"Sonny, tell me exactly what happened," Hook said urgently as they
headed down towards the morgue. The morgue? Why in the world were the
police heading for the morgue?
"I don't really know," the younger doctor said with a shake of his head. Okay, how Louis and Hook were reacting was starting to reassure him that his friend wasn't in as much trouble as he feared that he was but still... Why in the world would the police be here looking for Elmer if something serious wasn't going on?
"How in the world did they get the idea that my son killed Lona?"
Louis demanded. Oh, when he got his hands on Stegman, he was going to kill him. I mean, it was bad enough that he made a hobby out of maiming the patients but when he decided to victimize his son as well, then he had gone way too far.
"I'm not really sure." Sonny said with as he looked over at Louis.
Okay, his reaction was a bit odd. All Sonny had ever heard from Elmer was about how his father didn't care anything for him so why was he acting like this now? Had Elmer made yet another mistake? Elmer making a mistake,
that wasn't really surprising.
"Sonny?" Hook said, snapping the younger doctor back to the current situation once more.
"Yeah. I just don't know what happened. I had just came in maybe ten, fifteen minutes before the cops showed up." Sonny shook his head once more as he thought about it. When he had seen all of those cops, his first thought had been that they had been there for him and that he must have goofed up something on his work papers. "They started asking all of these questions about Elmer and if anyone had seen him this morning and the next thing that I know, someone's saying that he lost it and killed Lona."
"Elmer didn't kill anyone." Okay, from the look on Louis's face,
he was planning to kill someone. Not good. "Louis, calm down, okay?
Remember, Elmer's out having a good time with Lona right now. Do you really want to drag him back to bail you out of jail?" Hook laughed slightly as he spoke trying to defuse the tension of the situation.
"Elmer's out with Lona?" Shock was apparent on Sonny's face as he spoke. What in the world had happened to lead to that? Oh, Elmer was going to be so insufferable when he came back to work if he had actually managed to win Lona after so long. But if Elmer and Lona were together somehow, then how in the world had anyone got the idea that Elmer had killed her? Before he could ask that question, they were at the morgue and all thoughts of a fictional murder flew out of his mind. From the way Louis was looking, it looked like they might be needing to prevent a real one.
"What is going on here?" Louis demanded as he stalked into the morgue. He didn't care that these were police officers. If they were going to try to do something to hurt his son....
"We got a call about an escaped mental patient who might have murdered a doctor," one of the officers pulled out a pad as he spoke. The other officers were busily opening drawers and pulling out corpses for inspection. "A Lona Massingale, I believe?"
"My son didn't kill anyone!" Louis shouted. He knew he should stay calm, should try to explain this rationally but his emotions were still running to high after his fright of only a bit earlier.
"Louis." Hook said quietly, motioning for the older doctor to settle down and let him explain. He grabbed Dr. James and drug him to the front to face the officers. "Listen, I'm really sorry but there's been some sort of terrible mistake here. I can reassure you that there's definitely been no murder here."
"Well, according to what was reported to us, an escaped mental patient, an Elmer Traff...." The officer consulted his notebook once more as he spoke.
"That's the first little error here." Jesse said with a nervous laugh. "It seems that Elmer had a minor sleepwalking spell last night that one of our other doctors misconstrued as an attempt at suicide."
"What happened?" Sonny demanded as Jesse continued to ramble on,
trying to make sure that the hospital appeared in the best possible light in the entire mess. "Hook?"
"Elmer was sleepwalking and ended up on the roof last night." Hook said quietly. He just hoped that Jesse could get this blasted mess worked out quickly. "Somehow Stegman found out about it and he started this story about Elmer trying to commit suicide."
Sonny's eyes widened. Elmer's brother had been way before his time but everyone in the hospital had heard the stories about what had happened to him. "You're sure that Elmer didn't...." He desperately ran his thoughts back to the last time that he had seen Elmer. Had there been any signs, any signals that Elmer might have been contemplating suicide? He really didn't think his friend was the type but....
"Definitely not." Hook said with a firm shake of his head. "Lona was monitoring him right before it happened. She says he was asleep and who else would know sleep better than her. The problem is how Steg found out what happened. We brought Elmer down to the sleep lab to prevent this problem so...."
Just then the door opened once more and Carrie slid in. She had came downstairs out of concern for Lona but now hearing what Hook was saying, her worry was definitely shifting to Elmer. "I can think of one way." she said quietly. "If Stegman took Elmer up to the roof to begin with."
