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“Anything broken I need to know about?”
“Just my face. And I can’t feel my toes.”
The burn ratcheted up to nuclear levels. He wanted to lay waste to everything around him. To rip Falco apart limb by limb, then sew him back together so he could do it again.
“We’ll get you all sorted out; don’t worry.”
Lifting her into his arms, he curled her against his chest. “Ready transport,” he said into his microphone, “and have Mick on standby.”
* * *
An hour later, Matt was back at the hospital. This time, he was in Michael’s private office instead of a public waiting room. Apparently, his doctor uncle had special privileges and a lot of pull.
Anna was being checked out in a private room somewhere, while he waited and paced and thought of a hundred different ways to make Manny Falco hurt.
“Hey,” Kieran said, stepping into the office.
“Any news?”
“Mick’s got her in X-ray now.”
“Where’s Falco?”
“At an undisclosed location.”
“I want to talk to him.”
“Not a good idea.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
Kieran sat down. “It means, you should let us handle it.”
“What am I supposed to do, just walk away? Pretend none of this happened?”
“Yes. That’s the plan, right? To walk away and not look back?”
The words felt like a slap in the face, mostly because they were true. It was then Matt realized that Kieran knew. But Matt refused to have this conversation right now.
“You can’t let him go. As long as he knows she’s alive, he’s a threat to her.”
Kieran nodded. “We’re aware.”
“I want a piece of him.”
“Why?”
Matt ground his molars together. Kieran knew damn well why. He wanted Matt to say it, but he couldn’t. Speaking those words would make them too real.
When the silence stretched between them, Kieran rose and patted him on the shoulder.
Then, he walked away, closing the door quietly behind him.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
ANNA
Anna awoke to the sound of a low, soothing voice speaking to someone nearby. Cracking open her lids, she peered around and realized she was in a hospital room. Things came back to her in a rush—the arrest, the abduction, the threats. Manny knew who she was.
