Page 113 of Guarding Over You
And to let security know to come get her and walk her into the building.
If they wouldn’t go get her, he was damn well doing it.
He waited in the parking lot, then tried not to jump when Maddy knocked on the glass of his SUV.
He unlocked the door for her to climb in.
“Sorry,” Maddy said. “I shouldn’t have scared you. I thought you saw me.”
“I was looking at my phone.” At the list of employees he’d compiled himself. Even people he didn’t think it could be, but he couldn’t write anyone off either.
A text just popped up from Arden now, telling him she was trying to get Gracie out the door. A message that he was bugging her too much.
For a guy who wasn’t clingy he might as well change his name to Saran Wrap. But if any situation warranted a reaction like that, it was now.
“I can’t believe this is happening. You don’t think this could be me, do you?”
Normally Maddy was his rock, and now she was unsure. It wasn’t what he needed.
But he couldn’t lie.
“Ford brought up everyone. Arden said the person she talks to the most in the ER is you.”
“Doesshethink I could do something like that?”
“No. But she’s rattled. So am I. What was scary and more like a nuisance has turned into terrifying and looking over her shoulder. It’s been weeks since the last note. I think we both hoped it would have stopped.”
“Blaze. I wish I’d known. I wish you felt you could trust me.”
“I’m not convinced it’s about me, but my brother had a compelling case. I guess we need to look at all angles. You know everyone here the best. Is there anyone you could see doing something like this?”
“Not off the top of my head. The turnover is big, but we’ve got a lot of regulars. No one comes to mind that brings your name up more than anyone else.”
He blew out a breath. “What about the way they look at me? Do you think any of the nurses have a thing for me?”
He couldn’t think of anyone, but then wondered if maybe he hadn’t been paying attention.
“Romantically? Not that anyone stands out more than anyone else. Steven says the most, but he’s busting your ass. Everyone else is just casual comments or flirting the way it’s been long before you.”
“True. Do you have that list of everyone else?”
Maddy pulled it out of her purse. “I’m not sure giving you a list of names is going to help, but I’ll do what I can. Your schedule changes so much, and you don’t work the same days as me.”
“I know,” he said. “That makes it harder. I’m starting here.” He looked at the list. There were over fifteen names on his and most just first names, her list matching his but almost double. “I didn’t realize there are that many more than what I came up with.”
“Those are just the full-time nurses that cross into my schedule. More than half have been there long before you and I don’t see any of them doing that. The other half are less than a year or they are floaters, so I only know so much. No one is a terrible employee.”
“I know. It makes me feel like shit. That’s why I wanted to keep it between us.”
“What are you going to do with that list? Give it to your brother to look into it?”
“Ford isn’t looking into them. He has no reason to right now.”
It was a fine line with what he was saying.
Maddy wouldn’t think of Clay looking into someone. And that was the brother who’d be getting the list of names to see if he could find anything.
“I was thinking last night...” She just stopped talking.
