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“When he went still, I waited to see if he would move. I swear I saw the moment when he died. In his eyes, I mean.”
I wish she hadn’t had to see that. The way her eyes are glazed over right now, I know she’s back there, watching it all over again.
“I was able to get out of the water and onto the ice, but when I was walking back, I must’ve passed out. Next thing I knew, I was here,” she says.
“I’m so proud of you,” I whisper to her.
Reaching out, I wipe her tears away from her cheeks.
“Thank you,” she whispers back with sad eyes.
“It’s over now, thank God. Cam messaged me, and I rushed over here,” Chloe says, grabbing her attention. “I guess I won’t scold you for having me locked up by my own staff.” She smirks.
Morgan grimaces. “I’m sorry about that. But I knew your crazy ass would try to be a hero. If I could have, I would have had your team take this one too,” she says, looking at me.
I laugh. “They could have tried. Nothing was keeping me from you.”
Morgan stares at me with adoration and asks, “Do you want to let the cops know I’m awake? I want to get that over with already.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to rest? They can wait, baby,” I tell her.
She needs to take care of herself and relax. But I know she won’t fully breathe until all of this is done and gone.
“Call them, please,” she says as a knock sounds at the door.
A nurse enters and says, “There are some police here who want to speak with you. But I can make them come back if you’re not up for it right now.”
Well, with that response time, they must have a mind reader on the force.
“It’s fine. Let them in,” Morgan tells the nurse.
She nods and leaves the room, appearing shortly after with…definitely not cops, but agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—clear from the jackets they are both wearing.
“Morgan Dove?” the male agent asks, walking into the room.
“Yes?”
“My name is John. May we ask you a few questions about what happened today?”
“Yeah,” she answers. “Can I ask why you’re here and not the police?”
The female agent introduces herself. “Hi, Morgan. My name is Elle. We were brought in because the man who attacked you crossed state lines to do so. The second he did that, it became a federal case.”
“That makes sense,” Morgan mumbles.
“How did you know the man who attacked you tonight?” John asks her.
Morgan tells them about the past she had with Trey. She continues to answer nonstop questions from the agents, who take down every detail.
When they finish questioning Morgan, they do the same to me. I explain that Trey hit me in the head, and when I woke up, I went looking for Morgan and found her on the ice.
They thank us for our time and say that if we remember anything, we should give them a call, and they will reach out if they need anything else.
Deciding to give Chloe and Morgan a few minutes of their own, I offer to grab them dinner. I also need to let the team know I might be gone for a few more days.
After getting Morgan’s request for KFC, I give Kos a call to fill him in on why I haven’t responded to his texts or calls the last few hours.
“Hey, man. What’s going on?” Kos asks, sounding concerned.
