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Him.
“Thanks, I think,” she admitted. “Anyway, like I said, I just wanted to say goodbye. I have to go,” she admitted. “I caught a case across the country. I’m flying out to go catchanother serial killer. You know how it is. Wash, rinse, repeat,” she offered.
At her words, he tried to get up.
Only, she wasn’t having it.
“Down, boy,” she said, shoving him back down. “You’re on recovery duty. I’ll call you later when I get to where I’m chasing a cannibal. God. I love my job,” she said, rolling her eyes.
It took him a second to register.
“You should stay home. That sounds dangerous,” he admitted.
That made her laugh.
“Dad, that’s why they arm me and give me body armor. It’s not like being a kindergarten teacher,” she said, shuddering. “All those germs. Yuck.”
Charlie didn’t like this.
“You can’t go.”
Instead of arguing, she gave him a kiss.
“I love you, Daddy. I’ll see you in a few days. Take care of Babylon and don’t do anything with your ME that I wouldn’t do with my ME.”
That was when she winked at Sam.
As she walked away, Charlie watched her go, and that’s when the panic hit, and it hit hard.
Before he even said anything, all the heart monitors went off, setting off alarms at the nurse’s station.
Sam knew what was coming.
Goliath was going to get his ass up, and David was going to have to put him down.
For.
His.
Own.
Good.
“Charles, calm down,” Sam said, as he tried to get out of the bed.
The man didn’t mince words.
“I have to go with her,” he stated, trying to get Sam to let him go so he could leave with her. “She can’t do this without me. She’ll die. I have to go!”
Well, it was safe to say that Charlie was scared, and having a panic attack.
He was super protective of his daughter. Sam knew that he feared losing her.
“My love, she’s going to be fine. Elizabeth will be home before you know it. She’s damn good at her job, and she’s armed. Don’t stress it.”
He wasn’t buying it.
Not.
