The Christmas Wild Bunch by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488091636
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

“Hey, Mike!” Jake called from behind the ops counter, “the Nogales hospital just called. Dallas is awake!”

Murdoch had just come in from a mission. The late afternoon sun slanted through the west window of the shack. He’d just entered the door, helmet bag in hand, and now his heart took off at a gallop. “Yeah? How is she?”

It had been two days since she’d been wounded. Two of the worst days of his life. And yet he had to fly, despite not wanting to leave her side.

Laughing, Jake put down the phone. “Awake and bitching. She wants out of there, pronto! Like yesterday. That’s our X.O.”

Grinning lopsidedly, Murdoch deposited his bag on the shelf. “She’s okay? Talking? Her old self?”

“Sounded fine to me,” Jake said, grinning widely.

“You sure?”

“Yep, no brain damage. That’s good news.”

“I’ll get right over there. My report can wait.”

Waving his hand toward the door, Jake said, “Gotcha, boss. Oh, the nurse at the desk said Dallas was asking specifically for you.”

Pleasure thrummed through Murdoch. “You aren’t jiving me, are you?”

“Me?” his buddy crowed. “Hell no! I swear it.” He held up his fingers in the Boy Scout salute.

“You had better be telling the truth….” Murdoch growled.

Chortling, Jake said, “Take off, Mike. She wants to see you. I’ll tell our C.O. what’s going down and let him know Dallas is back to the land of the living. I’m sure he’ll be relieved to hear that.”

So was Murdoch. Lifting his hand in farewell to his friend, he exited the shack, mentally jumping up and down for joy over the good news. The day was cloudy, with rain predicted, and he found his flight suit wasn’t enough to protect him from the damp chill in the air or the erratic winds. The desert could be brutally cold in winter.

Even so, Mike decided not to go back to his apartment and change into civilian clothes. He’d been on an eight-hour mission in Sonora with Bob. Since Dallas had been wounded, they were down to a three-man team once more. Nike Alexander was slated to arrive in two weeks. At least that would give them two teams in the air while Dallas was sidelined.

As Murdoch headed for his black Toyota Forerunner, his whole focus centered on Dallas. How was she? Aching to kiss her, to hold her, he felt his eyes suddenly and unexpectedly mist up with tears. He fought them back and quickly strode to his car. More than anything, he needed to see Dallas. To make sure she was whole and all right, despite the fact her helmet had taken a direct hit from a bullet. Would she be glad to see him?

* * *

“Mike!” Dallas called. She struggled to sit up in her bed in the private hospital room. “Am I ever glad to see you!”

Murdoch grinned unevenly as he closed the door to her small room. The sinking sun slanted through the venetian blinds to the left of her bed. Dallas was dressed in a formless blue cotton gown, with a small white square of gauze bandaged to her left temple.

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