Protective Phlox by Brooklyn Cross

Author:Brooklyn Cross [Cross, Brooklyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Seventeen

SAVANNAH

Everything here felt different. It was strange how someplace could be your home for so long, and in a blink, it felt like you had never lived there. New businesses and buildings lined streets that were once filled with trees. The smell in the air was different than I remembered, and as I looked around, it became glaringly apparent that when I left, I never wanted to come back here.

“Are you okay?”

I jerked at the sound of Goran’s voice and looked away from the window. “Yeah, I will be. Just a lot of memories associated with this place, and not all of them pleasant.”

“Nathaniel told me that you were engaged before you met him?”

I wasn’t sure if Goran was probing because he was genuinely curious or if it was a recon mission for Nathan, but there was nothing new to share that Nathan didn’t already know.

“I was, but I caught him sleeping with the neighbor.”

“Ouch. What did you do?”

I smirked as I pictured the look on Shawn’s face when he was ordered out into the snow naked. “Let’s just say it is a good thing I don’t have Nathan’s temper, or more than a vase would’ve been shot.”

“Damn, no wonder you and Nathaniel get along so well.” Goran chuckled. “Then again, you’re right. The bodies would’ve been in black bags if it had been Nathaniel, so you showed a lot more restraint.”

That made me smile. “It didn’t stop me from getting slapped with mandatory time off and anger management classes.” I looked over my shoulder at the three vehicles behind us and then at the other two in front, leading the parade. “Do we really need everyone to pull into the parking lot and come inside? I mean, it is a hospital. We don’t need to draw that kind of attention.”

“No, only the four of us will go inside. The rest will be circling the area and keeping an eye out for anything suspicious.”

I glanced at the two silent soldiers in the front seat. I didn’t even know their names.

“What are your names?”

The driver looked at me in the rearview mirror. “Vlad.”

The second one looked over his shoulder. “Guy.”

“So here’s the thing, guys, I have no problem with you coming in and keeping an eye on me, but please try to remember that this is a hospital. It’s best to be inconspicuous, which means no tackling people unless you’re positive they’re a threat. Don’t pull your weapons for anything unless someone pulls a gun first. No coming into the washroom with me, and try not to scare the other patients. You all look like you’re ready to go on a murder spree. It’s not really hospital vibes.”

“We are supposed to stay with you at all times,” Goran said, and I could picture him coming into the bathroom to make sure I didn’t crawl out a window or get attacked by a little old lady with a cane.

“Goran, I know you take your orders from Nathan, but I don’t want everyone wondering why I need so much muscle.

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