“Well, what’s the verdict?”Smokey asked, drying his hands as he approached David.
“I don’t give a shit about a scar.Bandage me up so we can talk about what went down and what to do about it.”
Smokey nodded, gathered supplies out of the toolbox they used as a first aid kit and got to work.Hunter seemed to have passed out and wasn’t screaming anymore.Smokey was wrapping an ace bandage around David’s leg to hold the gauze in place, when Tania appeared.She hurried down the stairs and he knew he’d have to say something to her about running down stairs and how dangerous that could be.He didn’t want her hurt, even accidentally.
“What’s happened?I heard someone screaming.Is everyone okay?”
“They will be,” Freud said between clenched teeth.“Here the little fucker is.”He lifted up, holding the mushroomed bullet in a pair of forceps.“Here.Take a look at that, Shotgun.Does it look whole?”
Smokey finished with David’s bandage and stepped back.“Go put on clean pants, then come back out here.We need to know what happened.”Smokey headed for the sink.He wanted to hold Tania and tell her everything was okay or that it would be, but he didn’t want to get blood all over her.Looking down at himself as he scrubbed the remnants of David’s blood from his hands, he realized he had almost as much blood on him as David had.He needed to change clothes too.
“I need to change.You can come up with me if you want.Where’s Carter?”Smokey headed for the stairs.
“I’ll come with you.He was asleep when I heard the screaming.I built him a nest in the middle of your bed and laid him down.He’ll sleep for an hour or so, then I’ll need to keep an eye out for when he wakes.I don’t want him rolling off the bed or falling.”
Smokey nodded.He made a mental note that they’d need a baby monitor so they wouldn’t have to sit up here and wait for Carter to wake.
Staying quiet, he fetched a change of clothes from the bedroom then eased the door shut so they could talk without waking the baby.
“What’s going on?”Tania asked as he headed for the bathroom.He’d need to wash up before putting on clean clothes.He left the door open, so even if she stayed in the other room, he could hear her.
“David and Hunter were at your place, getting the things you asked for, someone came in and shot them.That’s all I know.”He shrugged out of his cut and laid it on the edge of the sink.He’d need to clean that, but not yet.His shirt was next, as he kicked out of his boots, then he shed his jeans, taking his underwear with them.A sharp inhale from Tania told him she’d followed him into the bathroom.He stayed silent as he turned on the water and stepped into the shower.He hadn’t thought an hour ago when he’d showered with Carter that he would be back in the shower again so soon, but that’s how it happened sometimes.
“Was it Rod?”she asked as he stepped under the spray.
“Don’t know.We’ll go down and find out once I’m cleaned up.”
“What now?”She obviously wasn’t bothered by his being naked or in the shower.Though he couldn’t help but wish, even if only for just a second, that she would strip off and step in here with him.He remembered how soft and sweet her body was, how she responded to every touch.After his dick stiffened, Smokey quickly changed the direction of his thoughts.
They needed to figure out who had shot their prospects, then figure out what to do about it, and about Rod, because while he didn’t know if that fucker was the one who’d shot the prospects, he had little doubt the fucker had sent whoever it was.
He quickly scrubbed down and shut off the water.As he threw a towel over himself, he realized she’d found a washcloth and was busy cleaning his cut.He didn’t say anything at first, but pulled on his underwear and then his jeans.
“Thanks.”He leaned over and kissed the top of her head then finished getting dressed.By the time he finished pulling on his boots, he noticed that Tania had stepped out of the bathroom, his clean cut in her hands.He shrugged it on and took her hand.“Let’s go see what happened.”
“Okay.Just let me check on Carter.”She went to the bedroom door, opened it slightly to peek inside, then pulled it close again.“All right.He’s good.”Together, they left the room.
