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“Who?” I asked in confusion.
“Just wait here. I need to get the doctor.”
Doctor? I couldn’t think of a single fucking person that Cash knew that would come to my aid. But then Sky walked back into the room, followed by the one woman who should definitely not be out here. And based on the scowl on Knight’s face, he felt the same fucking way.
“Let’s check on the patient,” Kate grinned, slipping on gloves.
Fuck, this was horrible. “I didn’t tell anyone to come,” I grumbled to Knight.
“Didn’t fucking matter. She heard you were about to die. You’re lucky we were in Colorado. Any further and I would have been able to talk her out of coming.”
“He’s lying,” Kate winked at me. “I would have come anyway.”
I didn’t know why. I didn’t know Kate any more than from her picture and a brief interaction. She didn’t owe me a fucking thing. She pulled back the sheet and slowly pulled the gauze from the wound at my side. I remembered my body hurting, but the events surrounding the injury were muddled with images of my nightmares.
“It’s looking a lot better.”
“Good, then we can go,” Knight grumbled.
“Not yet,” Kate grinned at him. “I still need to make sure that he can handle the rest.”
“The rest of what?” I asked, confused as hell.
“You’re going through withdrawals. You probably feel okay right now, but that’s only because I shot you up with morphine.”
My jaw immediately hardened in anger. “You did what?”
“You better back the fuck down,” Knight growled, stepping closer. “She saved your fucking life. Show a little gratitude.”
“Johnny made it very clear that you didn’t want drugs, but you were in a lot of pain. Speaking of, I found something that you need to see.” She turned and grabbed a small dish, holding it out for me. “I found these implanted under your hairline.”
“What are they?” I asked, my voice so gravelly, I wasn’t sure she could understand me.
“They’re electrodes,” Fox said from the doorway. “I bet you’re fucking ecstatic to see me,” he grinned, sauntering into the room. “I’ve been looking into them with Rae. It seems someone put these in your head and set them to go off at regular intervals. That’s why the headaches came out of nowhere. Scrambled your brain just a little,” he chuckled.
“Is that all of them?” I asked.
Kate nodded. “I ran a scan, and those were the only two I picked up. Unfortunately, just because I removed them, it doesn’t mean the headaches will stop. From what I’ve been told about what happened to you, the headaches are bound to reoccur, just not at the intensity you’ve been feeling. I would recommend wearing sunglasses everywhere you go until the headaches disappear.”
“What about his incision?” Sky asked. “Is…”
“He’s fine.”
There was something I was missing, but no one was saying anything. “Doc, I need a minute.”
She nodded and waited for everyone else to leave. Sky was hesitant, acting like if she left, she might never see me again. When thedoor snicked shut, I got right to the point. “What aren’t you telling me?”
“You’ll need to stay here for at least a week.”
“Okay…” I said, still not understanding the problem.
“You’re not feeling it right now because of the morphine, but I ran blood tests on you. The drugs in your system are…they’re so much worse than just heroin. Whatever you were given, it’s fueling the headaches. And with the pain you’re already feeling because of the gunshot wound, it’s not going to be easy to detox.”
“How bad?” I asked.
“Honestly? I can’t tell you. Heroin withdrawal isn’t usually as dangerous as other drugs, but since you had multiple drugs in your system…There’s the stress on your heart, dehydration, vomiting, and that doesn’t even touch on the symptoms you’re already experiencing because of how you were tortured and the wound to your abdomen. I would strongly recommend that you allow me to prescribe?—”
“No,” I said immediately.
