of rubbing alcohol burned t
a blinding ache in her skull. Her h
tightly around her forehead. A heavy ice pack was strapped to her swollen right ankle, throbbing in tandem with her s
hallway outside. Leath
fall shut, slowing her breathing to the stea
pen. The footsteps stopp
her. Jayson. It mixed with the stale odor of a Cuba
x muttered, his voice low. "
breathy laugh. It was en
sleep? She's useless awake, Dex. She's just a
ears," Dex pointed out. "Y
He adjusted his cuffs, the gold links clinking faintly. "If it weren't for Archer Powel
s burned. She
a corporate obligation," Jayson added, his voice dri
ft hand curled into a fist. Her manicured nails
d from the corner of her eye a
te. Golda and the kid are waiti
into soft velvet. "Pippa didn't see me before
ound. The door
g silence, broken only by the s
allization. It was the moment four years of suppressed doubts
eyes sna
that had crushed her chest was gone.
of her concussion and forced herself to
rabbed the plastic hub of the IV needl
uckles and splattered onto the pristine white she
he nightstand. The screen was spider-webbed
ife. She opened her contacts
t ring. "Bridget! Oh my god
rasped. Her voice soun
fell
red, staring at the blood dripping f
, what h
d, hollow whisper. "And on the day his company rings the bell
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