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Chapter 11
"Ah, Mr and Mrs Arthur Campbell. I wondered when I would see or hear from either of you," Eyal said. Eyal was sitting on the veranda reading over what appeared to be a local newspaper when he noticed the couple coming up from along the beach.
"Agent Lavine. We're here to check up on our agent," Arthur said. Joan frowned slightly and moved onto the veranda, "Where's Annie?"
Eyal pointed inside, "She's still asleep. She took some painkillers during the night that caused her to sleep a bit deeper than usual."
Whilst Joan went inside to check on Annie, Arthur went to sit across from Eyal. Eyal folded up the newspaper and looked Arthur in the eye without flinching.
"Is Agent Walker still struggling with her injury?" Arthur enquired. Eyal kept eye contact, "If she did not accidentally trip over a pair of shoes last night, she would not have needed the pain medication. She is fine and within another few days she will be running around as normal."
Arthur nodded, "I presume that if she needs anything, you will provide it?" Eyal nodded, "I will. There is no need to worry about that. Is there anything else you would need to know?"
After a few moments of silence, "I got a summary from Joan about your next mission. If you need anything, I have some people in Tanzania that will be able to assist the two of you." Eyal nodded, "I will keep that in mind."
Joan came out, "Annie will be with us now." She went to stand on the edge of the veranda, keeping an eye on the surrounding area. Some tourists were swimming close to the shore whilst a young couple were jogging down the beach.
"Good morning Mr Campbell," Annie greeted Arthur when she came outside. After ensuring Arthur and Joan that she was indeed fine, they left leaving Annie and Eyal alone once more.
"Where did you sleep last night?" Annie asked. Eyal glanced at her before going back to the paper, "I slept on the bed for a while and came out here in the early morning hours. I hope I did not disturb you."
Annie shook her head, "No I just wondered because I didn't notice you next to me when I woke up at one stage and wondered where you ran off to."
After eating, Eyal let Annie sit down on their bed.
"Let's see that wound."
Annie watched Eyal's hands as he gently pulled her sundress to just above her wound. His hands worked softly on her leg, trying to be as gentle as possible. Whilst he cleaned her wound, she looked at his face once again and felt the need to kiss him. But at that moment, Eyal looked up at her and she felt a blush rise up her cheeks.
"And that blush Annie?" Eyal asked with a small smirk on his face. "I don't know what you're talking about," Annie tried to play it off.
Eyal raised an eyebrow, "If you say so… Your wound is healing quite nicely. I'll just put some new coverings on and I think in two or three days it will be well enough to keep most of the coverings off."
Arthur watched as Joan drank her fourth cup of tea that morning.
"Joan we need to talk about what you're hiding from me."
Joan looked over at her husband and sighed, "You're right. Let's go for a walk."
After about four hundred yards of comfortable silence, Joan stopped. Arthur followed her lead and looked at her.
"I'm just going to be honest and straight Arthur," Joan said. She first looked out over the ocean before looking back at Arthur.
"I'm eleven weeks pregnant."
Review? Ps. I've had some of my stories prepared for a while now, our signal on the farm for internet was almost ziltch so now that we are in the city quickly, I'll try get as much up as possible!