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Nodding, she tried to talk and couldn’t

"I’m so sorry," he told her "Jesus, I’ breaths, and finally spoke "I’m I’m okay"

Armie smoothed one hand over her back, her hip "How bad is your arrabbedto kill those fucks "Have they x-rayed it yet?"

"No" She sniffled, dried her eyes on his shoulder and lifted her ravaged face "They’re going to but I don’t think it’s broken"

He sed hard "Okay" Being very careful, he kissed the bridge of her nose, then the bruised skin around her bandaged cheek "What happened here?"

"Hehe hit me"

He closed his eyes, sed

"Then he pulled ot there, he shovedon the car"

That ra now "He who, honey?"

"The man from the robbery"

Armie’s muscles twitched Was Steve somehow involved in that, too? "Have you seen the cops yet?"

From the other side of the curtain, Leese said, "Some officers showed up, but when I explained, they said they’d have Detective Riske or Bareden get in touch"

Armie said, "Cannon?"

Her brother leaned around the curtain "Logan’s on his way Should be here soon"

Arain and said to Cannon, "Where the hell is the doctor?"

"He’s here now," Denver said

"And," said a new voice, "he needs everyone to clear out, please I need rooood care of her"

Rissy’s uninjured arhter

Near her ear, Arainst hiing"

She shot up to look at him Her hair was a ed Red eyes and a redder nose and she was the ht "God, I love you"

New tears filled her eyes "Ar her back to the bed and the waiting doctor

He and Cannon remained with her while the doctor put some very tiny stitches in the cut on her face

When the doc first pulled off the bandage, Arrimaced From her cheekbone up to her hairline her flesh had been split He’d seen worse injuries--but not on a wo already seen it, still scrubbed a hand over his face

Thank God Leese had been following her

The doctor pro would fade to be almost invisible It made Armie so damned proud that Rissy didn’t look overly concerned about it