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Echo Park

Echo Park

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Autoren: Michael Connelly
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everything. He didn’t think that they were going to get there in time. He tried to push that thought out of his mind. He tried to think about Kiz Rider alive and well and smiling at him, scolding him the way she always did. And when they got to the freeway, he concentrated on scanning all eight lanes of northbound traffic, looking for a carjacked silver BMW with a killer at the wheel.

17

    BOSCH STRODE THROUGH the emergency room entrance with his badge out. An intake receptionist sat behind a counter, taking information from a man huddled over on a chair in front of her. When Bosch came close he saw that the man was cradling his left arm like a baby. The wrist was bent at an unnatural angle.
    “The police officer who was brought in on a medevac?” he said, not caring about interrupting.
    “I have no information, sir,” the desk woman said. “If you’ll take—”
    “Where can I get information? Where’s the doctor?”
    “The doctor is with the patient, sir. If I asked him to come out to speak to you, then he wouldn’t be taking care of the officer, would he?”
    “Then, she’s still alive?”
    “Sir, I can’t give out any information at this time. If you’ll—”
    Bosch walked away from the counter and over to a set of double doors. He pushed a button on the wall that automatically swung them open. Behind him he heard the desk woman yelling to him. He didn’t stop. He stepped through the doors into the emergency treatment area. There were eight curtained patient bays, four on each side of the room, and the nurses’ and physicians’ stations were in the middle. The place was abuzz. Outside a patient bay on the right Bosch saw one of the paramedics from the helicopter. He went to him.
    “How is she?”
    “She’s holding on. She lost a lot of blood and—”
    He stopped when he turned and saw that it was Bosch next to him.
    “I’m not sure you’re supposed to be in here, Officer. I think you better step out to the waiting room and—”
    “She’s my partner and I want to know what is happening.”
    “She’s got one of the best ER attendings in the city trying to keep her alive. My bet is that he will do just that. But you can’t stand here and watch.”
    “Sir?”
    Bosch turned. A man in a private security uniform was approaching with the desk woman. Bosch held his hands up.
    “I just want to be told what is happening.”
    “Sir, you will have to come with me, please,” the guard said.
    He put his hand on Bosch’s arm. Bosch shrugged it off.
    “I’m a police detective. You don’t need to touch me. I just want to know what is happening with my partner.”
    “Sir, you will be told all you need to know in good time. If you will please come—”
    The guard made the mistake of attempting to take Bosch by the arm again. This time Bosch didn’t shrug it off. He slapped the man’s hand away.
    “I said, don’t—”
    “Hold on, hold on,” said the paramedic. “Tell you what, Detective, let’s go to the machines and get a coffee or something and I’ll tell you everything that’s happening with your partner, okay?”
    Bosch didn’t answer. The paramedic sweetened the offer.
    “I’ll even get you some clean scrubs so you can get out of those muddy and bloody clothes. Sound good?”
    Bosch relented, the security man nodded his approval and the paramedic led the way, first to a supply closet where he looked at Bosch and guessed that he would need mediums. He pulled pale blue scrubs and booties off the shelves and handed them over. They then went down a hallway to the nurses’ break room, where there were coin-operated machines serving coffee, sodas and snacks. Bosch took a black coffee. He had no change but the paramedic did.
    “You want to clean up and change first? You can use the lav right over there.”
    “Just tell me what you know first.”
    “Have a seat.”
    They sat at a round table across from each other. The paramedic reached his hand across the table.
    “Dale Dillon.”
    Bosch quickly shook his hand.
    “Harry Bosch.”
    “Good to meet you, Detective Bosch. The first thing I need to do is thank you for your efforts out there in the mud. You and the others there probably saved your partner’s life. She lost a lot of blood but she’s a fighter. They’re putting her back together and hopefully she’ll be all right.”
    “How bad is it?”
    “It’s bad but it’s one of those cases where they won’t know until she stabilizes. The bullet hit one of her

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