CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
After catching another few hours of uncomfortable sleep and the drone of late night television in the hospital, Avery gave Ramirez one more kiss, left a request at the nurses’ station to contact her the moment there were any updates with her partner, and called a cab. She asked the driver to take her to her apartment where she showered, brushed her teeth, and changed clothes. The shower rejuvenated her and when she got behind the wheel of her car at 7:40 a.m., she started to get the usual jitters she experienced whenever she knew she was about to see Howard.
She arrived at the prison at 8:10 and had to bicker with the guards to let her see Howard so early. In the end they allowed it, bending to the name and reputation she had garnered during her visits over the last
