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“Yes,” Doc replied

She gasped and her hand trembled as she covered her mouth “Oh no” Tears pooled in the corners of her eyes “You have to protect him He’s no match for Tabor McCoy You can look at him and tell”

“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” Mac told her

“Or a clown by his laughter,” Doc said “Markie is a sharpshooter and one of our best He was trained by SEALs just like the rest of us but the difference is, Markie had so to prove and he also had his own life to protect”

“Why did he have to protect himself?”

“Markie’s gay and has faced a bit of inexcusable condemnation,” Mac explained

“Did anyone see him shoot Tony?”

Mac and Nicholas stared at one another Trevor said, “Everyone”

“No!

You have to do so! You don’t understand They will kill him!”

Doc stood in front of her with his hands on her knees “Honey, you need to listen to ht now, you need to try and stay calm A lot has happened today and we don’t want you upset Do you want ive you a sedative?”

She shook her head rapidly “They gaveat the hospital I don’t want to be doped up”

Nicholas wasn’t surprised there Most of the wos They were terrified for their lives The last thing they wanted was so to help them sleep They feared they’d never wake up

Nicholas motioned for Doc and they met in the hall “Will she be okay?”

“I’ll go ahead and run some tests here We’ll all feel better if I check her out and that will buy you some time, too”