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“Silly.” She was quiet for a few moments before she spoke up again. “Tell me about today.”
Leave it to reality to intrude. “Well, thanks to Noah, we ID’d our monster as Parker Anderson. His brother, Tyler, is one of the patients at Sanctuary.”
Wiggling in his lap, she craned her neck to see him. “Really? Wow.”
“Yeah. We cracked Tyler like a walnut. In truth, he was ready to break, though. Seems the pressure of having a psycho for a brother is getting to be a tad too much.”
“I can imagine.”
“I tortured both of them, under Bowman’s orders. Yet they turned out so different.”
“You know that lab twisted Parker into something evil, and you had nothing to do with that. You’re just a convenient target because there’s no one left.?
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He didn’t completely agree that he’d had nothing to do with how Parker turned out, but he kept the thought to himself. “Tyler’s left. And he’s terrified of his brother.”
“What are you guys going to do?”
Quickly, Micah outlined the plan to lure Parker to see his brother on Friday and be waiting with a trap. “It’s risky, but it’s all we have. We don’t know where Parker’s lair is at this point.”
“Friday, you said?”
“Yeah. Why?”
She frowned. “Nothing. That’s just when Rowan, Sariel, and I were going shopping.”
“Maybe you should reschedule. I don’t like the idea of you being out while we’re trying to trap Parker.”
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s a good idea if I’m not here. And if we all change our plans and suddenly act weird, he’ll know something’s up.”
“Baby, I wish you’d reconsider.”
He knew the instant she gave him the puppy-dog eyes he wasn’t going to win this round. Dammit. “Fine. But you’ll check in with me every hour the whole time you guys are gone.”
“Whatever keeps my honey happy. And you have to promise to be careful trying to trap that lunatic. There’s no telling what he’ll do when he realizes he’s been tricked.”
That’s what Micah was afraid of.
They lazed around for a while, but eventually the burning question on his mind wouldn’t be put off any longer. “Hey, honey, I need to go talk to Nick. I’ll be back before long.”
“Oh. Okay.”
He hated lying to her. Again. But there was no way he was going to get her hopes up and then be wrong about this. Giving her a quick kiss, he disentangled himself and pushed reluctantly from the sofa. Then he left before he could change his mind.
All the way to Sanctuary, he told himself he was a fool. This would turn out to be a wild-goose chase. Before he could lose his nerve, he approached Noah and lowered his voice.
“Got a question. It’s private.”
Nodding, the nurse led him to an alcove away from the main flow of traffic where they wouldn’t be overheard. Still, Micah kept it down. “Can you tell me if you have a patient here by the name of Faith Buchanan?”
Noah blinked at him, eyes widening. And Micah’s heart sped up.
“I, uh . . . I’m not supposed to give you that information.” But the younger man was clearly uncomfortable.
“And by whose order would that be? Nick’s? The doctors’?”
“No.”
