The Omega Team: Tough Target (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Jordan Dane

Author:Jordan Dane [Dane, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-05-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Tampa General Hospital

Intensive Care Unit

True to his word, Jacqui’s surgeon had made arrangements for Rafael to see her in the ICU. It had been a blessing and a curse.

It broke his heart to see her in the ICU hooked to machines. Her chest rose and fell because a machine pumped oxygen into her lungs. A monitor marked the beats of her precious heart. He wanted to hate the whirring sounds and beeps or the needle punctured into the bruised skin of her hand, but these things kept her alive.

When he drew closer to her bed, he reached for her lifeless arm. Her fingers were cold. He leaned down and held her hand, kissing each finger.

“It’s me, honey. Rafael.” He spoke only loud enough for her to hear him, as if they were lying next to each other in bed. “Your doctor tells me that you’re in a coma and your body needs time to heal. This might be a good thing, but…I’m scared, mi vida. I can’t lose you, not when we only just found each other.”

A tear drained down his cheeks.

“The nurses say you might hear me, if I talk to you. I pray to God they’re right. I can’t imagine not looking into your eyes again, or hearing your sweet voice, mi amor. But if there is a chance you can hear me, I must try. I can’t bear the thought of you leaving this world without knowing how much I love you.”

Rafe reached for her face and traced a finger down her cheek.

“You were so worried about what I thought of you, when we first met and you came on to me the way you did, but I didn’t deserve you, then or now. You made me want to live again after my wife and baby girl were—” He couldn’t finish. “You have no idea how special you are. You see everyone through the pureness of your heart. You believed in me even when I didn’t.”

Rafael entwined his fingers in hers and squeezed her hand.

“What I came to say is, if God wants you at his side, I understand why. You are an angel, but God forgive me, you are my angel. Please don’t leave me.”

Rafael dropped to his knees and let the tears come—praying for God not to take her.

***

Outside ICU

“Tampa PD hit pay dirt on traffic cams. A former partner of mine sent me these images.”

Athena sat next to Grey in the waiting room of the ICU with a laptop on her knees. She showed him what she’d been sent by her trusted ally within the Tampa police department. Athena hit the button that projected traffic cam photos onto the screen.

The first showed a man behind the wheel of a big rig and the next image captured the face of a man driving a dark sedan through an intersection. The facial clarity was good enough to run against law enforcement databases.

“Facial recognition came up with two names—the hit and run driver of the eighteen-wheeler that crashed into Jacqui and the shooter who killed Clive.

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