Covered in Darkness by Heather Sunseri

Author:Heather Sunseri
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943165155
Publisher: Sun Publishing

Chapter 21

I refused to go to the hospital, but since we weren’t far from the fusion center, Declan had the same doctor who treated my sprained wrist meet us there. We were in my office so that I could have privacy for the exam. Declan leaned against the door. I wasn’t sure if the concern in his eyes was for my injuries or for the events that transpired earlier in the day.

“You have partial tears of two of the four muscles that make up your rotator cuff,” the doctor said. “You need ice and rest.” He had already cleaned and wrapped my hands with gauze.

I barely listened as he told me I needed to keep my shoulder immobilized with a sling and to take ibuprofen for the pain and inflammation. And he said I should really take the rest of the day and the next day to ice the entire area. While he droned on, I thought about the bombing at Thompson’s. The Russian was sending a message not just to Ryan Saltzman, but to all the men in that room. I needed to know the identity of every one of them.

“Miss Fairfax?” the doctor said.

I gave my head a little shake and looked up at him. “Yes. Thank you, Doctor, for coming out on a Sunday.”

“It was my pleasure.” He glanced at Declan, and I suspected the silent conversation between them had everything to do with how Declan had promised to pay for the “house call.” “See to it that she rests that shoulder. If she continues to use it, we’ll be looking at surgery.”

“She’ll rest it. I promise.”

I rolled my eyes at the doctor’s attempt to guilt me—and at Declan’s assurance.

When I had my shirt back in place, Declan opened the door and ushered the doctor out to the exit.

I found a bottle of ibuprofen in my desk drawer. Just as I popped three in my mouth, Jude appeared in the doorway.

“Is it true?” he asked. “Do they have Sam?”

I took a swig of water to wash down the pills. “Yes.”

He plopped down in the chair across from me and hung his head. “This is all my fault.”

“This is not your fault,” I said.

He raked both hands over his face. “If I’d just insisted that I go with her last night to pick up some things. But she said she needed to make a couple of stops. That she would call me if she needed anything.” He shook his head. “I should have made her stay with me.”

He looked up at me with bloodshot eyes. “We dated once. We were close, but we took a break because we were both concentrating on our careers. I tried to convince her to stay with me last night. Not as anything but friends, but… I think our history made things awkward.” He leaned his head back against the chair. “I should have called you the minute I didn’t hear from her. I tried reaching her to make sure she got home okay, and to talk…” He shrugged.

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