Page 17 of Carrie's Strength
Sitting in the curtained-off room while the doctor works on my shoulder, I hear her voice.
“I don’t care, that is my man, and I’m going to see him.” I can hear the fear and also the fire. The next second, the curtain is thrown back, and there stands my babydoll.
“Hey, babydoll,” I say with a grin.
“Don’t you fucking dare babydoll me,” she fires back at me before she is in my arms and the tears start to fall.
“Hey now, I’m okay,” I tell her as I try to soothe her with my one free arm.
“I was so scared when they told me shit had gone down and you were at the hospital,” she says between hiccups.
“I’m okay, just a little scratch. Wrench is the one hurt more,” I say without thinking.
“Do you honestly think that makes it better? I love all of you, so when one of you gets hurt, I still hurt and worry. Plus, it is not a scratch. You were fucking shot!” Her voice trailing off into an angry whisper yell.
Wow, my baby girl is fired up tonight.
“I know, baby, and I’m sorry.” I pull her to me as the doctor finishes my stitches.
Wrapping me up, he gives the care instructions to Carrie, confirming it was just a graze and the bullet missed me. From the look on Carrie’s face, she’s not impressed with how unconcerned the doctor seems to be.
Joining the rest of the brothers in the waiting room, we wait to hear how Wrench is.
“Jason, as much as I want to wait here with you, Beau needs me. He was around when everything happened, so I want to make sure he’s okay,” Carrie says from beside me.
“Yeah, okay, two of the prospects will take you back.”
Nodding, she kisses me, stops to give Tank a hug, and has a quick chat with Prez before she leaves.
The waiting continues.
I replay everything that happened over and over in my head, trying to figure out what we missed.
I didn’t notice the van or Dog acting strange.
Nodding to Tank, he comes and joins me.
“How are you feeling, brother?” he asks.
“Like shit, I keep replaying the whole day over and over. Trying to remember if we missed anything.”
“Same. I can’t think of a single thing I noticed. Wrench will be fine, and we will get Wire back,” Tank says with conviction in his voice.
“Anyone else taken, then yeah I would agree. But fuck, Wire was our secret weapon. Now we have no Wire to do his computer shit and find him.” I hate saying the words out loud.
“Have a little faith, brother,” Tank says.
CHAPTEREIGHT
CARRIE
Sitting in the common room with Beau and Kate, I hear the yelling and the brothers all jumping into action.
I jump up and turn to Kate.
“Get Beau out of here,” I say.
Nodding, she scoops him up, and I hear her say something about watching a film to him.
