Page 125 of Tactically Acquired

I chuckled, resting my head against the frame of the vehicle. Audrey intertwined her fingers with mine and squeezed. It was a clusterfuck, but we were all okay.

I looked at Audrey and swallowed the fear threatening to choke me. We were okay, right?

“Sir, you’re bleeding all over the floor. If you don’t let me take care of that, I’m going to have to ask you to leave,” the nurse said, her no-nonsense attitude cutting through the room like a knife.

“Would you just let her take care of you?” Audrey sighed. “We’re both fine.”

“Speak for yourself,” Spencer grumbled. “You weren’t crushed against the door.”

Audrey leaned over and punched his arm, ignoring the way he moaned like a baby. “Serves you right. You should never call a woman fat.”

“Sir—”

“My leg is fine. They need to be checked out now.”

“The doctor will be in any minute to assess?—”

“I don’t want them to fucking assess. I want them taken care of right fucking now. That woman is fucking blind and she hit her head!”

“Slider!” Audrey gasped.

My gaze snapped to hers, but I doubted she could even fucking see me. Just another lie to stack on top of all the shit we were dealing with. “Don’t even fucking test me right now.”

The door swung open and the doctor stepped inside, his smile slipping the moment he felt the tension in the room. “How is everyone? I hear we’ve had a bit of an accident.”

“That’s Audrey Leigh. She needs to be examined immediately. She’s blind and?—”

“Hey, Baldy!” Audrey snapped. “Perhaps you want to stop throwing around all my personal information for everyone to hear!”

“He’s a doctor. There are laws preventing him from sharing your medical information. Not to mention that he needs to know this shit. Much like the people who were protecting you!”

The doctor looked from Audrey to me. “Could I ask you to step outside? I understand this is a tense situation, but I would like to examine the patients without all the arguing.”

Maybe staying in here wasn’t the best idea. I was strung tight enough as it was. “I’ll get Rae,” I told Audrey. You’re not to be left alone at any time.”

She shot me a withering look, but didn’t argue. I hobbled over to the door and motioned for Rae to come in.

“I need you to stay with them. Apparently, I’m causing too much tension.”

The pull of her lips nearly had me punching the wall. “You? No, I don’t buy it for a second.” She shoved past me and headed inside while I leaned against the wall and sighed heavily.

“Coffee?” IRIS asked, walking over with a second cup.

“How did you know?”

“I didn’t. It was for Rae.”

“She’s inside with the liar.”

He winced, taking a sip of his coffee. “That’s just a tad harsh, don’t you think?”

He’d already been filled in on Audrey’s condition, along with FNG’s team. Somehow, Fox didn’t seem all that surprised.

“She fucking lied to me.”

“It wasn’t personal,” he retorted. “This was about her career.”

“Whose side are you on, anyway?”

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