Elmer felt like he was going to cry as he headed down the hallway
towards his father, Chris and Hook. He and Carrie had searched what seemed
like every bathroom in the hospital with no sign of Lona. He had even
checked all of the men's rooms just to be sure. If Lona was really sick,
after all, maybe she could have wandered into one of them accidentally.
Nothing, though, and Carried had had to leave to help up on Peds. Where could Lona be? Elmer was barely able to keep the panic from overwhelming him now. Something had happened to her, he just knew it.
"No sign of her?" Hook asked as he looked up and saw Elmer. The emergency room had been packed and he and Chris had only just managed to finish checking every nook and cranny of it. Lona could have definitely got overlooked down there especially if she fell asleep but there had been no sign of her. His worry was starting to slowly increase much as Elmer's was. Something was definitely off about this. Lona wouldn't just disappear. He looked over at Elmer for a moment before shaking his head firmly, forcing that thought resolutely away. No, no matter how much Elmer was pestering her, she wouldn't just vanish.
"Carrie helped me check the bathrooms and Sonny went downstairs to check the unused labs in case she maybe wandered in and...." What if she was really sick, what if she had wandered off somewhere and.... They had to find her. Every fiber of Elmer's being was crying for him not to just stand there, to get busy searching for her but somehow he resisted. Where would he even look?
"I couldn't find anything in the lounges either." Louis said as he shook his head as Hook and Chris both did as well. "Does anyone else have any ideas for where she could be?" Patient rooms? Maybe they ought to start checking the patient rooms? They were pretty full so he didn't see how Lona could have wandered into a room without being found quickly but.
"What about the psych floor?"
"Lona's not crazy!" Elmer almost shouted as he glared at his father. How could he have even suggested that....
"I know that but the people up on psych aren't the best. Maybe she could have wandered into one of the rooms and they overlooked her." Louis firmly forced down annoyance at his son's reaction. Why did Elmer always jump to the conclusion that anything he said was some sort of criticism?
"That's true." Hook said, a slightly bemused expression coming onto his face as he thought of the seeming idiots that they had in charge of the psych floor. Despite how Jesse had tried to cover it up as suicides, everyone knew that two patients had been murdered up there.
"Hey!" Just then they heard a voice calling and looked up to see Sonny coming down the hallway with Dr. Havens right behind him. "Have you found Lona yet? I checked the labs that no one's using and there's no sign of her."
"No, we haven't." Hook said. "Hey, Henry, it looks like you might have been the last person to see Lona. Did you notice anything, anything at all that might help us out here?"
"Not really." Dr. Havens said with a shake of his head. Ever since he had talked to Louis and found out about what was going on with Lona, he had kept running his encounter with her the night before over and over in his mind searching for some sort of clue that he might have missed.
"I've thought about it and thought about it but she just didn't say anything. We just basically passed in the hallway and said goodnight.
That's all. The only thing I could think of is that she did look pale."
He paused for a moment as he though of how Lona had appeared. "She was sweating a bit too, now that I think of it." he continued slowly. "I didn't think much of it at the time but...." If Lona was sick, though,
where would she be?
"Does anyone know if she has a private doctor or something?" Sonny asked. "If someone can give me a name, I could go and check that out. I don't have surgery with Stegman for a couple more hours." Surgery with Stegman. After working with that idiot in the OR for long enough, he was afraid his only job qualifications would be for the position of butcher.
And he was a vegetarian too.
"Dr. Fredricks over on 5 east," Louis said with a nod. That was a good idea. If Lona had been sick, maybe she had wandered over into the office area of the building. That might explain why she hadn't been found.
Those sections were practically deserted at night.
Sonny nodded and headed off down the hallway. Okay, at first he had thought that maybe Lona was trying to get away from Elmer but with how everyone else was reacting, he just didn't like the way this thing was looking.
"Hey, no sign of Lona?" Carrie called as she came down the hall with one of the other nurses, Liz, behind her.
"Nothing." Chris said with a shake of her head.
"Well, I was telling Liz what's going on and she had an idea."
Carrie said.
"You know, there are a couple of free clinics in the area." Liz said. She had heard the rumors about Lona, of course, but hadn't believed them. Hearing what Carrie had told her about what the others believed had happened made much more sense. "If Lona didn't have on her lab coat for some reason, no one would likely connect her to the hospital. It's possible if she was sick last night and wandered off that someone saw her and took her to one of those places. Would you like me to check?"
Elmer's eyes widened as he listened to Liz. It had never occurred to him that Lona might have left the hospital, that she could be wandering the streets somewhere where who knows what could happen to her. He felt himself slightly hyperventilating as he thought about it. If Lona was on the streets lost and sick....
"Elmer, I know a lot of those people from working with Reverand Jimmy. They wouldn't hurt Lona." Liz said firmly but gently. "Do you want me to check? I can get the people from the mission to help too. If she did wander off, if anyone could find her, it would be them."
