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“I can’t.”Her stomach cramped.“What if Logan is seriously hurt or dying?”This time, she couldn’t stop the overflowing tears.
“He’s not,” Max said, his voice firm.
“You can’t know that.”Her voice rose.What was she going to do without Logan?This was worse than when her brother died.
“Ellie.”Max put his hands on her shoulders.“I checked with one of the nurses.He’s alive.”
“For how long?”While that was good news, it didn’t mean he was out of the woods.Ellie was well aware she was in full on panic mode, but couldn’t seem to pull out of it.
“Don’t borrow trouble,” Max said.“Logan is healthy and strong.”
“Max is right,” Sierra piped up.
Ellie glanced around the room.The officers there were sober.Too sober.She wasn’t sure how much hope she had left in her.“I…” She broke off as the door opened and a doctor walked in.
“Is there an Ellie Tanner here.”
“That’s me.”She slid past Max.
“Mr.Wolfe is asking for you.”
“Is he…” She couldn’t get any words past her lips.
“He’s got a concussion and bruised his tailbone, but he’ll make a full recovery.”A big sigh was heard through the room.“He’s asking for you,” he told Ellie.
“Let’s go.”She took a step forward.
“Ellie.”Max put his hand on her shoulder.“Are you going to be okay alone?”
She straightened her shoulders.“I’ll be fine.”At least she hoped so.The doctor opened the door and gestured for her to precede him.Max released her, and she walked through the door.
“Room fourteen.”The doctor pointed the way and followed behind her.
The curtain was pulled, and Ellie hesitated.The doctor reached around her and held the curtain back.Ellie lifted her head and walked in.
Logan lay in the hospital bed, his eyes closed, his face pale.There was an IV in his right arm and monitors hooked up for his vitals.Ellie barely kept upright and had to fight to keep herself from faceplanting as she approached the bed.
“Logan, I’m here,” she said softly.
His eyes opened.“Hi, my lady.”
Him sayingmylady caused the tears she’d been fighting to fall.
“Oh, baby.”He reached for her.
“No, don’t hurt yourself.”She stepped back.The last thing she wanted to do was hurt him more.
“I’m fine.Come here.”He held his hand out to her.
She took his hand, and he tugged her closer.“Head on my chest, so you can see for yourself my heart is strong.”
Ellie hesitated, but the command in Logan’s voice weakened her knees further.She laid her head on his chest and gently hugged him.The monitor started beeping faster, and Ellie started to back away, but Logan curved his left arm around her.“Best medicine ever.”
“I shouldn’t be lying on you.”
“I need you here.I don’t give a damn about anyone else.”His voice was rough.
“Logan.”His heartbeat was strong beneath her ear, and her tears continued to fall, soaking his gown.
