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Will scrubbed a hand across his mouth. “I hope not. But even if it was, they wouldn’t have let her live. If Antonio knew who we were, we’d both be dead by now. This has to be something else. Personal maybe? Someone got out of prison and wanted to pay her back?”
“We’re looking into it. But listen, Will, if you think your cover is still intact, I want you to continue. We don’t want to lose this guy when we’re so close.”
“I understand your concern for that assignment, but I want to find who did this to her.”
“I’ve got my top guys on it. You’re too close, anyway. Focus on what you can, and once Maddy’s recovered a bit, she can still help. She’ll just have to do it from a hospital bed.”
“Sir—”
Turner put a hand up to stop him. “You and I both know that if she doesn’t have an assignment to work on, she’ll go crazy being stuck in bed. She’ll be on painkillers so she won’t be as sharp as usual, but let her feel like she’s helping. Give her enough to keep her mind occupied.”
Will’s face was stony. Turner was right, but he didn’t like being sidelined on the investigation into her attack. “Yes, sir. Can I see her?”
“Yeah. The doctor has given us the all clear to visit.”
The two men entered the room, and Will tried hard to keep his face neutral when he saw Maddy. Her face was a lumpy mass of bruises, and one of her legs was lifted in traction with a cast that went from her toes to her hip. He wouldn’t have known it was her if her name hadn’t been written on the wall above her bed.
A nurse was recording her vitals. She looked up at the two men and scowled.
“Don’t worry,” Turner said. “We’re in here with the doctor's permission.”
“Okay. But make it quick if you can.”
“We know how it works,” Will said. “Thank you for your concern.” He was impatient for her to leave. When she finally did, he hovered over Maddy, and she blinked at him with swollen eyes. “Good to see you’re still with us,” he said.
“Lucky you,” she quipped weakly with a small crack-lipped smile. Her voice was rough, probably from tubes being shoved down her throat recently, but Will was relieved to see she was breathing on her own.
“I heard you had a little mishap.” He brushed a strand of hair off her cheek. “You think you can fill us in on that? Any idea what happened?”
“You didn’t answer your phone.”
Will winced. “No.” If he’d been there…but he had to put that out of his mind if he was going to get any work done. “Were you meeting someone?”
“Yeah.”
“Who?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t remember?”
“No…I don’t know who it was.”
“Could it be related to our current operation?”
She closed her eyes and took several shallow breaths, then opened her eyes again. “I don’t know.”
Turner cleared his throat. “How about you tell us what youdoknow.”
She shifted in the bed. “I hate this…I can’t think. Will, tell them to cut back on the pain meds.”
“I don’t think that’s such a good idea. There’s no rush. Take your time.”
She tried to lift her arm, but the cannula restricted her movement. “You’ve gotta get me out of here.”
“I’ll look into it once you cooperate with me.”
“Liar.”
