Chapter 3

Gary answered. “Danny’s fine. He found an old friend lying on the street over by DeLorenzo’s. This kid helped him out when he was homeless. We brought him over here. He probably got the stink eye from Cisco about using his cell phone, so he hung up without telling Brian why he was here. I’m sure Danny didn’t expect all of you to show up at the hospital.” Bear gave Brian an assessing look that promised a good spanking for rallying the troops unnecessarily. Brian’s face turned bright red.

“Well,” Jim said, looking pointedly at Bear while seating himself on one of the comfortable chairs Cisco had installed in the waiting area, “you know how it is, all for one and one for all.”

Brian agreed and he, Jamie and Johnny gathered around Jim. “Now that we’re here, what can we do to help?” Jamie asked.

Danny burst out of the treatment area followed by Greg. Danny’s eyes widened when he saw the entire sub club but he recovered enough to tell everyone else what was going on.