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"I need to go first to ed his shoulders casually

"You’re a great brother, Braden" It was hard for an Kate’s mother, but I had to remember this was all they knew I pushed out my clenched fist in his direction He stared at it in confusion "When guys agree on soether" He reached his closed fist out and lightly tappedher"

I stood up and ushered hi in her doorway observing our little talk She sht, friendly rooo in there in the past The Victiht to e information

"Hey, don’t pressure him to talk, okay? He’s real quiet" She nodded her head with a smile In thatI could contribute to give hian "If he seems at all upset or uncomfortable, I want hiet an kept the whole situation from them"

"I would never pressure anyone, Mr Parker," she responded

She shut her door, closing her and Braden off froan would want to know her son was in there, and I didn’t like hi separated from the rest of us I’m not sure where this packlike pieces of ether I liked it better ere all locked away in the hotel roo up hts I watched as she pulled a blood pressure cuff and a stethoscope out of her bag

Quickly, I explained everything I knew and then I had to ask, "You carry all this medical stuff around with you?"

"You’d be surprised how many times I’ve had to use these outside of the hospital Besides, I was just on my way to Lutheran Med for s with lad you do," I whispered

"Can you elevate her legs forto prop her feet up on the couch It eird to see so in her surroundings so it was like she wasn’t fully there I was glad she was at least conscious enough to drink the Gatorade to replenish so behind ainst the wall close to the couch, trying to closely observe everyone helping

I dug around in Raegan’s backpack and pulled out all of the medicine bottles with her na how Raegan had said sheAs she read the different labels, I didn’t miss the distinct ‘hmmph’ sound she made at a certain bottle

With a quick twist, she had the top off and poured thite tablets into her wrinkled hand "Get her to take these, please"

I gently ran an’s face and said, "Hey babe, open up" I chuckled under my breath because I usually said stuff like that in much more… sensual situations Her eyes immediately cut to my mine and I swear I saw those beauties roll "Sorry, not the tiain

She opened her ue pushed forward indicating for me to place the tablets inside her aze I quickly gave her the medicine and shook my head to break the spell

"Her blood pressure is very low, but I don’t think we need to rush her off to the hospital just yet Especially if she’s already got a prescription This could just be an instance of not taking herto call the doctor that prescribed these and then I’ll coe," Frank’s wife explained Without waiting for my response, she vacated the room

I took a breath and stood up to talk to the others When my eyes met the two other awking like that?" Not cussing in front of Kate was going to be a hard habit to break At the thought of her, I extended my hand toward her and she skipped to my side I needed her close to ht now

"Shit…" I i "It happened a lot faster than we thought," he told my dad

"Yeah" Dad slanced down to check on Rae’s sleeping form She had finally slipped into a peaceful rest, and the nurse said it was okay to let her stay that way for a while

"I thought it would take at least a ht it would take teeks Guess ere both wrong" Charlie continued

"What are you two goons talking about?"

"For you to fall for her," my dad stated simply "It’s written all over your face"

I turnedin on the inappropriate conversation but luckily didn’t appear to be absorbing any of it I grabbedand pulled my phone fro cool?"

"Yup!" She bounced on her toes excitedly

I quickly scooped her up and sat her in my dad’s leather chair I slipped the headphones over her ears and scrolled through my playlists Audrey had downloaded a country albu I was sure didn’t have any curse words--at least I hoped not anyway I adjusted the voluan, her face lit up brighter than the California sun

"This is so cool, daddy!" she yelled in the little roo her own volume I chuckled and then tousled her hair

I stepped back over to the couch where Raegan snoozed lightly and sat down on the edge near her legs With a heavy sigh, I faced the two men in front ofabout? Fall for her? As in you think I fell in love with someone in a little over twenty-four hours? Because if that’s what you’re yapping about, I think I’m just too tired for this stupid conversation"

"Cranky, much?" Charlie jested

"Exhausted," I amended

"Not love… at least, not yet But you care for her," an’s prone forured out a way to tell Kate about ot her back to me safely, both physically and an, "like really fking sick so they would have to take her to a real hospital She took a big chance they could have just offed her, but they took her When she saw an opening, she called the station and asked for you You, of course, weren’t available so the next person she knew to ask for was Chief"

My head hit one through for these kids

"Look, son, I can see the wheels spinning You have always ade I can see the way you look at her and she is quite beautiful But if the feelings do head down that way, ht reasons Make sure it’s because you care about her, not what she did Because if you don’t, eventually the reasons will fade from your memory and the children are the ones that’ll be hurt in the fallout"

"Dad, I think you’re taking this a bit too far I’rateful for her, but I’m not in love with her Even I can see the difference"