Chapter 1 Julie's Point of View
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I hear voices around me. Voices that I can recognize muffled with the noise that I can't seem to recognize.
I tried opening my eyes and I finally I managed to open it.
I was in a familiar place. I'm laying in bed with a hospital gown with my co-workers laying on the other beds.
This is probably the public ward or maybe the emergency room.
"You're finally awake."
I looked to my right and saw Kate one of the waitress sitting on her bed.
"What happened Kate? Why were they shooting at us?"
"Jolie I was supposed to ask you that question. How are you?"
Are you okay?"
"One of the customers saw you being carried with a man holding a gun."
"What happened to you Jolie?"
"I tired to reach you at the counter but you were not there."
"When help arrived the customer who saw you being taken told the police of what she saw. And they looked for you."
"You were found one block away from the scene in the passenger seat of an abandoned car still passed out."
"But I also don't know what happened to me Kate.
I also have no idea how I got there."
"The last thing I remember is calling 911!"
"The nurse already saw us talking Jolie. She's already walking towards us. Just tell them what you know and you will be fine."
I looked to my left and I saw the nurse that Kate was talking about.
"Hi Jolie it's great that you are finally awake. How are you feeling? Do you feel any pain?"
"Yes, I'm fine just a little bit dizzy."
"Good to hear that. So let me get the doctor for you okay? "
"Do you know happened to me? Kate said I was found in an abandoned car but I never left the establishment!"
"Miss Jolie please calm down. We also don't know what happened to you. I'm just a nurse here."
"You are probably still feeling light headed."
"Just lay down in bed and the doctor will be here any moment. The investigators will also ask you some questions after.And all I know is you were found unconscious."
Suddenly the door opened. A nurse pushing a wheelchair and three other men enter the room.
The first two men are probably police officers base on their uniforms. So the third one is probably the detective.
They walked across the room to my bed said.
"How is she?" The third man asked.
"I'm perfectly fine." I answered instead.
"How rude of me Miss Jolie. Let me introduce myself. I'm Detective Mike I'm currently the head investigator of this case. But feel free to call me Mike."
"I'm here to ask you a few questions and I hope you will cooperate with us.But before that I have to ask you are you well enough for a wheelchair?"
"Or would you want us to move a wheeled bed for you here so that we can transfer you to your private room more comfortably?"
"We have to move you to ensure your security and the informations security."
"What do you mean by my security Detective?"
"And why must you move me when the others are staying here in the ward?"
"I'm certain that you also asked them but they did not seem to need the special treatment of moving to another room."
"You better tell me what you can Detective. Because I am very much aware of my rights to stay silent if I want to."
"I know I can choose not to say anything without the presence of a lawyer."
"Police, Detective or whatever I'm not going anywhere without a clue of what I'm there for."
You better tell me what you can Detective.
The three men looked and nodded at each other.
"Fair enough Miss Jolie."
"I don't know if you have heard already but you were found one block away from the café passed out in an abandoned car."
"How were you found?"
"The police made a 1 kilometer radius search from the establishment to look for clues and also to look for you."
"When police arrived the suspects were nowhere in sight.
And the three men you claimed to have been firing from the café were also not there."
"They looked for you because one customer said she saw someone being taken away. And with the confirmation of the head count of employees they narrowed down that indeed one is missing."
I will tell you right here an right now I don't remember going out of the café at all.
I was at the counter because I was assigned there. I was still on shift so why would I go out Detective?
"We also don't know Jolie."
"That's what we are also here for. To find the answers and to give justice to the families of 10 individuals who were killed with gun shoots without even knowing why."
"Jolie 10 people died. And 3 are at the operating table as we speak and 5 are already at the ICUs. Majority are in their bed with oxygen support as bullets were taken out from their bodies."
"Is that enough information? We also don't know much so please cooperate with us and let us move you to a private room."
I was speechless.
I looked up to them and just saw determination in there eyes. I've been through the most difficult situation I'm my life and I'm here in one piece. While will some never open there eyes again. And yet here I am making it harder for them to get justice.
I don't know wht happened to me but the nurse was already beside me injecting something to me. I felt myself on the edge of panic attack. My limbs was shaking. Finally the medicine kicked in.
"Are you okay Jolie? Take a deep breather for me."
The nurse was talking to me. And I did what she said. And I can finally feel my limbs again.
"You should probably wait for the doctor. The patient is under so much stress. It will not be good to ask now. You can move her to a private room for security reasons but wait for the doctor's permission before asking questions."
I heard the nurse say to Detective Mike.
I looked to my right and I saw one of the police man standing on my bed side. He fixed my cot and he said.
"Trust us Jolie, we will keep you safe."
I heard that before. I know I heard that from somewhere but it's a different voice. I tired to fight back the drowsiness but the medicine is putting me sleep. Just who said that. Who was he.
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