Page 115 of Recklessly Rogue

“Is everything okay?” she asks, clearly concerned.

“Well—”

Her phone starts to ring.

I’m one hundred percent certain it’s her sister. “Talk to Scarlett. I’m going to get us a plane.”

“Henry,” she says, her eyes wide.

“Everyone is fine,” I tell her.

She takes a breath and nods. Then answers her phone. “Scarlett, what’s going on?”

My phone rings as I’m scrolling through my contacts for our airport contact. “Jonah,” I answer. “What the fuck happened?”

“Everyone is fine,” my friend and fellow O’Grady protector says.

“People really need to stop saying that to me.”

“The guy ran a red light, but he was going pretty slow. Cian had just pulled out. They were in the car alone. We wereright behind them and saw the whole thing. They were hit on Scarlett’s side. She broke her right arm. Clean break. They were able to set and cast it. She’ll make a full recovery.”

I appreciate that he just gets to the point and gives me all the information I would ask for before I have to.

“She and Cian both also have mild concussions, but they’ve been cleared to fly. Mariah is flying home with them, and they don’t feel that they need Linnea and me with them, so we’re going to stay here in Portland for a couple more days, then head home. If you need anything, I can be on a plane to Ohio in less than an hour.”

That all actually sounds good. It’s nothing major. Nothing to panic about.

I glance at Ruby. She’s frowning slightly but nodding. She doesn’t look too upset, just mildly worried.

She meets my gaze but doesn’t give me much indication of what she’s feeling or thinking.

“Thanks, Jonah.”

“I can be with them in Omaha in a couple of weeks,” he says.

I shake my head. “No need. I’ll be there.”

“Okay. Let me know if you need anything else.” He pauses. “Areyouokay?”

“Yeah.” I blow out a breath. “I’m great. Nothing broken. Head’s fine.”

“I mean…” Jonah pauses again. “You know what I mean.”

Jonah has been Torin’s bodyguard and, more importantly, friend, as long as I’ve been with Cian. Their relationship is as close as mine and Cian’s is.

I know exactly what he means.

“Cian’s never been in the hospital when I haven’t been there. He was never in the hospital as a kid after he was born. He didn’t even have his tonsils out until he was twenty-two. And he still has his appendix.” I sigh. “It just feels weird.”

“I get it,” Jonah says. “But for what it’s worth, he’s doing a fantastic job.”

“A fantastic job of being in the hospital?”

“Well, he’s fine, physically. But he’s shaken up seeing Scarlett hurt. Still, he held it together, was calm, asked all the right questions, and hasn’t left her side. He’s taking amazing care of her.”

I think about that.

And how Scarlett has changed my best friend in so many great ways.

---