"huh" right now, Mr Lockhart was utterly confused. The woman didn't looked like someone who was a hard drug taker.
"I believe it was injected into her body. There are two needle mark on her upper arm which were slightly bleeding and it was taken care of . That could also lead to infection" the doctor added.
"Doc, I don't believe the woman takes hard drugs" Mr Lockhart said and the doctor could only nod.
"Is she badly affected by the cocaine?".
"Well, for now I would like to say no. Although, she had been giving a huge dose of Cocaine, this would only affect temporarily. But right now she has abnormalities in the brain which is kind of strange" the doctor informed them.
"Why doc?" Lucas asked.
"Well as we all know, cocaine is a stimulant. It makes a person feel high and energetic before a person starts to feel the after effect. But in her case, it did the complete opposite which is very rare. Rather than making her energetic, I believe all her energy was drained. This was the reason she collapsed earlier. And because it couldn't do it job properly, it affect her blood system making her cough blood"...
Right now, everyone in her office looked so confused. Why wouldn't they be? No one really understood what she was saying.
The doctor smiled and took of her glasses. "Am trying to say, that right now she's very weak. And I believe the reason is because she was already stressed out before she was injected. The stress had already affect her and the cocaine worsened it."...she concluded.
Although Mr Lockhart wasn't as confused as before, but Lucas and Thomas were forever confused.
"Can I see her?" He asked softly.
"Hmm, sure you can" after being given permission,he stood up and entered the room she was kept in.
She was currently unconscious and the doctor were trying hard to drain much cocaine out of her body.
He couldn't even move to go closer to her bed. He stood rooted to the ground unable to move. He felt touch seeing her like this. He couldn't even imagine his own mother in this condition. And he didn't even want to imagine how Mira would take it.
"Ouch. So sad" Lucas said and they all left the room.
"What are you going to tell the girl about her mother?" Lucas asked but Mr Lockhart didn't answer.
He didn't answer because he didn't even know what he would tell her. He remembered those tearful eyes of hers and he couldn't even imagine how they'll Look by the time she finds her mother in this condition.
And he certainly didn't want to find out. For now , he thought the best thing was for her not to know till her mother recovered.
"Let's go to the office"
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7 hours later..
"Hello, Mr Lockhart, the appeal has been granted. She can be bailed" Mr Chris informed him.
"Oh...that's good..I'll meet you in the station". He said and cut off the call. Tidying his paper work, he left his office. He called Lucas and told him to meet him in the station as soon as he's done.
It wasn't closing time yet but he still left. On his way out of the computer, he phoned home and told them to prepare a room.
Hurried to the car and in no time, they arrived at the station.
The lawyer was already there completing the formalities needed and Mira was there standing next to him.
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After Mr handsome left with the officer, Mira continued to wallow in her pains. Again, her tummy rumbled with hunger.
"Here have this. If not you will starve yourself to death" the female officer again offered her food. But this time, it was the terrible jail food like last night. This time, she gave mira her breakfast of tea and biscuit.
"But won't you be hungry? Don't worry about..." Mira was saying but the officer interrupted.
"No need Mira. I Know your not used to jail food that's why you couldn't eat yesterday but at least have this. I can't you to starve. That would be inhumane of me" the officer stated and Mira smiled at her and happily had the breakfast offered to her.
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....In the evening....
All Mira did through out the day was to Pace up and down in her cell while wondering where her mom was . She also wished Kira was here but then she travelled . She could blame her , although somewhere deep down, she was kinda upset that Kira wasn't here to comfort her...but it's alright.
The female officer also tried to keep her company, engaging her in little conversation.
She had come to learn that the woman was a widow like her own mother but she didn't have any child. And since she didn't have any child to keep her company, she decided to join the police. Actually, her dreams were to become a lawyer but that didn't work out as expected. Although Mira asked, the officer didn't want to talk about it. She called it a painful memory. Just like what Mira was going through. This was a painful memory and she would never forget it.
"I believe you won't sleep here again tonight" the officer informed her after a long silence.
"Why do you say so?" Just then,a male officer came with the keys to her cell.
"Come out young lady" he said and opened the cell and Mira came out confused but Happy. Finally her mom came to bail her out.
She looked at the female officer who had become her Friend in a day and she gave her a smile. Mira returned the smile and followed the male officer lead.
But when she got the desk of the officer that arrested her, she didn't see her mom.
'where's mom?' she asked herself
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"Have a seat miss" the officer that arrested her said and she took a seat beside a man who she suspected was the lawyer.
"You have been bailed out" the officer announced and mira nodded.
"But where's my mom?"
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He saw everything, right from when she was carried in the car to when she was taken to the hospital. He followed their trail so as not to lose them. He had to find out which hospital she was be taken to.
They drove into the hospital as soon as the gates were opened.
"Ma'am, someone saved the woman and she has been taken to the hospital" he called on phone and told the woman who gave him the work.
"Hmm...as soon as they leave, enter the hospital, look for her room and still give her the dose" she replied back.
"Copied. " And then the call ended.
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