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This Chapter is for Willow Edmond Thanks for Letting me borrow your word Glittersauce !
If you want to know: The story is The Road to Her Hart.
It was fifteen minutes later when the ambulance pulled into the hospital. The EMT's rushed Machelle into the emergency ward and the doctors took over.
Hunter and Vince pulled in a parking stall. Minutes later the other two men came screeching into the park aide. Dean and Roman got out of the car and met the other men at the park aide door leading to the emergency entrance. Hunter had called the two guys from the car and left a message on their cell phones. To make sure they knew what was going on. He also called Cecil the pilot. Knowing that the two men were going to land soon. Bill and Detective Orton met them at the Front. "Gentleman this is Bill Torino. He's a Private Detective that was working with Jamie." Detective Orton said.
"It's nice to meet you Bill." Hunter said.
Before Bill could return his greeting, Vince interrupted. "Maybe, I should have hired someone. Got her to stay with Linda and I or you and Stephanie." He said looking at Hunter. Vince felt like it was his fault for Machelle getting hurt. Hunter put his hand on Vince's shoulder hoping to try and comfort him and keep him calm.
"It would have just postponed it Vince." Detective Orton said trying to make the older man feel better. "He was desperate. He would have gone after her. Regardless of where or who she was with."
"Okay, okay, I get it. So what is going to happen now?" Vince asked feeling a little better.
"Well, now I have Jeremy for assault and battery and attempted murder. He will be going away regardless of any other evidence we find." He said.
"No!" Bill said practically screaming. "You have him for murder. Like I told you on the phone when you called. There is new evidence we have just found out about in the last few hours."
Just as he was about to explain, a doctor came walking out from behind the emergency doors.
"I am looking for the friends of Machelle Stuart." The man said.
"That's us." Dean said and stepped forward.
The doctor walked towards the six gentlemen. He stopped in front of them.
"Gentleman, I'm Dr. Jackson," He said, "I'm an orthopedic surgeon. The X-rays taken of Ms. Stuart's shoulder and arm showed extensive damage, I'll need to perform surgery to fix it. They all nodded.
"How long will that take?" Roman asked.
She should be out in about three hours, depending on how much damage we find once we open her up," he said. "We'll make sure to keep you informed. Don't worry, this is fairly routine surgery, if there are any complications, we'll let you know." He smiled, trying to set the men at ease. "Don't worry, she's in good hands." And with that, he turned around and left the waiting room.
"Okay, Now what do we do while we wait?" Dean asked.
"I would like to know what you meant, Bill." Detective Orton asked looking at the man.
"Well, I think you guys should sit down for what I'm about to tell you. So let's go grab a coffee." Bill suggested.
They found the hospital cafeteria easily and in a few minutes were all sitting down with cups of coffee. Bill didn't waste any time in getting started.
"First, I would like to tell you that Jamie was a good friend. He helped me and many others, he had a good heart." He looked at each one that was sitting in front of him, and then added "Anyway, I'm getting off topic. I almost have all the evidence I need. Jeremy left a good trail for us to follow."
"I have forged cheques the bank has sent and a paper trail," Bill continued, taking a sip of his coffee. "Jamie called me in as soon as he suspected someone was trying to kill him. We also found this," he reached in his pocket and pulled out a flash drive.
"Jamie's lawyer found a letter in one of the boxes he had. A letter from a Dr. Willow Glittersauce saying Jamie was sick. He had an inoperable brain tumor." He wiped his eyes; he went into his briefcase and took out his computer. After booting it up, he put the flash drive in and pressed play.
Start of Video:
They see Jamie sitting at his desk. Typing on his computer. There was a knock on his office door. Jamie stands up to greet the person. It was Jeremy. There is some small talk back and forth from the two friends. They see Jamie walk back to his desk, and sit down in his office chair. Jamie then shows Jeremy something on his computer. You can see Jeremy was getting mad waving his hands. Jamie stands up. Jeremy pushes him. Jamie falls on the floor. Then Jeremy pulls out a gun and shoots Jamie in the head. Then the video shows Jeremy go into Jamie's safe in the office. Jeremy then takes money out. Then put it into an envelope. Then he leaves.
END VIDEO.
After the video ended the men looked at Bill speechless. After a few minutes he explained some of the things that happened.
"This all started Two months before Machelle came. Before the video cameras were installed. Jamie had his suspicions of Jeremy when he started asking him for money for a debt he owed. Jeremy was constantly asking to borrow money that's why Jamie refused to help him this time. Then Jeremy started getting violent with him. Jeremy had found the letter from the doctor. So he tried to strong arm him into giving him the money he needed. Jamie was still well enough to fight him off. Then Jamie asked me to put video surveillance in his house and at the office. He didn't trust Jeremy anymore. Jeremy would go into Jamie's office after hours and take cheques and sometimes cash that Jamie had in the safe. Jamie then had his accountant look at the books. Where the accountant had found suspicious cheques made out to Jeremy. We didn't have a lot of evidence at the time until the cameras were installed." Bill said looking at everyone.
"I swear to you Jamie thought this would be settled before Machelle came. He made sure Machelle had all the previsions she would need. He was going to tell her about his disease. I know this is a lot to take in." he said looking at the men that worked with Jamie.
Then turning to detective Orton he said. "Like I said, you have your evidence to put him away for a long time." He finished.
After a long silence the detective got his cell out of his jacket and called the station. "Book Jeremy Mains for murder. We have found last minute video evidence of him murdering Jamie McKeana. I'll bring it in. I'll be there in half an hour" He said and hung up the phone.
A few minutes later Dr. Jackson came into the cafeteria. Seeing the six men he walks over to the table. "I just wanted to give you guys an update. The operation to repair her shoulder and her arm went well. Machelle is in recovery and doing very good. You gentlemen can go and see her in about 15 minutes if you like. If you will excuse me. I have another couple hours until I'm done here." He then turned and walked to get some coffee.
After finishing their coffee the men made their way out of the cafeteria and up to the third floor.
They stopped first at the nurse's station to find out what room she was in. Going to the room, they Peeked, in trying not to disturb her if she was sleeping.
"I'm awake, the nurse just gave me drugs for the pain but, you guys you can come in for a bit." she said, trying not to fall asleep again.
"We won't stay long Machelle you need to rest. We all just wanted to see you." Vince said going over to her right side. He looked at her taped up arm. Hunter stood beside him. Dean and Roman on the left. Detective Orton stood at the end of the bed.
"That's okay. I knew you guys would be coming to visit. The doctor said I might be out in time for the meeting." She said sleepily.
"Don't you worry about the meeting," Vince reassured her, "You just get better and rest."
"What is going to happen to Jeremy? I mean is he going to jail?" she asked.
"He's been arrested for murder." Detective Orton said. Then added "We might need you to testify. But you won't have to worry about him anymore. He's going to jail for a long time."
"Good to hear-". She started to say, but, before she could finish, the drugs started to kick in and she fell asleep.