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Except for Jason, she didn’t. The downside of living in a thousand-person town an hour away from the nearest hospital.
She clenched her teeth, but that made her head pound harder. She sighed.
Tai clapped a hand on Bridger’s shoulder and squeezed tight. “Rein that in, sailor. You’re scaring her.”
The intensity in Bridger’s eyes clicked up a notch as he stared her in the face. “Exactly my plan.”
Tai rolled his eyes. “‘Cause that’s a great way to earn her cooperation.”
Bridger ignored him. “You know I’m right.” He challenged her.
All too true. She couldn’t be alone. And she couldn’t ask her friends to drop their busy lives to babysit.
“Your brother would kill us if we let anything happen to you,” Bridger added.
Tai’s eyes bugged out. “No joke. I, for one, plan on living a good long while. I got things to do. People to see. Women to charm.”
Bridger looked pained. “He might be lame, but he can cook. You won’t starve.”
Tai grinned proudly. “Cook, clean, and hit a bullseye at a thousand yards.” He brushed a thick chunk of hair off his shoulder and preened. “And I look good doing it.”
Jane laughed. The movement sent another shaft through her head. She sucked in a breath.
Bridger shot off the stool. “How about we get her home in one piece?”
Tai winked at her. “Copy that.”
She pulled herself up a little higher in the bed, taking care not to let the pain show on her face. “And we’ll find the pastor’s blackmailer? And Jason?”
“No.” Bridger looked prepared to double down on stubborn.
She glared right back at him, but he didn’t seem to notice. Her annoyance bounced off him like sunlight off a newly-waxed fender.
“Wewon’t be doing anything,” he announced. “Tai and I will help your preacher. Then we’ll figure out how to contact Jason.”
Oooh, that tone. Jason still tried to intimidate her with it. Hadn’t worked since she was six, and it wouldn’t work now.
“Great.” She smiled up at him. “I want in.”
Bridger’s mouth went slack.
“I know this town. No one’s going to talk to strangers.”
“She’s got a point,” Tai muttered.
Bridger didn’t look impressed.
He obviously was more used to giving orders than taking them. Not a problem. So was her brother. Over the past couple years, she’d gotten pretty good at standing her ground. It was the only way to deal with alpha men like Jason, and his former teammates.
She raised her hands in a gesture of surrender. “Fine. You guys handle things your way, and I’ll handle them mine.”
That got Bridger’s attention. “What’s your way?”
“What’s yours?”
“I asked you first.”
“We’re not twelve.”
