Total pages in book: 41
Estimated words: 38284 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 191(@200wpm)___ 153(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 38284 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 191(@200wpm)___ 153(@250wpm)___ 128(@300wpm)
“They’re in the fridge. Help yourself.” He pointed to it and then refilled his mug.
“Thank you, sir,” I grunted, standing up to put away my bowl and hunt for some more food.
“What’s with the ‘sir’ business?” He set the decanter back into the machine and stared at me.
Giving him a smile, I let him have the truth. “I figure you’ll be my father-in-law very soon.”
“Understood.” He laughed, shook his head, and then left me alone to make some eggs.
Laying down, I had to rest after that full breakfast, then I showered and dressed in some of the clothes her dad had picked up for me. Still, I couldn’t get her out of my head for more than a few seconds to even consider all those who played a part in my fate. A lot of people were going to die when I got my revenge.
First, I needed the strength to claim my woman. I thanked fuck that I’d been in a coma and my body healed without me being aware because I would have lost my damn head if I’d been too injured to even touch my beautiful angel.
It was already after one and I hadn’t heard from Grace all day, which ticked me off, but what was I going to do? As a doctor, she didn’t have time to be making personal phone calls. Still, I needed to know about the guys. At least that was the excuse I told myself.
“Hey, you have some visitors,” Stanley said, popping his head into the living room. I stood up and saw Boomer, Doc, and Blade.
“Oh my fucking God, Rico. It’s so fucking good to see you alive.” They came up to me, but before they reached for me, Stanley stopped them.
He put his hands forward and said, “Sorry, fellas, but you’ve got to take it easy on him. He’s still recovering.”
“Thanks for the reminder.” They came up and gave me a gentle hug.
“We can’t believe it! Your brother and sister are going to be fucking thrilled.”
“I’m surprised you didn’t bring them.”
“Well, we wanted to make sure we weren’t tailed first.”
“Anyone lurking?”
“No, but we can’t be too careful. We can’t wait to get back home. I can’t stay. Crystal could go into labor at any moment.”
“Honestly, I think it’s best that I go back home with you. It’s definitely more secure there, and I want this wrapped up. I know who did this to me and who needs to rot in hell.” My mind went straight to Grace. I wanted her by my side, but I couldn’t ask her to just pack up her life for me.
“So you’re planning to leave Grace behind?” Stanley snarled behind me.
“No. I need a way to convince her to come with me.”
A bell dinged at the medical office. The doc went out there. “I’m going to see if he needs any help,” Doc said, following Stanley.
“Son of a bitch,” Doc shouted just as bullets whizzed through the air.
“Cortes,” Doc yelled for Boomer to hear. They crept into the main lobby and unloaded on two of Cortes’s men. They stormed them before they could reach for their guns again. I stayed out of sight just in case someone got away.
“Tie them up.” Blade reached in his bag for some flex cuffs and tied both of them up before setting them on a chair.
I looked for Stanley, but he was hiding in one of the rooms. Doc came back out with him and brought him into the main house. “Your friends brought trouble into my area.”
“I’m sorry. It’s not like we thought people made us at the hospital. We’re not from around here.”
“I want my daughter away from this.”
“She’s better off coming with us. We’d keep her safe. This place doesn’t have any real security.” He scoffed at me. His clinic had been shot up. Luckily there were no more patients in there. “I’m sorry, sir, but the moment you rescued me, you let in the cartel.”
“No, the cartels have always been there. They took my son’s life through drugs.” He ran his hands through his dark brown hair with the streaks of grey at his sides. “Can you promise to protect her?”
“I’ll do whatever I have to do to keep her safe.”
“Good.”
“Will you come with us?”
“I think I need to handle some things before I can join you all. I need to patch up these holes before I go anywhere. I can’t have someone looking for answers to questions I don’t want asked, but I want Grace out today.”
Boomer came into the house and said, “We’re going to question them. You can listen in, but I don’t want them to see you.”
“Understood.” I nodded.
Blade had a knife at one fucker’s throat. “What are you doing here?”
“We saw an opportunity and we took it,” he choked out.
“You killed my brother,” the other one said to Boomer.