Point Blank (Five Dangerous Ground Novellas) by Josh Lanyon

Author:Josh Lanyon [Lanyon, Josh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: action-adventure, LGBT, mystery, gay romance
Publisher: Josh Lanyon
Published: 2017-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Hedwig’s contractions were coming faster by the time they pulled into the nearly empty parking lot of the small grouping of adobe buildings that comprised Carrizozo Indian Hospital.

“Is this place even open?” Will asked, turning off the ignition.

“It’s supposed to be.” Taylor double-checked the directory on his phone. “Thirteen beds. Family practice. Inpatient and outpatient.”

“I need a real hospital,” groaned Hedwig.

“This is a real hospital.”

“You’re going to kill me and the baby both.”

“You couldn’t find anything else?” Will asked, uneasily watching the writhing in the backseat.

“This is the closest. She keeps saying she’s going to have this kid any second—”

“All right. Can you make sure they’re open before we try dragging her out of the car?”

Taylor got out of the car and went up the cement walk. The heat of the day was fading, but the walls of the building still radiated warmth. Wilted flowers struggled in the baked dirt of what was optimistically intended as landscaping. It did look sort of deserted, but there was a shiny new pickup in the parking lot, as well as a very old ambulance.

He pushed through the double glass doors, and a wave of antiseptic-scented, chilled air hit him.

A plump Indian boy of about seventeen stood behind a counter. His eyes widened at the sight of Taylor. And if Taylor looked half as rough as he felt, no wonder. It had been one hell of a long day.

“Are you open?” Taylor asked.

“Yes.” The kid seemed to collect himself. “If you want to sit down, I’ll bring you the paperwork.”

“It’s not for me. I’ve got a woman in the parking lot who’s about to give birth. Do you have a doctor on the premises?”

“My mom—that is, Dr. Cruz is over at Happy Pete’s having her evening break. I can page her.”

Taylor sincerely hoped Happy Pete’s was not a bar. “Could you? That would be great.”

“Sure, I’ll—”

Whatever else the kid was about to say was lost in the jarring sounds of skidding tires, blasting horns, and breaking glass from outside. The unmistakable accompaniment of a car crash.

“It’s an accident!” the kid exclaimed, coming around the counter. “It happens all the time on this corner.” He ran out through the glass doors.

“Are you kidding me?” Taylor asked the empty room.

Apparently the joke was on him. He shoved open the glass doors, narrowly missing being mown down by the kid, who was already racing back, looking stricken.

“There’s a guy with a gun out there!” He ran to the phone on the desk.

Taylor banged out through the entrance. He drew his weapon, keeping his pistol at low ready as he jogged down the cement walk.

“But the baby is coming. I can’t walk.”

“You can walk, milaya moyna. I guarantee you will find the strength. Or perhaps you wish to watch me blow a hole through the chest of this agent?”

“No, I don’t want that, but—”

“I do not negotiate. Come.”

“Don’t get out of that car,” Will ordered thickly. “Keep the doors locked.”

Taylor leaned against the grainy bricks and poked his head around the rounded corner of the building.

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