To Breathe Again

Chapter 35 - Lunch Break

Grant's POV

This is tearin' me apart. How could this happen right under my nose? I know that Trent feels fuckin' bad but damn, it was in MY office, not his. "Hey man, you alright?" Trent asks, walkin' into the hospital room where I'm sittin' next ta our 'ole lady. They just came and gave' er some meds to sleep so 'er body can recover quicker.

"Yeah. I'm just pissed tis all. I wanna tear this fucker's head off." I said, hanging my head down between my hands, my elbows on my knees.

"I know man. I know. This isn't going to make it any better." he said. I lifted my head to look 'em in tha eyes. "It looks like Doc was right. It was Wolfsbane, more specifically aconitum poison. My team found the container she ate out of and the food that was remaining was laced with it. Whoever did this, looks to have boiled the flowers and then put some of that on her food. Lucky for us, it doesn't look like they knew what they were doin' or weren't trying to kill her because it was only enough to make her pretty sick."

I growled low in my throat. "Did they find out where Daisy ordered the food from?"

"Yeah. The restaurant said that they had no issues from other customers and all their employees are accounted for. My team checked them all and none seem to have any ties to Phoenix, nor received any kind of payment outside of their normal wages. I checked the driver as well and he came up the same. It had to have happened at your office either before or after Daisy had her hands on it. Do you think she could've had anything to do with it? Does anyone else receive food orders at your office?" He said.

"Daisy's the only one I know of. Everybody else was out fer the most part. Hell, I was there, myself. Fuck!" I'm so sick 'bout this whole fuckin' situation.

"Alright, Grant man, can you check on Daisy to see if she knows anything?" he asked.

"Ain't nobody heard from 'er since that day and she wuddn't at home, neither." I replied. "I'm gonna go on over to 'er house to see what I can find." I say.

"I'm going to put my men on her as well. I'll have them meet you over there. I'll also reach out to the Sheriff to get a report filed and inform him of everything so far." He picked up his phone and dialed immediately. I gave my Flower a kiss on 'er sweet lil face and left 'er with one of the only two men in the world I trust.

Once I reached Daisy's house, I didn't see any vehicles. I met Trent's guys and a few cops that were sent over. We all looked 'round the house and peered inta tha windas. I could see somethin' on the floor and called out to tha other guys. The cops took over from there and the rest of us stayed outside 'til they were done. Come ta find out, Daisy's dog was killed, lyin' on the kitchen floor but she wudn't anywhere's nearby. Just as everyone was filin' outta the house, a car pulled up. Daisy jumped from her car and ran ta tha front door.

"What happened? Why are you all in my house?" She cried.

I walked over to 'er. "Daisy, Sweety I'm sorry but it looks like someone killed yer dog Hun." I held 'er while she cried inta my chest. Poor lil thing. Now I'm worried 'bout 'er safety as well as Flower's and she's so much more frail than Flower.  This lil one's barely got any meat on 'er bones. 

Once she had settled a bit, I pulled 'er back from me to look at 'er face. "Daisy, we need to chat a bit. Ya up to it?" She nodded and I led her inta the house and sat 'er down at 'er dining room table. Trent's guys had cleaned up the blood and remains of the dog, so she won't be too much more upset by the sight.  A couple of cops and one of Trent's guys joined us but they were good with me talkin' to 'er since I know 'er.  "Daisy, ya remember that food you and Michelle ate yesterday?" I asked. She nodded, still tryin' to calm 'erself and dryin' the tears from 'er eyes. "I need ta know if'n ya got it from the delivery driver or if someone else brought it to ya."