The brothers crowded Talon. I pulled the cop aside while he ranted about pressing charges, and told him, “You know who he is. He lives hard. Do you think he doesn’t love just as hard? The woman in there is his world, and you saying if she pulled through doesn’t cut it for him. Give the guy a break. Please.”
The cop sucked in a breath, glanced at Talon and then back to me. “I won’t press charges.”
I sighed. “We would appreciate it.”
The room fell silent. I wasn’t sure how long we waited until the doctor came through the doors. Her steps faltered a little on seeing Talon and his men. “Uh… family of Zara Edgingway?”
Talon stood, holding the kids close to him. “That’s us.”
“Oh, okay. I just wanted to say she’s through surgery, and it looks like she’s going to be okay.”
I watched as Talon sank to his knees in relief, the kids going down with him, both crying. I closed my eyes, tipped my head back and mouthed, “Thank you.”