Hot Target by Brockmann Suzanne

Author:Brockmann, Suzanne [Brockmann, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 0345467930
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2004-12-28T08:00:00+00:00

“Patty!”

She stopped short at the sight of Wayne Ickes. Coming at her from the end of the hospital corridor, dressed like the Good Humor man. God help her.

For several seconds, she actually considered turning and running. Maybe she could pretend she hadn’t seen him. Maybe . . .

“Are you all right?” he asked. Too late. God, she did not need this right now. “I was up in the children’s ward when I heard what happened.”

That’s right, he’d told her his day job was at Cedars-Sinai. Of course this was where they’d come. And of course he was working this shift. She could not win today.

Today? Try this week.

Although, she had to give herself a high five for providing the news cameras—already gathered out in front of the hospital—with a very nice shot of Victor Strauss rushing in to see Jane. It was more proof for the tabloids that the two were romantically connected.

She’d been on the phone with Victor—he’d told her to call him by his first name, and he always took her calls, which was sweet—when the accident happened.

“I’m fine,” she told Wayne.

“I heard Mercedes needs stitches.”

“Just a few,” she said. “She’s getting ready to leave. And Deck’s all right, too. He’s not staying overnight, either.”

“Too bad,” Wayne said. “I could’ve gotten them extra Jell-O with their dinner.”

She stared at him. Was that supposed to be funny?

“Sorry,” he said. “Dumb joke. Look, I’ve got to get back to it—I need to leave early to get to the shoot tonight. I’m in the tank scene with Adam, you know.”

“It’s raining,” she told him. He must not have checked his voice mail yet. “It’s been canceled.”

“Oh,” he said, disappointed. But he brightened right away. “Well, in that case, you want to go to a movie?”

Was he kidding? “I’m just a little busy tonight,” Patty told him, already walking away, unable to keep the sarcasm from her voice. “My boss was in an accident. I need to make myself available.”

“I’m sorry. Of course,” he said, following her. He just didn’t quit. “But in the event she goes home and gets Percodaned up . . . Well, you know where to find me.”

She certainly did. And it therefore should follow that she knew where to go in order not to find him.

And then she should have just done it. She should have turned to him and said, “Here’s a clue, Wayne. After I spend the evening making sure Mercedes is comfortable, I’m going up to her brother’s bedroom to wait for him to come home. Naked. In his bed. Because I’m sleeping with him—we’re involved. So now you know where to find me.”

But she didn’t have time for the potential fallout. Knowing Wayne, he’d petition for a chance to audition to be her leading man—to prove himself just as capable in bed.

Which wouldn’t require all too much effort, considering.

Instead she made a beeline toward Cosmo and Murphy, who were deep in discussion. Normally she avoided Cosmo—his eyes were just too weird—but she desperately needed to de-Wayne.

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