Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 25

WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR HANDS, YOU FUCKING BASTARDS?

...MR. MILLER?

AH, I'M FINE. THANKS FOR CATCHING ME.

I'M GLAD EVERYONE'S OKAY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO SETH?

HE'S BEING TREATED. LUCKILY THE BULLET JUST GRAZED HIM, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY.

WE'LL GO OVER THE DETAILS WHEN WE GET BACK-

JOSH?

HUH?

WHY IS MY BODY ACTING THIS WAY...?

JOSH!

YOU'VE HAD RABIES AND TETANUS SHOTS, ALL DONE.

WE NEED TO MONITOR YOU FOR ABOUT A DAY, SO JUST REST HERE.

THANKS, MARK.

How hard did you push yourself to faint in a helicopter?

I guess when the tension dropped I just blacked out without realizing it...

BY THE WAY, HOW'S THE ATTACK INVESTIGATION GOING?

...THE WHOLE THING STARTED AT DR. C'S PRIVATE CLINIC.

LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE PUT SOMETHING IN THE CHOCOLATES WE ATE.

HENRY ATE THE MOST, SO HIS SYMPTOMS WERE THE WORST. HE ATTACKED ISAAC BECAUSE OF HALLUCINATIONS.

...IS THAT DOCTOR THE CULPRIT?

NO, THE CULPRIT WAS AN EMPLOYEE WHO GAVE US THE CHOCOLATES.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

THEY WERE A MEMBER OF THAT CULT THAT TRIES TO TERRORIZE DOMINANT ALPHAS.

THAT HOSPITAL DOES RESEARCH ON DOMINANT ALPHAS TOO, RIGHT?

THEY INFILTRATED AS STAFF, TARGETED PEOPLE, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE THE ONES WHO GOT HIT.

AS SOON AS THE DR FINISHED HIS EXAM HE MUST HAVE CONTACTED HIS COLLEAGUES.

THEY'D BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

THEY MUST BE PISSED THEY FAILED WITH THE GUN AND THE TRUCK.

BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW WHICH ROAD WE'D TAKE WAS THAT DOCTOR.

WE INVESTIGATED HIM TOO, BUT HE HAD AN ALIBI.

HE SAID OUR ROUTE WAS TOLD TO HIM BY AN EMPLOYEE, AND HE PASSED IT ALONG WITHOUT SUSPICION.

HE SAID THE LOCAL COYOTES ARE FAMOUS, AND SINCE IT WASN'T PERSONAL PATIENT INFORMATION, HE DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT.

HE APOLOGIZED AND SAID IT WAS HIS MISTAKE.

ANYWAY, THE POLICE WILL HANDLE THE INVESTIGATION.

FOR NOW LET'S FOCUS ON OUR WORK.

YES...

HOW'S C? ANY INJURIES...

HE'S FINE. YOU GOT HURT THIS BAD, SO OF COURSE C'S OKAY.

WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS WHEN YOU COLLAPSED, C WENT WHITE AS A SHEET.

HE TRIED TO COME CHASE US TO THIS HOSPITAL AND WE HAD A HELL OF A TIME HOLDING HIM BACK.

I WAS WORRIED PEOPLE WOULD SWARM IF THEY FOUND OUT C WAS HERE.

I BARELY CONVINCED HIM TO TURN BACK.

HE'S USUALLY THE TYPE WHO WOULDN'T BAT AN EYE IF SOMEONE DIED, RIGHT?

BUT HE SEEMED ABSOLUTELY CRAZY THEN.

WHAT HAPPENED?

DID YOU TWO GET CLOSER WHILE YOU WERE THE ONLY ONES LEFT?

MAYBE THE DRUGS LEFT SOME RESIDUE AND CAUSED HALLUCINATIONS.

C DOESN'T GO WORRYING ABOUT THINGS LIKE BODYGUARDS.

THAT MAY BE, BUT...

MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHOULD I COME BACK TOMORROW EVENING?

WE'LL PUT YOU BACK ON THE SCHEDULE THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, SO REST UP AND COME IN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

C'S SHOOT WAS DELAYED BY THIS INCIDENT,

SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT WORK.

THEN CAN I BE DISCHARGED TODAY AND COME BACK TOMORROW FOR THE RESULTS?

DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HASSLE?

MY SON'S REALLY WORRIED.

SINCE THERE'S A GAP, I THOUGHT I'D GO HOME AND CHECK ON HIM.

DADDY!!!!!!! ARE YOU HURT?!?!?!

WELL, IF THE DOCTOR SAYS IT'S OKAY, THEN NO PROBLEM.

THANKS. PETE'S PROBABLY BEEN WAITING A LOT.

YOU CAN'T MAKE PETE CRY.

I'LL ASK NOW. REST.

DADDY!

DADDY. ARE YOU BADLY HURT? ARE YOU OKAY?

I'M FINE. THE DOCTOR SAYS I'LL RECOVER QUICKLY.

YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN BODY TOO. WHAT'S WITH ALL THIS, EVERY TIME YOU COME HOME?

THIS KIND OF INJURY WAS COMMON IN THE MILITARY ANYWAY.

YOU REALLY LEAVE TOMORROW?

I'LL STOP BY THE HOSPITAL AND THEN HEAD BACK, SO I'M AIMING FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

ALRIGHT, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T STAY LONG, TAKE THE CHANCE TO REST WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

PETE, ARE YOU SLEEPING WITH DADDY TONIGHT?

Mhm... I'll sleep with you.

Daddy... Don't be in pain.

BY THE WAY... I WONDER IF CHASE IS RESTING WELL.

THERE WERE NO MAJOR PHYSICAL TRAUMAS, BUT GOING THROUGH A TERROR ATTACK CAN LEAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AFTEREFFECTS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE WENT ON LEAVE?

I TOLD HIM TO STAY ANOTHER DAY AT THE HOSPITAL, BUT HE SAID HE'D GO HOME,

SO I APPROVED THE LEAVE.

HIS MOTHER LIVES NEARBY.

WHY WOULD YOU SEND HIM HOME WITHOUT TELLING ME?!

ADJUSTING TEAM SCHEDULES IS MY PREROGATIVE, WHY IS HE UPSET?!

DON'T TELL ME...

DID JOSH DO SOMETHING TO UPSET HIM WHILE THEY WERE ON THEIR OWN?

DAMN IT!

EVEN SO, JOSH SAVED HIS LIFE.

THERE'S NO REASON TO BLOW UP LIKE THAT!

HE'LL COME BACK AS SOON AS HIS TREATMENT'S DONE.

IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO JOSH, I'LL REPORT BACK AS SOON AS HE RETURNS.

ARE YOU SURE?

HM?

ABOUT HIM RETURNING TOMORROW.

YES. OF COURSE.

IF THAT'S A LIE I'LL KILL YOU.

GOT IT.

WHY WOULD I LIE ABOUT THAT?!

DAMN IT!

JOSH...!

WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU?!