It never failed to amaze me that those two were together.
Don’t get me wrong, they were great together, but on paper, they were complete opposites.
The doctor cleared his throat.“As we discussed earlier,” he said, flipping through Star’s chart, “you’re healing well.Your vitals are stable.No complications.That’s all good news.”
Star raised an eyebrow.“I feel a but coming on.”
Alice scoffed and smothered a laugh with her hand.
Wrecker shot a glance her way.
Yeah, complete opposites.
“But,” the doctor continued, “this doesn’t mean you’re in the clear.Concussions can be unpredictable.Dizziness, fatigue, headaches that may linger for a while.”
Star didn’t argue this time.Just nodded.
“I still don’t want you alone,” he said, meeting her eyes directly now.“Someone needs to be with you at all times for at least the next week.”
Alice opened her mouth but shut it quickly.
Mac nodded immediately.“Of course.”
Star sighed.“I know.”
“I’m not overreacting, Star,” the doctor added, voice gentle.“It’s about your safety.”
That part stuck.
The doctor glanced around the room, clearly aware he was standing in the middle of a biker club’s orbit.“We’ll begin discharge paperwork later today.”
He gave Star one last nod and escaped the room like a man who knew he wasn’t the most powerful in the room.
Everyone was quiet.
Alice broke it first.“Well,” she said, clapping her hands together once, “that puts a kibosh on the girls running off to Chicago.”
Star blinked.“What?”
Wrecker didn’t even look at Alice when he spoke.“Chicago’s not happening.And the grad party is pushed back indefinitely.”
The room stilled.
Adley turned slowly, disbelief written across her face.“You have to be joking.”
“I’m not,” Wrecker said calmly.“Alice and I already decided the grad party can’t happen.We’re thinking the end of August when all of this is done.”
Star shifted in the bed, confusion flickering across her face.“Wait.He said I only needed supervision for a week.I’m feeling better every day.Why do we need to cancel the girls’ trip?We can go in like two weeks.”
“Not now,” Wrecker said.“Not until we know everything.”
Alice crossed her arms.“You’re canceling a girls’ trip because of one attack?”
Wrecker’s gaze finally landed on her.“Because of an attack we don’t know who did it yet.”
The words were measured.Controlled.But final.
Mason pushed off the wall.“We still don’t have all the pieces,” he added quietly.
