AN: Hey all! I decided to put this as the prologue instead because I felt it made more sense to the story and that way you have a bit more of an idea what is going on.
To all of you who are new to the story: Welcome! Constructive criticisms is wanted and please, let me know if you find any spelling errors. I don't have a beta and while I try my best, I sometimes miss things.
Enjoy!
Abigail Griffin stared at the brown-haired girl on her medical bed. Her one fawn skin was pale and clammy. Her breaths came in shallow pants and with each inhale you could hear the rattle trapped deep in her lungs.
She frowned at Markus Kane, her fellow council member. "It isn't right." She repeated.
"Nothing about this whole situation is right." He snapped back, irritation flaring in his eyes.
Perhaps actually seeing the girl had managed to hit his conscious in a way that reading it on paper hadn't been able to do, Abby mussed.
"Still. This goes against everything I do. We have the medicine to save her."
"And then what? We save her and she goes public with what she knows? It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together Abby. If she goes around telling people that the man who raped that woman is Gerald Kingston and we protected him…" He trailed off for a moment as if imagining the rebellion they would have on their hands.
"Even if they didn't put together the fact that he is our best life support technician, we still Floated another man for his crime, paid off the victim and her family to keep quiet, and have let him go on his way with no restrictions."
They both startled when the girl gasped in her sleep. Abby was already in motion. She checked her vital signs. Her heart rate had picked up a bit, probably from the pain. She inched the pain suppressant up on the girls IV drip.
"What about that boy, Sebastian Young? He's been here every day, trying to see her." She asked, avoiding his eyes as she pretended to continue checking on her patient.
"Do you think he knows?" Kane shot back.
Abby looked at the sick girl, Gabriella O'Riley. Her brows were furrowed in pain that even her forced sleep could not erase. She swallowed and prayed to a higher power she didn't believe in to save her soul for the decision she was about to make.
"I don't know." She answered, voice soft. "But I've read the reports, same as you. Their parents were best friends and they've been together since birth. After they started dating you couldn't find one without the other." She swallowed hard, eyes not leaving Gabriella's face. "If we're willing to let her die for what she knows, then we can't let him-" Her words stumbled and at the last minute she changed what she had be going to say. "We can't leave any loose ends behind."
"And how to you suggest we go about doing that?" Kane drawled.
Abby spent another moment staring at the girl on her medical bed.
She turned to Kane. "The medicine."
Confusion descended upon Kane's face before comprehension replace it. "I see." He nodded.
Abby took a deep breath to steel herself. "Have your men waiting for my signal. I'll talk to the boy and we'll catch him in the act."
Abigail Griffin's eyes steadily refused to look at the girl again.