Susan was moved from Light And Life before morning.
After ensuring that his men were around and that they had surrounded the hospital and the entrances of Reyona and Allysyn's room, Maxwell got back into bed.
At first, they had thought of having Allysyn wheeled into Reyona's room, but since that could wake the poor girl up, they decided to wait until morning.
Maxwell explained what happened to Reyona without talking about the part where he almost got slashed.
He knew that would only agitate her more, since the part he told her about already had her sniffling before he was done.
"She is not worth it. She is never worth it," she repeated while they consoled each other.
They were interrupted by a knock on the door.
Maxwell got up when he saw that it was one of the men at the door.
He went to meet him and the latter told him that Steve was waiting for him outside.
"Isn't this a little bit fancy?" Steve said as he gestured at the bodyguards with his head. "Makes me actually remember that you are a big shot in town," he said wryly.
"What do you want, Stanislovoski?" Maxwell asked, as they started walking towards the entrance.
"I see we are reverting to surnames now, Rohan," Steve said in the same tone.
"You started it," Maxwell said tersely.
"Yes, I suppose that is fair. So, I wouldn't mention that you were acting like a jerk." Steve said simply.
That got a smile out of Maxwell as he said "You are lucky that I like you, Steve. Even luckier that I like your wife more."
His words reminded him of Don automatically.
"Oooh, I am shaking. Who would save me from the big shot now?" Steve shivered exaggeratedly.
Maxwell shook his head and asked, "What happened to your daughter?"
Steve's countenance soured as he said "Kid got herself an ulcer." bitterness was evident in his tone as he shook his head and said "The world is a shitty place at times. If anyone should get an ulcer, then it should be me. All those skipped meals, eating crap in the name of food, and I never got anything like it. Now the kid who hardly skips meals is the one with ulcers. Acute one too. Damned if I know how that could happen. Apparently, ulcers aren't only caused by hunger. When did the rules change?" he asked no one in particular.
"I am sorry." Maxwell said, "Do you need help with anything?"
"No, not at all. We got this. It is just so hard to watch her struggle so much when it hits, you know. It's hard on Antonia too."
"That sucks," Maxwell said as they stepped out of the hospital.
"It does. It is shitty."
"Anyway, I wanted you to know that we are moving her," Steve said as he pointed at the vehicle parked some distance away from them.
"Right now?" Maxwell asked as he looked at the time. It was a little past 2 am.
"Yes, I just felt maybe you might have something you wanted to say to her?"
"Not really," Maxwell said. Then, even though he didn't want to ask, he said "What is going to happen to her?"
"She is going to court next week," Steve said.
"But her arm."
"We can't wait forever until she is fully healed. The doctors said the healing of the stump could take over a month or so." he gave Maxwell a sideways look as he said, "Then if she ever gets the chance of a prosthetic arm, the whole process of that could be at least six months or more. She has three counts against her now. The murder case…"
"Are you sure she had something to do with that?" Maxwell asked with his eyes pinned on the vehicle.
"Oh, we will go through the dance and all, but all the evidence points to the fact that your little step-sister there caused her roommate to ove**ose, leading to the young lady's death. The motive is not clear yet, and we will be getting it out of her as soon as we can, but you can be sure that she is not going anywhere anytime soon. Between you and me? She would be lucky if she did not get the chair. Between that, the assault and the kidnapping cases, yeah, definitely not going anywhere."
"Where are you moving her to?" Maxwell said in a toneless voice.
"Sorry, I can't tell you that. That is why I wanted you to see her now if you have anything to say. She will be under heavy guard from now until we catch whoever tried to kill her tonight."
Good luck with that.
"Her hearing will be a closed-door proceeding, but you will be informed if you want to come."
"I won't," Maxwell said. "Let me see her now," he decided on the spot.
He had not wanted to bother with warning her before, but then he thought he might as well get it over and done with.
If she did not get the chair and ended up being sent away for life, she might get too comfortable and start running her mouth after some time, and that would end up snuffing her miserable life out instantly.
Not that he cared, but well, he just had to.
Steve nodded and gestured at the armed men guarding the car to step aside.
Even the driver and the nurse inside with her stepped out as Maxwell got closer.
He could see that the back compartment of the car was heavily tinted both at the back and the sides.
He opened the door and there she was seated with her head resting against her back.
She looked at him drowsily like she was finding it hard to keep her eyes open.
"You saved me tonight," she said simply.
"Do you know who might be out for you?"
"It could be Jeff and his men," she answered.
Who the fuck is Jeff?
Then she was shaking her head as she said "Or not. They are much too stupid to get past the hospital security. So, I think it could be…"
"The earlier you stop thinking about hypothetical nonsense, the better it will be for you. Do you know why I think they are coming for you tonight? Because whoever it was probably thought you had something to blab about. If you prove them right by running your mouth, just know you will trigger them again. You have seen what they are capable of tonight. You might not get so lucky next time. So, think of that when you go making your guesses next time," he said.
She nodded and said "I am sorry for hitting Ally. I did not mean to."