“Tell me he’s alive,” Russ begged when Tanner got off the phone after talking with Ogden.
“He is, and Fabian’s dead.”
Russ felt as if he was going to collapse in relief. “Can I see him?”
Tanner smiled. “I presume you mean Jake. I’ll take you to the hospital. Whether they let you visit him is another question. Hospitals have rules.”
“f**k their rules. Get me there and I’ll figure out something.”
As it turned out, Russ didn’t have to bypass the rules. Ogden was waiting for him and Tanner when they arrived.
“Jake’s under heavy sedation at the moment,” Ogden told them as he took them up to the fourth floor. “He’s not going to be lying on his back for a while, but at least he didn’t get his throat slit. We were able to bring Fabian down before that happened.”
“Thank God,” Russ whispered.
