Page 7 of Sweet Revenge

“I couldn’t.” She moved her head side to side slowly. “I shouldn’t have even done what I did. I put Becs in a bad position.”

“No, you didn’t.” Becs said.

Maggie nodded, but then winced and laid her head back against the pillow. My eyes locked on the white bandage slanted across her forehead, and I growled.

“Easy, brother.” Bear said quietly from beside me.

I gave him a short, abrupt nod, knowing he was right. Right now, I needed to stay in control.

Maggie glanced at Becs. “You could’ve been hurt.”

“I wasn’t.”

“Maggie,” Luke called and gained Maggie’s attention again.

He was frustrated and impatient to get the answers he needed to find Snake and put his ass where he felt it belonged. In prison. I sensed his impatience because I felt it too, but my ideas for Snake’s punishment and Luke Dimarco’s ideas were very different.

“What do you remember from the wedding?”

She pulled her hand from his and rubbed it gently along her temple right near the stark white bandage. “I don’t really remember anything.”

I saw Luke’s jaw clench tightly. “Maggie…”

The door opened behind us, and we both turned our heads to watch two nurses walk through. They rounded us and stood at the foot of the bed, one speaking gently. “Hey sweetie, I hate to interrupt, but the doctor ordered some new tests, and I need to get you ready to go.”

Luke sighed and stood. “I’ll be here when you get back.”

“Okay.” she whispered.

“How about a little privacy, gentlemen?” the nurse asked politely, but sternly.

Bear tipped his chin at Maggie who flicked her eyes our way before turning back toward the nurse. I followed Bear and Luke out into the hallway, closing the door behind me.

“She’s not going to talk.” Luke ran his hand through his hair.

“Not long before you came, the doctor was in, and he asked the same questions. She couldn’t remember.” Bear said.

“That’s what she says.”

I narrowed my eyes. “You don’t believe her?”

Luke put his hands on his hips. “I’ve been through this with her over the past couple of years. The circumstances were different every time, but the results were the same. Every damn time, she clammed up as soon as she’d have to implicate Snake. I got her close a few times, arrested him, but I couldn’t hold him when she’d recant her statement.”

“I get it before,” I said. “She had to go back to him, but she’s safe now. She knows that.”

Luke’s eyebrow lifted. “She’s in the fucking hospital, man. To her, it probably doesn’t feel much different than before.”

The muscles in my back tensed. “You sayin’ we’re not keeping her safe?”

Luke met my stare, and I recognized the regret in his expression. “I’m saying, we all made a promise to her, and she’s back in the fucking hospital.”

“She doesn’t trust us.” Bear acknowledged.

“Far as I can tell, she doesn’t trust anyone.” Luke frowned.

“She trusts Becs.” I offered.

“I’m not putting my sister in the middle of this. Mainly because she’s my sister, but you know Race will cause a lot of shit if he thinks she’s in any danger.”

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