Chapter 4 - Pearce
Waiting was on the list of things I did not do well, right up there with being polite, gentlemanly, and soft. They were not qualities that were applied to me, and I was pretty damn proud of that, most of the time. But I did have a soft spot—my men. They were like family. Loud, drunk, obnoxious family nine times out of ten, but they were mine. You loved family even when you didn’t like them, and you protected them whenever you could.
And right then it felt like I was failing Kato on that front.
Jasmine, the sexy little nurse with the hot rebellious streak, was finishing her cleanup. She looked completely drained—so exhausted that her brain was probably running on autopilot.
I felt a twinge of sympathy for her, right before I promptly squashed it. I was grateful that s
