You Do What You Have To - 70

 

"They decided I'm going to live," Robin joked as he came into the living room a few minutes after one. He was closely followed by Falcon, who gave Micky a thumbs-up behind Robin's back.

 

Micky grinned. "That's good news as far as your brothers are concerned, I suspect."

 

"And for you?" Robin eased down onto the sofa.

 

Micky pretended to ponder the question. "Yeah, I think so."

 

"Ass," Robin muttered.

 

Micky laughed. "It's wonderful news. You even look better."

 

"In only two hours?"

 

"Well technically, I haven't seen you since last night." Micky cocked an eyebrow. "How dosed up on meds are you?"

 

"Not much. And no more bandages." To prove his point, Robin unbuttoned his shirt and turned so Micky could see.

 

Robin's back still bore strong evidence of what he'd gone through, including two sets of stitches on what Micky presumed were worst remnants of the beating. But compared to when he'd first seen the damage, there was a vast improvement. "Yeah, I think you will live," he said when Robin turned back to look at him.

 

"Just a few more days and I'll be running marathons."

 

"Uh-huh. You really do those?"

 

Falcon snorted. "In your dreams. He's good at sprints. Long distance, not so much so."

 

"Figured as much."

 

Robin slipped his shirt on again then leaned back. Pain flashed across his face momentarily before vanishing, replaced by a look of relief. "Not bad. Not great but…"

 

"You don't have to show off for Micky," Falcon said, smirking.

 

"I'm not," Robin replied seriously. "It smarts, but all things being equal…" He shrugged—without grimacing. "Not to change the subject… Well yeah, definitely to change it. Where do things stand with Mackenzie?"

 

"We have what Ms Hummel said on tape, while she was talking to Micky. There's also what Mackenzie said to you about the house in Miami, Robin. We passed that information over to the police down there. They raided it and found enough evidence to prove Mackenzie and Vaughn were partners in it. And Alex talked to a detective about everything he'd seen and heard from the time Mackenzie's people grabbed him off the streets."

 

"Has Mackenzie been arrested?"

 

"The police tried to serve an arrest warrant early this morning, from what Eldon told me. Unfortunately, Mackenzie seems to be on the run at the moment. The people at his accounting firm said he was on a business trip. The ones at his club were told he had to go out of town to a funeral. His house is closed up tighter than a drum, and no one's answering the door or the phone there."

 

"Shit!"