"Good idea." Hook said as he nodded in agreement to Liz's suggestion. "As for the rest of us, all I can think of is to take the building from top to bottom and look for her. There has to be something in here somewhere that will help us. Lona couldn't have just disappeared without a trace."
after all, maybe she could have wandered into one of them accidentally.
Nothing, though, and Carried had had to leave to help up on Peds. Where could Lona be? Elmer was barely able to keep the panic from overwhelming him now. Something had happened to her, he just knew it.
"No sign of her?" Hook asked as he looked up and saw Elmer. The emergency room had been packed and he and Chris had only just managed to finish checking every nook and cranny of it. Lona could have definitely got overlooked down there especially if she fell asleep but there had been no sign of her. His worry was starting to slowly increase much as Elmer's was. Something was definitely off about this. Lona wouldn't just disappear. He looked over at Elmer for a moment before shaking his head firmly, forcing that thought resolutely away. No, no matter how much Elmer was pestering her, she wouldn't just vanish.
"Carrie helped me check the bathrooms and Sonny went downstairs to check the unused labs in case she maybe wandered in and...." What if she was really sick, what if she had wandered off somewhere and.... They had to find her. Every fiber of Elmer's being was crying for him not to just stand there, to get busy searching for her but somehow he resisted. Where would he even look?
"I couldn't find anything in the lounges either." Louis said as he shook his head as Hook and Chris both did as well. "Does anyone else have any ideas for where she could be?" Patient rooms? Maybe they ought to start checking the patient rooms? They were pretty full so he didn't see how Lona could have wandered into a room without being found quickly but.
"What about the psych floor?"
"Lona's not crazy!" Elmer almost shouted as he glared at his father. How could he have even suggested that....
"I know that but the people up on psych aren't the best. Maybe she could have wandered into one of the rooms and they overlooked her." Louis firmly forced down annoyance at his son's reaction. Why did Elmer always jump to the conclusion that anything he said was some sort of criticism?
"That's true." Hook said, a slightly bemused expression coming onto his face as he thought of the seeming idiots that they had in charge of the psych floor. Despite how Jesse had tried to cover it up as suicides, everyone knew that two patients had been murdered up there.
"Hey!" Just then they heard a voice calling and looked up to see Sonny coming down the hallway with Dr. Havens right behind him. "Have you found Lona yet? I checked the labs that no one's using and there's no sign of her."
"No, we haven't." Hook said. "Hey, Henry, it looks like you might have been the last person to see Lona. Did you notice anything, anything at all that might help us out here?"
"Not really." Dr. Havens said with a shake of his head. Ever since he had talked to Louis and found out about what was going on with Lona, he had kept running his encounter with her the night before over and over in his mind searching for some sort of clue that he might have missed.
"I've thought about it and thought about it but she just didn't say anything. We just basically passed in the hallway and said goodnight.
That's all. The only thing I could think of is that she did look pale."
He paused for a moment as he though of how Lona had appeared. "She was sweating a bit too, now that I think of it." he continued slowly. "I didn't think much of it at the time but...." If Lona was sick, though,
where would she be?
"Does anyone know if she has a private doctor or something?" Sonny asked. "If someone can give me a name, I could go and check that out. I don't have surgery with Stegman for a couple more hours." Surgery with Stegman. After working with that idiot in the OR for long enough, he was afraid his only job qualifications would be for the position of butcher.
And he was a vegetarian too.
"Dr. Fredricks over on 5 east," Louis said with a nod. That was a good idea. If Lona had been sick, maybe she had wandered over into the office area of the building. That might explain why she hadn't been found.
Those sections were practically deserted at night.
Sonny nodded and headed off down the hallway. Okay, at first he had thought that maybe Lona was trying to get away from Elmer but with how everyone else was reacting, he just didn't like the way this thing was looking.
"Hey, no sign of Lona?" Carrie called as she came down the hall with one of the other nurses, Liz, behind her.
"Nothing." Chris said with a shake of her head.
"Well, I was telling Liz what's going on and she had an idea."
Carrie said.
"You know, there are a couple of free clinics in the area." Liz said. She had heard the rumors about Lona, of course, but hadn't believed them. Hearing what Carrie had told her about what the others believed had happened made much more sense. "If Lona didn't have on her lab coat for some reason, no one would likely connect her to the hospital. It's possible if she was sick last night and wandered off that someone saw her and took her to one of those places. Would you like me to check?"
Elmer's eyes widened as he listened to Liz. It had never occurred to him that Lona might have left the hospital, that she could be wandering the streets somewhere where who knows what could happen to her. He felt himself slightly hyperventilating as he thought about it. If Lona was on the streets lost and sick....
"Elmer, I know a lot of those people from working with Reverand Jimmy. They wouldn't hurt Lona." Liz said firmly but gently. "Do you want me to check? I can get the people from the mission to help too. If she did wander off, if anyone could find her, it would be them."
"Good idea." Hook said as he nodded in agreement to Liz's suggestion. "As for the rest of us, all I can think of is to take the building from top to bottom and look for her. There has to be something in here somewhere that will help us. Lona couldn't have just disappeared without a trace."