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“I can’t get a hold of Tunnel,” I said softly.
Tommy’s eyes went soft.
Tommy, one of Tunnel’s fellow MC members, and a doctor, knew well what that would mean to me.
Years ago, when my husband ‘died,’ it had been the hardest days of my life. Now that we were married, Tunnel didn’t make me wonder where he was. He always answered his phone. He always replied to my text messages, and he always made sure to check in with me so I didn’t freak out.
But today was different.
He was supposed to be here an hour ago with my food, and he still wasn’t here.
Tommy knew that he was supposed to be here, because he was bringing food for not just me, but Tommy as well.
“He’ll be here,” Tommy assured me.
I went back to work, mind a mess, and stayed that way for another forty-five minutes before there was a commotion at the door.
I looked over my shoulder to see Tunnel standing there with food, his face a mask of horror.
Tommy was talking to him, but I could see whatever he was saying wasn’t penetrating Tunnel’s brain.
I hurriedly stripped out of my gown, gloves, and mask before hurrying toward my husband.
“You’re okay!” I cried, feeling the tears falling down my cheeks.
“I’m here,” he confirmed. “I’m so sorry, baby. I didn’t realize that my phone had died. And there was a wreck…”
I dashed the tears away by rubbing my face along the sleeves of my scrub top.
He reached for me, but I shook my head. “No, I’m not clean.”
He ignored me, dropped the food onto the nearest gurney, and picked me up bodily, crushing me to his chest.
“I’m sorry,” he repeated again. “I’m so sorry.”
He knew what this would’ve done to me.
That was why he went out of his way to always make sure I knew where he was.
“I’m okay,” I lied.
He laughed humorlessly. “No, you’re not.”
I held on just a little bit tighter. “I will be.”
Book:Beard Up
CHAPTER 18
A knight in shining armor is a man who’s never had his armor tested.
-Nico to Georgia
NICO
“Baby.”
I looked up to find my wife standing there staring at me.
