Ten minutes later, Ashure pulled into a parking space outside of the hospital. Tonya unbuckled her seat belt and pushed open the door before he could come around to do it for her. He met her in front of the car, and they walked across the dimly lit parking lot to the emergency room.
Tonya walked up to the reception desk. “Max Bennett was brought in a short while ago,” she said.
The receptionist looked up at the same time as the officer sitting next to her. “I’m sorry, I can’t release information about patients unless they are family,” the woman said.
Tonya nodded and swallowed. “I’m his daughter,” she said.
The woman gave her a look of disbelief. “I—” she started to say.
Tonya looked at the officer next to her. “Call Captain Conrad Rand. Tell him that Tonya Maitland is at the hospital
