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“I know Savage acts like a goofball, but he’s a literal surgeon, and yes, I said surgeon with a medical license. He’s also a former mercenary. He’ll take care of him. Eric will be back without an irreparable blemish.”
“Irreparable blemish? Are you trying to make me feel better?”
“I don’t make promises I can’t keep. It’s a thing here at Walker. We tell things as they are. We’re honest. I can’t tell you that they won’t end up banged up, but I can assure you they’ll end up safe, in one piece, and without any damage that they can’t come back from.”
“You’re killing me.”
“No,” he says. “I’m protecting you, like Savage is protecting Eric.”
“You remember he’s a genius, right?”
“Quite clearly.”
“He can outsmart Savage,” I counter.
“First, surgeon and mercenary. Remember? And why would he want to outsmart him? Savage isn’t a man who needs things sugarcoated.”
“You’re not making this better.”
“They’ll be back soon.”
Frustrated and feeling helpless, I re-enter the kitchen, just in time to find my cellphone ringing. I rush forward, grab it and find my mother calling. Apparently not only are my calls forwarded to this phone, Blake even set-up my phonebook. I hit decline. I can’t take it. I’ll confront her over my attack, and I have no plan after that. I don’t know if we want to tell her about all of this or not. I need to talk to Eric first. I stand up and start to pace.
Another ten minutes pass, and my phone rings again, and this time it’s Gigi. I don’t like the timing, and how close it is to when my mother tried to reach me. I don’t want to take the call at all. I feel like this woman set me up to be murdered, but I also fear there might be something she says, that if ignored, could become even more dangerous.
I hit the answer button. “Hi, Gigi.”
“What is going on?”
“You tell me. Because it sure seems like you know more than I do about everything.”
“I know nothing.”
“Why is Eric’s father here in New York City?” I demand.
“He’s—what?”
“Don’t tell me you don’t know.”
“I didn’t know. Honey, Ididn’t know.”
“He knows you used me to get Eric to Denver.”
“If he went fishing, you can’t give him the fish. Keep your mouth shut.”
And yet, Adam says she called him and I decide to roll the dice and see where I land. “Someone tried to kill me last night. Eric saved me.”
“What? No. Who? Why? Oh my God.” She sounds panicked. “Oh God.”
“Gigi?” I say urgently, afraid she’s having another heart attack.
“He did know. I’m sorry, I lied. I told him after I sent you to get Eric because—it doesn’t matter. He knew Eric was coming but—Oh God.”
“Gigi, talk to me. Are you okay?”
“I didn’t want to see either of you hurt. I don’t want that.”
She’s breathing heavily. Really heavily. “Gigi, I want you to call an ambulance or I will for you.”
