Chapter 24
“I’m going with him,” Ric stated as Ethan was being rolled out of the office on a stretcher. “I’ll answer your questions at the hospital, but not until I know if he’s—” he swallowed hard, “—if he’s going to survive.”
It seemed as if the officer would protest, until a man with a blond crew cut joined them. He introduced himself as Detective Paul Kane and told Ric, “I’ll meet you there, once we’re finished here.”
At that point Ric realized there were men and women, dressed in crime scene attire, standing at the office door. They waited to enter until the EMTs, followed by one of the officers, were gone.
With a nod, Ric muttered, inanely he knew, “Lock up when you leave.” That rated him a brief smile from the detective. By the time he got to his car the ambulance, which was from Denver Health, was turning the corner of the street, headed toward the hospital.