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When Danny accessed the feeds, our curses exploded. She was sitting on the floor, trying to make a tourniquet on her wounds. There was so much blood, I couldn’t even tell where it was oozing from.
She peered up at the monitor Danny accessed and was startled when she saw us. “Good Lord. First the obsessive calls, and now this? It’s getting creepy.”
Zach thrust his hands into his hair. “You gotta get out of there.”
“How do you suggest I do that, Zee?”
“We’re working on disarming the bombs. I’ve found one already, and Aaron’s guy is looking for others. You could get to the gym or the bathroom, get inside a vent again until you can reach a door.”
“I can’t.” It was the first time her voice wavered.
“If you just climb—”
“I can’t climb,” she answered quietly, but the reality of her inability sounded louder.
“We’ll find a way out for you. Just don’t do anything stupid. We’re working on the bombs, and we’ll barge in,” I promised.
“If you do that, Michael will run away.”
“So we’ll get him later.”
“When? After he plants another bomb this time in our homes? After he runs another one of us off the road?” She shook her head. “This ends today.”
“You promised me you’d be careful!”
“I also promised to do whatever it took to stop him. That’s the promise I intend on keeping.”
“The place is surrounded, there’s no way out for him.” But we all knew Michael was sneaky as fuck. He was as sly as she was stubborn.
Getting to the same conclusion, Aaron ran off to instruct his men and call for backup.
I was about to make more empty promises to convince Mia to stay put when she blurted, “Hugo gets two walks a day.”
“What?”
“Hugo. He walks twice a day, so if Mom and Dad can’t walk with him, I need one of you to do so. If he doesn’t hump other dogs or kids, give him an extra treat. You know? For good behavior.”
“What the fuck—”
“Gabe thinks our stack of chocolate is unending because I always fill the bowls again after he goes to sleep. Keep that going.” Her voice was urgent as she tried to let out as much information as she could, while still panting and working on her wounds with a first aid kit. “I promised Gabe and Sofia we’d go camping in my back yard when the weather allows. Please do that. Bring something of mine, so they’ll know I didn’t back down on my promise.”
She struggled to get up and had to lean against the wall to catch her breath, her face the clear picture of pain. I still couldn’t understand why she was telling us all that.
“I updated my will after the car crash. Talk to my lawyer.” She limped to the locked cabinets, clicked the combination with trembling hands, and started to arm herself with the weaponry we’d stashed inside.
“What the—"
“She’s saying goodbye,” Izzie whispered, making me freeze.
“Mia, stop this nonsense,” Zach reflected my distress.
“We don’t have time for your joking right now.” The mood didn’t call for my anger, but it was the only way I knew how to show emotions when things were screwed up.
“We’ll find a way,cariño, just hang in tight.”
She limped around, stocking her pockets with gun loaders and grenades, right before wearing a bulletproof vest. “Talk about me to the kids...please. I don’t want them to be sad. But if they’re okay with it, just...don’t let them forget about me. Make sure they know how much I love them.”
“Enough, Mia! This is ridiculous. We’re not saying anything.”
