*Shelby*
“Good news Shelby,” the kind nurse with curly black hair said as she walked into my hospital room.
“I get to go home today?” I offered, hoping she was coming in with my discharge paperwork.
I had been promised I would get to go home today as long as I didn’t show any worrisome symptoms during the night, which I hadn’t. I couldn’t wait to get home and let my family and friends know that I was still in one piece. I knew that Lin must be frantic with worry after I told her I was on my way home, then fell off the grid for two days. I’d asked the nurses to call her, but it wouldn’t be the same as me calling her myself.
“Well, yes, that is good news, but this news is different,” she held something behind her back as she made her way to my bedside.
“Come on, the suspense is killing me,” I said with a little laugh.
“One of the officers working your case just stopped by. They found your wallet,” she said, pulling my black leather wallet from behind her back.
