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Chapter 39. The Hand Before the Door Opened
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2026-10-29 09:00:00She couldn't see much through the boat window.
Evelyn checked the recent medication history she would give the medical team. Beyond the words gunshot wound to the right shoulder, there was nothing she could reread into something else.
Marco reported that they'd reached the hospital and tests had begun. Demanding answers wouldn't tell him what the doctors hadn't yet explained. Evelyn asked him to pass on what he heard, then looked for the contact at th
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Before he entered the procedure room, the anesthesiologist explained what would happen.Dane said he didn't like being put to sleep. Evelyn didn't answer for him. He had to describe for himself the times he'd failed to sleep deeply even with medication, and the memory of being afraid he wouldn't wake.The doctor explained the anesthesia and pain-control plan, and what they would check afterward. When Dane described his previous discomfort, it was noted separately.Evelyn turned to look at him. At last, he asked a question. Whether he would be able to move his right arm when he woke.That was something the medical staff couldn't promise yet either.After hearing the answer, Dane lowered his eyes. Evelyn couldn't know whether he'd first thought of the arm that held a gun or the arm that held the boy. He asked no more questions.It was time to move him. Evelyn s
The Mafia Boss’s Captive Doctor Chapter 39. The Hand Before the Door Opened
She couldn't see much through the boat window.Evelyn checked the recent medication history she would give the medical team. Beyond the words gunshot wound to the right shoulder, there was nothing she could reread into something else.Marco reported that they'd reached the hospital and tests had begun. Demanding answers wouldn't tell him what the doctors hadn't yet explained. Evelyn asked him to pass on what he heard, then looked for the contact at the hospital where she had an interview tomorrow.Going to the hospital where Dane lay today would mean postponing her own plans. The interview coordinator's name was on-screen, but she couldn't press the call button. She wanted to hear Dane's voice again first.As they neared the port, Olivia called. Evelyn said she was still on her way to the hospital. Before she could finish explaining he'd been hurt, her friend asked what he'd been doing. No answer cam
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Gunfire echoed off the warehouse's metal walls, making it hard to tell where it had come from.Marco ducked instinctively. Dane's hand shoved his shoulder. Both men fell beside the door, and glass broke behind them.Dane tried to get up immediately. His right arm didn't follow.Marco looked at him. Blood was spreading across the shirt at his shoulder. Dane tried to reach for it, only to discover again that he couldn't move his arm. Pain spread belatedly, stiffening him up to his neck.“Boss.”Marco called. Dane tried to point toward the employee inside, but only his fingers moved. The employee was facedown on the floor. From here, they couldn't immediately tell whether he was alive or injured.The officer shouted for the gun to be put down. One man at the entrance disappeared backward; another froze where he stood. Everyone reduced their movements, afraid of
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On the island, Evelyn returned to the room with Leo.The boy chose the dinner seats first. He put his uncle by the window and Evelyn beside himself, then switched their places again. Evelyn said she still didn't know when Dane would return.“Late?”“He might be.”Leo erased one of the chairs he'd drawn on the paper. Evelyn didn't tell him to draw it again. Small crumbs fell from the eraser he'd been rubbing for so long.When the phone rang, both looked up. Evelyn showed him the screen and answered outside the room. Dane. He'd arrived at the port and was still meeting people, he said.“The injured man?”“They're checking his condition.”He answered. She couldn't hear a boat. Far away, men were arguing. Evelyn waited for him to tell her he was safe, then thought it was dangerous to ask only to obtain that answer.
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Picking up his coat, Dane told Marco to secure the entrance where they would meet the medical staff first. He didn't tell him to put more guards on his boat. Evelyn remembered the instructions from his recent follow-up.“If anything physical needs doing there, leave it to someone else.”“Marco and I have divided it up. My job is to get the door opened.”While he checked inside his coat, Evelyn took his arm. Hearing that he'd divided the work hadn't eased her worry. Instead of pulling his coat away, he turned toward her.Dane pressed a deep, warm kiss to the forehead of the woman holding his hand.“I'm going to the mainland. I'll confirm when I can return and call you.”Evelyn didn't release his coat. She was glad he hadn't promised an impossibly short time, but that made her more anxious too.“Come back alive. Dane, that's not a request.”
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Dane didn't take out his phone as he watched her. Only when Evelyn smiled first did his arms tighten. From the far side of the greenhouse came the sound of Leo's spade digging in the soil. Evelyn looked over Dane's shoulder toward the boy. When Leo lowered his head to his own game, she turned back to Dane too.As the wind strengthened, Evelyn went to close the vent. Instead of reaching ahead of her, Dane supported the handle she was working. The bottom wouldn't shut properly, and they pressed close together to push.“Do you stick this close every time you're working?”“Didn't realize I was working right now.”He answered from right behind her. Evelyn released the handle and turned. The frame behind her left no room to retreat, but the space beside her was clear. Instead of stepping out through the opening he'd left, she picked a small leaf from his coat collar.“Don't say you wan
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