Bailout (The Booker Series Book 2) by M M Flynn

Author:M M Flynn [Flynn, M M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: M M Flynn
Published: 2023-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

12

SAM

I grip the phone tighter as I recite Kat’s story. I can’t imagine what’s she’s been through. How that can affect a person. I just want to wrap her up in my arms and never let her go.

My gut tightens as I imagine her scared and hurt, like she is now. My muscles tighten and flex, ready for action. Ready for a fight.

I hate that she kept all of this from me, but I understand now. I understand and . . .

“I forgive her,” I tell Judd.

“Fuck, man. I get it. So, what does that mean?” Judd asks. “What now?”

“I don’t know yet,” I admit. “One step at a time. Right now, I just have to get her out of this fucking hospital.” It’s hard enough being back in the place where I woke up from a coma a different person. I haven’t been the same since. And to be here again when someone you really care about is the patient is somehow infinitely worse.

Then it occurs to me what leaving this fucking hospital might be like. “Can you hand the phone to Benny?”

I hear some rustling and muffled conversation before Benny gets on the phone.

“How’s our girl?”

I blink at the screen in shock. I guess we’ve all forgiven her.

“Can you make sure there’s no paps here tomorrow? I don’t want another circus around her. She needs to recover.”

“Of course. I’ll leak that she’s already gone or something. They’re getting wind of the situation at her house today. I’m sure they’ll camp out there.”

I blow out a sigh of relief. “Thanks, man. I owe you one.”

“No, I owe Kat,” Benny insists.

I smile into the phone until I see Dr. Kent huddled up with another doctor outside of Kat’s room. “I gotta go. I’ll call you later, B.” I don’t wait for a response before I hang up.

I’m about to go into Kat’s room when Dr. Kent puts a hand on my chest. “Not yet, Mr. Booker. Dr. Mancini is going in to examine Kat.”

“Thank you.” She nods and opens the door. I see a glimpse of Kat, looking tiny in her hospital bed, before the door closes in my face.

I growl in frustration as I stomp off to the waiting room. Again.

A plan is already coming together in my mind. I’m going to get Kat the hell out of here tomorrow, we’ll stay somewhere quiet and safe in town, and we’ll work through this.

It’s so clear now that being with Kat is where I’m supposed to be. I feel better with her than I have for weeks away from her. My body and mind just snapped right back into place. I would always, always crawl back to her. Wherever she was.

After the doctor walks past the waiting room, I push through the door to Kat’s room and start rushing her through a nighttime routine so she can rest. I’m anxious to end this shit day and start all over tomorrow. Focus on the plan.

She seems too dazed to argue with me.

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