Chapter 22

“Fine, I’ll get someone to come take pictures of the bruising. Do a full report, Doctor, on the injuries, and I’ll send a detective to make a report.” And with that, he stands up, not even giving them a second look, and leaves.

“Asshole,” Cade mutters.

“You believe me, don’t you? I wouldn’t have done that to you, set you up to find me. And I swear, I’m not suicidal,” Arkady says, his voice coming out a little rough.

“I’ll leave you alone. We called your parents. They said they’d be here right away,” the doctor says, heading for the door.

“What did you tell them?” Arkady asks.

“Just that you’d been brought to hospital, and that you’re stable. You can explain to them what happened.” The doctor hesitates, but then he leaves.

“Do you believe me?” Arkady asks. He hasn’t known Cade long at all, but he cares about Cade’s opinion of him. He doesn’t want Cade to think he would lie about something so serious.