Every Secret Thing by Rebecca Hartt

Author:Rebecca Hartt [Hartt, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-947833-90-6
Publisher: Rise UP Publications

“Welcome back, Lieutenant.”

Prying open sticky eyelids, Lucas found himself in what appeared to be a hospital recovery room. The sterile space was crammed with tubes and instruments. Two other patients slumbered in beds nearby. Taking inventory of himself, Lucas found an IV needle imbedded in the back of his left hand. His right arm was strapped to his chest by Velcro strips banding his torso. The last thing he could recall was passing out in Saul’s car as they sped away from the Sabena police.

Where am I? he went to ask the behemoth-sized woman looming over him, only he found he had to clear his dry throat first. “Did I have surgery?” he asked instead.

“Mm-hmm.”

Blinking her into focus, Lucas noted with puzzlement the frown on her dark face and the disapproving line of her lips.

“I’m Rexanne,” she informed him.

He found her pretty name at odds with her ferocious appearance. The name T-Rex would have suited her better, even though he would have to borrow it from a former SEAL, a member of Blue Squadron whose foot had been crushed during an op-gone-wrong.

“And I know who you are,” she added, reaching for him.

Lucas flinched, but all she did was check his pulse while looking at her watch.

Releasing him, she entered data into the computer on the wheeled table next to him.

“You used to play for the Dallas Cowboys,” she continued. Her tone turned downright condemning. “And ever since you left, they haven’t gone to a single Super Bowl.”

Many of his fans had yet to forgive him for quitting football. T-Rex was apparently among that number.

“Do you know where my friends are?” he asked, trying to sit up.

“Unh-uh!” She halted his ascent with a man-sized hand on his chest. “You ain’t goin’ nowhere just yet. Give yourself a day or two.”

“What day is it?”

“Thursday.”

Jaguar’s motion hearing was tomorrow. He simply didn’t have a day or two.

“Where am I?” he asked with growing agitation.

“Patuxent Naval Air Station. And your friends are waitin’ for you in the room I’m about to move you to.” She pointed a threatening finger at him. “Don’t you even think about leavin’ until the hospital commander gives the all-clear.” Her dark eyes bulged as she added, “I’ve dealt with your kind before. You think taking a bullet’s like getting stung by a bee. Well, it ain’t. We had to dig deep to get that sucker out. You move before you’re ready, and you’re gonna start bleedin’ internally.”

Lucas heard her words, but he planned on leaving anyway.

“And just so you know,” she added, “Patient Safety’s going to want to know how you got shot in the first place. A rep will be stopping by your room to talk to you.”

Nonplussed, Lucas wondered what he was going to say to explain his circumstances.

Cranking the handle that had kept his gurney immobile, the nurse proceeded to wheel him out of the recovery room. They moved briskly down a hallway in dire need of renovation and turned into the open elevator where T-Rex pushed the button for the fourth floor.

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