Page 99 of Just Not That Into Billionaires

“He’s trying to move his arms!” Benny’s main nurse tells the new nurse.

A doctor rushes in, assessing the situation. “Somebody turn off that music! And get these people out of here!”

The nurses are rattling off numbers and medical terms.

Aaron comes toward me, holding his hand out for my phone. “You need to shut that off or I will.”

“Get away,” I say.

“What’s going on, Benjamin?” the doctor asks. “Talk to me.”

“No,” Benny says more audibly. “No more!”

“Can you tell me what’s going on?” the doctor asks. “Where does it hurt?”

“Dave…Matthews!” Benny croaks.

“Who’s Dave? You want to see Dave? Is that it?” the doctor asks.

“Make it stop. Hate…hate Dave Matthews.”

I’m grinning. I’m laughing. Tears might be streaming down my face.

Aaron’s out of the room like a shot.

I’ve turned the music down but not off. Benny’s eyes are slit open. Our gazes lock. My heart nearly bursts from my chest.

“Please,” he mouths.

“Okay, baby.” I shut off the song. I go to his side.

“You trying to kill me?” he asks.

The doctor is doing something medical on the other side of him.

I take his hand, trying not to squeeze the stuffing out of it. “You had us so scared,” I say.

“Aaron,” he says. “He pushed me.”

“Oh my god.” I suspected it, but it still shocks me.

“Police. File…a report,” Benny rumbles.

I look up at his main nurse. She looks horrified. “The man who was just here?”

“Yes. His soon-to-be ex-business partner,” I say.

The nurse with the goatee heads out the door, followed by the two security guys, presumably to get the cops.

The main nurse tells me it’s a good sign that he’s awake, and that his thinking seems clear.

I hang back as they work. They seem to have forgotten about visiting hours being over.

I grab something to eat when the police arrive to question Benny. They find me in the waiting lounge afterwards and question me. I don’t have much to add, aside from the fact that I believe Benny probably called Aaron and told him about his decision to sell. Somehow Aaron got to him. The police tell me they’re looking for Aaron now.

The nurses won’t let me back into Benny’s room after that. The nurse with the goatee informs me that Benny’s resting and shouldn’t be disturbed. I decide to camp out in the waiting room. I doubt Benny’s in any danger from Aaron, being that Aaron’s the subject of a manhunt and all, but where else would I go?

Mac shows up an hour later with a bunch of my stuff and things for Benny. We wait there, camped out.

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