Page 34 of Beta Team-The Saviors: Part two
“Holy shit. He made Tyler speechless,” Gavin laughs.
“He’ll fit in just fine,” I reply. At least he’s starting to let us see some of his personality, and he’s loosening up enough to joke with us. “What do we need to do to bring Ari home?”
“I already set up the room downstairs,” Keon responds. “Doc will be here soon to bring us what we need to continue his care.”
“How are we going to get him here?” Jason asks. “He’s still unsteady on his feet and weak. Plus, his family is watching the cameras.”
“We can always take him out like they did me,” Gavin throws in.
“How was that?” I ask.
Gavin grins. “In a body bag.”
“Oh, hell no,” I shudder. I couldn’t imagine being in a body bag even temporarily.
“I think that will work,” Keon agrees. “We can run it by Tivon and see if he can get his men to drive the getaway vehicle. But how are we going to convince the doctor and nurses to fake his death?”
“Let me handle that,” I say, already pulling out my phone.
“Kira,” Kane answers on the second ring. He’s still not happy about how everything went down, but he’s coming around. Not that he’ll ever officiallylikethe guys, but he won’t want to kill them for just breathing.
“We need help getting Ari from the hospital.” I outline our plan. “We need someone to convince the doctors and nurses to pronounce him dead, bag him, and bring him out through the morgue. We’ll have Tivon’s team waiting.”
“I’ll send Blaze,” Kane answers. I shake my head just imagining how that will look. Blaze is certifiably insane on a good day, which he’s aware of, so I can only imagine how he’ll convince these poor people to play along. “Anything else?”
“Kane,” I sigh. “You can’t stay mad at me forever.”
“I’m not mad, Kira. But you should have told me you were in trouble.”
“We’ve already had this conversation. You would have tried to drag me back to New York, which you tried to do when you got here. I trust them to take care of me, Kane. Bad shit happens to the best of us, you know this. So, can we move on now?”
“And what about your…relationship with these men?”
“Are you really judging me right now?”
“I have no room to judge, but I don’t know if you’re ready for that type of commitment with not only one, but four men.”
“How about you let me make my own decisions?”
“You know who these guys are. Is that really the life that you want?”
“I’ve been a part of this my whole life, Kane, and what they do isgood.Maybe if you’d quit being an ass and try to get to know them, you would know this.Youare the one that picked them to protect me. Maybe you should think about that before throwing stones, brother.”
Kane is quiet for a long time but I wait him out, knowing that he’s thinking about what I said. “Point taken,” he says finally. “I’ll send Blaze to the hospital to take care of this for you.”
“Thank you, Kane.”
“Love you.”
“Love you, too.” I disconnect the call and feel like I’ve gone twenty rounds with Mike Tyson. “He’s sending Blaze to make the arrangements with the doctor.”
Keon raises a brow. “He does know we need the doctor alive for this to work, right?”
I can’t help but laugh, because I understand what he means. “He does. Blaze will get it done.”
I just hope we can get Ari out safely.
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