“How’s the knee?” He crosses his arms and glances at Logan as though he’s still deciding whether he gets to live.
“It’s attached,” I mutter. “For now.”
Jake whistles. “And the mood is, too. Love to see it.”
Logan dumps the rest of the snacks on the side table, then turns around. “Was thattheDr. Doom we passed in the hallway? Looks like she’d murder you with a scalpel if you asked dumb questions?”
“Sounds about right.”
“Sounds like your type,” says Jake, grabbing a bag of chips and ripping it open.
“She’s the one holding the scalpel.”
Eli eyes me. “You being difficult?”
“She wants to shave my dick.”
All four of them freeze, then Chase barks out a laugh so loud it probably echoes down the hallway. “No fucking way!”
“Said the piercings have to go, too.”
“Oh my god.” Logan looks like Christmas came early. “Your ladder?”
Eli groans. “Why are we talking about this?”
“Because I’m in hell,” I say flatly. “And if I have to suffer at the hands of Dr. Doom, so do you.”
Chase wipes away a tear. “Reid, buddy, you areneverliving this down.”
“Just wait until I tell the girls about this,” Logan adds, already pulling out his phone.
“Don’t you fucking dare.”
Jake steps in, grabbing the phone and tossing it on the chair. “Let the man keep what’s left of his pride.”
“Thank you,” I mutter.
He shrugs around a mouthful of chips. “You won’t have any left once you’re in those compression socks, anyway.”
Logan settles back in one of the chairs, even though I know they can’t stay long. “Want us to check in on Harry while you’re in here?”
It takes me a second to process.
“Grandpa?”
Eli lifts a brow. “You know another Harry?”
“He’s fine.”
“Yeah, but he’ll want updates,” Jake says, then nods toward my phone on the tray. “And unless you’re planning to text mid-surgery, he’s not gonna get them.”
“I’ll call him after.”
“You’ll be high as a kite after,” Chase points out. “Actually, wait. Wanna FaceTime all of us right after you wake up? I’ll screen record it.”
“No,” I mutter, my eyes flicking to Jake’s, who’s still watching me.
“We’ll stop by,” he says, in that low and steady tone of his. “Make sure he knows you’re good. I’ll bring him a new plant for his garden.”
