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“Hospitals are such dangerous places,” I grumbled.
“Only when Gemma and you are in them,” Doc Halliday replied.
He had a point.
The gunfire and explosions stopped. The silence was suddenly broken by a woman screaming.
My hand wrapped around the butt of my gun.
“Whoa! Wait! Let me take a look.” The Doc peeked out the curtains and his shoulders sagged in relief. “Relax, the good guys won, and it looks like Nurse Wilson is having a panic attack.”
I exhaled a long breath. “Don’t worry. One of my brothers will calm her down. There isn’t a female alive who can resist them.”
The screaming stopped abruptly.
“See?”
“Let’s get you X-rayed. I have a feeling your father isn’t going to leave you here.”
“If Evans is still on the loose, probably not.”
Chapter Five
Sure enough, about an hour later, my brother Devon called out, “Are you decent, Julie?”
“I am.”
Doc Halliday shot back testily, “Go away. I’m not finished with my exam.”
“Have you stitched her up yet?” Devon demanded and pushed aside the privacy curtain.
Doc Halliday looked downright cranky. “Yes, her cuts have been sutured.”
“Good. When we stitch her up, she screams blue, bloody murder.”
I glared at Devon. “I do not.”
“Yeah, you do, squirt.”
“We’re checking Julie out of the hospital, Doc.” Logan, my middle brother, pushed a wheelchair next to my bed. “Hop in.”
“Absolutely not! Julie has a mild concussion, and I want to keep her overnight for observation,” Doctor Halliday snapped.
Logan plucked me off the bed and put me in the wheelchair. “We are all fully trained medics, and we know how to deal with concussions.”
“Unless you want another shootout in the parking lot, Julie is coming with us,” Devon stated matter-of-factly.
“Why would there be another shootout in the parking lot?” Call me confused. Didn’t they arrest everyone?
Logan grimaced. “Dad and Grandpa Reynolds interrogated the suspects. They discovered the Evans family blames you for Deputy Roger Evans’ homicidal tendencies.”
“Me? Why? He works on the opposite side of our district. I hardly have any interaction with him.”
Logan patted my shoulder. “Roger is mentally ill, who knows what’s going on in his head.”
“Dad also discovered the Evans family is planning to attack not only the Alpha Dog’s training center, but the Sheriff’s Department offices in downtown Phoenix, the FBI offices, and Peoria Police Department’s headquarters,” Devon stated.
“Oh, my, God. Samuel said they’re all military extremists. What is their beef?”
