"I can't let my baby stay here any longer," Mr Burnett was saying, "not after she got shot."
"Ryan, with all do respect, Mercy won't be able to get out of that bed for at least a week, and it's too dangerous to move her now," Tyler explained, having spent a lot of time with the doctor in the past day.
"But she's not safe!" Mrs Burnett exclaimed.
"We can assign a deputy to her door if that makes you feel better," the Sheriff walked towards us where we were sitting in the waiting area. "I heard about what happened and I came to ask Mercy some questions."
"She just resting right now," Mrs Burnett told him, "but she'll be awake soon."
"In that case, could I ask you for what you know?"
"I just heard a gunshot and then ran towards it and found Mercy," Tyler stated.
"Same," Ryder spoke up.
Sheriff Keller turned to Betty, Alice and I. "And you just heard about it by a phone call, right?" he questioned.
Betty and I nodded. "Same with Toni and Cheryl, so they didn't see anything."
"Can you think of anyone who would want to harm Mercy?"
I thought for a minute. Mercy had been herself - kind- to everyone one she had met since she had come here. "No one who would want to hurt her," I told the Sheriff, "but I know a few people who have a grudge against me."
The Sheriff nodded, probably having heard all about my kidnapping etc from his son, Kevin. A nurse came in then, telling us that Mercy was awake and ready to have more visitors. I volunteered to accompany Sheriff Keller as he asked Mercy some questions. I pulled up another chair beside Mercy's bed while the Sheriff sat down in the armchair.
"What do you remember from what happened?" he questioned.
Mercy let out a breath through pursed lips. "Not that much; I was just walking to Tyler's place to talk with Ryder, and suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder, then everything went black," Mercy recalled.
"Did you see someone?" Sheriff Keller questioned, jotting down notes in his notebook.
Mercy tilted her head and closed her eyes. "I think I remember seeing someone in black, darting behind a building when as I fell."
"What can you tell me about this person? Height, hair colour, facial features?" The Sheriff and I both leant forward in our chairs.
"The person was short, like still a teen or something, and I saw a flash of blue hair, I think," Mercy looked up. "I could be wrong. I did black out."
I placed my hand upon Mercy's comfortingly while the Sheriff peppered her with further questions which revealed nothing but that of what we already knew. Although the Sheriff told us to keep safe when he left, I was already planning how to investigate this myself.
...oOo…
"Where are you going?" Ryder's words stopped me in my tracks as I was on the way to the hospital exit. I turned slowly, smiling.
"I was just going to…" I trailed off, unable to think of an excuse quick enough. I sighed when Ryder tilted his head with a questioning look. "Fine. I'm going to look at the crime-scene, see if I can find anything."
I expected Ryder to stop me, but instead, he grabbed his coat and led the way outside. I definitely had an amazing boyfriend.
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