Justice For Juniper (Tatienne Richard) novel Chapter 179

Hospital Crashers Part I

How Phineas managed to get the group as large as they were snuck through a service entrance of the hospital she wasn’t sure, but he’d done it. They were being escorted through staff only hallways and elevators until they reached the waiting room where supposedly Lois and Carl were waiting the outcome of Kyst’s surgery.

Twelve people descending on the small waiting room should have been conspicuous as hell and yet there wasn’t a nurse or security guard in sight.

“How on earth did you manage to make everyone disappear?”

“Money talks,” Phineas shrugged. “Eventually you will learn how to abuse your power with all the wealth you hold. We will teach you everything we know.”

She grumbled under her breath, “I wish Suki had tagged along.”

“Frank is quite possessive of her and overprotective. He didn’t want to see her exposed to any more violence tonight and he was pretty confident that Carl was going to be on the receiving end of violence from your father,” Adil said with a grin. “Frank said if she wanted to see someone take a spanking he’d set up a mirror in their bedroom.”

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Juniper giggled, “he’s good for her but I could use someone who isn’t so ready to spill blood.”

“Pretty sure the reason Frank wanted her out of here was because she was the one who wanted to spill the most,” Beni reminded her. “I think it was when she said she wanted to find a way to change the anesthesia for mustard gas that Frank grew concerned, especially once your grandfather said he knew where to get it.” He shot an amused look at Phineas.

Phin spoke up, “he wasn’t kidding either. He knew where to get it, how to get it to her and could have it done in under an hour. I think that” he grinned at the group, “is when Frank realized we might be a bad influence on Suki and rushed her away.”

“I think he thought her diabolical mind was simply sexy and wanted her alone. I wouldn’t be surprised if they show up here after he gets his rocks off.” Phineas shrugged.

Juniper smacked his shoulder with her fist as the group laughed at his words. Then movement from inside the waiting room caught her eye, as their loudness obviously warned someone inside that there were people approaching.

“Juniper,” Lois exclaimed as he saw her, “I knew you’d come. He was asking for you.”

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you get checked out by a nurse?” Maeve asked seriously:47 2/5

“Hello Maeve, thank you for coming.”

“Does she think she’s hosting a fucking tea party?” Heloise asked and when Juniper shot her a curious glance, she noted the woman had a flask.

Juniper flapped her hands and hissed at Adil, “take that from her. Clearly her visit with your parents today was the catalyst to some kind of come–to–Jesus moment but this is not the time or place for her to be drinking.”

Adil leaned backwards and took the flask and passed it to his father, “get your wife under control.” There was humor in his words though as both men snickered. It was clear they were enjoying the unfiltered version of the usually well–put–together matriarch. The minute Juniper looked way, Frasier passed his wife back the flask and she kissed his cheek and whispered something which made the man encourage her to drink up.

“You’re all here. I knew that you still loved him, Juni.”

“Don’t,” Juniper held her hand up to Lois, “you don’t get to call me Juni anymore. That’s a name for people who love and respect me and I’ve learned you don’t.” She shot a look to Carl who was quiet in the corner. “I see you haven’t paid any kind of attention to what you learned.”

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“I have more pressing things to be concerned about.” Lois argued, “my son is being operated on and he could die.

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“Unfortunately, your son is not going to die,” Fermín gave a dismissive shrug, “the woman’s shot with her 3D gun was clearly not accurate.”

“How fucking dare you?” Carl got up on his feet. “How dare you say my son should die?”

“The same way I would say I would like for you to die,” Fermín stood tall as he glared at Carl. “My sister was in love with you, and you lied to her. You had a wife and a son at home, and she thought you were truly in love with her. You were spending her money faster than she could withdraw it from her accounts. She died thinking you were her one true love, and we knew you were a fucking con artist who was bleeding her dry. Your son is worse than you. From all accounts, he was scamming women left, right and center while his wife was home trying her best to give him the family he begged for. He convinced one woman to sell everything she owned thinking she was going to be taken care of by him once he divorced his wife. What kind of man raises a man like that? You did. You raised him like that, you disgusting piece of shit. I hate that fucker down the hall in the operating room with a burning passion for what he did to my daughter but let me tell you, you, if you were on fire I wouldn’t waste a droplet of piss to put you out.”

“Why are you here?” Carl growled angrily. “If you hate us so much why are you actually here tonight? You’re not here to support us as we wait for our son to come from surgery. Why 4/5

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are you here?”

“Because you’re going to make sure your son stays the fuck away from my daughter.”

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