Chicago Hospital.

In the waiting hall, Ethan sat in a chair and sipped his coffee.

The seat underneath trembled.

Erin's legs shook anxiously, her head looking around.

Burgess next to him sat honestly, but she kept flicking her fingers on the screen, betraying her impatience.

It's been more than half an hour since I arrived at the hospital.

The three women who have escaped from the predicament are all undergoing treatment, and they don't know how long it will take for them to have the opportunity to be questioned.

"Hey."

Erin's feet stopped shaking and slapped Ethan.

The three of them stood up in unison and greeted the guy in a white coat.

"Dr. Hosteld."

Ethan stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party: "How is the situation now?" ”

"Call me Will."

The person who came was Horstead's brother, who had been listed as a suspect in the previous serial rape and murder case, and he smiled and spread his hands: "I'm not kidding, you call me that, Jay will clean me up." ”

Nodding to the other two, he beckoned to follow:

"There were two girls who were very confused."

"But one of them has come to his senses, and you can get to work."

As the group walked briskly down the hallway, Will shook his head and continued, "Their hands and feet have traces of being tied with ropes, and their bodies are full of soft tissue injuries. ”

"That's right."

He paused and quickly explained, "In your words, it's being beaten, and it's been for a long time. ”

"The lower body also has different degrees of tearing."

Will sighed: "I don't need to explain this, I think everyone can understand that these girls have lived a hellish life before." ”

"That's it."

He stopped and came to the outside of a hospital room.

"Go in."

Ethan waved his hand and motioned for Erin and Burgess to come in and communicate.

There are some things that are not very convenient for you to participate in, and the other party will not want to say it in front of a man in such an experience, and there is no need to aggravate the mental trauma of the other party.

After the two policewomen entered, Ethan sat down on a bench outside the ward.

"Hey."

Will didn't leave, but sat down with him: "I heard that there was a hostage taking at the police station, and the person who was held hostage was a rat?" ”

"That's right." Ethan nodded.

Bad things spread far and wide, and this kind of thing is often the fastest spread.

"If you can."

Will pursed his lips and said in a deep voice:

"I hope you can get the rat out as soon as possible, he's a good guy when Jay came back from Afghanistan."

After a slight pause in his tone, he slowly shook his head: "Jay had PTSD when I was in New York. ”

"It's a mouse." Will looked ahead and said seriously, "It was he who stayed by Jay's side until that guy went through the darkest period of his life, and this is Jay's very important friend." ”

PTSD, Post-War Traumatic Stress Syndrome.

This is not some imaginary symptom, and many people who come down from the battlefield will suffer from this mental illness.

If it is not handled well, it can seriously affect life.

Therefore, there are not a few suicides.

Horstead looked quite sunny, but he didn't expect to be tortured by this before.

"Don't worry."

Ethan smiled at him and nodded, "The rat is my subordinate, and what we are doing now is to get him out of danger as soon as possible." ”

The two chatted for a while, and the phone rang urgently.

"It's me."

Hank's hoarse voice rang out: "I heard that you are in the hospital, how is the situation there now?" ”

"Transcription is being made."

Ethan grabbed his phone and replied to him.

"Fraser is still confronting us, and he doesn't believe in the progress of the case." On the other side of the phone, Hank had a headache and said, "You quickly ask if there is anyone who knows Sarah." ”

"If there is, bring the person back to the police station."

"Fraser's time bomb, we need to defuse it first."

His own people were pointed at gunpoint, and this is really not how he did it, no matter how many people Fraser was perfunctory in the process of finding his daughter's whereabouts.

Be like him.

If someone comes to report the crime, he will take a gun and point it.

After that, you don't have to do anything, it's enough to deal with these people.

Putting the phone down, Ethan looked at Will.

"The person inside can be temporarily discharged." The latter also heard the voice on the phone, and nodded hurriedly: "But it's better not to be stimulated too much, now the other party's mental trauma is the most serious." ”

“OK。”

Tapping him on the shoulder, Ethan banged on the door.

After waiting for two seconds, I pushed the door in, and inside was a single room, where the sun shone through the window on the white futon, and the bruised wrists pressed against it, and the needles pierced into the thin skin.

I don't know how long the other party has been in that environment.

Despite being washed.

But it looks like there is a hint of old feeling.

This girl is actually not very old, she should be in her twenties, with instant noodles and blonde hair, but her face is really not as youthful as a young man in his twenties.

looked a little sluggish.

"Hey."

Ethan smiled, "How are you feeling right now?" ”

"Thank you."

The girl's eyes rolled and she looked at her with tears in her eyes: "I remember you, you brought me out of that dungeon." ”

"That's right."

Ethan nodded and took out his mobile phone: "I know it's very difficult for you now, but I'd like to ask you to help see if you've seen this girl." ”

"We suspect she's going through the same thing as you."

"Don't look at it."

Erin shook her head and grabbed the bed railing hard, "I just showed her that Sara was indeed with her, but we were a little unlucky. ”

"Two days ago."

"Sara was transferred."

"Now, she doesn't know where."

"Shet."

Ethan cursed, looked at the pale bubble-faced girl and said in a deep voice: "Sarah's father found our police station, he is very uncalm now, holding a colleague of ours hostage with a gun. ”

"If you can, can you go to the police station and help calm the other person's emotions?"

"Just a brief explanation of Sarah's situation."

"It's not too complicated."

This request is a bit impersonal, and the other party has just escaped from the devil's cave.

It's good enough to be able to brace yourself and accept the transcript.

The ward became quiet, and the bubble noodle girl stared blankly at the ceiling, no one knew what the other party had experienced, and she couldn't say anything empathetic, so she could only wait for the other party to make a decision.

"For Sarah."

After a while, she slowly turned her head to look at Ethan, and barely squeezed out a smile: "And to thank you, I'll go with you." ”

"Her family has the right to know what's going on."

"Thank you."

Ethan carefully sat on the hospital bed and held her cold hand: "It's also for yourself, there are some things to say before you can come out of it." ”

PTSD, this girl is not! (End of chapter)