Here's the 8th story in my series. If you haven't read the other stories, then I advise you to not proceed until you do. This is a series. It runs in sequence. To understand certain things (especially where Jamie came from), it's best to just start at the beginning. This series is kind of like my very own NCIS season 4. As of this point, the series consists of: story 1 A Link to the Past (comes in 3 parts)… story 2 Wrong Place, Wrong Time…. story 3 Second Job… story 4 Daughters… story 5 A Personal Vendetta… story 6 Bless the Children… story 7 Eyes of the Condemned… story 8 Disturbing Affection (current story). Hope you enjoy it.

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Monday

Chapter 1

It's about 5am Monday morning. Tony is in bed sleeping. He turns to the side and his arm flops down onto the bed. He wakes up as he doesn't feel Jamie on the bed. Tony notices a light, so he gets out of bed and walks to the bathroom. Jamie is sitting in front of the toilet. She has her head over the toilet in order to vomit into it. Tony walks over to Jamie and sits next to her. He begins rubbing her back.

"You've been doing this every morning for the past couple of days… You really need to go see a doctor." Tony stated.

"I'll go today." Jamie said.

Tony continues rubbing Jamie's back until the time he needs to leave for work.

Later that morning, when everyone is at work, Jamie is sitting in the doctor's office. The doctor is taking a blood sample from her.

"So when will the results be in?" Jamie asked.

"You'll have the test results sometimes in this afternoon." The doctor replied. "But for now… We're done."

The doctor takes the needle out of Jamie's arm. He brings the tube to the desk and places a label on it. Jamie rolls her sleeve down and grabs her stuff in order to leave.

"There's nothing else?" Jamie asked.

"That was it." The doctor answered.

"Then I hope to hear from you later this afternoon. Thank you."

"Have a nice day Miss Gibbs."

Jamie leaves the office and goes to the NCIS building.

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Jamie has been at work in the Forensics Lab with Abby for a couple hours now. She completely lost track of time. Then she suddenly receives a phone-call from the doctor. Jamie leaves the lab in order to answer the phone. She leaves the NCIS building in order to go to the doctor's office since she was asked to return. Once at the doctor's office Jamie is escorted to an empty examination room. Once in the room, she sits down and waits for the doctor. Doctor Hibert's medical student finally opens the door and walks in.

"Who are you?" Jamie asked.

"I'm a med student. I've been working with doctor Hibert for three weeks now." The med student answered.

"Where's doctor Hibert?

"He had an emergency, so he'll be out the rest of the day."

"But I'm still gonna get my test results, correct?"

"Yes… I have the test results with me right now."

"Ok… Are you gonna tell me or what?"

"Miss Gibbs, you might wanna sit for this."

"I am sitting."

"I'm sorry… Of course you are."

"Why are you so nervous?"

"I…"

"The news you're about to give me isn't good is it?"

"I've never had to do this before."

"Just tell me already!"

"The blood test came back positive." The med student said. "We want you to go to the hospital to get a CAT scan, an MRI and we'll need you to get a biopsy as well. We need to know the extent of the growth in order to find out…"

"In order to find out if it's treatable." Jamie said as she begins to cry.

"Yes…" The med student said. "Take this pamphlet." He hands Jamie the pamphlet. "This pamphlet outlines some of your possible treatment options. I know it's overwhelming but you need to prepare yourself in the case…"

"So you don't have much time…" Jamie reads the pamphlet. "That's a very reassuring pamphlet title."

"I know the pamphlet title is poor wording, especially when we don't know how big it is… But there's a support group that meets here every Tuesday night at 8pm for those who have similar conditions." The med student stated. "I strongly suggest attending cuz it helps the patients to come to terms with whatever condition they have."

"This can't be happening." Jamie said. "That test has to be wrong."

"It's an accurate test Miss Gibbs."

"I can't believe this."

"At first, it's hard for anyone to accept. I know."

"What are my chances?"

"Let's take it one step at a time. Go to the hospital to get those tests done then we'll take it from there."

"Can you give me some time alone please?"

"I know it's hard, so take as much time as you need." The med student walks to the door. He turns back to look at Jamie. "Again… I'm sorry Miss Gibbs."

The medical student walks out of the room and closes the door. Jamie is now all alone in the examination room. She drops her face into her hands and cries.