Love Like This

Chapter 85

He cursed under his breath and hit the wall. "Fuck!"

"When she awakes, don't question her immediately. Just take it slow. If she wants to talk then let her, but don't push her. I took some Polaroid's also and I'll keep these with the file. If she wants to press charges, I will be available."

Ethan thanked him and pressed a check in his hand. "Thank you, Dr. Desmond."

Once the doctor had gone, Ethan returned to her room, and sat in the chair next to her watching her sleep. He sat vigil there all night until the crew arrived to work on the home. He sent them home with pay. The nurse came to change her I-V and give her another sponge bath. Ethan saw her look of distrust and he excused himself to get something to drink.

A shot of whiskey calmed his raging nerves. James was in the office and he told James to come to the site as soon as he could, but not to tell that bitch where he was going. He knew Lynne still contacted him, but he would wring his brother's neck if Lynne showed her face in front of him. How could that woman allow this to happen? She had been in the home at the time of Nicole's disappearance and she didn't know what happened to her daughter.

At least that was what she had told the police when they had asked her of Nicole's whereabouts. Nicole had been missing for about a month and Marvin had begun to tell everyone the girl had disappeared from her grandmother's side and run off. No one questioned it because everyone was aware of how bad Marvin treated her. It seemed logical, except to Ethan who had come to know the girl from what the customers and neighbors said. Nicole would never leave Nanna's side no matter how bad Marvin was. She would never leave Nanna for anything.