Chapter 9: Chapter 9

He walked back to the hotel and loaded Raider into his car. Raider whined with excitement, clearly pleased to be going for a ride. Halfway to the hospital, Jeremy thought to call his office and let them know he was going to be late. He wasn’t sure how Brendan would take the news, but it seemed like a good idea to plan to be at the hospital for a while at least.

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Whoever invented pain medication had Brendan’s undying devotion. For the first time in days, he felt the world without the sharp edge of agony cutting into every motion. He had to deal with the slightly fuzzy effects of the meds, but that was preferable to wishing for unconsciousness, just to forget the pain.