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nervous with the out-of-it look on his face. “Do you need to go to a<br />
hospital?”<br />
He shook his head slowly. “No.” His voice was stronger<br />
now, which was slightly reassuring. Slightly.<br />
I gave him one more look-over. His skin wasn’t bruised as<br />
far as I could see, and the hand that had been holding the walkietalkie<br />
didn’t look burned. His eyes were beginning to focus more<br />
and his voice had sounded better. <strong>The</strong> color was still drained from<br />
his face, but he was always pale, so that wasn’t a huge issue.<br />
“Okay.” I finally shifted my focus just as everyone came<br />
striding quickly down the driveway.<br />
“We advised Mr. Johansson that it’s best if he and his family<br />
stayed elsewhere tonight,” Richard informed me. “He’s going to<br />
meet his wife and son at his mother’s house. As for us, we’re going<br />
to go to my house and talk about what just happened.”<br />
“Are you okay to drive?” I asked Tucker.<br />
He blinked dazedly. “Yes.”<br />
I turned away from him and gave Richard a worried look. I<br />
didn’t think it was good for him to try in this condition. Luckily, he<br />
picked up on what I was trying to tell him and said, “I think that<br />
Ethan will drive you and Chelsea back to my place for now, if that’s<br />
okay.”<br />
Tucker just nodded.<br />
If I’d known how to operate a manual, I would have offered<br />
to drive us myself. But as it was, I was grateful to have Ethan there<br />
with us. This way if there was anything seriously wrong with Tucker<br />
it wouldn’t be on my shoulders alone. I had never seen anything like<br />
this happen before. I didn’t know what the appropriate reaction was.<br />
Once the cars were loaded up, I climbed into the backseat of<br />
the car and the guys took the front. As Ethan pulled a K-turn, he<br />
said, “Okay, guys, spill. What the hell happened in there?”<br />
“Did you get the video camera?” I asked. I couldn’t pull my<br />
eyes away from the house. Half of me expected the entire thing to<br />
go up in flames.<br />
“Yeah, why?”<br />
“Because you’re not going to believe this unless you see it.”<br />
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