“Honey, she’s doing really well. The surgery—”
“Someone attacked her!” I squeaked.
“Who told you aboutthat?”
“Does it matter?” I challenged. “I mean, I should have been notified the second it happened, not thirty-six hours later!”
“Okay, soTabsis at it again. I’m gonna have to put Clutch on your brother, I see.”
“Are you with her?”
“Yes.”
“Okay. I’ll see you soon. And tell her I want access to her chart,” I bossed.
“Katie, you’re not her doctor.”
“Do not fuck with me today, Satan.”
She sighed again. “Okay, okay, you can talk to her when you get here.”
“Great. I love you. Goodbye.”
“Love you too.”
We rang off and I dropped my phone back in my purse.
Rooster chuckled, reaching over to link hisfingers with mine. “Remind me never to piss you off.”
“You already know that about me,” I said.
“Oh, that was for me, baby. I just said it out loud.”
He kissed my hand, and we drove the rest of the way in silence.
Pulling up to the hospital, I was out of the car almost before Rooster had managed to park the truck, eliciting a growl of admonishment from him.
I waved my hand in an effort to get him to hurry, which got me another grunt and a frown on top of it. “Baby, would you give meonesecond to lock the truck?”
“Can you do it faster?”
He raised an eyebrow as he hit the key fob, then followed me into the building.
“You know, I don’t negotiate with terrorists,” he said as we stepped into the elevator. “It doesn’t matter how sexy they are.”
I rolled my eyes as I hit the button to the sixth floor. “You really shouldn’t say things like that in a hospital,” I hissed. “They might kick us out.”
Rooster chuckled, pulling me to him and wrapping his arms around me. “No one’s kickin’ us out.”
I tugged on his beard. “Are youtryingto get on my nerves?”
“No.” He leaned down and kissed me gently. “That’s just a bonus.”
“You’re going to pay for that later.”
He grinned just as the elevator doors opened. “Can’t wait.”
I’d been to Legacy more times than I could count, so I knew the lay of the land, so-to-speak, and headed toward Maisie’s room. The second I turned the corner to the suites, I saw Razor sitting outside her room and rushed toward him. He stood, opening his arms and wrapping them around me as I slid into them. “Hey, sweetheart.”
