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Tonya looked up when Ashure quietly thanked the nurse who had brought him to Max’s room. She had been worried sick when he didn’t come back. She rose from her seat and gripped his arm.
“We’ll be back in a few minutes,” she said to Angela.
“Why don’t you go home? There’s nothing else you can do here tonight. Max will be sleeping—at least until the nurse comes back in to take his vitals and check his wound. You heard the doctor say that if everything looks good tomorrow morning, Max will be discharged,” Angela said.
“Are you sure? I hate leaving you alone,” Tonya worried.
Angela raised an eyebrow at her. “Have you seen the hallway? There has to be at least five on-duty officers and three off-duty standing guard. I think we’ll be safe,” she dryly replied.
She bit her lip, released As
