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Because she didn’t know what the hell had happened tonight. All she knew was that she was frightened half out of her mind and she couldn’t take much more.
“It’s Cash, Greer-bear. You’re safe. Don’t worry, I’m going to get you help. Fuck, call the cops.”
“We can’t call the cops,” another voice said.
She whimpered. Who was that? Were they going to hurt her?
“Easy, Greer, it’s all right. Ralen is a friend.” Cash gathered her into his arms, holding her against his chest. “She’s my sister and she’s hurt. She needs help.”
“Isn’t her boyfriend a doctor? Call him.”
“Fuck. Fuck!” Cash swore. “I don’t know if I want him around her. He’s obviously not taking proper care of her. She’s in a bad neighborhood and look at her! She’s been fucking beaten up! What if . . . what if she’s been raped again?”
His voice cracked, his pain bleeding through.
Oh no.
He sounded so upset. But Cash hadn’t asked her anything about that. She hadn’t even been sure that Aidan had told him.
“All of her clothes look like they’re intact. I don’t think she’s been raped,” the other guy said.
“But you don’t know that. Look at her.”
The pain in Cash’s voice took her breath away. Did he . . . did he really care about her?
Maybe love her a little bit?
“Look, if you won’t call her boyfriend, then call your brother. He must know someone who can take care of her, but we can’t afford to call the cops. You know that, Cash.”
“Fuck. Fuck! Who the hell did this to her?”
“I don’t know. But we’ll find the fucker. Or Ortega will. He’s protective of her.”
“Why the hell wasn’t he protecting her better?” Cash snarled.
Who? Who was meant to be protecting her?
“Because we told him to back off, remember? That she was safer now that she was here in Billings,” the other man said. “And he’s meant to be in New York.”
“Obviously, she wasn’t safer here! Look at her!” Cash cried.
She hated hearing him so upset.
“I don’t know what to say to you, man. What was she even doing in this part of town?”
“I don’t fucking know,” Cash replied. “Shit, she’s shivering. We can’t stay here. We have to take her to the hospital.”
“If we take her to the hospital, then the cops will come sniffing around asking questions. We can’t have that. Maybe we can somehow drop her off.”
“Then you go,” Cash said. “But I’m getting her the help she needs. I haven’t been there for her, I’m not just dumping her and running. Fuck, I stayed away from her all this time because you and Dante said it was safer for her, but I can’t do it anymore.”
“Okay, man. We’ll figure it out. Fuck.”
“The clinic,” she whispered in a hoarse voice.
“What?” Cash asked.
“Hack’s clinic. Want him, Cash.”
