Page 178 of Capturing You
“Not that I know of. There shouldn’t be.”
“Thanks.” He bolted back toward the melee.
Lenny wrapped an arm around her waist and helped her. Normally, she’d push him away, but she didn’t have it in her tonight.
He’d hate her soon enough.
They reached the ambulance, and a paramedic started asking her questions.
“Can you give us a minute, please?” she asked.
He looked from her to Lenny, must’ve decided the man’s police uniform made him safe, and stepped back a few feet.
Lenny lifted her onto the back of the ambulance.
Thank heavens for sweet relief.
“Tell me what happened.”
“I’ll tell the whole story to Lori and the FBI.”
“The FBI? Why would they… What are you talking about?”
“Lenny, your father…” She swallowed. “He was part of this.”
“He’s a cop. This is what we do.”
“No, I mean…” She took his hands. “He tried to kill me.”
Lenny yanked back. “You’re crazy. Dad would never?—”
“He was shot.”
“What?” His head whipped back toward the woods. “Dad wasn’t… You’re wrong.”
“I’m sorry.”
He took another step back. “Be careful what you say about my father.”
“I promise to only tell the truth.”
That wasn’t going to help Lenny, though.
He spun and bolted toward the forest, where Forbes was being carried out, his sister at his side, holding his good hand.
She half-expected Lenny to say something to Forbes, but he didn’t, just raced past him.
She hadn’t wanted Lenny to see his father’s body. She’d hoped to soften the blow a little, but maybe that was a blow that couldn’t be softened.
The EMTs were taking Forbes to a different ambulance. She needed to see him, so despite the pain in her ankle, she pushed herself off the back of the ambulance and hobbled that direction.
Before they slid him into the back, he said, “Wait!”
Thanks to that commanding voice of his, the EMTs stopped.
With Rosie’s help, he sat up, looking around.
Their eyes met, and she closed the distance between them. “Hey.”
