"Hey, Mrs. Druse!" Hook called as he stepped off of the elevator
followed by Chris.
"Dr. Hook, could I ask what's going on?" Sally asked with a worried expression on her face. Since the morning before, she had noticed that the staff had seemed tense, like they were worried about something and it seemed that the tension was growing. She had even felt it when she tried to reach out to the little lost spirit of the hospital. Little Mary was definitely extremely agitated.
"We have a minor little situation on our hands." Hook said with a shake of his head. I wasn't sure this was exactly the best thing to do.
After all, Lona had only been missing a short time and it felt a tiny bit like giving up to be turning to the spirits to try to locate her, like he was thinking that Lona might be amongst them now. He honestly didn't see how he couldn't ask Mrs. Druse for help, though. Lona deserved for them to try every possible avenue to find her, no matter how strange. "You know Dr. Massingale, right?"
"Of course." Sally said with a nod. "She's very nice. Not much of a believer in the supernatural, of course, but very nice and a good doctor. Has something happened to her?"
"That's the problem." Chris said. "Lona's missing. No one's seen her since the night before last and someone left a note in Dr. James's office saying that she resigned."
"The type doesn't match what Lona uses though, and her car's still down in the lot. And her stuff's still in her house." Hook continued.
"We've searched everywhere for her and so far we're getting nowhere. About all that we know is that when Lona left, she was looking like she might be starting to get sick with something." Hook paused for a minute, debating with himself, before continuing. "Listen, could I get you to do something for us? I don't know how you usually do them or if it would even help in this case but if you would consider doing some sort of séance, trying to find out what in the world happened to Lona...." No, he firmly told himself, asking for a séance was NOT giving up on Lona. They knew the hospital was haunted by little Mary. They needed to ask anyone who might have seen anything for help so it was only common sense for them to turn to Sally for assistance in contacting Mary. Possibly the little girl might have seen something.
"Of course, anything to help." Sally said as she looked at Hook with concern. "Have you contacted the police?"
"They're on their way." Suddenly Hook looked up as he heard his name being called over the intercom. "And it looks like they're here now.
Listen, I have to go but just let me know what help you need for the séance, okay? We really appreciate this."
"Do you think a séance might really help?" Chris asked as soon as the elevator doors shut. Okay, she knew that Hook had seen some weird things here and she was far from a skeptic but still....
"Nothing else has worked so far. Why not give it a try, especially if the police don't find anything? Maybe that little ghost girl saw something. It seems like she really gets around the hospital after all."
A few minutes later, they stepped off the elevator and entered the lobby. Hook was pleased to see that two plain clothes detectives were with Otto this time instead of the officers that the local police department usually sent them.
"Dr. Hook, this is Detective Ryan and Detective Rogers of the Lewiston Police Department." Otto felt slightly relieved when he saw the doctor approaching. Although they hadn't said anything, the simple presence of the officers was making him feel that he had totally failed at his job. Not that he didn't already feel that way, of course, especially with the situation with Lona. How could she have just vanished without a trace?
"Gentlemen, I'm Dr. Hook and this is Dr. Draper. I'm the one who called you about Dr. Massingale's disappearance. Would you like to go somewhere more comfortable so I can tell you what we know?" Hook asked as he faced the two detectives, holding out his hand for each to shake in turn.
"Yes, and then we will be wanting to see the note that was left."
Detective Rogers, the senior officer said. "We'll need to take it for printing. Also, we'll need to set up interviews with any of your staff that might have seen Dr. Massingale on the night in question."
"We understand that you're running a hospital and we'll try to be as discrete as possible." Detective Ryan added. "We do need to talk to everyone who had contact with Dr. Massingale, though. The smallest clue,
something someone might not even realize they have, could be vital to finding her."
"Of course." Hook said with a nod as he motioned for the officers to follow him to the elevator. He paused for a moment before deciding where to take them. "We'll take you to Dr. James's office for the letter and then you can conduct your interviews there. We're all very concerned about Dr. Massingale's welfare. We just want her found as soon as possible and well. They had to find Lona. That was all there was to it. If they didn't find Lona, he didn't know how he would break it to Elmer. They had to find her.
