Reid by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781778863097
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2024-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

When they all arrived at the hospital, Veni was escorted into a cubicle, but without Reid. She looked back at him, worried.

Reid smiled reassuringly. “I’m right here. If you need me, then all you need to do is call.” She picked up on his emphasis on call right away.

She hesitated, then nodded and walked in, where a nurse awaited her. She was instructed to strip down and to get under the sheet on the bed. She stared at the nurse. “Why?”

She smiled and explained, “We need to do a full assessment.”

“I’m not hurt,” she said quickly.

“These are my orders, per the doctor who arrived with you.”

Veni didn’t like it, didn’t like anything about it. She shook her head. “No, if that’s the case, I’ll wait until I see who is coming in to see me,” she declared. “I have no need to have my clothes off.”

At that, the doctor from the airplane stepped in and smiled, then explained, “We’re checking for trackers. It would help us do this if you would undress.”

“Can’t you do a scan or something instead?” she muttered. “Why do I have to strip?”

“Is there a reason you don’t want to?”

“Yes,” she snapped, glaring at him. “I’ve already been held prisoner for way too long for me to want to be so exposed.”

He seemed to accept that response and nodded. “Let me do a full check on you right now, as you are,” he offered. “And, yes, we can scan for trackers, but I’m also looking for points of entry. We’ll find a scanner first, and then we’ll sort out the entry point.”

“Fine,” she muttered.

“Are you sure you don’t want Reid in here?” the doctor asked.

“I do want Reid in here,” she declared, eyeing the doctor carefully. “I never said he couldn’t be in here with me.”

At that, the curtain was pulled back, and Reid stepped forward. “I’m here. It’s all right.” She breathed a sigh of relief, reached out a hand, which he quickly grasped. “It’s fine.”

Now the doctor proceeded to check her over for points of entry, noting drugs, yes, but also trackers. He’d done a quick check of her overall health on the plane, but, as she had been mobile and coherent and not showing any signs of actual trauma, his initial search had been cursory at best, but this was a whole different story.

By the time he was done, she was exhausted, just from the stress, the worry, the waiting. She groaned, as she sank back down on the hospital bed. “And?”

He explained, “We’re bringing in some equipment, and we’ll check for trackers. I did not see any sign of point of entry big enough for a tracker on visible body parts. That’s a good thing, but I can’t be sure. We need to be sure.”

She nodded. “That’s fine. Bring in whatever you need to.”

And, with that, two men stepped forward, one holding a small handheld device. She was quickly scanned top to bottom, and then they stepped back. “She’s clear.”

The relief that washed through her was absolutely mind-numbing.

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