by Diana Orgain | Apr 12, 2021 | Maternal Instincts Mysteries, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Go Back to The Beginning of Chapter One From Formula for Murder Chapter One Continued… I absently looked around for my purse. For the first time since the accident I saw my car. It was completely totaled. My trunk was smashed in and the hood looked like an accordion. How had I walked away from that? What about Laurie . . . could she really be all right? Tears flooded my eyes. “I don’t know where my purse is. I can give you my number . . . Can you call my husband?” The officer jotted down my home number. “I’ll tell him to pick you up at the hospital.” He looked at me for approval. I nodded. “Thank you.” “I’ll be in touch, ma’am. I hope your baby is all right.” Anger flashed across his face and his jaw tightened. “Don’t worry: I’m gonna get the guy who hit you.” I thanked him, then jumped into the ambulance, anxious to be with Laurie. She was still crying. Not knowing how to best channel my distress, I broke down and began to sob also, my brain trying to process the fact that this was the second time in Laurie’s short life that we’d shared an ambulance ride together. The fact that this time was not my fault did little to settle my nerves. Why had the driver left the scene? Sure, he was probably scared, but didn’t he know a hit-and-run was a criminal act? The EMT attending to Laurie put a small blanket over her and glanced at me. “Are you in pain, ma’am?” I searched my pockets...
