Chapter 4 : The Case.
Nearly two weeks passed after these events until one morning, when Lilly hadn't arrived yet; a woman arrived wanting to see Detective Rush about a 15 year old case. Instead she got Scotty and explained him what this was about: in 1991, 18 infants were found dead in the nursery of St-John Hospital in Philadelphia. The woman who came was in fact a nurse at that hospital and she had noticed there had been a few suspect deaths in the past six months in the same nursery after a 15 year break.
After the nurse left, Scotty searched for his boss and told him about the case. Stillman assigned the three in the search of new evidences and of the cases. Jeffries finally found a box in the basement with the right files. He then brought it back upstairs and they began reading.
-18 deaths of healthy babies in the same hospital in less than a year in our country, don't you think it's a bit suspect? asked Vera to the others
-What were the causes of death? said Jeffries
-In all the cases it was sudden death of the infant on children with no respiratory problems or something like that.
-Did parents charge the hospital?
-Most of the time, yes, in fact more than the half but there weren't any pursuits. answered Scotty
The boys then began reading each folder separately until they found the last, from the month of December that was titled "Roseanne Mary Rush; born: 12/02/91; deceased: 12/04/91". It was Vera who opened it and the others soon saw his face turn white/grey when he read the name of the mother "Lillian Rush".
-Do you think it's our Lilly? he asked
-Look at the date of birth. answered Jeffries
Scotty knew it was their Lilly but wasn't decided to tell it to the others fearing her reaction if she learned it. He didn't want to hurt her more, so it was the kind of subject to avoid or it could have really big consequences. He also wondered why she hadn't arrived yet because she usually was the first of them at work. Maybe she was sick or she had an appointment somewhere.
I know I'm not really fast in writing this fic, but I have a lot of homework and I've just come back of a trip to Rome with school. I'm sorry if I don't answer the reviews but I don't have much time, even for my book, which is one of my priorities, so I'm extremely busy.
Roseanne's date of birth is in fact mine but I didn't have much idea.