He hands up and sets the phone on my lap and takes off at a run again. We make it to a clearing where there are several vehicles. I look around, but I don’t see Lo or Ryan and I also don’t see Izzy. He runs to the closest one just as another man runs out of the woods. Mia raises her hand.
“No! He’s one of ours. Michael. I need you to drive.”
The man nods and moves to the driver side while Bash climbs in the back with me on his lap. Mia takes the passenger seat.
“To the estate. Quickly. I heard Sirens so take the dirt road as long as you can and then drive normal.”
The vehicle starts to move, but I’m not paying attention. Bash now has his eyes on me.
“Tesoro. How are you feeling?”
“Like” I breath in. “I.” Another breath. “Got.” A third breath. “Shot.”
“That feeling eases. You had the wind knocked out of you. Mia or Dr. Fields can look at you when we get back to the house.”
I nod and lay my head on his shoulder as he holds me. He uses one hand to hold me and the other one to caress my hair. I just close my eyes and concentrate on my breathing. It is a quiet ride back to the estate, but when we got there, it looked like all hell had broken loose. Men are scattered throughout the property. They all stand on guard.
Bash slides me out of his lap and onto the seat as he gets out. He then reaches forward to carry me.
“I think I’m okay now. It still hurts, but I can breathe again.”
He nods and just helps me out of the SUV. He wraps his arm around mine and walks me into the house. If I thought outside was bad, inside is even worse. Lining the foyer are injured men. Bash leads me into the conference room and Mia rushes around us.
“Where can I help?”
Dr. Fields looks up and points to a man. Mia goes to work.
Bash sits me down in a chair and takes the vest off of me.
“Let me look at it.” He pulls up the t-shirt and I slap him.
“I’m not wearing a bra.”
“Okay.” He nods, but looks concerned.
Gio walks in then and comes over to Bash. He looks at me and gives me a small smile.
“I heard you were back. Only a couple got pinched. We have the lawyer at the police station waiting on them. Lo is waiting at the warehouse for you. He called in the Fox.”
“Isabella?” Bash asks and I sit up straighter then wince in pain.
“She’s upstairs. She hit her head hard. She is still out, but Dr. Fields is monitoring her. I actually need to get back up to her.”
“I can go.” I jump up and almost fall due to the sharp pain.
“No. Stay here and get checked out. I won’t let anything happen to her. I promise.”
Gio reaches out and grabs my shoulder. I see the barely contained emotions in his eyes. He really cares about Izzy.
“Once I get checked out, I am posting up at her bedside.”
He nods then turns and leave.
“Where is Lo?” Mia looks up at Bash and asks.
“On an errand. He’s ok Mia.” She nods numbly and goes back to working on the man in front of her.
“Let’s go to our room and I will check you out. Okay?”
