CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Avery hadn’t even had to ask Rose to stay behind for a moment when they reached the fourth floor. Without a word, Rose detoured toward the waiting room with Dennison and Sawyer and Avery made a near-sprint toward Ramirez’s room. As she neared his door, the brief conversation she’d had with the doctor swirled through her head like a breeze.
He’s conscious. He’s responding to basic stimuli and the only thing he’s said is that he wants to see you. I let him know you’d been here for nearly two weeks but got called away. He thought that was funny. I think you should come see him as soon as possible.
That conversation had taken place exactly seventeen minutes ago. Sawyer had driven with the sirens on and ran every red light on the way. And now here she was, angling up to Rami
