ears and she stopped suddenly, recognizing Wade’s angry voice.
“Damn, when he told me someone was tailing him I should’ve voiced my concerns! I should have told him to lay low for a while. Maybe get protection!” Wade stated harshly.
“What were you suppose to do , Wade? You know how Ben is. He likes to work alone.” The other male voice was resigned.
“ I should have been more careful, especially after the break in at Mr. Johnsons.”
“Listen, this is not your fault. No one could have predicted that it would escalate to this degree. Breaking and entering is one thing. Attempted murder is quite another.”
“ Obviously the new information he got has really ruffled some feathers.” Wade stated.
“We have to proceed cautiously.”
“ This won’t stop me. We need to get some answers. I’ll do whatever it takes!”
After a short pause she heard, “Watch your back. You sure you can trust her?”
“Yeah, ” Wade replied softly.
“They probably also realized that he took the MRI. We’re getting closer and our case is getting stronger. We just have to connect the dots. Joel is still out of town. He should be meeting with his friend from the State Insurance Board on Wed.”
“ Keep me posted. If Ben doesn’t pull through this—” Wade started angrily.
“Ben’s a fighter. Fighting is what he does best.”
“I’m more determined than ever to make those damn quacks pay. Now they can add attempted murder to the list of atrocities. Fucking doctors!”
Nina’s ears rang as Wade’s angry words echoed through her head like the reverberations of a chapel bell. Acid burned a hot hole in her stomach and her legs pedaled her back slowly until she collided with a chair. Wade bolted around the corner, a middle aged man dressed impeccably in a dark suit at his heels.
“Nina, are you all right?” Wade asked, grasping her shoulders.
She nodded, but she could feel her knees wobble. Wade’s intense gaze searched her face, and she knew she hadn’t fooled him.
“This is my law partner Andre w Bennett. Andrew, this is Nina.”
She extended a slender hand and Andrew shook it firmly. He held her gaze a little longer than was comfortable then turned to Wade. She couldn’t shake the odd feeling that she was the punch line of a secret joke. Wade was wearing a scrub top that one of the nurses had given him. The inappropriately sized garment stretched across his wide chest and the tight sleeves bunched above the curve of his large biceps. She noticed that the swelling in his left arm had increased. He’d probably re-injured it when he’d tackled her to the sidewalk. He didn’t seem to notice as his blue gaze stalked her every move. The tension in his jaw squared his unreadable features.
“I’ll cover your cases for the next few days. I know you’ll want to be here.”
“Thanks Andrew.” Wade turned back to his partner.
“Please be careful and call me with any new developments.”
Andrew departed and Nina turned to Wade , her arms pretzeled across her chest. She tried valiantly to smother her anger and the quakes that threaten to wrack her body. When he looked at her she could almost see the emotions weighing down his shoulders. He touched her arm to direct her to a chair, but she pulled away. She needed to keep a clear head, and she couldn’t do that when he was touching her.
“Let’s talk. I assume that you overheard that whole conversation.”
“I heard enough of it to know that I’m not going to like what you’re about to tell me.”
He sank into one of the chairs in the waiting area and looked up at her. She sat gingerly beside him, trying to read his odd expression. Regret? Anger? Pain? She wanted to reach up and smooth away the lines that marked his forehead, but she resisted.
“Ben is a private investigator who works for my firm.”
Nina nodded and he continued, “His shooting has to do with a case that we’re working on. It’s a medical malpractice suit against a
“Damn, when he told me someone was tailing him I should’ve voiced my concerns! I should have told him to lay low for a while. Maybe get protection!” Wade stated harshly.
“What were you suppose to do , Wade? You know how Ben is. He likes to work alone.” The other male voice was resigned.
“ I should have been more careful, especially after the break in at Mr. Johnsons.”
“Listen, this is not your fault. No one could have predicted that it would escalate to this degree. Breaking and entering is one thing. Attempted murder is quite another.”
“ Obviously the new information he got has really ruffled some feathers.” Wade stated.
“We have to proceed cautiously.”
“ This won’t stop me. We need to get some answers. I’ll do whatever it takes!”
After a short pause she heard, “Watch your back. You sure you can trust her?”
“Yeah, ” Wade replied softly.
“They probably also realized that he took the MRI. We’re getting closer and our case is getting stronger. We just have to connect the dots. Joel is still out of town. He should be meeting with his friend from the State Insurance Board on Wed.”
“ Keep me posted. If Ben doesn’t pull through this—” Wade started angrily.
“Ben’s a fighter. Fighting is what he does best.”
“I’m more determined than ever to make those damn quacks pay. Now they can add attempted murder to the list of atrocities. Fucking doctors!”
Nina’s ears rang as Wade’s angry words echoed through her head like the reverberations of a chapel bell. Acid burned a hot hole in her stomach and her legs pedaled her back slowly until she collided with a chair. Wade bolted around the corner, a middle aged man dressed impeccably in a dark suit at his heels.
“Nina, are you all right?” Wade asked, grasping her shoulders.
She nodded, but she could feel her knees wobble. Wade’s intense gaze searched her face, and she knew she hadn’t fooled him.
“This is my law partner Andre w Bennett. Andrew, this is Nina.”
She extended a slender hand and Andrew shook it firmly. He held her gaze a little longer than was comfortable then turned to Wade. She couldn’t shake the odd feeling that she was the punch line of a secret joke. Wade was wearing a scrub top that one of the nurses had given him. The inappropriately sized garment stretched across his wide chest and the tight sleeves bunched above the curve of his large biceps. She noticed that the swelling in his left arm had increased. He’d probably re-injured it when he’d tackled her to the sidewalk. He didn’t seem to notice as his blue gaze stalked her every move. The tension in his jaw squared his unreadable features.
“I’ll cover your cases for the next few days. I know you’ll want to be here.”
“Thanks Andrew.” Wade turned back to his partner.
“Please be careful and call me with any new developments.”
Andrew departed and Nina turned to Wade , her arms pretzeled across her chest. She tried valiantly to smother her anger and the quakes that threaten to wrack her body. When he looked at her she could almost see the emotions weighing down his shoulders. He touched her arm to direct her to a chair, but she pulled away. She needed to keep a clear head, and she couldn’t do that when he was touching her.
“Let’s talk. I assume that you overheard that whole conversation.”
“I heard enough of it to know that I’m not going to like what you’re about to tell me.”
He sank into one of the chairs in the waiting area and looked up at her. She sat gingerly beside him, trying to read his odd expression. Regret? Anger? Pain? She wanted to reach up and smooth away the lines that marked his forehead, but she resisted.
“Ben is a private investigator who works for my firm.”
Nina nodded and he continued, “His shooting has to do with a case that we’re working on. It’s a medical malpractice suit against a
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