Page 45 of Safe With Me

“No, themedsyou gave me kicked in.”

He squeezed her hand. “I’m glad.”

“I want to go home,Pax. Be in my own bed.”

“You can’t be alone. I can close the clinic, though.”

“No, I’ll call my parents. They’re retired.” She reached for her phone, but her hand fell back. “I’m so tired.” Her eyes closed again and she dozed right away.

Rising, he kissed her head and grabbed for her phone.

Outside the room, he clicked into her mother’s cell. Soon, he heard, “Hello.Fionaspeaking.”

“Mrs.Giordano. Your daughter’s fine now, but there’s been an accident at her place of work.”

“Is she shot?”

“No, much less than that.” He described the incident and her injuries.

“I always worry about her getting shot. First the Secret Service, now this. I hate that she does protective work.”

Me, too.

“She’s still at the clinic in one the exam rooms, but she wants to go home. She needs someone with her.”

“Tony and I can be in Westwood in thirty minutes. Maybe less.”

“We’ll transport her from here and meet you at her place.”

“All right. Her address is—”

“I know where she lives.”

“Thank you, doctor.”

“See you soon.”

He checked to see ifStephwas still asleep then went out front. He said to Jon and Diego, “She wants to go home.”

“Can one of us drive her?” Jon asked.

“I think we should call an ambulance. That’s probably an overreaction, but I’d rather be safe.”

Diego pulled out his phone. “I’ll call for one.”

“Thanks for your help.”

Jon asked, “Are you planning to stay with her?”

“No, her parents are coming from Syracuse. They’ll be there in a half hour.”

Diego’s gaze narrowed onPax. “You okay? You’re white as a ghost.”

“I’m worried about her.”

Diego drew him aside. “You called her sweetheart, you know.”

“I did?”

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