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“I’ve got Cat with me.”
Faith loved Cat.
Reuben sat and placed his fingers back on Faith’s pulse.
“Oh, Papi.” Cat broke into a small sob and Reuben tensed.
He had to reassure Cat. But he was finding it difficult to find any softness. It was all reserved for Faith.
“She’s all right.” That was all he could manage.
Cat walked over and tentatively placed her hand on his shoulder. He concentrated on watching Faith breathe. But he didn’t knock away her hand.
“I hate seeing her like this,” Cat said.
So did he.
“What did the doctor say?” Alejandro asked.
“He said that she’s doing well.”
“She’s badly bruised,” he added. “It’s only because the car wasn’t going very fast and immediately slammed on its brakes that she didn’t end up with a broken femur. Or worse.”
Dead. She could have died.
“Her left wrist is fractured from landing on it wrong,” he said. “Maybe from trying to shield her face and head. There are lacerations along her left side. Bad bruising on her right hip and the top of her right thigh. But on the whole, she was lucky.”
He spat that word out as though it were dirty.
“She’s going to be all right, Reuben,” Alejandro said.
He nodded. She would be. Because he’d make sure of it.
“Do you know what happened?” Reuben asked.
Alejandro’s face darkened, and Reuben instinctively knew he wouldn’t like what he’d discovered.
“Cops are doing their own investigation, but I had my guys looking into it too. Nighthawk tapped into the traffic cameras, but they didn’t catch the incident.”
Fuck.
“However, there was an old homeless woman there. Do you know who I’m talking about?” Alejandro asked.
“Yeah. Faith often buys her lunch. She also brought her some clean clothes and stuff for her dog.”
“Yeah, well, she saw it happen. She said that Faith was pushed.”
Cat uttered a shocked sob and Alejandro walked around to pick her up, settling her on his hip.
That was it. Faith was never going anywhere without him again.
“Who?” Reuben managed to get out.
“She said it was a woman.”
A woman? That wasn’t what he’d expected.
“Did she give you a description?” he rasped.
