more sealed baggies. “Do you not want to use the tampons?”
Why the fuck were we having this conversation?
“It’s a little awkward to insert it at the moment and not a good idea on the heavier days.”
But she didn’t miss a beat. Goddamn. It was almost impossible to not like her, even when she got all irritating and standoffish. She was tough as hell.
Tougher than I gave her credit for. Liam wasn’t wrong about her not being a sparrow.
A sparrowhawk?
Much more likely.
Doc lowered his voice. “Well, then I’ll make sure I get you both. Do you have a preferred brand?”
Were they really fucking talking about pads and tampons? I scrubbed a hand over my face. Of all the fucking conversations. She held onto her words, dribbling them out like they were precious gold. But this? This she talked about.
“No,” she answered him, and her gaze cut to me. Those whiskey brown eyes held an almost malicious amusement, and one corner of her mouth curved faintly before it flattened again. She was enjoying this torment. “Beggars can’t be choosers after all, and I doubt prisoners are allowed that much choice either.”
“You’re right,” I said, agreeing with her, and some of the amusement faded. “Good thing you’re neither. Tell the doc what you want. You might as well be comfortable.”
“Comfort on a period isn’t really possible.”
I shrugged. “Then I’ll bring you a bottle of whiskey. I’m sure after a few shots, you’ll be comfortable enough to sleep.”
“Well, don’t go out of your way or anything.”
The bite in her voice made me smile, and that just seemed to piss her off more. “You don’t have to worry about that. I take care of my own.”
Doc snorted softly. “Tell you what, you two lovebirds can go back to swiping at each other in a minute. Let me see that wrist, and I want to check your ribs while I’m here.”
The heat of her glare abandoned me for Doc. Maybe she’d stop thinking he was gonna rescue her or some shit.
“How’s the ankle? You seemed to be walking on it fine.”
“It aches,” she said with a shrug and moved to perch on the bed. “It’s hard to rehab it stuck in this room.”
“I’m going to check your ankle first, that means I’m going to handle your leg and manipulate your foot.” He waited for her nod before he did as he described. Next, he moved to her wrist. Same thing. He told her everything he was going to do before he did it. The splint he’d used was kind of scuzzy looking as he removed it. That irked. If it was in that bad a shape, he should have told us we needed to change it.
“Have you been able to clean the skin here?”
“Didn’t take it off,” she answered, almost mechanically.
“Flex your hand for me.”
At his order, she opened and closed her fist. If I hadn’t been watching for it, I would have missed the twitch near her eye.
“Painful?” Doc asked.
She shrugged. “I’ve had worse.” Still the flat tone.
“I’m going to put a fresh splint on this, but let’s wash the skin. Then we can check it again in a week or two. I may want to do another set of X-rays in case it’s setting incorrectly.”
The flinch was barely perceptible but there, and it happened when he wasn’t touching her.
“Let me check your ribs first,” Doc said as if she hadn’t reacted to the news her wrist might not be healing the way it should.
“If she needs X-rays to make sure it’s setting correctly, then we should do those now,” I said. Logistically, taking her out of the clubhouse was a bad idea. Her face was on the news, and so was the meat-sack down in the cooler. Though the fact we’d taken all of their things made it look like they’d run off together.
I hated it, but it worked for now.
Doc glanced at me. “We’d have to take her to the clinic.” The reproach in his dark eyes held a warning for me. While he hadn’t commented on her identity, he knew who she was. It was hard to miss. Even without the news showing her face.
“Tonight, after it closes.” If she needed the care, we’d get it for her. We had just taken that haul, once we delivered the stash and picked up the fees, we could cover any extras she might need.
After a moment, Doc gave me a curt nod. “Okay, little bit,” he murmured to Emersyn. That nickname needed to go.