"Oooh!"
"What is keeping them?"
Him in particular.
She had not seen Gerald since they took him further inside the station. The detective said they would only talk to him, but it had been almost an hour.
Even the shadow of Mike seemed to be missing. She had not seen him either as she sat in the office of the Captain. But at least they tried to make her wait comfortably.
"Are you sure you don't need anything?" One of the female police officers asked as she entered the private room, probably checking on her.
But she had repeatedly told them that she was alright. She did not need to go to the hospital, nor did she need anything at all. But eventually, she asked for a cold drink, feeling the parchedness of her lips and throat.
"Just water," Haley said, knowing she could not eat anything with her nerves going haywire.
