A/N: Thoughts are in italics.
A/N: Hope you are enjoying the story so far. Sorry if it is taking me a while to post chapters. The ideas are coming kind of slow, plus I have another story I am working on right now. Please be patient.
About 8 am the next morning, Albrecht stopped back at the hospital and headed back up to the ICU to check on Cari and Top Dollar.
No, Michael…hell, he was still Top Dollar to him. As he got off the elevator, he noticed Cari curled up asleep in a chair with a hospital issued blanket tucked in around her. He wondered what happened, and why she wasn't in the room with her brother. As he approached the guard outside the door, the guard noticing the look on Albrecht's face, stood up and started explaining.
"She was removed from the room last night."
"Why? I gave her clearance to be in there!"
"Not my fault Detective, Top Dollar almost died last night. The doctor and nurses had her removed."
"Then why-
"By the time they got him stable again, poor thing had already fallen back asleep. I didn't have the heart to wake her."
Albrecht just looked at the girl. He walked over to her knowing he had to wake her up.
Shaking her gently he said, "Cari, rise and shine."
"Mmph…," her eyes slowly opening, "Albrecht?"
"Yeah, morning kid."
Is it morning already?
"What time is it?" Cari asked, slowly stretching, trying to shake the sleep from her brain.
"A little after 8."
"Is Michael alright?"
This girl doesn't waste any time.
"They got him stabilized."
"Can I …
"Sure go ahead," Albrecht said, knowing she wanted to go see her brother.
Cari went back in the room and resumed her normal vigil spot at his side. Albrecht stood in the doorway, lost in thought. With all this monster had done, all the pain he had caused, how could he have a sister that loved him so much?
Did she know what he had done over the years? What horrendous crimes he had committed? Was she aware of his criminal activity? Was she involved in any of it?
And most important…what was going to happen to her now?