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R for Revenge

Chapter Eleven

Jackie Hall paced the floor of her living room dressed in her small silky nightdress which was covered by its matching dressing gown. She hadn't thought it through when she had given Mike Strong the information about where Bodie was staying; she was more worried about herself and her husband. Now she was gripped with fear, only a handful of people knew where Bodie was and it wouldn't take long for Cowley to work out it was her. A noise from behind her startled her, she turned to see her half awake husband Lenny coming out of their bedroom "its two in the morning Jacks, why are you up?"

She couldn't hold back the tears they rolled down her face burning her cheeks with their hotness "Oh Lenny" she sat on the edge of the sofa

Lenny rushed to her side he could see what this was doing to her and it was his fault, if he hadn't have been so stupid, it was nothing big at first just a few bets on the dogs, he had a few goods wins so he started betting more but then came the losses they started outnumbering the wins and before long he had run up a good tab with his local bookie Jimmy Mann, who started pressing him for payment then he heard about a big card game, hoping to win enough to pay Jimmy back, he borrowed the rent money which he lost and more, that's where the loan shark Danny Morris and his thug Mike Strong came in, he borrowed money to pay the rent and his debts off, he was hoping to pay back Danny Morris as soon as he could but out of the blue he lost his job, now it had come to this with Jackie have to give Mike Strong information about CI5 to keep him off their backs. He knew she blamed herself for Bodie's blindness when it was all his fault, if he could take back the last twelve months and start over again he would "It going to be alright Jacks, he'll get his sight back and with this new job I'm be able to pay my debt off, you just wait and see"

"No it's not" she shouted she hadn't told him about Mike Strong's recent visit "Why did I do it"

"Do what Jacks talk to me?"

"Lenny, the other day Danny Morris's thug paid you a visit while you were out, he threatened us, said if I didn't tell him where they were CI5 had taken Bodie he was gonna...." she stopped seeing the whole to realistic image in her head of Mike Strong standing over Lenny holding a blood covered baseball bat, Lenny was lying on the ground screaming out in pain, his knees caps crushed and bleeding

"Gonna what" Lenny's eyes searched Jackie's tear stained face for the answer

"He threatened to smash your knee caps in and I told him where to find Bodie" Jackie sobbed "What if they kill him I'll be an accessory to murder I might as well as put a gun to Bodie's head and pulled the trigger myself"

Lenny jumped up this was getting out of hand he paced the floor, hearing Jackie distressed voice he stopped "Lenny what we going to do?"

Lenny chewed on his bottom lip for a moment while he thought "Does anyone else know that you know where Bodie is?" he started pacing again it helped him think

"No, I sneaked into Cowley's office and found the address on his desk"

And no one saw you?" Lenny asked

"No, I don't think so" Jackie replied she had seen no one but that didn't been that someone had seen her

"Good" Lenny sat down beside her once again "Then we'll do nothing, CI5 have no evidence against you" he kissed her on lips and tasted the saltiness of her tears "You keep quiet and this nightmare will soon be over"

"What about Bodie?" this was all so wrong, she knew him he wasn't just a name in a file he was a person, a womaniser, a rogue but he always had a smile and a joke for her, which made it worse because she couldn't help liking him

Taking both her delicate hands in his "It was either us or Bodie and you made your decision when you told Mike Strong, there's no going back now"

Jackie nodded her head "Yes I guess I did, I chose us" she replied trying convince herself that she had made the right decision

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John Morgan and Mike Strong took it in turns driving through the night to Ashgrove Private Hospital; they had everything they needed in the way of camping equipment, food supplies for a few days and weapons in the boot of the car.

Driving along Mike shot a glance at his long time friend, they had over the years spent long periods of time virtually living in each other's pockets in the jungle, eaten and drank from the same can, shared the same sleeping bag, watched each other's backs on many a gun running mission, so Mike thought that he knew John pretty well and could read him but the last few days there had been times when he found he didn't know John as well as he thought he did, especially when John's eyes darkened he found him unreadable like now "So what's the plan?"

"No plan" John shone his torch down at the map laid across his lap then stared out of the passenger side window

In the pitch blackness of the countryside they passed a pub called the Crown and Anchor, looking at his map John told Mike to turn left at the next turning, Mike nodded his head and started searched for the turning, he had nearly passed it before he realised there was a turning there, slamming the brakes hard he then backed up, not even bothering to indicate that he was turning left, what was the point at 3 O'clock in the morning it was just them and the wild life. As they travelled long the country road they saw the spotlighted sign for Ashgrove Private Hospital, Mike slow the car right down as they passed there was one or two lights on in the upstairs rooms but the place was as still as the night. Further along the road Mike parked the car off the road and they both settled down to wait for sunrise.

John shook Mike awake; he rubbed his eyes and saw the sun rising over the fields in the distance; they sat for a few minutes and watched it before Mike started the engine; they need somewhere to hide the car out of view of the road and the locals. They found the perfect place in a small wood not far from the private hospital; they set about camouflaging the red vehicle with branches, picking up the camping gear and duffel bags filled with food and weapons they started to head back on foot towards the private hospital.

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By mid morning Bodie had worked out how many of his steps it took from the bed to reach his private bathroom, how many from the bed to the room door and from there how many to the top of the stairs. He had also learnt that it was unwise to eat scrambled eggs for breakfast when you can't see it. Now lying on his bed he waited for the good doctor to come and change his bandages. When the knock came at the door and he heard the door open he was expecting it, he didn't jump "Doc"

"Morning Bodie, did you sleep well?" Dr Jones asked as he approached the bed and but his medical bag on the bedside table

"I got some sleep" Bodie said sitting up, he had laid on his bed most of the night listening to every creak, bump and owl hoot.

"I did offer you a sleeping tablet" Dr Jones reminded him, he had suggested a mild sleeping tablet to help him sleep before they retired

"And I told you how I feel about them" if he couldn't rely on his eyes he needed to be alert in every other way.

"Ok, let's have a look at those eyes" Dr Jones informed Bodie as he moved in to peel back the white pad covering Bodie's right eye

Bodie blinked a few times and waited for the doctor to remove the other patch over his left eye, once both eyes were uncovered he blinked and opened his eyes wide, instead of complete blackness he could see grey but nothing else. The doctor flashed his penlight into his eyes "Hmm everything looks good, any changes?"

After spending days in total darkness Bodie couldn't hide his surprise and excitement from his voice "I see a greyish light instead of blackness"

"Good, that a good sign" Dr Jones slightly squeezed Bodie's shoulder "I'm going to recover them with pads and in a few days I'll check them again, hopefully there be more improvement"

"OK" Bodie was feeling pretty good, at last he felt there was hope that his eyesight would return, he could feel some of the pent up tension in his body dispersing.

After recovering Bodie's eyes with fresh patches the doctor wanted to take a look at Bodie's chest "I'll have a look at your chest now" he waited patiently for Bodie to undo the buttons on his blue pyjama top and then helped him out off it

"Only if you hold my hand" Bodie smirked, he didn't see the doctor shaking his head in amusement

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Jackie Hall sat nervously at her desk twisting the silver bead necklace she was wearing around her index finger, unshed tears stung her eyelids; she could no longer see the hand written report she was trying to type up. A tear slip down her cheek Bodie was blind because of her and maybe soon dead because of her; she couldn't bare this any longer, she couldn't live with the guilt. The floodgates opened and tears rushed down her face, her mind was made up, climbing to her feet she left her office and walked down the empty corridor towards Cowley 's Office.

TBC