"I don't really know," the younger doctor said with a shake of his head. Okay, how Louis and Hook were reacting was starting to reassure him that his friend wasn't in as much trouble as he feared that he was but still... Why in the world would the police be here looking for Elmer if something serious wasn't going on?
"How in the world did they get the idea that my son killed Lona?"
Louis demanded. Oh, when he got his hands on Stegman, he was going to kill him. I mean, it was bad enough that he made a hobby out of maiming the patients but when he decided to victimize his son as well, then he had gone way too far.
"I'm not really sure." Sonny said with as he looked over at Louis.
Okay, his reaction was a bit odd. All Sonny had ever heard from Elmer was about how his father didn't care anything for him so why was he acting like this now? Had Elmer made yet another mistake? Elmer making a mistake,
that wasn't really surprising.
"Sonny?" Hook said, snapping the younger doctor back to the current situation once more.
"Yeah. I just don't know what happened. I had just came in maybe ten, fifteen minutes before the cops showed up." Sonny shook his head once more as he thought about it. When he had seen all of those cops, his first thought had been that they had been there for him and that he must have goofed up something on his work papers. "They started asking all of these questions about Elmer and if anyone had seen him this morning and the next thing that I know, someone's saying that he lost it and killed Lona."
"Elmer didn't kill anyone." Okay, from the look on Louis's face,
he was planning to kill someone. Not good. "Louis, calm down, okay?
Remember, Elmer's out having a good time with Lona right now. Do you really want to drag him back to bail you out of jail?" Hook laughed slightly as he spoke trying to defuse the tension of the situation.
"Elmer's out with Lona?" Shock was apparent on Sonny's face as he spoke. What in the world had happened to lead to that? Oh, Elmer was going to be so insufferable when he came back to work if he had actually managed to win Lona after so long. But if Elmer and Lona were together somehow, then how in the world had anyone got the idea that Elmer had killed her? Before he could ask that question, they were at the morgue and all thoughts of a fictional murder flew out of his mind. From the way Louis was looking, it looked like they might be needing to prevent a real one.
"What is going on here?" Louis demanded as he stalked into the morgue. He didn't care that these were police officers. If they were going to try to do something to hurt his son....
"We got a call about an escaped mental patient who might have murdered a doctor," one of the officers pulled out a pad as he spoke. The other officers were busily opening drawers and pulling out corpses for inspection. "A Lona Massingale, I believe?"
"My son didn't kill anyone!" Louis shouted. He knew he should stay calm, should try to explain this rationally but his emotions were still running to high after his fright of only a bit earlier.
"Louis." Hook said quietly, motioning for the older doctor to settle down and let him explain. He grabbed Dr. James and drug him to the front to face the officers. "Listen, I'm really sorry but there's been some sort of terrible mistake here. I can reassure you that there's definitely been no murder here."
"Well, according to what was reported to us, an escaped mental patient, an Elmer Traff...." The officer consulted his notebook once more as he spoke.
"That's the first little error here." Jesse said with a nervous laugh. "It seems that Elmer had a minor sleepwalking spell last night that one of our other doctors misconstrued as an attempt at suicide."
"What happened?" Sonny demanded as Jesse continued to ramble on,
trying to make sure that the hospital appeared in the best possible light in the entire mess. "Hook?"
"Elmer was sleepwalking and ended up on the roof last night." Hook said quietly. He just hoped that Jesse could get this blasted mess worked out quickly. "Somehow Stegman found out about it and he started this story about Elmer trying to commit suicide."
Sonny's eyes widened. Elmer's brother had been way before his time but everyone in the hospital had heard the stories about what had happened to him. "You're sure that Elmer didn't...." He desperately ran his thoughts back to the last time that he had seen Elmer. Had there been any signs, any signals that Elmer might have been contemplating suicide? He really didn't think his friend was the type but....
"Definitely not." Hook said with a firm shake of his head. "Lona was monitoring him right before it happened. She says he was asleep and who else would know sleep better than her. The problem is how Steg found out what happened. We brought Elmer down to the sleep lab to prevent this problem so...."
Just then the door opened once more and Carrie slid in. She had came downstairs out of concern for Lona but now hearing what Hook was saying, her worry was definitely shifting to Elmer. "I can think of one way." she said quietly. "If Stegman took Elmer up to the roof to begin with."