She nodded.
“Sounds like you’ve had a horrible day.”He turned to Callum.“Would you mind stepping out?Jared Westin is down the hall, waiting for you.”
Callum double-checked with Grace.“I won’t be far.”
“I’m fine.”
Callum shut the door behind him, wandering toward the nurses’ station, and saw the man who owned Titan Group speaking to a young lady.He held back, not interrupting, and anticipated his boss’s boss would probably demand that Callum spend the rest of the day being interrogated by the FBI.
The young lady noticed him and nudged her head.Jared said something to her, then patted her back before she retreated.The man whom some called Boss Man lifted his chin.“How’s Grace?”
“Good.A little numb.But physically just banged up and bruised.”
“Thank fuck for that, right?”
Callum nodded.
“Well, I told you I would make sure your woman came home.”
“Thank you.”
“We’re still working on how and where the leaks came from.That’s not taken care of yet, and I don’t think it will be for a while.Keep your eyes peeled, and if something comes up again, feel free to contact me.I’ll make sure Viv sends you my information.”
Callum nodded.
“They’ll probably keep Grace overnight.I’d say you should stick close, security-wise, but I think law enforcement has a solid handle on all the moving pieces.Dean could give you a more in-depth analysis, but I think this part of Grace’s life is done.”He hooked a thumb toward the young woman behind the nurses’ desk.“That’s my daughter.Volunteer candy striper extraordinaire.If you need anything, she’s smarter than I am, so…” He shrugged.“She’s a good resource.”
The hospital kept Grace overnight.The stay had been dubbed precautionary.Prudent, Dr.Tuska had said, just to monitor her.She didn’t think his reasoning was one hundred percent medical.The protective walls and constant flow of trustworthy people keeping an eye on her had probably been part of her overnight stay.
Callum and Vivian promised that her nightmare was over.They had meant Dominic, but the nightmare had continued when law enforcement descended upon her.Both her divorce and criminal attorneys had joined that conversation, in part, she believed, because they had felt bad for what had happened right under their noses.
The gist was simple.Dominic was in custody again.Initially, for unlawful imprisonment, but that was just to cover the paperwork for his initial arrest.Grace didn’t want to know the details of the other investigations.She’d only wanted to know if he could get out.
As had been promised to her years ago, their verdict was not likely.Time would tell.
Either way, Dominic was done with her.Her usefulness was depleted, and he had bigger issues than her to worry about.Like a Chinese Triad—essentially, an Asian Mafia crime syndicate.She hadn’t known what a Triad was until the investigators explained.Triads were a much bigger issue than an ex-wife.
The FBI had access to all of her secret accounts that she used while in hiding.Grace had walked them through the ins and outs of how she lived, without worrying about repercussions.She had immunity thanks to her lawyers.
Just as Callum had promised, she could let go of her aliases and LLCs and slip back into her own life.Even her Social Security number was back up and ready for her to be alive again.
That left her with the biggest decision of all.Callum.
He was the love of her life, and she couldn’t say the wordsI love youout loud.It was as if they were physically lodged in her throat.The only thing her brain allowed her to do was count the days that had passed since she’d maced him at the library.
It hadn’t been long.
Callum was absolutely, categorically nothing like Dominic.But the last time she’d been swept off her feet had been a disaster that had taken more than a decade to untangle herself from.
Hell, she wasn’t actually completely untangled.She was sitting in the hospital because of her ex-husband.
Two knocks sounded on her door before Callum walked in.He held an iced coffee for her and a takeout bag from the Mediterranean place down the street that Asal, the volunteer assigned to her who had finished her freshman year in college nearby, had recommended.Asal was smart, a little sassy, and, Grace suspected, ordered to watch her in case she needed anything.As hospital stays go, this one rated like a nice hotel.
“Did you decide what you want to do?”Callum pulled out the takeout containers and placed them on the rolling table at her bedside.
She tucked her legs under her and positioned the table between them.“I talked to Mari about an hour ago and convinced her not to drive here.That I would go home later today.”
She could tell that Callum wanted to ask, “And then?”She wished she had the answer.
