Chapter 20: Strange StarsIt was a foggy early winter day. The grass that was growing through cracks in the tarmac everywhere was still white with night frost even though it was after ten in the morning.
When the rickshaw arrived at the hospital, Adam for the first time saw it as something sinister. Until now he hadn’t realized how ugly the whole structure of the building was. How dirty the front, and how the barred windows with the drawn curtains spoke of deceit and lies. He told the driver to wait.
The woman at the reception desk was vaguely familiar to Adam; he had seen her on his first visit to the hospital.
“I’d like to speak to Drew, please. And Cary Elmore. Whichever one is available the soonest.”
“Detective Honey,” Doctor Baldwin’s voice dazzled him from behind. “Always a pleasu
