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“I saw that,” I said, pointing to his name tag. “I focused on it when he?—”
He nodded slightly. “That was quick thinking. You should teach some classes for us.”
“I doubt that,” I huffed out. “I’ve never done that before. I mean, aside from in class.”
“Well, they taught you well. You really kept your cool.”
“I have a son,” I blurted out. “I was thinking about him. I’m supposed to pick him up from school soon.”
“Can you call his father?” he asked, reaching for his phone.
“No,” I answered immediately. “His…his father’s not in the picture. And I don’t want him to be.”
“Understood. How about we get you checked out and you can give me your statement? Then I can get you out of here.”
“That sounds good.” My eyes drifted around the room and the man’s face flashed in my eyes. “Not in here. Let’s go to a different room.”
“No problem.”
He grabbed my elbow and helped me stand. Still shaky, I wobbled with him to another room, grateful when Gina stepped in to clean me up. The cut wasn’t deep, but I would need it cleaned out to be on the safe side. While Gina got to work, Officer Thorson asked me to repeat what happened. I went through the motions, telling him what happened, how I noticed he wasn’t cuffed to the bed anymore and tried to get out. It only took a few minutes to tell him everything I knew. After that, I just wanted to punch out and go home.
“Thank you. If we need anything else from you, we’ll be in touch. Here’s my card if you need to talk.”
I took the card and nodded, shoving it in my pocket. As he left, Gina turned to me with a knowing grin.
“Girl, he was fine.”
“He’s a cop.”
“And all the more fine because of it. You know I like a man in uniform.”
I rolled my eyes and pushed off the bed. “I have to go get Parker.”
“You’re not even going to talk about this?”
“About what? You saw what happened.”
“Not the man that held a scalpel to your neck. I’m talking about the man candy that just strolled out of here, looking like a wet dream.”
I huffed in laughter. “Seriously, do you ever stop thinking about sex?”
“On most days? No. And especially not when a man that goodlooking walks into the room. But he wasn’t looking at me. He only had eyes for you.”
“Because I was the one with a scalpel to my throat. There was nothing else there.”
“Sure, if you want to see it that way.”
I walked out of the room and over to the front desk. With a quick glance at the clock, I saw a half hour had passed already. Parker would be worried if I didn’t show up soon.
“Are you really telling me you didn’t see the way he was watching you?”
I spun on my heel to face her. “Yes, he was watching me like a woman who had freaked out, and wanted to make sure I was okay. I appreciate that he didn’t leave me in the moment, but he’s gone now, off to rescue someone else.”
“Are you sure about that?” she asked, nodding her head discreetly to the emergency room doors.
He was standing over there talking with another officer. That didn’t mean anything. “He’s working the scene. Where else would he be?”
“I’m just saying, he stuck around for you. Just think about it.”
