Bride Protector SEAL by Elle James

Author:Elle James [James, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626950368
Published: 2016-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

7

Swede let out a long breath and touched her arm. “I’m sorry for anything I’ve said or done that makes you not want me to protect you. I promise not to touch you or make you uncomfortable. But please, don’t lock me out.”

Allie shook her head. “No, that was childish of me. I won’t do it again.” She held up her hand. “I promise.”

The other two trucks pulled in and parked nearby. Sadie joined Allie and took her hand. The men surrounded the women as they entered the hospital.

At the information desk, Bear asked for Thomas Baker, the soldier brought in with knife wounds.

The volunteer keyed something into the computer and waited a moment. Then she looked up and smiled. “He’s in ICU.”

“How is he?” Bear asked.

The gray-haired lady shrugged. “You’ll have to speak with the nurses in ICU. They’ll be able to tell you more.”

They rode the elevator up to ICU.

Nurses hurried from room to room, tending to seriously ill patients, taking vital signs, administering medication and trying to make their patients more comfortable in an uncomfortable situation.

Hank approached the nurses’ station and asked to see Thomas Baker.

“Are you a relative of Mr. Baker?” the head nurse asked.

“No,” Hank responded. “I’m a war veteran, come to pay my respects to the young soldier. He deserves a whole lot more than what he got from the low-life who did this.”

The nurse nodded. “Agreed. But rules are rules. Only relatives are allowed into the room. Unless Mr. Baker requests to see you.”

“We’d like to talk to him about the attack, in case there is anything we can do to help, or keep this from happening to others.”

“Isn’t that what the police are doing?” asked the head nurse. “They were in an hour ago, after Mr. Baker woke.”

“I imagine they are doing a fine job of finding the attacker,” Hank said. “But we’d still like to help.”

The woman behind the counter stared at Hank for a long moment and finally said, “Get the family’s permission to visit with Mr. Baker, and I’ll bend the rules for you this once.” Her eyes narrowed. “But, if you do anything to upset my patient, you’ll be thrown out of here so fast you won’t know what hit you.”

Hank held up both hands. “We’re here to help, not hurt.”

“His mother and father are in the ICU waiting room. You can catch up with them there. They must agree or you’re not getting in to see the young man.”

“We understand,” Bear assured her.

As they walked away from the nurses’ station, Allie asked, “What if you can’t get in to see Baker?”

“Bear will be making an appointment to visit with the soldier’s commander,” Hank said. “Maybe he can shed light on what happened.”

In the ICU waiting room, the only other people present were a man and a woman appearing tense and exhausted.

Hank stopped just inside the door. “The rest of you should find a seat. I’d like to talk to Baker’s parents with just me and Bear, so as not to overwhelm them.

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