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"Wait" Her voice came out scratchy and herher wonder how long she’d been out Mara could still hear Harrison shouting at someone in the hall "Harrison’s okay?"

Belle nodded, her expression softening "He’s pissed at a certain detective who’s been insisting on seeing you, but he’s fine You gave us all quite a scare" The petite Greek woman placed her hands on her hips and Mara noticed she noore a big, shiny solitaire engage Looked as if her brother-in-law had found the courage to propose after all

"What about Perdue?" She thought she’d shot him, but didn’t know if her memory was accurate

Belle stepped toward the bed and placed a gentle hand on Mara’s forehead as she s to worry about Now let ht I’d pop in to check on you and give Harrison a break He hasn’t left your side the past day"

Mara vaguely remembered that Belle worked in the maternity ward so of course she wouldn’t be her nurse All that mattered was that Harrison was okay and Perdue was dead She needed to find out about Pay to stop Belle before she’d hurried froue, as if her entire body eighted down

The yelling stopped immediately then seconds later, Harrison strode in and was by her side His white shirt was ruard He clasped one of her hands as he pulled up one of the plastic chairs next to the bed Drawing her hand to his h hiht I’d lost you," he whispered, his eyes tortured

"Is Pale Yeah, she really needed water

"She’s going to be fine" His dark gaze narrowed on her for a split second before he julass from an insulated pitcher The water cooled and wet her parched throat When she finished the entire thing, she handed it back to hi tray next to the pitcher before resu his seat next to her "How--"

Before he could finish a nurse wearing scrubs a shade darker than Belle’s strode in Her blond hair was pulled back into a sharp ponytail, but her expression was soft "Mrs Caldwell, I’lad to see you’re awake"

"Callout for Harrison’s hand, needing his strength In the back of her er, but shoved that thought away as soon as it sprouted Her throat tightened and she was feeling way too raw to even consider ould happen between her and Harrison now She still couldn’t believe Perdue was dead and that she and Pah her mind She wanted to know the extent of her and Panoses were, what type of treat those questions was difficult when it was a struggle to keep her eyes open

The nurse nodded "And I’m Wanda The doctor is on her way in to see you, but I wanted to check on you now that you’re conscious"

An hour and a half later, after she’d been seen by two doctors, two nurses, both Harrison’s brothers, Lizzy, and even Richard--Harrison’s father had flown in froain One of his brothers had given him a clean shirt, but he didn’t look much better

The second the door closed behind the last family member she reached out a hand for Harrison He took it instantly "You’re sure you’re fine?"

Hisyou that I’ them all in, they just wanted to make sure you were okay Grant and Porter feel terrible"

They had explained to her that there was new construction on one of the other parking lots--their point of entry--that they hadn’t known about It had stolen precious minutes of their tirateful they were able to help at all"