A little less weary than he had been the day before, but still tired and in need of a good night’s sleep, Nathan crept into Louisa’s hospital room. He thought he had managed to do so without being seen by any of the nurses working the night shift in the ITU, but no sooner had he moved the chair to the head of the bed and sat down than the door opened to admit a nurse, who looked at him with severe disapproval.
“I would have thought, Inspector, that someone like you would have more respect for rules and regulations,” she said. “Visiting hours finished some time ago and will not start again until ten o’clock tomorrow morning. How you can think it acceptable to sneak into a hospital room, especially one in the ITU, I cannot imagine, and especially with a bag of takeaway.” She glared at the b
