I heard movement. Was it Duncan? Had he survived? My shot had been aimed at his chest, but with the movement, I may have only hit his shoulder. The boxes had me pinned. Then I heard voices. It was the others I’d come with. “Hey,” I yelled. “Under here.” “Sean?” Roy called. “Duncan was on the other side of the stack. I don’t know if he’s alive.” “We have him. We’ll get you out.” They unburied my head but were hesitant to move anything else without a paramedic present to avoid moving me and risking making any injuries worse. Roy and Kat sat with me until I lost consciousness. I woke briefly in the ambulance. Kat was with them, trying to heal me. The potion I’d taken wore off, and I went into convulsions. I don’t know if I passed out again or if someone put me to sleep. The next thing I knew, I was in a hospital bed. Kat was there. “It’s about time,” she jeered. “Go away.” “Some thanks I get. The doctors wanted to put an iron rod in your leg. I stopped them. I also helped heal you. Your reaction to that potion was bad.” “Sorry. Thank you. What else happened besides breaking my leg?” “You didn’t just break your leg. You crushed it. There are several breaks. They thought they’d have to amputate it. I convinced them to let me heal you enough that they could set it. Then I stopped them from putting in the rod. You’ll be in a cast for a while. You might want to focus your healing on the top of your leg. Right now, you have a cast up to your waist.” “Wonderful.” “They wanted us to bring you a few things from home, but you have your place spelled. Someone needs to be able to bring things out.” “Lorraine can do it.” I wasn’t giving Kat access to my place. “Who’s Lorraine?” “A friend. Roy knows her. Do not mess with her.” Kat grinned. “Me?” “I mean it. Cast or no, if you harass her, I will stop you.” “I won’t, not now, at least.” “Kat.” “You have plenty of other friends who can entertain me.” “Start with Marcus.” “Marcus? The forensics guy?” “He was eyeing you.” I didn’t tell her it wasn’t in a positive way. “Maybe. If it doesn’t work out with Mor.” “Did they get Duncan?” “Yeah. You didn’t kill him. He’s in critical condition from the fall, but he should make it.” “Too bad.” “Too bad I retired?” “I didn’t say that. That would be illegal.” Though she’d probably take him Underhill to do it. “Let him have his day in court.” She nodded. “Was that really Specter?” “Yeah. We all were joking about how to dispose of bodies, and he was taking notes. I saw a pattern. I told them at the station, so they started looking into it.” “Phantom just joined. He’s a cop?” “One of the ones that talked to you.” “Of course, you had him look at me.” “You had the most ideas. He looked into others too. That’s how he found you at Cobra’s.” “I suppose it’s a good thing then. Do you need anything?” “Just rest for now.” “You sleep. I’ll let the others know you woke.” “Thanks.” I closed my eyes and drifted off, letting my body heal, knowing it wouldn’t be quick this time, but it would happen.