The glass shattered.Dominic cowered.It would have been too easy to kill him.Too horrible to do it and have his piece-of-shit body land on his woman.
Callum didn’t know who moved in on Dominic.He didn’t care if he ever saw him again.Gage issued orders, but Callum dropped to his knees at her side.“Baby.I’m here.I’ve got you.”He peeled the hair off her sweaty face.Grace’s chest heaved as though she’d been running for her life.He realized she had been.
Her eyes focused on him.“Callum.”She propped onto her elbows, wincing.“Ow, oh, that hurts.”
Had Dominic hurt her?She could have broken her wrists or arms with the impact of hitting the glass door.“Take your time.You’re safe.Everything’s fine.”
“Does she need EMS?”Gage asked.
Grace slowly shook her head.“I just…” Her breath shook.“Need a minute.”
“You can have all the time you need.”
Her eyes watered.“Do you promise?”
The pleading in her expression told him they weren’t talking about catching her breath.“I promise.”
Grace squeezed her eyes shut and curled her legs to her chest.She wrapped her arms around herself and hugged.He couldn’t let her sit in a pile of glass and cry.Callum scooped her into his arms and took her away.
She nuzzled against his chest.Glass crunched under his boots.They stepped outside and into the hot air of a long August day, and he placed her in the back of the SUV.
Eli had turned the engine on and left it running.Cool air poured over them.Callum crawled in behind her.“We’ll take you to the hospital and get you checked out.”
“I’m fine.Really.”
“Precautionary.”
“What then?Do I have to go back and talk to the attorneys?”
“No.Maybe later.But not right now.They figured out what they needed to know.”
“What was that?”
“You don’t really want to talk about this now,” he suggested.
“I do.I promise.”
“That Dominic and his business partners knew you were alive the entire time and utilized the network you created to funnel money.”
Her jaw hinged.“That’s what he meant…” She looked to the side, lost in thought.
Eli returned behind the wheel.
Gage retook his seat.“Rhys will handle Dominic with Decker and them until the FBI shows up.”
Pulling a U-turn, Eli said, “Then that’s our cue.I don’t want to be around for the paperwork that’s going to come.”He paused at the security booth and rolled his window down.“You okay down there, partner?”
Partner sounded like pod-nah.
“He’s from Louisiana,” Callum explained.“I’ll translate anything you can’t understand.”
“Hardy har.”Eli scoffed, then laid it on thick, “Ma cher, don’t believe a word dat one say.”
She quietly laughed, and thank fuck, Grace wasn’t totally broken.Callum would spend the rest of his life making her right again, but if they didn’t have to deal with that, it was for the better.
They drove for longer than Callum would have expected, finally pulling into a small hospital where the staff met them at the door.The nurses had already been briefed on their arrival, and their lack of questions was telling.They were well-versed in working with Titan.
A man in a white coat walked into the hospital room.“I’m Dr.Tuska.You must be Grace.”
