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“I figured you’d argue, and it wasn’t up for discussion.” Gunner turned to Wyatt. “Can you give Jess an escort home?”
“My pleasure.” Wyatt turned to Jess.
Lori hugged her friend. “You were a lifesaver.”
“I think I need another drink,” Jess said, then followed Wyatt out of the room.
“So, it wasn’t my imagination that we were being followed?” Lori said.
“Wyatt was on to the Mustang before it left the lot,” Gunner said. “The blacked-out windows were a tip-off, plus the driver didn’t get out of the car. If he was there for lunch, he sure didn’t act like it.”
Lori let out a long breath. “I didn’t get the license plate. It was all I could do to keep it together.”
“Wyatt got it,” Gunner said. “We’ll find out who was so interested in you.”
“I dread to think what might have happened.”
“I have a hunch the guy didn’t want to take things further with Jess in the car.” Lori was shaking, so Gunner put his arms around her. “I’ve got you. No idiot will get his hands on you.”
When Lori calmed down, she said, “If Wyatt was following us, why didn’t I see his vehicle?”
“He knows how to avoid being spotted.”
“And he had nothing better to do than hang around while I had a three-hour lunch?”
“Wyatt just got back from his honeymoon,” Gunner said. “He hadn’t been assigned to a case yet, so he didn’t mind giving me a hand.”
Lori sighed. “I guess I can’t accept that I’m in this much danger.”
Gunner didn’t respond.
“I’m done here,” Lori said. “Let me tell Sarah that I’m out for the weekend.”
“I’ll stick close, if you don’t mind,” Gunner said, then followed her out.
At the nurses’ station, Matt was talking to Sarah. When he noticed Lori, he moved toward her. Gunner was a step ahead of her. There was no way Matt could get any closer.
“Where have you been?” Matt said.
“Not your business,” Lori said, then motioned for Sarah to come with her.
Matt glared at her but didn’t follow.
In Sarah’s office, Lori asked how things had been going in her absence.
“Don’t let him give you a hard time,” Sarah said. “Adam handled patients with my assistance. Matt is just peeved because we wouldn’t tell him where you were.”
Gunner gave her a look of approval.
Lori made sure that all was in order, then took Gunner’s arm. She was looking forward to a weekend away, glad that she wasn’t going to be alone.
