Rock the Cradle (Silver Oak Medical Center, #6)

by Aiden Bates

Let me tell you how it is when the police know someone's out to kill you, okay? They wave a finger at the person and say, 'Don't do it again.' Then that person goes off to the bar, gets rip-roaring drunk, grabs the gun he legally owns because God forbid we take guns away from people who've already said they're going to kill their families, and then he points that gun at you. He pulls the trigger and bam!" He slammed his good hand on the coffee table. "There's a bullet between your eyes and everyone sits around wringing their hands wondering how 'we never saw it coming.'"

"I don't like it either. Unfortunately, life isn't fair. We have to play with the hand we're given, sometimes.