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she’d checked, and she was growing impatient. To make matters worse, the security guard working at the kiosk refused to break protocol.
    “No matter how many times you ask, I can’t tell you. If you aren’t family or a friend of the family, I can’t tell you who’s here.” The security guard couldn’t stop his gaze from roaming her body while he spoke.
    Marie pursed her lower lip and rolled her eyes. In an overly flirtatious voice she said, “Ok, here’s the deal, I was screwing a cop and I heard he got shot up. He’s married, so I don’t want to cause a scene, but I’d like to see him, just for a second.”
    The security guard didn’t budge. “Ma’am, you mean to tell me you were having relations with a married man, and you never bothered to ask him his name?”
    She made herself appear shocked. “Look, we hooked up three or four times, he’d call me for a booty call, we’d have sex, and then he left. I never bothered to ask him his name because I didn’t think it was anything more than sex.”
    The security guard rolled his eyes. “Do you hear yourself right now? You should be ashamed. I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”
    Marie was frustrated, but persistent. She began to tremble and forced herself to cry. She collapsed on the floor and sobbed.
    The security guard came around the desk to look at Marie. He wasn’t quite sure what was happening, but he didn’t want the lady to lose it on his shift. He was about to say something to her when she blurted out two words.
    “I’m pregnant.”
    The security guard wasn’t surprised, but now he understood what the drama was all about. He knew he wasn’t supposed to say anything about patients admitted to the hospital. He also knew the undercover officer that had been shot the day prior was, in fact, in the hospital. The security guard weighed what to do, either kick her out or possibly help an unborn child at least have a chance of a decent life by knowing who its father was. As he processed what to do, the woman began to flail her arms while rolling on the floor.
    “Get up, and follow me outside,” the guard said with disgust. “We can talk out there.”
    Marie slowly controlled her antics and walked with the security guard to the front of the hospital. They exited through the automatic doors and walked toward the parking lot. Marie wasn’t sure what the security guard was doing, but she played along with him because she had no other lead on locating the undercover officer.
    The security guard used a magnetic card to open a gate to the underground parking. “Come on.” He pointed to the area beneath the hospital.
    Marie followed him with a look of skepticism. As she walked around the corner, she saw seven or eight police cruisers parked in a row.
    The security guard watched as the sight of the cars registered on Marie’s face. “Does that answer your question?”
    “Oh thank you, thank you, you didn’t have to do this.” She hugged him and shook his hand. “I’ll never forget this.” She leaned in for another hug, but this time she rubbed her breasts on the man’s chest and gyrated. As he blushed from the contact, she grabbed his magnetic card without him knowing.
    “Stop. I didn’t do anything. Let’s get out of here now.” He pushed her away from him and turned to walk to the security gate that had closed.
    Behind him, Marie realized the security guard would need the magnetic card to get them back out. As he reached for the card, Marie reached for her gun. She began to pull it out and noticed the gate open again.
    She put her gun back as she saw the security guard stopped reaching for his magnetic card once his brain registered the fact the gate was opening. Well, that was close , she thought.
    Two men in an unmarked car slowly drove into the underground parking structure. They both eyeballed the security guard and Marie. It appeared they were having a conversation, but had stopped to look at Marie and the security guard.
    Marie