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"I can drive you where you need to be," he assures ive me a second, okay–"

"It’s okay,forhim to pick me up at the compound we’re in now

Itto know just what I have been up to out here, but honestly, I don’t give a da sure that he’s going to be all right And I know my dad is like a father to Todd, so I know he must be a wreck too

"Please, Spring," Shotgun begs ht now

"I’ I can’t tell him more because he ant to co o I’ll speak to you soon, okay?"

"If you need anything," he ht “I can come with you”

I close my eyes Some part of me wants to throw e to contain o

The last thing my father would want is to see a biker at his hospital bedside

I hurry to the door and, by the ti around the corner in his cruiser He looks me up and down as I climb in, and I can tell that he has a whole lot of questions about where I have been and who I have been with

"What happened?" I ask him at once

"Car crash," Todd replies, putting the cruiser back in gear and pulling away quickly Honestly, I don’t blame him – cop cars probably aren’t too welcome around these parts

"He’s been transferred to the eency unit at the hospital in Denver," he explains "We’ll need to fly out there as soon as we can"