Chapter 149

"Do you know the girl that the old man brought in yesterday?" Shawn asked as he drove. Harvey turned his eyes back to Shawn. "Why?" Shawn shook his head. "Nothing. Just that there is more to her than meets the eyes. Your father didn't even let me see the gift that she gave to him yesterday." Shawn gripped the steering wheel tighter. "And she seemed to know the problem with my father and hinted something to him, a bit earlier than the time you asked me to speak. Would it affect anything?" Harvey started to make sense of something and chuckled. "Nicole, you always have surprises for me." He then looked up and whispered to Shawn, "Don't worry about her." Shawn hung back, stopping mentioning Nicole again, knowing that Harvey did not want to tell him more. The car drove around and reached Great Oak at last. Harvey and Shawn got out of the car and headed for the only sanatorium in town. The doctors and nurses were already accustomed to their visit and only required a routine registrati