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Authors: Ashley Rhodes
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of their asses or not - it was up to them.
She found the remote on the bar and began flipping through the channels until she found Channel 7, the local TV station. Since she was international news, according to Ella, she figured the local station could probably find time in their programming schedule to work in a press conference about her.
“…about to start. The daughter of the local Wright family has been missing since early this morning, apparently the victim of a second kidnapping in less than a week.” Breaking News in brilliant red font was scrolling across the bottom of the screen. Hannah bit her lip as she watched. The whole thing was so surreal, it was hard to even fathom they were talking about her . She reached up and felt the bandage, covering where the bullet had grazed her skull. Thank God that Chupa had such shitty aim!
And then there was her Dad, standing in front of a group of reporters and Hannah felt her heart swell up with pride. Even as tired as he looked, he was handsome, as always. She felt an arm slip around her shoulders and she gulped back a yelp of surprise. She looked up at Rush but he wasn’t looking at her. He was watching her dad on the TV and she wondered for a moment how he felt about her father. Maybe he felt the same way about her dad that she did about Lain.
What a weird thought to have. For the last 13 years, Hannah had been sure that Rush was wrong, Lain was wrong, John was wrong, the club was wrong. Maybe, just maybe, she’d been a little bit wrong, too. The world tilted a little at the thought, and she leaned gratefully into Rush’s side. He caressed her arm and she felt tingles shooting up her arm at his touch.
God, she’d missed him. She hadn’t realized just how much.
“This morning,” her dad said, starting the press conference, giving Hannah a welcome interruption to her conflicting thoughts, “around 3 a.m., I arranged to have my daughter moved to a private facility.” He was serious, he was believable, and if Hannah didn’t know any better, she never would’ve guessed he was lying his ass off. “I had reason to believe that her life was still in danger, and I wanted her moved in the middle of the night without telling anyone, including hospital staff, so as to make sure the transfer was completely safe. She has gone through enough in the last week; I could not bear to have anything further happen to her.”
The reporters began shouting questions and Dad held up a hand to stave them off. “In all other ways, the hospital did an admirable job of my daughter’s care. It is not often that a case like this comes through, and I believe that there was simply no protocol in place to protect her like she needed. I would be happy to meet with hospital officials later, in private, to go over my concerns so that in future cases, the patient is as protected as they need to be.
“Finally, I ask for privacy during this trying time. Hannah is recuperating from a gunshot wound she received while attempting to protect the lives of her students. I believe that she deserves the privacy she needs to recover from this incident. Thank you.”
He turned and walked away with a couple of cops escorting him inside of the hospital, ignoring the shouts of the reporters.
“Well, that was certainly a turn of events none of us were exp—”
Lain hit the power button on the remote and the TV went dead.
“Again!” he yelled, turning, glaring at Hannah. Her eyes widened and she stared back at him in shock. She’d expected him to be happy. She’d solved the problem, hadn’t she? She’d had to beg her father to trust her and overlook Rush’s involvement in the whole thing. He’d seen what their first breakup had done to Hannah, and hadn’t exactly been thrilled with her plan, but being the supportive father that he was, he got on national TV and lied his ass off anyway. How dare Lain get angry about that!
Rush pulled her up against him protectively. “Now hold on
She found the remote on the bar and began flipping through the channels until she found Channel 7, the local TV station. Since she was international news, according to Ella, she figured the local station could probably find time in their programming schedule to work in a press conference about her.
“…about to start. The daughter of the local Wright family has been missing since early this morning, apparently the victim of a second kidnapping in less than a week.” Breaking News in brilliant red font was scrolling across the bottom of the screen. Hannah bit her lip as she watched. The whole thing was so surreal, it was hard to even fathom they were talking about her . She reached up and felt the bandage, covering where the bullet had grazed her skull. Thank God that Chupa had such shitty aim!
And then there was her Dad, standing in front of a group of reporters and Hannah felt her heart swell up with pride. Even as tired as he looked, he was handsome, as always. She felt an arm slip around her shoulders and she gulped back a yelp of surprise. She looked up at Rush but he wasn’t looking at her. He was watching her dad on the TV and she wondered for a moment how he felt about her father. Maybe he felt the same way about her dad that she did about Lain.
What a weird thought to have. For the last 13 years, Hannah had been sure that Rush was wrong, Lain was wrong, John was wrong, the club was wrong. Maybe, just maybe, she’d been a little bit wrong, too. The world tilted a little at the thought, and she leaned gratefully into Rush’s side. He caressed her arm and she felt tingles shooting up her arm at his touch.
God, she’d missed him. She hadn’t realized just how much.
“This morning,” her dad said, starting the press conference, giving Hannah a welcome interruption to her conflicting thoughts, “around 3 a.m., I arranged to have my daughter moved to a private facility.” He was serious, he was believable, and if Hannah didn’t know any better, she never would’ve guessed he was lying his ass off. “I had reason to believe that her life was still in danger, and I wanted her moved in the middle of the night without telling anyone, including hospital staff, so as to make sure the transfer was completely safe. She has gone through enough in the last week; I could not bear to have anything further happen to her.”
The reporters began shouting questions and Dad held up a hand to stave them off. “In all other ways, the hospital did an admirable job of my daughter’s care. It is not often that a case like this comes through, and I believe that there was simply no protocol in place to protect her like she needed. I would be happy to meet with hospital officials later, in private, to go over my concerns so that in future cases, the patient is as protected as they need to be.
“Finally, I ask for privacy during this trying time. Hannah is recuperating from a gunshot wound she received while attempting to protect the lives of her students. I believe that she deserves the privacy she needs to recover from this incident. Thank you.”
He turned and walked away with a couple of cops escorting him inside of the hospital, ignoring the shouts of the reporters.
“Well, that was certainly a turn of events none of us were exp—”
Lain hit the power button on the remote and the TV went dead.
“Again!” he yelled, turning, glaring at Hannah. Her eyes widened and she stared back at him in shock. She’d expected him to be happy. She’d solved the problem, hadn’t she? She’d had to beg her father to trust her and overlook Rush’s involvement in the whole thing. He’d seen what their first breakup had done to Hannah, and hadn’t exactly been thrilled with her plan, but being the supportive father that he was, he got on national TV and lied his ass off anyway. How dare Lain get angry about that!
Rush pulled her up against him protectively. “Now hold on
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