Murder in Misery (Spook Squad) - By Ashley K. Broome Page 0,70
he snuggled deeper into his pillow. “We knew we already had him Keegs. With the two of us on the case it wasn’t as if we weren’t going to get the bastard. One way or the other we were going to get him.”
“Well,” Keegan swallowed the lump in her throat. “I wish we would have gotten him before it landed you here in the hospital. You do not deserve this. You should be stuck at your desk filling out paperwork like the rest of us.”
“I happen to like being waited on hand and foot.” Matt let out another raspy cough before he closed his eyes.
“Just don’t stay in here too long,” Keegan whispered as Matt drifted back into a restful sleep. “I’m not sure what I can do with out you at work to bug me.”
“You would just miss me,” Matt answered with a sleepy smile.
There wasn’t enough time in the day for Keegan to stop by and visit Matt at the hospital after he initial visit. She sent a few texts here and there but otherwise she was stuck at her desk filing paperwork and fine tuning the things that the captain required of her. The world didn’t stop just because she wanted it to.
Keegan and Leeroy had been called for a report of vandalism down in the supernatural district and had barely gotten into the office and started uploading the photographs of the spray painted hate when a loud cheer emitted from upstairs. Keegan looked over to Gary for some kind of answer and he smirked at her. “It sounds like your boy is back from sick leave.”
Ignoring the urge to dart up the stairs to see him on his own two feet Keegan focused on the monitor in front of her. She scrolled through the photos and cringed at the words. The owners of the coffee shop didn’t know who would have done this and there weren’t any suspects. Right now all Keegan could do was write up the report and keep it on hand to document what had happened just in case things got worse in the future.
Gary rested a hip on the edge of her desk and glared down at her. “You know, most people who saved someone else’s life would go visit them when they returned to work. So are you going to pull your head out of your ass or are you going to ignore the man?”
Keegan shuffled the photos together on her desk and stuck them in the folder before she answered Gary. “He doesn’t need someone from SIU messing up his return party. Especially after what happened to him, there’s no need to make things awkward between him and his team.”
“You just set your self up for disappointment, don’t you Morne?” Melinda shook her head as if she were disappointed in her commanding officer. “He isn’t going to bite because you went and said hello. What’s his face? Cassidy has even been asking after you. Apparently even he is concerned about how you are doing. According to him it’s weird not seeing you around the office. He starting to think that there is something really wrong with you.”
“I am fine,” Keegan rolled her eyes.
“No one is fine after seeing one of the people they have worked closest with almost die. And no cop is all right after being investigated by the internal affairs bureau as hard as you were.” Melinda pointed out.
“Before you know it, Captain Jones is going to be asking you to take some time off.” Leeroy’s voice was soft but Keegan understood what her team was trying to tell her. She wasn’t doing as well as she should have been. If anything she had become so focused on work she forgot about everything else.
Keegan ran her fingers through her hair before tugging it up into a messy bun. “I’m going to take the rest of the day and go see my Ma. If you need anything I will have my cell phone on.”
“Doubt we are going to need anything boss,” Gary smacked her on the back before ducking down to scoop up her bag and hand it over to her. “Go eat some food, watch a show or something. When you come back here you better not be the zombie you have been. Otherwise Captain Jones isn’t going to just ignore SIU like he usually does.”
“Got you,” Keegan waved bye to the department and zipped through homicide hoping not to be noticed. She didn’t feel the heaviness of