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She pulled back from Grant, wiping a tear from her cheek. “Yes, I think so.”
She removed her arms from around Grant’s neck and reached to squeeze Kyle’s hand. “Thank you both.”
Any other conversation was interrupted by the burst of police onto the rooftop. Chaos surrounded them for a few moments before paramedics descended on Julia to attend to the scrapes and bruises she’d sustained during her ordeal.
Grant stayed close to her, still shaky from the experience that had nearly ripped her from him.
As the police slapped handcuffs on Lydia and led her away, she lunged toward Grant, restrained by one of the officers. “This isn’t over, Grant. You’ll regret crossing me. I’m far from being finished with you.”
He played it off as the words of a desperate woman, but something about the fire in her eyes when she said it sent a shiver down his spine. Could she possibly have anything else up her sleeve?
CHAPTER 26
JULIA
Julia stared up at the rooftop over thirty stories in the air above her and shivered. She’d nearly toppled over the edge less than an hour ago. Her stomach still hadn’t untied itself from the knot it’d been in when Grant had pulled her back.
“Are you cold, Julia?” Grant asked as he tugged his jacket off and slid it around her.
“A little, thanks.”
“Of course.” He rubbed her arm as the paramedics continued to clean the wounds she’d sustained.
“Really, I’m fine,” she told them.
“You really need to let professionals make those calls, Julia,” Kyle answered as he sidled up to them, checking the vitals they’d taken on her. “Not loving this heart rate. It’s a smidge high.”
“I’m sorry my heart rate was a little fast after Lydia nearly killed me.”
“Oh, please don’t say those words. It’s too soon,” Grant said with a huff.
“Sorry. But I’m alive thanks to you,” she said as she smiled up at him.
If it hadn’t been for his fast thinking, she may very well have pitched right over the side of the building. They would have been scraping her off the sidewalk inside of cleaning her scrapes and worrying about her fast heart rate.
“Still, we should keep an eye on this, Julia,” Kyle answered before he held up the flash drive. “And this.”
“I’ll take that,” Grant answered as he snatched it from his son’s fingers. “Thanks.”
Her shoulders slumped. “Oh, please, no. I don’t want to spend a night in the hospital.”
“Julia,” Kyle argued, “I’d rather have you there and safe than something happening to you.”
“I’m fine.”
“Her heart rate is a little lower now, doc. Those vitals are from right after we were on scene.”
“See?” she said, giving him a look with raised eyebrows. “I’m fine.”
“It’s still higher than normal, Julia. Can we get a constant heart monitor on her, please?”
Julia frowned at him, her lower lip jutting out as the paramedics worked to attach the monitor. She didn’t want to spend a night in the hospital. After everything that had unfolded, she wanted to stretch out in bed.
Her forehead pinched as she realized it would be the final night she’d spend in that bed. Her contract ended the next day, and with Lydia in custody, they’d done what they’d set out to do.
Kyle’s voice pulled her back to reality. “Yeah, it’s spiking again.”
“Because you’re making this big fuss.” The monitor beeped faster as she pleaded her case.
