She attempted to push off the blankets and sit up. Then she let out a pained moan, grabbing her injured arm with her good hand.
“Ow. Ow. Owie.” Tears dripped down her cheeks.
Caleb placed his arm behind her, helping her ease back down on the bed. “Easy, Vivi. You’re okay.”
“Do you think she ripped her stitches?” Aleki asked.
“No, I don’t think so. She didn’t move that much,” he replied.
“Well, that was stupid, wasn’t it?” Wolfe said to her.
Caleb shot him a look as she let out a small sob. “You’re not helping, asshole.”
Wolfe just shrugged. “She’s lying in a bed, injured. Stitches in her arm. IV in her hand. Foot bandaged and raised. Just saying, it wasn’t a smart idea to try and get out of bed.”
“S-stitches? IV? Foot?” Her gaze flickered between the three of them. “What’s going on? Where am I? Why are you all here?”
“Well, Caleb insisted on checking on you after we saw your husband had died. So we traveled halfway around the world, found you sitting in a puddle of piss, brought you here, got you patched up and now you can tell us what the fuck is going on. Who are you scared of?” Wolfe demanded.
Wolfe knew she was about to lie to him.
“I don’t know what happened.”
“Don’t lie. Who hurt you? Were you attacked? Robbed?” Wolfe smothered a surge of anger.
He never lost control of his temper and he didn’t intend to start now.
“W-what? No.”
“But something is going on. What is it?”
“Wolfe, ease up,” Caleb said in a low, commanding voice.
Before Wolfe could reply, a doctor opened the door and walked in. Wolfe stepped back, moving to his place next to the wall.
“This isn’t over,” he muttered.
Caleb shot him a concerned look. Aleki had remained silent, but his gaze had never left Genevieve.
She was getting to him. To all of them. And she’d only been back in their presence for twenty-four hours.
Fuck.
“Is everything okay?” the doctor asked, looking around at them all. He was younger than Wolfe would have liked, but he’d done a quick background check on him and he was fully qualified.
“Fine,” Caleb told him with a calm smile.
Yep, everything’s fine here. No problems at all.
The doctor gave them all a skeptical look then turned to Genevieve. “Glad to see you’re awake, Mrs. Pierce.”
Genevieve looked over at Caleb. Wolfe waited for her to protest the name change. Say something to give everything away. Whether the doctor actually knew who she was, he couldn’t be sure. He had a damn good poker face if he did.
“Someone was supposed to call for me when you woke,” the doctor said disapprovingly. Aleki looked a bit sheepish. Surprisingly, Caleb frowned at him. While Wolfe just stared.
The doctor’s gaze didn’t linger on him. He moved to Genevieve’s side, staring down at Aleki, who didn’t move.
“Excuse me, if I could examine my patient?” the doctor asked briskly.