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Shortly after tucking JJ in bed, and him falling asleep, Jim Heller was woken from the living room sofa by a muffled cry from the room Audrey was in. As he entered, she withdrew further into the bed, clutching one of her pillows tightly. He approached the bed slowly, as not to make her panic even more.
"Audie? Sweetie, it's me. Dad. I'm here." He reached out the hold her hand, but she quickly recoiled.
"Jack……" Did he just hear her right? Did she just call for "Jack. Jack, please….." Uh Oh. He was in big trouble now. Not only had he sent Jack away, told him never to come back and even put a restraining order on him, he even called someone up to get rid of him out of his garden. And now the only words Audrey had spoken was against everything he had done to keep her safe. What was he going to do?
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Tony almost half ran to Jack's room, but carefully went into his room. He was fast asleep. He'd only been down for less than half an hour and the demons hadn't come and grabbed him just yet. He sat on the edge of his bed and gently shook him. It had more than a desired effect as Jack shot up, breathing heavily. It took a few seconds and some calming words from Tony to soothe him.
"Hey, buddy. I just got a really interesting phone call. About you." Jack sat listening intently – Tony had his attention. "It was Secretary Heller. Apparently, Audrey has just woken up."
"Really? Is She Ok? Has she said anything? Is she…"
"You gonna let me finish? Or just carry on bombarding me with questions I was planning on answering anyway?" That shut Jack up. "Yes, she's awake. She not responding to Heller, she just keeps flinching away from him, and she has only said two words. 'Jack' and 'please'." Jack sat there, in disbelief. "And the even better news, is that Heller would like you to go around. Sit with her, see if it has any improvement on her, because what he is doing isn't working."
It took a few seconds before Jack clicked into gear, and was scrambling around, trying to get out of bed and put his clothes on at the same time.
"What're we waiting for??"
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