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“You got me there.”
“Something wrong?”
“I think so. There’s a new doctor who works here, and I’ve been sensing something off about him for weeks. He’s managed to stay off my radar for a while, but I think I’ve got him pegged now.”
“Something to do with Lily?” Ethan asks, and I sense the ready-to-strikeinstinct in his tone.
“I’ll handle it,” I say. “Trust me.”
“I trust you,” he replies.
“Okay. I’ll talk to you later, okay?”
“Okay.”
When the call ends, I place another. I tell the person at the other end to gather all the information about Michael, giving as much detail as I know.
Whatever it is, I have to know. And until I find out, Michael will be under my watchful eyes. Lily and Madison, on the other hand, will not leave my sight. They might not like it… but I’ll be damned if I lose another person I love.
CHAPTER 18
Kaylee
“I’m certain something is wrong,” I say, sitting beside Logan.
He shakes his head. “Why would you think so?”
I shrug.
“Maybe it’s that you snapped at Madison when she asked if she could spend the day at the hospital with the doctor’s verykindwife? And then she ran to her room, where she still is, but you’ve nothing about it,” I explain.
That, and I know he’s been somewhere else since he came from the hospital yesterday. I was in the living room when he walked in, and I watched as he made sure the door was locked.
Something that he hasn’t actively bothered about since I got here. Because the door locks on its own.
And then he forgot about dinner. And breakfast.
At first, I thought he was worried about Doctor Owen, who took a tumble yesterday, but the doctor called to let us know that he was fine and would be going to the hospital. He specificallytold Logan not to worry, and Logan assured him that as long as he was fine, he wouldn’t.
“Tell me,” I say softly. “I’m sure I can handle it, even if it’s the layman version of the real problem.”
Logan exhales. “I can handle it, but I’ll try to explain it.”
I brace myself for what is coming, knowing that the only way an event can shake Logan Fraiser is if it’s dire.
“Have you ever felt unsafe around Doctor Michael?” he asks.
Not what I expected.
“Unsafe?”
He nods. “Yeah. Maybe it was something he said or how he acted?”
I purse my lips. “Maybe?”
Logan snaps to attention, taking my hands. “What happened? What did he say?”
“Uhm, I think we were having a conversation? It was about what my life would possibly look like. I complained about what it would be like if I had people who didn’t love or care about me. Or I was in a toxic environment.
