She didn’t waste any time in scurrying out the door.
“Talulah?” Ink blurted as soon as they were out of earshot. “They should’ve stuck with Taco.”
I covered my mouth as I laughed. “There’s a dead woman in the other room. We should not be cracking jokes like this.”
“She was crazy as hell and tried to kill you,” my dad said. “You can laugh all you want.”
“Oh, that little scene reminded me,” Flint said. “Sean wanted me to thank you for protecting his daughter and said he would be happy to return the favor if you ever needed anything. I told him all you wanted from him was a divorce. He said he would sign whatever you wanted him to.”
“Would it be rude if I took the papers to the hospital for him to sign?” I asked the group of men surrounding me.
“Hell, no, it wouldn’t be rude. He’s the reason you’re in this mess to begin with. He’s lucky you didn’t make him stay here until he signed those papers,” Ranger said.
“What he said,” Uncle Buck added.
“I have to agree with them,” Dad said.
“I’m not sure if I even have papers for him to sign since my first attorney withdrew the filing,” I said.
“I’ll call Tina to see what’s going on and let her know we’ve located Sean,” Dice said.
“Thank you,” I said and leaned into him. My adrenaline had faded, and exhaustion was creeping in.
I had just closed my eyes when Ink said, “Daphne, someone’s calling you.” I opened my eyes to see him holding out my phone with my office phone number displayed on the screen.
“Jan!” I gasped and quickly grabbed my phone.
“Hey, Daphne. I was just calling to make sure everything’s okay. You’ve been gone a lot longer than expected.”
“Jan, I’m so sorry. Uh, no, everything’s not okay. Well, it is now, but it wasn’t. I’m not sure if I can leave yet, but I’ll have somebody bring your car to you.”
“What happened? Why can’t you leave? Do I need to call the police?”
“No, the police are already here, which is why I don’t know if I can leave. It’s a long story, but I’m okay.”
“Don’t worry about my car. I can arrange a ride home through one of those apps.”
“No, don’t do that. I borrowed your car, and I’ll get it back to you,” I said.
“Tell her Falcon is on his way with her car,” Phoenix said.
“I heard him,” Jan said. “Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Yes, I’m sure. I’ll call you later and explain everything.”
“If you don’t, I’ll call you,” she said.
“Sounds good. Thanks, Jan.” I ended the call and handed her car keys to Phoenix after I fished them out of my purse. “Thank you. I completely forgot I borrowed her car to get here.”
“Well, you did have a few things going on,” Phoenix joked.
“Do you know when we can leave?” I asked.
“Soon, if not now. Let me check with Chuck.”
He returned a few moments later with Chuck in tow. “I just need to ask you a few more questions and verify your contact information. Then we can get you out of here.”
I exhaled in relief. “Thank you.”