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"I just wish they’d let the bastard die," Raht ar He re room, side by side with Dickerson, Molly and Emma beside him, both of theers lightly stroking his forearm As for Molly, she’d held on to his hand for dear life He vaguely re up in the recovery room They’d just wheeled him into a private room, and he was alone with the lieutenant

"Yes," Lieutenant McPherson was saying, "I hope he expires It’d sure save the taxpayers a lot of e Hunt"

"Do you knohat they did to eon spoke to you in the recovery room You don’t remember?"

"No, just this voice that wouldn’t shut up Do you know anything?"

"Yes They worked on you for a good two hours When the surgeon cah your pec, and all you’ve got there is skin, muscle, and fat He said you’d hurt like hell because the bullet also broke your collarbone and grazed a rib, but there wasn’t any bad dae, it would just take a while to heal You should be ready to take out more crooks in your courtroom in three or four months Oh yeah, the doc also said he was real pleased that the bullet hadn’t hit anything i-tih then"

Ra to say His brain see in and out on him At least he felt blessedly numb, all of him He just wished Dickerson was dead Surely it wasn’t asking too much after what the bastard had done If he lived, if they brought hiet out E it Yes, she would be safe By the tiot out of prison, Emma would be an adult She’d be safe from predators like Dickerson just because she’d keep accue Hunt? Can you hear et a doctor for you?"

Raainst the very comfortable pillows He opened his eyes to see Lieutenant McPherson looking very worried He knew he’d been speaking, he’d felt the cadence of his voice, the underlying kindness, the concern, but he hadn’t understood ed to say, "I’m okay I didn’t think hospitals had comfortable pillows"

"These aren’t the hospital’s pillows," McPherson said "These are fro with your daughter Actually they’re froht you pillows and your wife and daughter new clothes She didn’t like seeing the on the wharf She’s a big name here in Monterey If she says that you should have soft pillows, no one’s going to argue with her"

Ramsey wanted to ask about Molly and Emma, find out if they were okay, but soet the words out It was a weird feeling, this knoords, feeling what those words et thehtly pat his ar He said you didn’t seem like the sort to kick back and relax, so he said he’d lay you out, it would be the best thing Did you hear hter and Mrs Hunt? They should be here soon The last I heard, Mrs Rallis insisted that your wife and Emma have coffee and hot chocolate I tried to stop the doc froe Hunt?"

"No I’ uessed he’d spoken to hi into his hospital roo a new outfit he’d never seen on her before As for Molly, she looked like a fashion plate in a pale yellow silky-looking pants outfit and high-heeled shoes, of all things, on her feet Her beautiful hair was coold clip at her neck They both looked incredible to him, just incredible He wanted to shout to them that this ti in the water like that He also wanted to thank her for saving his bacon He wanted to tell them that he loved them more than he’d loved any two people in his entire life But his ain where the words were that would say what he wanted to say

He heard McPherson say, "No, he’s all right, ma’am, I promise He’s been in and out The doc wants hi You and Emma sure look like a million dollars How do you feel, Mrs Hunt? Would you like to give me a statement now?"