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"No," sheSo for an opportunity"

Sloan was torn Jennie obviously felt afraid, certain of her own conviction He didn’t want to sit at the hospital and worry about her ian to tell her that he couldn’t stay with her, he noticed a nurse hovering in the doorway

"I’ll co dark hair with bangs and wore glasses with large green plastic fra," Sloan said

"It’s all right I can, uh, check Ms Layton’s vitals later," the nurse said, and turned quickly toHe wouldn’t say that the nurse had been ugly, but she had a strange, rather masculine look to her

He lit out of the room

"Sloan, don’t leave me!" Jennie cried

"Stop!" Sloan co the nurse all but run away "Stop!"

He was conored He didn’t want to threaten to fire or shoot off a warning in a hospital With Jennie’s voice fading in the background, he tore after the nurse

The nurse looked back and then forward, running, pushing a work cart between the two of them It flipped onto its side, and Sloan hopped over it as paper cups filled with ht the nurse about twenty feet past the overturned cart Tackling the buxoht both of the prey

The brunette wig fell off, so did the glasses He found hihsht red lipstick

"Brian, you’re under arrest for the murder--"

"No, Sloan, no, please! This isn’t what it looks like," Brian wailed

By then, they had an audience Patients, so their IVs, had come out to the hall Nurses, doctors and orderlies, as well

Sloan got to his feet, dragging Brian up with him

"Sloan, honest, I swear to you! I would never murder anyone! You have to believe me I’d never hurt Jennie Not on purpose No--"

"Really? It looks like you’re pretending to be a nurse in order to see Jennie Layton And since soet her here--"

"Yes, yes, I was trying to see Jennie I thought--hoped--she nizedbad to happen to her--I love her like I loveup so you could slip in that door?" Sloan demanded

"I had to see her!" Brian answered

"Mommy!" one of the patients cried out "That lady isa o back to your room," the mother said

"Hey, man, there’s meds all over the floor!" A skinny felloho looked like he should be in detox said happily

Another nurse caet back in your room!" she told him

One of the doctors approached Sloan "You need to take this out of here, Sheriff You’re upsettingto have to explain to ot into your hospital dressed as a nurse and wasyour upset patients!" he snapped

He spun Brian around, snapping plastic cuffs onto his wrists "I will re as hein front of Jennie’s roo to watch the hallway Both Jih and his h was standing behind her son, a protective hand on his shoulder

"It’s okay," Sloan told theot in here!" Zoe said with horror

"Did you killat Brian

"What? No!" Brian shouted "I didn’t kill anyone! Won’t anybody listen to me?"