A/N: Sorry for the delay.
Chapter Two: In the Beginning...
24 Hours Earlier
Wilson entered House's office. House ignored him, continueing to read the letter he'd gotten in the mail the day before.
"Who's the letter from?" Wilson asked.
"The president of Canada," retorted House.
"Canada doesn't have a president," replied Wilson.
"They do now."
"Can I see it?"
"O, Naive Oncologist, you are not yet ready for the contents of this letter," declared House as he hid the letter under a patient file.
Cuddy choose this moment to come into House's office to yell at him for avoiding clinic duty again.
"Mom! Wilson's bothering me again!" whined House.
Cuddy noticed the letter half-hidden under the patient file.
"Who wrote the letter that you're trying hide, House?" Cuddy demanded.
"An old girlfriend of mine," admitted House, "back from just before Wilson and I graduated from med school."
Before Cuddy could reply, House's cell phone began to ring. House answered it.
"House speaking."
"Remember me, Doctor House?" purred a cold voice in reply.
House nearly dropped his phone. He had hoped never to hear her voice again.
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"Sela Amador Watts," said Wilson, "as in the genetist leading the Eastbrook Pharmeuticals bio-research team?"
House nodded.
"Why would she threaten to kill someone close to you?" Wilson asked.
"Does the name Volger ring a bell?" demanded House.
"That reminds me," announced Cuddy. "Volger's made another offer."
"Has the board voted on it yet?" asked House. "They'll want to know about Volger's hired killer."
Cuddy sighed. "They're disscussing it now."
"Why aren't you in the meeting, Cuddy?" asked House.
"I volunteered to get you. The board voted to include you in the decision," replied Cuddy.
"Makes sense," House agreed.
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Chase sat on his couch watching reruns of The Crocdile Hunter. He sighed, wishing he was back home in Australia.
Someone knocked on the door.
Chase called, "Come on in! It's not locked!"
A honey blonde-haired young woman opened the door.
"Doctor Chase?"
"I am he," replied Chase. "Did Doctor House send you?"
Even though the strange woman was now sitting beside him on the couch, she didn't reply. She stared deep into his sea green eyes with her mesmerizing eyes of violet. He never saw the syringe in her left hand. He never saw her inject him with the contents of that syringe. Her violet eyes filled his vision. Then everything dissolved into nothingness, and Chase knew no more.
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