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Logan was afraid the severe dizziness and nausea would start again, so he was determined to change quickly. The last thing he wanted was for the young, fresh-faced nurse to help him remove his clothes. He stood only long enough to slide off his jeans. The rest of the time he sat on the edge of the stretcher.
Once he had the gown on, he folded his clothes and called the nurse back into the room. She helped him into the hospital bed, then he leaned back against the pillows. The nurse pulled the sheet and blanket over him before carrying his clothes to a small closet.
“No food tonight,” she said when she returned. “Your doctor will speak to you in the morning before you go into surgery.”
“It’s been rescheduled?”
“Yes. Dr. Schmeidler rearranged her schedule so she could get to you first thing. Would you like some water? You can have a little before midnight.”
“Yes, please.”
He’d taken his phone out of his pants pocket and now put it on the rolling table beside the bed. It was late, but he wondered if Monty could get someone to drive him to Logan’s apartment. He really wanted his bag, and Monty was the only other person who had a key.
The nurse put a half glass of water on the table while he dialed Monty’s number. As the phone rang, he heard another phone ringing in the hall outside his room. The door swung open, and Monty walked in holding his phone in one hand and Logan’s bag in the other.
“I think you can hang that up now,” Monty said with a smile. He turned off his phone and put it in his pocket. “And before I say anything else, you need to know Alex wasn’t in the building when it went up.”
“I know.”
“How could you? Jeff called me like a minute ago and asked me to tell you.”
“Let’s just say I had inside information.”
Monty stared at him, then said, “Give me a minute before you tell me more.”
He carried the bag over to the closet, where he started unpacking the bag, putting Logan’s clean clothes into drawers. When he was done, he carried Logan’s toiletries into the bathroom. After that, he grabbed Logan’s dirty clothes and put them into one of the plastic bags Logan had packed. Plastic bags were a staple for agents who traveled a lot. They held dirty clothes, shoes, and all kinds of other things.
“You can leave those in the closet too,” Logan said.
“Nope. I’ll wash them and bring them back.” Monty’s mind was clearly made up, so Logan decided not to argue with him.
“How did you get here?” Logan asked. “I thought you couldn’t drive.”
“I can’t. As soon as Jeff called, I phoned Nathan. He’s downstairs in the car.”
Logan frowned. “Why didn’t he come up?”
“Because he knew I was going to read you the riot act and it might get a little uncomfortable.”
Logan looked away. “I couldn’t do this with her in danger, Monty. You know that.”
“I shouldn’t have told you the truth.”
“You didn’t. You told me she couldn’t take me to the hospital because she had to work on that St. Louis file. But you’re a terrible liar. I made Jeff tell me the rest.”
“I’m glad you decided not to call her and try to talk her out of it.”
Logan sighed. “Even if her phone had been on and I could have reached her, I knew she wasn’t going to change her mind. I would have just made things harder for her, and she needed to focus on what she was assigned to do.”
“I know that decision was hard for you, Logan, but I think you did the right thing. You shouldn’t have put off this surgery, though.”
“Look, it’s happening in the morning. That’s only twenty-four hours later. It’s no big deal.”
“Alex wouldn’t have wanted you to wait even a day more.”
“Don’t say it like she’s dead.”
Logan had raised his voice louder than he meant to. It was late and some patients might be trying to sleep. Sure enough, the door swung open, and the same nurse poked her head inside.
