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“He’s out of surgery and doing well,” Miranda said. “His parents said I could visit him in a bit.”
“Good.”
“Go see your dad,” Kylie said.
Della nodded and took off, but when she came to the waiting room, she heard voices. She stopped and pushed the door open—just a few inches. Her gaze shifted around the room looking from one concerned person to the other.
It took her a second to realize who was she was looking for.
He wasn’t here. Not a vampire in the room.
She recalled some of the things she’d told him. And she supposed she didn’t deserve to have him here. But she remembered that second when she’d seen him walk into her parents’ home. She’d felt … Well, she hadn’t felt alone anymore.
Then she remembered the things she’d learned from Eddie. Chase had still been keeping things from her. Didn’t she have a right to be upset?
Stiffening her backbone, pushing Chase problems aside to worry about Daddy problems, she followed the signs to the chapel.
Chapter Fifty
Kirk and Eddie had met Chase at Hell’s Pit. He’d signed the papers for Douglas Stone, or Connor Powell, to become a regular resident.
Chase hadn’t said anything to Eddie about him talking to Burnett with Kirk around. But with their brief conversation, Eddie didn’t appear to hold any grudges against Chase.
However, Chase had sensed some tension between the two men. Eddie told Chase he’d meet him outside, and Kirk went with him through the prison’s back door to sign Stone up for his new residence. The paperwork was done and the guard led Stone to his cell.
When Chase went to leave, Kirk called him back. “I was wrong to have asked you to take care of this the way I did.”
“Yes, you were,” Chase said.
Kirk looked toward the exit and frowned. “I never meant to deceive Eddie. It was always more about protecting him.”
Chase sensed honesty in the man’s tone, but that was for Eddie to decide.
“It’s late,” Chase said.
Kirk held out his hand. “Can I say that knowing you work with the FRU, I’m hopeful that there might be some changes for the good?”
Chase recalled the times Kirk had been there for him and Eddie, and he couldn’t help but shake the man’s hand.
“Thank you.”
Once outside, Eddie met him. “You okay?” his surrogate father asked.
Chase nodded. “You?”
“Yeah.” Eddie put his hand on Chase’s shoulder. “I’m proud of you, son.”
“Even if I work for the FRU?” Chase asked.
“Even if,” he said. “How’s Della’s sister?”
“Burnett texted me that she’s going to make it.”
“Good.”
“Thank you for calling Burnett,” Chase said.
Eddie nodded. “If he wasn’t an FRU agent, I might even like him.”
