Criminal Detective

Free At Last

Claire groaned as her eyes peered open slowly. Her vision remained blurry until she blinked repeatedly and cleared her foggy vision. Her eyes landed on a ceiling fan which spun slowly before it shifted to a man who stood not too far from her.

"What the-?" Claire groaned to herself then slowly sat up. Just as she did, the man turned then rushed to her.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he neared Claire, his hands at a fixed distance as if he intended to help her up but only until she gave him the say so. She nodded while her palm caressed her head and her eyes continued to dance around.

"My head hurts" Claire said then studied the man with an arched eyebrow "Who the fuck are you?"

He smiled "Doctor Chris. I was instructed to nurse your wounds by Mr Roberto. You were injured quite a lot but aside from the bullet fired in your arm, none of the other wounds were quite as serious"

Claire stared at the doctor, bits and pieces of her memories began to form into clearer pictures. From her jumping out the window, to her pursuit with Adkins, down to the time she was shot then fainted. She sighed once it all came together, nodded, then slumped a bit back into her bed.

"Oh, thanks" She said before her eyes fell down to Cat who was asleep on the floor. Claire smiled at the feline before she lay completely on the bed. The doctor walked away from her and to a table, moved around, then walked back to Claire with two capsules in his hand.

"This will help ease the pain in your body" He said then pushed the drug to her face then raised the other "This help with the headache"
Claire took both pills out of his hand then nodded.

"Please, be sure to use your wounded arm a lot. Do not try to restrict its movement too often, otherwise you'd have more pain than you already do"

"Sure, thanks" He nodded curtly before he walked back to the table but this time returned with a briefcase in hand.

"Do you by chance need anything else?" He asked Claire who shook her head in negation to which he smiled then tipped his hat at her.

"Please take care good care of yourself. I have to meet with my next patient" He said then strutted out of the room. Once the door opened, Claire's ears caught on to the sound of yells and loud laughter. She paused with an arched eyebrow right before the door shut close.

"What's going on?" Claire muttered to herself before she sat back up. As she tried to push herself up from the bed, her arm shifted which shot a serious amount of pain inside of it. Claire yelled and held onto the arm which was wrapped from the top down to her wrist.

"Fuck you, Adkins" She muttered to herself. Just as she began to tend to her wounded arm gently, a sudden reminder kicked at her.

The reason she even got injured in the first place.

Her pupils widened "The girls!"

Claire jumped off the bed and headed for the room of the door. Just as she pulled it open, the loud sound of music, laughter, and cheer smacked her face. Claire looked down and found the mafia members sharing drinks and eating. Each one was involved in one conversation or another.

Compared to the amount of people she normally would see, the place was packed with more members than she expected. Just as Claire's eyes continued to dance around they fell on Daniel, who also spotted her and waved at her.

Samantha who stood next to Daniel, turned to find Claire and mirrored his gesture.

Claire headed to them from the stairs and in a matter of seconds was next to Daniel and Samantha.

"Look who finally decided to wake up"

"What the hell is going on?"

Daniel grinned "We won, that's what"