Chapter
27
“Dead?” Kevin exploded. “Who is it?”
“They wouldn’t release that information to
me Mr. Richardson. All they told me was that Mr. Littrell was found and
that 2 people are seriously injured and one died instantly.”
“You better be finding out Daniels or...”
Kevin started to say before he was pulled back by a concerned looking Howie.
“Calm down Kev this isn’t his fault.
Let’s just go down there and see what happened, Brian probably wasn’t
even hurt at all and is just waiting for us to come pick him up.” Howie
explained, trying to cover his disbelief in his words by a strong voice.
“But there is a problem with that, I can’t
take you to the crime scene, you will have to wait here until we get finished
gathering information.”
“You are wrong Daniels, we are going whether
you like it or not. You can either cooperate with us and take us or we
will flag down a cab and follow you there, take your pick. For your sake
I hope you pick the first option.”
“Woah what a minute Kev.” AJ said for
the first time contributing to the conversation. “You don’t need to sound
like you are going to kill the poor guy. He probably can’t take you for
your own safety.”
“Yeah I know AJ. But I just need
to be there for Brian. If he is hurt, he will freak out if he doesn’t
recognize anyone. I know if I was in his situation I would want someone I
know to be there with me right away.” Kevin explained emotionally, his
usually straight posture slumped over in defeat and his arms hanging lifelessly
by his side until he raised one hand up to his face.
“I’ll tell you guys what, I will probably get written
up for this but only one or two of you can go, not all three of you. Just
make sure when you get there you stay out of the way, ok?”
Everyone nodded in agreement then looked around the room at each other with
nervous eyes. “I will stay with Nicky, you two go and be sure to tell
Brian we are glad he is back. Man, at least one of our worries will be
solved.” AJ said.
Kevin and Howie nodded as they followed Officer Davis out of the waiting room
and rushed towards the elevator, seconds later running to where the police
cruiser was parked. AJ watched silently from the window as they pulled
out of the parking lot at a neck-breaking speed. “I just hope Brian is
alright. Please let him be alright.”
***
Approximately seven minutes later, the police
cruiser approached a small, secluded neighborhood. It look just like any
other peaceful neighborhood except there were several police cruisers and two
ambulances and even one CHANNEL TEN NEWS van parked in the street.
“Damn.” Kevin cursed as he jumped out of the police cruiser even before it had
come to a halt.
“Mr. Richardson, wait!” Kevin heard Officer Daniel’s voice call and he slowed
down his walk, giving the officer and Howie enough time to catch up.
“You two will need to wait over there,” he explained as he pointed to an area
of spectators to the side. “They are getting ready to transport the
victims out of there.” Both Kevin and Howie nodded and slowly walked
over to the side where they were indicated to go, both casting looks over their
shoulders with every few steps.
Once Officer Daniels made sure the two young men who arrived with him were at a
safe distance away, he broke into a run and dashed into the house, quickly
running down the stairs to the basement ready to assist in any way he could.
***
After a few minutes of pacing, Kevin let out
an aggravated sigh, suddenly there was a loud shout from the crowd and Kevin
looked towards the house entrance, seeing a group of officers and paramedics
pushing two stretchers out. Both people on the stretchers seemed to be
alive for both were slightly moving. Kevin broke away from the crowd and
ran towards the two stretchers, his heart falling once he saw the two men, none
of them were Brian. He looked quickly around to make sure that for some
reason in all the excitement he had somehow missed Brian coming out of the
house.
“They are bringing the fatally wounded victim up here next.” a young paramedic
announced from the side of a large, aggressive looking man lying on the stretcher.
Kevin gasped when he looked at the entrance and saw Officer Daniels and another
officer pushing a stretcher with a small figure of about a 5'7" height on
the stretcher with a sheet pulled over the body, signaling that the person was
dead. Kevin felt his breaths come in gasps when he realized who the
person under the sheet was and he let out a scream, deep in anguish straight
from the depths of his soul.
***
