Chapter 46October 17
JOE MILLER KISSED his mother, nodded a hello to his father, and kissed Linda on the forehead. He asked her the inevitable first hospital question, “How do you feel?”
“Why are you here?” Linda asked. “I'm glad, but you didn't need to come.”
“Mom told me a little about what happened. I don't need to be anywhere else. So here I am. What happened?”
Before she could answer, a nurse asked them to wait in the lounge, while she checked Linda's dressing. She said Dr. Kramer was on her way.
Joe listened to his father prattle on, as Tim railed against Fritz. Emily rolled her eyes, happy to have her son join her. “She's in good hands, Joseph.” She glanced sideways at her husband. “The president himself arranged to get Dr. Kramer involved.”
“Yeah, and here we are in Baltimore
