Part 5

Taking off her sun hat, she rushed over to his bed and looked at her older brother. She took opened the blinds a bit and ran over to him; thinking he was lying down because he was suffering heat stroke with his hat on?  Slowly; she unbuttoned his suit jacket. He must be hot! and took his fedora off and nearly screamed, " Tip!" She shook him. She saw his hair was slicked in one spot, bloody on his forehead  What had happened?

Running to the bathroom; she found a cloth and wetting it, she wrung it out and walked over to his bed. He had stirred and was groaning, kinda blinded from the sun.
" Dot- what-" He stopped as she hushed him sitting down at the edge of the bed.
" Hush Tip, easy now," She said in her soothing voice.
under her voice her heart was thumping. What had happened? had he tripped when he walked in the room? she sat him down against the pillows she propped him up in a sitting up position, applying the cloth carefully. Did she have any iodine too? and how about bandadges?

" Easy sis," He said, breathing in sharply, his arm instinctively stopped hers, she drew her hand back. He groaned again.
" Whats happened? Tip, you look terrible," Dot said.
He felt his head and winced, seeing his hand.
" I have a terrible stomach ache- ate too much back at the cafe,  and I got knocked unconscious by a man, he looked the amiable type at first; said he thought this was his room; I said I was Tip and I owned his room,  he knocked me down and thats I'll remember," He said.

Dot's eyes went big and she stood up about to get Herbert but stopped at the door.
" Was this after Herbert walked in?" She asked.
" Yeah, shortly after; I wasn't feeling so good and to add to that," He kinda groaned.
Dot went into the bathroom and rummaged in the sink drewars to see if their was some bandages, she found some and some iodine, and soon fixed him up.  " Why do you think he did this?" She asked. Tip shrugged.
" I know this sounds crazy Tip, but do you think it would be in connection with Aunt Sharon? she being an actor, Herbert said her manager wanted to talk to her- That's crazy, why would it be connected?" She asked.
Tip reached for the phone on the bedside table. Dot was still looking out the window when she heard Tip's voice.
" Operator- give me the police,"
She turned suddenly around; The police? He nodded to her and motioned it was alright. She hurried out to tell Herbert.