Chapter Eight - Alibis
Jane shuddered at the frigid drops of water shooting from the showerhead. Taking much too long to warm up, the water doused her tangled, dusty tresses. Unbidden tears rolled from her eyes, mingling into the stream of icy water like raindrops into the ocean. Waiting for the sluggish water to heat up, she brooded over her afternoon.
Her parents had rushed her to Mount Isa Hospital. Not five minutes following their check-in, a mob of reporters and journalists flooded the waiting lounge. She’d hung her head, sitting in a comfortable leatherette seat and riveting her eyes to her filthy bare feet. Hospital staff, attempting to hold off the hordes, grew overwhelmed. Flanking her, Jane’s parents likewise sat in trance like silence. Neil filled out paperwork clamped to a cl
