Page 113 of Danger and Dominance
“Let her in, please,” Naomi called out, getting to her feet, but it ended up being unnecessary because once she called out her approval, the nurses parted, and Brenda came bustling in.
There were tears in her eyes as she hurried over to Cassidy’s side, pure worry etched across her features that only lessened a tiny bit when she met Cassidy’s gaze.
“My goodness, you and David.Getting attacked, getting shot, and all without me there!What were you thinking?”She bent over to very gently kiss Cassidy’s forehead.“I didn’t even get to kick the fucker.”
“Don’t worry, Jensen handled that apparently, though Don had already caught a bad case of the dead before he did it, so it’s not like he could feel it,” Jennifer reassured her.
Brenda sniffed derisively.“Yeah, but I wanted to.Is he in the morgue here?Do you think they’d let me in?”
Cassidy couldn’t help it; she started laughing.
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David
For the first time, David didn’t mind having to stay in the hospital while he recovered from surgery, in large part because Lincoln had pulled some strings and made sure he and Cassidy could have a room together.They had to sleep in their separate beds, but it meant David could truly relax because he knew she was okay.
The physical threat from Don was gone, but he needed to know she was okay in other ways, too.
From what she said, she didn’t remember Don’s actual death or being sprayed with his blood.She’d woken up in the hospital all cleaned up.Still, he knew from being in the same room with her that she was having some nightmares.She didn’t seem to remember those either when she woke up.
He was worried it was all going to start coming back to her, and he wanted to be there to help if it did.
They also had constant visitors.Not just the team but also people from the Outlands, and—of course—his grandmother was there every day.Apparently, Cassidy was now claimed as her granddaughter.Cassidy had admitted to him that when she’d first woken up and she’d been a little out of it, she’d been wildly confused about that until she’d realized Brenda had just said it to try to get into her room.
Thanks to Lincoln, they were also getting released on the same day.
Dr.Grande, David’s surgeon, had come to take a final look before signing him out.Or maybe he’d stopped by because Jennifer was there.
As fate would have it, the Dr.Richard Grande who’d operated on David’s shoulder was the same Richard who had recently asked Jennifer out on a date.Jensen was already calling him ‘Dr.Dick’ when the man wasn’t around.Unfortunately for Jensen, Dr.Grande was a good-looking guy.There were some similarities between the two of them in looks—tall, brown-haired, and dark-eyed with a lean build.Jennifer definitely had a type.
“Everything looks good,” Dr.Grande said, putting the bandage back in place.He was saying the words to David, but he was looking at Jennifer, who was sitting and waiting in the nearby chair, smiling widely at her.She was smiling back at him, and she kept brushing invisible hair off of her shoulder.Thankfully, Jensen wasn’t there to see it since the chemistry between the two was just as strong as it was between Jennifer and Jensen.If he’d been hoping she was dating someone else just to get to him… well, it was very clear right now that was not the case.
“Great, thank you, Doc.”David was ready to get out of there.
“Is there anything special I need to do to take care of him?”Cassidy asked anxiously, putting her hand on David’s thigh to keep him from actually getting off the edge of the bed where he was sitting.She’d been hovering at his side while Dr.Grande examined him.
David had been shot before, so he knew what to do, but he waited patiently while Cassidy listened very seriously to the same rundown the nurses had already given her.If she wanted to take care of him and play nurse, he wasn’t going to stop her, especially if it meant some of her anxiety relaxed.Jennifer was also paying close attention, though he was pretty sure it was for a slightly different reason.Dr.Grande kept glancing at her.
Smittenwas the word that came to mind.
They finally got out of there.Jennifer had offered to drive them.Cassidy was doing well, but she was nervous about driving after a head injury, and everyone seemed to think it would be better if a third party was there to take him home.David hadn’t bothered to argue.
“So, what’s been going on?”he asked once they got in the car.Everyone had refused to update him while he was in the hospital, insisting he focus on healing.In some ways, it had been infuriating; in others, it had been a nice break to not be able to think about work at all.
“We finally found out where Don had been holed up.His aunt rented a house for him here using his parents’ money, so his family definitely knew where he was,” Jennifer said, shaking her head.
Cassidy snuggled up to David in the backseat.He’d made sure they’d gotten in so he would be able to put his good arm around her once they were seated.There was going to be a lot more physical therapy before he could use his left arm in all the ways he wanted to.
“Assholes,” he muttered.Cassidy didn’t say anything, but he felt her nod.
Seriously, they should be charged with aiding and abetting.On the other hand, they’d lost their son because of it, so hopefully, they’d learned their lesson.
“No charges filed; it was clear self-defense.Saul handed over the tapes from the alley to the police when they arrived on the scene to make sure you didn’t get into any trouble.There was also a witness who confirmed that Cassidy didn’t want to go with Don,” Jennifer continued.
Beside him, Cassidy stirred, then subsided.
“A witness?”
