That was a relief.
The doctor gave her some crutches and dismissed her.
“I want to hear about everything,” Jared said as he took her to the mess.At this time of night there weren’t many people inside and he made her a sandwich.“What happened?”
Mila sighed.No doubt she’d have to tell her story dozens of times over the next few days.“I didn’t have time to thank the team who rescued me.Do you think they’re awake?”
Jared smiled at her.“I can almost guarantee they’ll be waiting until Dobby has finished explaining things to his CO.”
She bit her lip.“How much trouble will he be in?”
“Hard to say.Mum might pull a few strings, though she doesn’t like doing it.”
“Should I call her?”
“We’ll need permission for the call and she’s deployed at the moment.I’ll put in a request.Now will you tell me what happened?”
She smiled.“Can I tell you at the same time as I tell the team?They’ll want to know what occurred after they left.”
Jared sighed and gestured to her.She followed him down the sparse corridors to a rec room where Radar, Joker and Axle waited.It was a sparse area with grey walls and seating bolted to the floor.
“This is my brother, Jared,” she said.
Joker grinned.“We’ve met.He was pretty insistent about keeping informed about your whereabouts.”
Mila watched a faint blush tint her brother’s cheeks.“Were you?”
He grimaced.“I needed to make sure my baby sister was all right.”
She hugged him.“I am thanks to these men and Damien.”She turned to the men.“Thank you.”She hugged each of them in turn, though Radar squirmed a bit.
“You helped to get us out of there with Hawk and Vance,” Joker said.“We should be thanking you.”
She’d forgotten about her ex.“Where is Vance?”
“Sleeping,” Radar said.“He’s heading out on the same flight as Hawk.”
“You’ll probably be on the same flight,” Jared said.
“That might not be safe for Vance,” she murmured and Joker laughed.
“So what the hell happened?”Jared demanded.“Last I heard you were teaching English and had split up with Vance.But he swore he went to get you back when I saw him earlier.”
Her cheeks heated.“Vance never had a hope in hell,” she retorted.“He was using me to get a job in Dad’s company.What he did was sell me out to the local smuggler who hates Mum, and who stole my phone and computer the day before the tsunami hit so I couldn’t contact anyone.”
Jared’s expression darkened.“Did he now?”The danger in his words reminded her that her brother had a whole other life in the army she didn’t know about.
“Then the earthquake hit and I was helping people who were trapped when I ran into the team and told them where I thought Vance was.When the tsunami hit, they were fleeing the town in a four-wheel drive and Ethan fell out.We both got caught in the water, but I wasn’t injured.”
He turned to her.“Why the hell were you still in town when the tsunami hit?”
Joker nodded his agreement.“She was too busy helping people and then an old woman stole her moped as she was about to escape.”
A vein throbbed in her brother’s forehead and Mila hurried to explain everything that had occurred over the past twenty-four hours, leaving out the bit about having amazing sex with Damien.
She didn’t want to traumatise her brother.
By the end of it, Jared was sitting, shaking his head.He glanced at her.“You’re a bad ass, Milly.”
