Page 55 of SEAL's Sunshine
“Yes, my CO told me. But I need to get out of here. I promise I’ll be careful.” Like hell, he would, but at that point, he’d say anything to get out of there. He’d pay for it later, but if he lost Miranda it wouldn’t matter.
She glanced at Jake and then back and Cam. “He means it. He’ll pull it out himself and then probably bleed to death.”
“Fine, but you have to sign an AMA before you can leave.”
“I’ll sign whatever I need to, as long as it happens now. We have a woman to save.” He’d struggled to keep his voice calm and not curse a blue streak, but it was wearing on him. Thankfully, she grabbed her cart and removed the IV and bandaged him up.
“Let me check your shoulder too.” He wanted to say don’t bother, but she was doing her job.
He nodded and let her check the dressing. “I should change it before you go.”
“Will it take long.”
“I’ll be quick.”
“Fine, thank you. Jake, can you see if my clothes are here?”
“You need a new shirt, they cut it off in the ER.”
“Fu…dge.” He stopped himself when the nurse raised her eyebrows. “Can you try to find a new one?”
“We can get you a set of scrubs.”
“Just the shirt will work. Thank you.” Jake hunted it down while Cam got his bandage changed. As soon as she was done, he signed the paper at the nurse’s station, and they were out the door.
“You should have stayed overnight. But I wouldn’t have either.”
“Where is Halo?”
“At the Vet on base. They told me he’d be fine.”
“It’s all my fault.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
“I should have been more focused. They never should have gotten the drop on me.”
“From what the guy saw who called the police, there were three of them, and they were waiting.”
“But if I hadn’t been distracted…”
“Shut the fuck up and listen to me. It doesn’t matter. It’s done. You can beat yourself up later, but I’m telling you, it would have been the same outcome for any of us. You were alone.”
“I had Halo.”
“Yes but you still couldn’t have taken out three with a handgun against three machine guns.”
Cam calmed a little as Jake’s words sank in. Maybe he couldn’t but he’d have gone down fighting, instead of being taken out the way he was. But he was right about one thing, it didn’t matter now. Only Miranda mattered.
“Did Tex ever find out where Azfaar is hiding out?”
“Yeah. He called just before I got the call from the police. He’s in Syria.”
“What the fuck is he doing there?”
“Hiding out with the remaining ISIS fighters.”
“He’s been working all this long distance?”
