“Ahh. And now you want revenge? Understandable. Well, you will need to take him out before he kills anyone else.”
“I know that.” Why did the Fox think Jared needed him to point out the obvious?
“Doubt he’s doing this himself, of course,” the Fox said. “I don’t know anyone in the area who is fond of severing heads and delivering them. It’s so messy. Bit deranged, really. Not that I don’t appreciate that. Take care of Angie. If she gets her head chopped off, I will be extremely unhappy.” He left with a whistle.
Jared quickly checked with Patrick and John, to make sure they didn’t try to shoot him on his way out.
Then he rushed over to Angie. “Are you all right? Did he harm you?”
“No, he’s my friend. Why would he hurt me?”
“Maybe because he is a psychopath.”
“I don’t think that’s very nice,” she said.
“Angie, he’s an assassin.”
“And you’re a mafia kingpin.” she fired back.
Fuck.
She had a point.
Jared ran his hand down his face and took a seat in the chair by her bed.
“I know a lot of people see him as the bad guy and I don’t talk about him because he told me it could put me in danger. But also because I don’t want to put him in danger.”
Jared nodded “I understand that. But is there anything else you need to tell me?”
“Like what?” she asked. “Like the fact that Beltran apparently killed people you cared about?”
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She couldn’t help but feel hurt.
And maybe jealous?
Who were these people? Family members? Or something more? Was it a girlfriend?
You’re being ridiculous.
Right. But she realized that he hadn’t fully explained why Beltran was a threat.
And you didn’t ask.
No, but now she should have.
Jared nodded. “I’ll tell you what happened. But first I need to call and check in with North and get some more security in the hospital.”
“You don’t need more security,” she said. “The Fox isn’t a threat to me.”
“No, but Beltran is. And two guards isn’t enough. I’m going to flood this hospital with me. Not that I’m leaving your side again.”
“I’m sure I’m going home soon.”
“And until you do, you will be just as protected here as there.”
He made a couple of calls before sitting on the bed, facing her.
