top of it. She smiled then knocked.

"Who is it?" A voice asked from inside and Claire's smile widened.

"It's the pizza man" She heard chuckles from inside before another voice followed.

"Come on in"

Claire grinned then opened the door, to which two pair of eyes stared brightly at her.

"Claire" Miranda beamed.

"Good morning" She smiled then walked up to her.

"Morning, Claire" Gregory said and she nodded.

"Morning, Gregory" She walked up to the duo and smiled.

"How are you doing, buster?" Claire asked and Miranda chuckled.

"I'm good. Much stronger than I was yesterday"

"Doctor said she's actually making a really speedy recovery compared to the others"

"That's awesome, and the others?"

"Slow recoveries but we ain't losing them soon"
Gregory said with a smile Claire matched.

"That's good to hear" Claire said with a nod. Her eyes fell unto the nylon bag Claire held then she looked back up to Claire.

"What's that?"

Claire looked down to her hands and her eyes flashed in recollection.

"Oh yeah, I was coming here and I thought I'd make a small detour" She said and sat on a chair close to the duo before she pulled out two brown takeout bags which had the Porters logo boldly printed on them.

"You went to Porter's?" Miranda's eyes glowed as she took the bag Claire handed out to her. She tore the bag open and found her regular order inside of it which made her stare at Claire with a bright smile.

"Thank you, Claire. This is really thoughtful"

"Yeah, thanks" Gregory smiled as he reached into his takeout bag then pulled out a croissant. He took a bite out of it right before Claire chuckled.

"It's no big deal to be honest" She shrugged, pulled out a croissant out of hers, then, bit through it. The trio sat chewing in silence before Gregory spoke.

"Oh yeah, how did yesterday go?"

Claire turned to him with an arched eyebrow.
"Hm?"

"The friend you were going to meet? Were you able to make a detour to return the ID card?"

Claire swallowed her croissant then nodded.
"Oh yeah, I did. Totally forgot to tell you about that"

Gregory grinned "I'm grateful, really"