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She wrinkled her nose and let it fall.
He said, “I wanna watch you kill them.”
“Get out!” Kenna shouted. She needed themallout. All she wanted right now was that solitary despair. She could recall the conversation with Maizie, take some time to run it all down in her mind again. They were on their way.
Stairns was coming.
She would be broken out of here—tonight. Rescued.
All she had to do was hang on a little longer, and someone would get her. She had held out for long enough, not gone too insane, and survived to see this day.
Ramon shifted under the press of her hands. His blood had already soaked through the bandage. They’d pulled out the bullet but left the wound open.
She looked around. “I need a clean piece of gauze. Or a towel.”
Kart moved to the far side of the table.
Her knees pressed painfully against the bench seat, but she ignored it. If she let go of the pressure she had on Ramon’s wound, he could bleed out. “Give me something I can use.” She motioned with her head.
“You’re different.” Kart stared at her. “Something happened.”
“Yeah, Benjamin tried tokill me…and he shot my friend. That isn’t enough?” Her breaths came fast. She had to keep it together.
“Maybe.” The skin around Kart’s eyes flexed. “Maybe not. I haven’t seen that fire in you in a few days.”
She needed a good explanation, or he’d realize she’d made a call. She had hope again. “I hate everything about this, and everything hurts.”
“So basically you’re just an adult.”
Except that not all adults had suffered two severed tendons. “Well, itsucks.”
His chest shook with what might’ve been a laugh. He swiped a bandage from the surprisingly well-stocked medical bag and handed it over.
“You’ve had this bag the whole time, and you didn’t let me help Jax once?” She exchanged the bandage for the towel. “What a jerk.”
“Yeah, something changed.”
She could feel him studying her and refused to let anything out.
“You think you figured out a way out.” He paused. “Or you…” He strode around and dragged her back, shoving her toward the neighboring table. He shoved her hands on the table and kicked her feet apart like he’d been a cop for years.
Kenna yelped. “What are you—”
He patted her down, not sparing one single inch of her. Unsurprisingly, he found the phone. “Shame. I wanted to explore longer than that.” He patted her butt. “Maybe later.”
Maybe later she would elbow him in the face and break his nose.
She knew which way she wanted it to go, and it wouldn’t involve more groping. Kenna spun back to Ramon and pressed down on the towel. “Call the doctor.”
He shifted behind her, and she tensed. “I’d rather dial this number in the recently called list… Yeah, hello there, girlie. Who are you?”
Kenna twisted around, wrenching the muscles in her forearms. She had to keep pressure on the gunshot wound but also confront him. “Don’t talk to him, Maizie! Don’t say anything!” She yelled it as loud as she could.
Kart’s eyes narrowed. “Maizie, huh? You sound a little young to mount a rescue operation. So who are you? Kenna’s…sister? Daughter?”
“My family is none of your business!”
His teeth flashed. “That’s what I thought.” He held the phone to his ear but stepped closer to her. “But guess what? You should’ve called for help instead of checking in with family, Kenna. You could’ve gotten out of here, but instead you’ll die in this desert when Elliot comes for you.”
