20 Washington, D.C.Cunningham had gotten an update from Agent Delaney, so he knew that Dr. Patterson had arrived hours ago. He was pleasantly surprised, however, to see one of Geller’s deputies already stationed outside of Katie’s room. He flashed his I.D. at the man and they exchanged only a nod.
He tapped on the door and eased it open slowly, coming in quietly. Gwen glanced up at him from a chair beside the bed. The girl was asleep.
“Sorry it took me so long to get here,” he said as he ran his fingers through his damp hair. He’d gone back to Quantico to take a shower and change clothes. He needed to get the smell of that trailer off of his body.
“Has she said anything?” he asked.
“She hasn’t woken up. They had to sedate her before I arrived.”
He came all the way into the room before
