04-11-2025, 04:05 PM
Anita had made the call. The girl goes to the hospital. It was odd. She seemed to be drugged, but hadn’t seemed that out of it when she had checked upon their arrival. Of course her boyfriend had merely let them know they were okay, and truthfully she had seemed that way. A little hooked up of course, but that was normal when you had seen someone die and weren’t used to it. They had had another similar case with another a week or two ago.
But when the woman - Rachel had been the name she’d given the detective - it had all been different. The way Rachel spoke was slow and drawn out. She heard the questions but didn’t respond quickly enough. It almost seemed as if she didn’t get the question right away. She was incredibly disoriented. All signs of having been drugged.
Anita wasn’t sure what to think. The symptoms were there, but it all seemed off. It was intuition. Not the strange intuition that told her a patient would flatline if she didn’t act or the weird way she had known Rachel’s boyfriend was going to grab the detective before he had. This was just her looking at the puzzle and realizing that all the pieces didn’t fit together.
Anita checked her monitor. Rachel’s numbers were mostly good. Her oxygen level was high, but she was using a non-rebreather, so it made sense. The only thing really off was heart heart rate which was high.
”Rachel, honey, I need you to focus on taking deep breaths, okay?” Anita asked gently.
”Ill try,” the girl replied meekly. ”I need him…”
It was things like that that set Anita’s teeth on edge about this. Something unnatural was going on, but they arrived at the hospital. Anita would see if she could find out about Rachel’s case later. Something was off. Really off. The EMS team handed her off to the hospital staff and the detective followed with two other officers. For now, Anita had done all she could. She hoped Rachel would be okay.
But when the woman - Rachel had been the name she’d given the detective - it had all been different. The way Rachel spoke was slow and drawn out. She heard the questions but didn’t respond quickly enough. It almost seemed as if she didn’t get the question right away. She was incredibly disoriented. All signs of having been drugged.
Anita wasn’t sure what to think. The symptoms were there, but it all seemed off. It was intuition. Not the strange intuition that told her a patient would flatline if she didn’t act or the weird way she had known Rachel’s boyfriend was going to grab the detective before he had. This was just her looking at the puzzle and realizing that all the pieces didn’t fit together.
Anita checked her monitor. Rachel’s numbers were mostly good. Her oxygen level was high, but she was using a non-rebreather, so it made sense. The only thing really off was heart heart rate which was high.
”Rachel, honey, I need you to focus on taking deep breaths, okay?” Anita asked gently.
”Ill try,” the girl replied meekly. ”I need him…”
It was things like that that set Anita’s teeth on edge about this. Something unnatural was going on, but they arrived at the hospital. Anita would see if she could find out about Rachel’s case later. Something was off. Really off. The EMS team handed her off to the hospital staff and the detective followed with two other officers. For now, Anita had done all she could. She hoped Rachel would be okay.