The Angel's Silence 26

"I have something important to say. I received a call from Ottimista hospital. It was a nurse telling me that your father had been in a bad accident, and was in a coma.

I am going there to see him now, but I want you both to stay here and look after Maya. I will call you as soon as I get there."
Said Mariya

"Your husband has been injured? I hope he will be Okay."
Said Caelia

"Thank you, Caelia. I hope so, too. What was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
Asked Mariya

The look of fear passed over Rayna's face, while Caelia became expressionless.

"Oh, it's nothing. It can wait."
Said Caelia

So many bad things had been happening to Mariya that she didn't want to add to it.

"Have a safe trip, Mrs. Alekseev."
Said Caelia

Rayna, however, remained silent. Not even saying goodbye to her mother as she left.

She was about to leave the room when she turned to Caelia and said,

"Thank you for not saying anything to my mother."

"I really don't want to tell her. She's been under so much stress lately, but I will if I have to."
Stated Caelia

"I understand."
Said a deadpan Rayna as she left the room. Caelia passed her, and went to the restroom. She asked Rayna to hold onto her handbag. This turned out to be a mistake.

Rayna started going through it, and found money and car keys. She was sick of the hospital, and decided to take Caelia's car and go somewhere else. She didn't even ask, just left.

When Caelia walked out of the restroom, Rayna was no where to be found. She asked the guard at the exit if he had seen her leave, and he said yes.

She didn't know what to do. Rayna was long gone, and she had no way of following her. She could only hope that she would stay out of trouble.

Rayna didn't know where she wanted to go, only that she had to leave the hospital. The radio was as loud as it would go. Metal music blasted through the speakers. Rayna was fist pumping and head banging. Not even paying attention to the road. Lucky for her, she had taken the back road, and there was no one else around... for now at least.

***

John sat at his desk, biting on his thumb nail.

Moretti gave him a direct order to find the girl who came in earlier or else he would be off the case.

The problem was, he had no idea who she was or where she went.

He tried to remember every detail of what she looked like, in the event he was forced to bring in a Composite Artist to sketch a picture of her, and show it to the public, and hope someone had seen her. This however, was a last resort. He put his face in his hands, and continued thinking.

Of course it wasn't the best environment to think in. It was noisy and crowded. He decided to go someplace quieter. He grabbed his jacket, and took one last sip of his coffee before tossing it in the trash. He walked outside of the building, but it was just as loud. He was about to get into his vehicle when Moretti stopped him.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?"
He shouted

"I was just trying to clear my head so I could remember more about the girl."
Said John

"I don't know how things are done back in New York, but here you don't leave without telling me where you are going."

"I'm sorry, but I was only going to be gone for a 30 minutes."

"I don't want to hear anymore of your sorry excuses. Now get back inside, and do your job!"
Moretti shouted as he walked back inside the police station. John punched his car, and walked back inside. Everyone stared at him.

A man standing in the corner on the phone, put the receiver down and whispered to John,

"You really better be careful around him. I've been here for almost ten years, and in that time I have seen him fire dozens of people just because they did one thing wrong."

He then picked up the receiver and continued talking on the phone.

"He's telling the truth, ya know."
Said a woman on the computer.

***

Rayna didn't realize it, but she was speeding. And she was no longer out of sight. Someone had their eyes on her, and she didn't even know it...

(To Be Continued)