Page 125 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 2
"But we'd appreciate you looking into it," I said.
Detective Lee looked back and forth between us and jotted something in his notebook. "I'm going to try again to get a hold of Officer Daugherty to get the rest of the paperwork and an update on the questioning. Hopefully Isabella will be willing to cut a deal to name some of her accomplices."
"A deal? What kind of deal?" Isabella had been right. She'd never end up in prison. We'd never be able to get away from her.
"We'll have to see. I see the situation with Mr. Porter and Mr. Hunter as attempted murder, but there are defenses against that. Your brother, Mr. Hunter, not you Mr. Hunter." He suddenly looked a little flustered. "We're still trying to link herto the other crimes. Was there anything else that you forgot to mention to Officer Daugherty yesterday? Anything at all?"
I frowned. "What about the note where Isabella threatened to end James if he married me? That was a blatant threat. Isn't that enough to prove that she tried to kill James? She even told me she tried to kill him twice."
"We're still looking into it. Unfortunately, like all the other notes in evidence, there were no prints. Is there anything else?"
Neither James nor I said anything.
"Very well. Your doctor wanted to have a word with you. I'll let her know I'm done questioning you. Thanks for your patience with this. We're doing everything we can to sort all of this out."
I found his statement ironic. Because I wasn't being patient at all. And I was furious with the way they were handling this. When he left the room I turned to James. "What if they let her go? What if..."
"Penny. It's going to be okay. We have to let them do their job."
"Since when do you trust them?"
"I don't have the energy to not trust them right now."
It broke my heart to see him in his hospital bed. It broke my heart that I couldn't fix this. "But you have enough energy to have sex?" I wanted him to laugh. I wanted him to not worry about anything. I needed to step up and handle this.
He gave me a small smile. "That's different."
I shook my head. "How about we focus on getting you out of here, okay?"
"That sounds like a great idea," the doctor said as she walked into the room. "How are you feeling today, James?"
"Great." He sat up and kept a level face, not showing his pain at all. But I could see it in his eyes. "Much better. When can I get out of here?"
She picked up his chart and looked at it.
"His birthday is on Sunday," I said. "Is there any way he could be home for that?"
"I think we can arrange that. Even though you were unconscious, your body has been healing for two weeks."
"What about Rob? Will he be able to get out of here soon too?" James asked.
She smiled. "I've already agreed to discharge your brother tomorrow morning. He won't stop pestering me to come see you, but I told him I'd change my mind if he refused to rest. But the injuries you sustained were much more serious than your brother's."
"How is he doing?"
"He's acting like he's perfectly fine. The bullet in his shoulder had a clean exit and the break in his leg was also fairly clean, butit's pretty miraculous how quickly he's recovering. I'm sure he'll be stopping by first thing tomorrow morning."
James nodded.
"I'm going to have the nurse come in and give you a few vaccines. And according to your chart you're also behind on some of your regular immunizations. We'll have her administer those too. It's important that you stay on top of those from now on. After a splenectomy, it's much more likely to contract infections. You're at a much greater risk now."
James nodded again.
"And we need to discuss your blood pressure."
"What about it?"
"I have your most recent checkup information from your primary care physician. Which was from six years ago. Your blood pressure was already borderline then. And he had recommended you come in the next year for a follow up. Which you did not."
