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IT WAS ANOTHER TWO hours before Martin came out and told Bridget that Terry had made it through. The boy would spend the rest of his life without a spleen, and Martin couldn’t say what his kidney function would be. He was concerned with some swelling on the brain, but after consulting with a neurosurgeon they decided to watch and wait. He was in a medically-induced coma to help him heal. The plastic surgeon Martin had flown from Baltimore—a personal friend of his—said it would take a couple of surgeries, but she’d be able to repair the damage to Terry’s face.
Helen made finding Rusty Davis her department’s top priority. She sent BOLOs out all over the state, eventually including West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and southern Ohio. The Friday after Rusty’s disappearance, state
