Page 61 of Fourth Point Of Contact

“Wow, you’re just a peach today.”

Her feminine voice lifted my spirits and my cock. My eyes flew open and I grinned at her, motioning her over. She was in a wheelchair, but I assumed that was just because it was hospital policy since she hadn’t been discharged yet. “Thank God you’re not a man.”

“There are so many questions…Starting with, would any woman do?”

“Not at all. If you were the nurse, I’d jab the needle in her eye.”

“That’s a little violent for three o’clock in the afternoon.”

“Since I left your room, I haven’t had any peace. I sent the guys to find me food. They were annoying the fuck out of me.”

“Beans?”

“I doubt they serve Bush’s here.”

“You never know. If I had been thinking clearly, I would have brought all those cans with us. Even though they had been expired for two years.”

“Well, I’m not dead yet.” I nodded to her feet. “How bad is it?”

“Eh, it hurts, but I’ll survive. It can’t be worse than jumping out of a plane and hoping I don’t catapult to the Earth and die. What about you? Still happy about your new Terminator status?”

“I was thinking of going into competition with this teammate of mine, Thumper. Of course, he has a bionic leg, and I just can’t compete with that. Definitely not cool enough.”

“Not at all.”

“When are they springing you?”

“Now. The nurse just brought my discharge papers, but I told her I needed to stop by here first. She got this really lovey-dovey look on her face and almost started crying.” Piper’s eyes widened in horror at the thought. “I just went with it, hoping she didn’t try to hug me. It was really weird.”

“Well, I tend to have that effect on people.”

“Hey, I savedyou, asshole.”

“You did,” I agreed. “So, where to now?”

“A hotel. Juliette got me a room. I’m spending no less than two days in bed before I complete my mission.”

I barked out a laugh at that. “Your mission?”

She tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled. Fuck, that little move made me want to leap out of bed and kiss her, but that would be bad. Just because she made me smile didn’t mean my dick could have her. Besides, she just got out of a relationship, and that wasn’t good for anyone, especially me. I didn’t need a woman who would cling to me.

“I still have to get back to New York— well, New Jersey. Dick weasel sent my things to some storage company and I need to get it back before he has it all destroyed.”

“Need some help?” I wasn’t sure why I offered. I wasn’t in the position to do much of anything at this point.

“What are you gonna do? Run him over with your wheelchair?”

“I’m sure I could have it modified to fire weapons also.”

“I might not mind seeing him gunned down, but let’s hold off until I get my things back.”

“Well, I’m not getting out of here for at least another day. Think you can hold off that long?”

She sighed heavily, “I suppose. It’ll be tough to lounge around after hiking through the forest for days, but somehow, I think I’ll survive it.”

“If you get bored, you can always show the staff how to make your own pouch and boil water.”

“Invaluable knowledge,” she nodded.

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