“Wherever we go, let’s take the horses.”
“You’re a girl after my own heart. Now try to rest. We’ll be at the hospital in a minute. I’ve already notified your parents. They’ll meet us there.”
“I don’t want to go to the hospital. Just take me back to your house.”
The paramedic grinned. “You’re one lucky dude,” he said.
“You can say that again,” Luckey whispered back, before squeezing Ally’s hand. After kissing her cheek, he told her, “You need to be checked out by a doctor first. You took a big risk confronting Martin on your own.”
“When I thought of what he did to Yu Tan, something inside me snapped.”
“It certainly did.” Luckey smiled through his tears, so proud of what she’d done he was ready to burst. “I’m sure he’s never been taken on by a woman like you in his whole evil life.”
“I was thrown in a back room with one of the young girls. She gave me a lot of information.”
“I’ll get it from you later. You probably have a concussion and need to stop talking. Tonight Cy told me he thinks you’re in the wrong profession and need to come work with us. But I told him I prefer calling you Dr. Duncan. You’re the only woman I want.”
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“All that matters to me is to be your wife.”
The ambulance pulled into the hospital entrance and she was rushed inside the emergency room. Luckey hung back while Beatrice and Larry ran over to her, before she was wheeled into a cubicle so the doctor could examine her. Her father lifted his head and the two men exchanged glances.
“Your daughter is one in a million. She brought Robert Martin down and deserves all the praise in the world.”
“Our daughter has always seized the moment. That’s her nature, to go where angels fear to tread. But it takes two to pull off this kind of a coup. She’s more than met her match in you, Ranger Davis. I don’t know how to thank you enough for saving her life.” Larry walked over and hugged Luckey. The moment turned out to be an emotional one for both of them.
Beatrice came out from behind the curtain and threw her arms around Luckey. “You wonderful man.” Her quiet sobs warmed his heart.
“If you’d seen and heard her stand up to Martin, you’d know where the definition of wonderful comes from.” He eyed both Ally’s parents. “I know it’s only been two weeks, but do I have your permission to marry her when she’s all better?”
“Do you even have to ask?” Larry murmured.
Luckey breathed a sigh of relief. “Just making sure.”
His three best buddies walked into the emergency room with smiles, and headed for them. There were more hugs all around. When her parents left to go join Ally, Kit pulled Luckey aside with the guys.
“I don’t think you know what you’ve done. We went into the grandmother’s house with a search warrant. That killer has a whole porn site set up for his base of operations, to the tune of twenty-five thousand clients.”
Luckey whistled.
“So far we’ve discovered he owns a dozen spas and massage parlors from here to Houston,” Vic interjected. “The one off Lamar Boulevard is being closed down as we speak. Twenty girls have been given their freedom.”
“That’s where he gets the money to keep funding his operations,” Cy theorized. “His poor grandmother had no idea. This is the biggest ring ever to be brought down. TJ is higher than a kite over what you’ve done.”
“Ally’s the one who led us to him, but there are two people who deserve the greatest credit.” The guys stared at him. “Dr. Wolff and Stan. I swear that our forensics experts help us get our man every time. Dr. Wolff found the DMSO cream on the girl’s sleeves. Stan found where it was manufactured. Those two deserve a medal.”
Vic eyed Luckey with a gleam in his black eyes. “Before this whole business is finished and put to bed, I suspect a whole lot of medals are going to be given out.”
Luckey got a lump in his throat. “Thanks, guys.”
Kit smiled. “We’ll get out of your way. Let us know when you decide to tie the knot. We want to be there. Unless you pull a Cy and get a judge to marry you on the sly.”
Luckey’s brows lifted. “I’m all for it, but that’s up to Ally.”
“TJ said for you to take off all the time you need.”
“Thanks, Kit. I’ll call him after the doctor lets me talk to Ally.”