Chapter 31: Ransom, Part 11

Charlotte

I've got to pee...

The camera...

But nature can't be resisted...

Squatting awkwardly, one hand against the wall to prop myself, I relieve myself towards the drain and hope for the best.

On the camera above me, beside the flashing red indicator light, a second green indicator light flickers on.

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Michael

Wearing clean fresh jogging pants and top, Klempner, smelling somewhat sweeter, sits by James, ignoring me as I circle the room spraying air-freshener and lighting scented candles.

"So, tell me what I'm looking at."

"Better if I show you." James clicks through to the security video footage.

Klempner waves across the screen at the bland view of a corridor. "Give me some context. Where is this? And when?"

"It's the hospital where Charlotte has been getting her prenatal care for the last several months. And it's from five days ago when I took her there for a check-up."