Free In The Still of the Night [The Protectors 2] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Marla Monroe Page A

and Logan, she didn’t stand a chance at going home. Fine, she would stay with Tina.
    “You are?” the shorter one asked.
    “Riley. I’m a friend.”
    Logan strode forward and held out his hand. “I’m Logan, and this is my fiancée, Tina. We will be sure she is taken care of.”
    The taller one said, “She needs to file for a restraining order against him.”
    “I’ll see to it,” Riley said.
    He never took his eyes off of Jenna. It made her uncomfortable. His eyes looked so intense. He was so different from when she had first met him. He seemed almost jovial and flirted with her. Now he acted serious all the time and quiet except where she was concerned. It scared her sometimes.
    “Okay. We have everything we need right now. We’ll contact you when we apprehend him.”
    “She’ll be staying with us.” Logan gave him their number.
    Jenna breathed a sigh of relief. She had been scared that Riley would have insisted on staying with her. A nurse came in and handed her several sheets of paper.
    “Here are your discharge papers and instructions. You are familiar with them you said.” She turned toward the others. “Make sure you wake her up every two hours. She has to be able to answer the simple questions on the list.” She pointed to the papers in Jenna’s hands. Then she handed her a prescription.
    “That’s an antibiotic. Take it twice a day until it’s all gone.” She left through the swinging doors.
    Riley took the papers from Jenna’s hands and began reading them. She sighed and turned to Tina.
    “Are you sure it’s all right for me to stay with you? I don’t want to cause any trouble. I mean, Gregg could come back and look for me at your place,” Jenna said.
    “Nonsense. Of course you’re staying with us. We handled Todd. We can handle Gregg,” Logan said.
    Jenna drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly, remembering her ribs. It was good to have friends. She wanted to go home but knew that was out of the question. She needed her things, so they would have to go by and pick them up, but she wouldn’t be staying. Then it hit her. Logan had said “we.” Surely Riley wasn’t going to stick around just to babysit her. Who was she kidding? No way would he leave Logan to deal with her mess all alone. She closed her eyes and leaned back against the stretcher.
    “Jenna? Are you okay? Do I need to get the nurse?” Tina asked.
    She opened her eyes. Riley stood right there next to her, staring down at her. Those dark eyes missed nothing.
    “I’m fine. My head hurts is all.”
    Tina started toward the door. “I’ll get the nurse. They need to give you something for the pain.”
    Logan caught her at the door with an arm around her waist. “They can’t, honey. She has a concussion. You can’t have anything that might sedate you when you have one.”
    “But she can’t just lie there hurting,” Tina fussed.
    “Tina, I’m fine. They gave me some Tylenol. It helps.”
    Tina leaned against Logan. “I hate to see you hurting.”
    Riley moved a strand of hair away from her face. “The best thing for her is sleep right now. We’ll have to wake her up every two hours, but she’ll feel a lot better with some rest.”
    “How long till they release you?” Logan asked.
    “They said two hours. That was about an hour ago.” Jenna closed her eyes again.
    “Tina and I will go gather up your stuff and meet you and Riley at the house,” Logan said.
    “Anything in particular you want, Jenna?” Tina asked.
    “No, I can’t think of anything.” Jenna swallowed and tried to relax against the stretcher. It wasn’t easy with Riley staring so intently at her.
    “Why didn’t you call someone to help you?”
    “I’ve had worse and handled it. I would have been fine.”
    “Fine my ass!” Riley growled. “He could have killed you. Hell, he almost did.”
    “He didn’t. The police will pick him up, and he’ll go back to prison,” Jenna said.
    “When are you going to let someone