“Who fucking did this?” Danny asked.
“I need to check him out. Mr. Garrand, the nurse will wheel you to the ER,” the doctor said.
“I’m fine.”
“Sorry, it happened on hospital grounds. I get to call the shots here.” He lifted a brow, and I knew arguing with him was pointless.
“Okay.”
Arguing with Danny or Toni to not call Gideon was fruitless; they wouldn’t listen. I really was fine, though. My vision wasn’t foggy, and I’d finally caught my breath. This was totally overkill.
I did all the tests the doctor wanted and as I was lying on the hospital bed, Danny and Toni close by, Gideon stormed in. He met my eyes, and they softened a fraction.
“Baby,” he whispered as he came to my bedside and tenderly cradled my face in his hands.
“I’m okay, I don’t feel anything.”
“But if you could, it would hurt. Your eye is swelling shut.”
I could see it closing, but I would just put ice on it. “It’ll go down.”
“Benito did this?”
“Yeah. I was getting changed after the MRI, and he came in with another guy. He wanted me to tell him where Monica and the kids were. Needed her to take back all the things she said.”
“Motherfucker.”
“He’s gonna lose, his reputation is in tatters. Gid, he’s panicking. We knew he’d do stupid things.”
“No one does this to you and lives.”
I smiled. “I love you, too.”
He sighed. “Did he say anything else?”
“Just that if you didn’t return his family to him, you’d live to regret it or something along those lines. I don’t really remember.”
“He’s the one that’s going to regret laying his hands on you.”
“Where are the twins?”
“I called Mila. She came over, and Alex is there too. They’re fine. Worry about yourself.”
I snorted. “I’m not worried about anything.”
He chuckled. “Of course you’re not.”
“Can I get the fuck out of here now?”
“After the doctor says you can.”
That took another two hours and a clear CT scan to confirm I was okay. The doctor tried to offer me painkillers, but I informed him that I had the FAAH-OUT gene mutation, which he’d have known if he’d read my chart. I hated that it was on any file because people knowing that about me was never a good thing.
Once home, I went upstairs and directly into the shower. Gideon would talk to the twins and I was sure once they saw me, it would be all worry and hugs and neither would leave my side for the rest of the night.
I was right.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
