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got sick, her body just rotting away from the same thing, I guess
it was hardest on Shelby because she’d cared for her momma while she’d been
ill. Right up until she died too.” Nolan nodded. “Rylee was sending home what
she could. She didn’t make a lot either, being in the service, and even
reenlisted so that she could have the bonus money to give to her sister. But David,
he took what he could of that too. Even had the house he’d said she could have
taken out from under her by selling it off while they still lived in it. Never
said a word until they were served the papers that it was done gone.”
    “Joey will love looking into this. He likes
helping the underdog, even horses. He and Chris are already working with them
on this bullying case.” She nodded at him, and he watched her. As he started to
get up to let her rest, she tightened her grip on his hand and started talking
again.
    “They don’t have any money, Nolan. I don’t
mean they can’t buy a movie ticket and popcorn kind of no money, but they
more’n likely don’t have the money for food or rent. And I know that what
they’re paying there is a good deal more than they should be. I’m thinking that
bastard has something to do with that too.” He asked her why she thought that.
“I know what kind of man he is, and they’re paying about a grand for that
little bitty place that shouldn’t be no more than two hundred if that. And
since she can’t come to my house and help me anymore…well, that wasn’t much,
but it helped keep the light on, she told me. Promise this old woman that
you’ll take care of them now. Not tomorrow, but now.”
    “I will. But convincing her, that might be an
issue.” She smiled a ghost of a smile as she drifted off. But he thought of
something else and said her name softly. “Does she know what you are?”
    “She does. More’n likely has an idea what you
are too. She said that there are all kinds of animals in the world, and she
knows on account of her job, but there were none that were nicer to her than I’d
been. She’s a good girl. And Shane is a fine boy. Your grandda, he’ll just love
him to death.”
    He left her then and started down the hall
towards the next patient. He had three to visit today and wasn’t looking
forward to the next man. He was a cranky man that seemed to think that his
impending death should be heralded as a national holiday that gave him the
best. He was getting the best as far as Nolan was concerned, but the man
demanded so much more.
    But he didn’t make it to his room because he
heard his name called out over the PA to come to a room. He was running down
the hall when he heard the voices coming from Shane’s room. Christ, what had
happened now?
    Two officers were holding Rylee down. He
really wasn’t sure they were so much holding her as they were trying to hold
her. She was going to break free from them soon, and Nolan could see hell was
going to be paid when she was free. His mother and brother were there, of
course, as well as Micah and Shane. He looked to be about as happy to see him
as his cat was pissed off that someone was hurting his mate. Putting his
fingers into his mouth, he whistled. The room seemed to freeze in motion.
    “Now. I’m not sure what is going on here, but
I would appreciate it if you unhanded her. Unless, of course, you want me to
kill you both for manhandling my mate.” The police jumped back from her like
he’d hit them. Both the men were wolf and understood the meaning of mates. “Joey,
want to tell me what the hell is—?”
    “I’m standing right here.” Nolan felt his cat
snarl along his skin when she snapped at him. And when she came toward him, her
temper blazing over her body, he wanted to pull her to him again and finish
what they’d started earlier. “When you have a question that concerns me, ask
me.”
    “All right. Rylee, my love, what the hell is
going on here?” She snarled at him, and he nearly laughed, but he was