The Escape (Detective Jane Sparrow Book 2) (27 page)

              “Yes Jane there is nothing else to worry about. You can just relax and concentrate on getting better. The Superintendent and his wife and Layla and her family are being let out of protective custody. Everything is going back to as normal as possible.”

“Good. How long have I got to stay in here for?”

“I can answer that. I don’t know if you will remember me from the last time you stayed with us here. I am Doctor Ericson and this is Nurse Keller.”

“Yes of course I remember you both. You will have to forgive me if I don’t say it’s a pleasure to see you both again under the current circumstances.”

              “Of course Jane glad to see your sense of humour hasn’t been affected. Now your abdomen wound didn’t actually cause too much damage. He missed all your internal organs so the stomach wound should heal nicely as it is. It will take time and plenty of rest I might add. You did however loose quite a lot of blood from the wound so we have had to give you two blood transfusions. The bruising to your face and arms will be sore but unfortunately will just fade with time. You did manage to cause some chipping to your wrists, struggling against restraints will do that. But again time will heal. What we are more concerned about is the skull injury. You have a fracture to the occipital region that has caused some swelling of the brain. It is why you were unconscious for the most part of three days. We would like to keep you in at least for the next forty-eight hours to do more scans and monitor the swelling. As long as it continues to come down we will allow you to go home. You will suffer with headaches for quite some time. So plenty of rest is going to be needed.”

“Thank you Doctor.”

              “Jane the pain relief is on a drip. You just push the button and the correct dose will be administered. Don’t worry about over dosing you cant with this device. Get plenty of rest.”

“Thank you Nurse Keller.”

              “Jane someone will be along in the next hour so we can do another brain scan and then we will sort you out some fluids and some food. I’ll see you shortly.”

With that the Doctor and Nurse left with a reassuring nod and once again Perry and Jane were left on their own.

“So now that it is all over and I am going to be back of work for a while to get plenty of rest. We are going to have a lot of time to discuss all those future plans.”

              “Yes we will. Where you want to live? Whether you want to try for children? Where and if you want to get married? We have it all to discuss with time my dear sweet little skirt. But for now get some rest.”

“I want to live in a house. I would like to try for a child; we don’t want to leave Parker as an only child now do we. I’d love to get married especially at that lovely hotel we stayed at last.”

              “Well we have less to discuss than I thought you seem to have got a lot worked out already babe. So now do as the doctor ordered and get some rest. I’ll still be here when you wake up. We have forever now Jane.”

“Forever.”

With that Jane drifted off to sleep with a brand new sense of peace and hope. Now it was over. Jane could relax. Perry and herself can go back to enjoying the rest of their lives. Starting now…

Epilogue

As he sat and watched through the hospital window from afar, he could still see their carefree exchange of words and their contented faces. The bile of fury was bubbling through his veins cursing through his entire body. They both sat there thinking that they had caught the monster of their nightmares. That they had nothing else to fear or worry about. How wrong and naive they were. Perry must pay for the slight he has caused on their community. He must pay for all the lifestyle secrets and people he has spilled and gave up for that wretched bitch of a cop. I will make sure that he will suffer. He wanted to make a better life for himself. But he did not want to sacrifice the money that he could make. The company and business ties that he has made that he has been trying to make stand, as a reputable law abiding firm is a joke. It will crumble at his feet. He gave up my name to the police because he wants me off the streets. Well he can’t. The reign of Perry Fierce is over. This is my town now. And my boys and me wont let anything or anyone stand in our way. Perry trod on the backs of the people that have helped him on his way. And now he has a cheek to stand at the top and pretend he is something better than the people that put him there. He needs a strong reminder of who he is and where he comes from. He has squatted down and taken a giant shit in all our faces and he will pay. No mater that wretched bitch of a cop I have something that he has never got over. The disappointment he felt for his spawns mum. I have her. I have Charlene. She has never forgiven him for making her carry his baby full term and trying to make her into a mother. She didn’t want that life and she didn’t want that baby. Her fury and my wrath, they wont know what has hit them. They wont stand a chance.

Hell is coming and it’s coming for Perry. And for anyone that stands in our way and at his side.

Are you ready?