"Dr. Hook, could I ask what's going on?" Sally asked with a worried expression on her face. Since the morning before, she had noticed that the staff had seemed tense, like they were worried about something and it seemed that the tension was growing. She had even felt it when she tried to reach out to the little lost spirit of the hospital. Little Mary was definitely extremely agitated.
"We have a minor little situation on our hands." Hook said with a shake of his head. I wasn't sure this was exactly the best thing to do.
After all, Lona had only been missing a short time and it felt a tiny bit like giving up to be turning to the spirits to try to locate her, like he was thinking that Lona might be amongst them now. He honestly didn't see how he couldn't ask Mrs. Druse for help, though. Lona deserved for them to try every possible avenue to find her, no matter how strange. "You know Dr. Massingale, right?"
"Of course." Sally said with a nod. "She's very nice. Not much of a believer in the supernatural, of course, but very nice and a good doctor. Has something happened to her?"
"That's the problem." Chris said. "Lona's missing. No one's seen her since the night before last and someone left a note in Dr. James's office saying that she resigned."
"The type doesn't match what Lona uses though, and her car's still down in the lot. And her stuff's still in her house." Hook continued.
"We've searched everywhere for her and so far we're getting nowhere. About all that we know is that when Lona left, she was looking like she might be starting to get sick with something." Hook paused for a minute, debating with himself, before continuing. "Listen, could I get you to do something for us? I don't know how you usually do them or if it would even help in this case but if you would consider doing some sort of séance, trying to find out what in the world happened to Lona...." No, he firmly told himself, asking for a séance was NOT giving up on Lona. They knew the hospital was haunted by little Mary. They needed to ask anyone who might have seen anything for help so it was only common sense for them to turn to Sally for assistance in contacting Mary. Possibly the little girl might have seen something.
"Of course, anything to help." Sally said as she looked at Hook with concern. "Have you contacted the police?"
"They're on their way." Suddenly Hook looked up as he heard his name being called over the intercom. "And it looks like they're here now.
Listen, I have to go but just let me know what help you need for the séance, okay? We really appreciate this."
"Do you think a séance might really help?" Chris asked as soon as the elevator doors shut. Okay, she knew that Hook had seen some weird things here and she was far from a skeptic but still....
"Nothing else has worked so far. Why not give it a try, especially if the police don't find anything? Maybe that little ghost girl saw something. It seems like she really gets around the hospital after all."
A few minutes later, they stepped off the elevator and entered the lobby. Hook was pleased to see that two plain clothes detectives were with Otto this time instead of the officers that the local police department usually sent them.
"Dr. Hook, this is Detective Ryan and Detective Rogers of the Lewiston Police Department." Otto felt slightly relieved when he saw the doctor approaching. Although they hadn't said anything, the simple presence of the officers was making him feel that he had totally failed at his job. Not that he didn't already feel that way, of course, especially with the situation with Lona. How could she have just vanished without a trace?
"Gentlemen, I'm Dr. Hook and this is Dr. Draper. I'm the one who called you about Dr. Massingale's disappearance. Would you like to go somewhere more comfortable so I can tell you what we know?" Hook asked as he faced the two detectives, holding out his hand for each to shake in turn.
"Yes, and then we will be wanting to see the note that was left."
Detective Rogers, the senior officer said. "We'll need to take it for printing. Also, we'll need to set up interviews with any of your staff that might have seen Dr. Massingale on the night in question."
"We understand that you're running a hospital and we'll try to be as discrete as possible." Detective Ryan added. "We do need to talk to everyone who had contact with Dr. Massingale, though. The smallest clue,
something someone might not even realize they have, could be vital to finding her."
"Of course." Hook said with a nod as he motioned for the officers to follow him to the elevator. He paused for a moment before deciding where to take them. "We'll take you to Dr. James's office for the letter and then you can conduct your interviews there. We're all very concerned about Dr. Massingale's welfare. We just want her found as soon as possible and well. They had to find Lona. That was all there was to it. If they didn't find Lona, he didn't know how he would break it to Elmer. They had to find her.