The morphine just seemed to put Sandy right back to sleep.
"How long is he going to be hurting like this?" Reva asked, looking up at Ed.
"It is probably going to be a long recovery." Ed said. "He has several broken ribs…"
Jeffrey walked into the room.
Ed and Reva both glanced at him awkwardly.
"Is he doing any better?" Jeffrey asked, looking back and forth between them.
"Not much…" Ed said before turning back to Reva. "If he needs more just press the call button. He should be out for awhile…"
"OK." Reva said.
Ed walked out of the room.
Jeffrey moved closer to Sandy's bedside.
Reva was still giving him that awkward glance.
"What?" Jeffrey said.
"Do you always walk around like that?" Reva asked.
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"Ed…" Gus said, walking up behind him.
"Huh?" Ed answered.
"I heard that Sandy Foster woke up…"
"Yeah…" Ed replied. "And…"
"I need to take his statement…"
"Well… he's asleep right now. And he probably will be for awhile. And even if he wasn't… He doesn't need that kind of stress right now…"
"So when do you think…"
"I don't know…" Ed said.
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"Officer Cooper?" the man asked, walking into the police department.
"Who's asking?" Frank replied.
"I'm an Assistant Director at the FBI…"
"Yes, I'm Officer Cooper… What do you need?"
"I need to talk to you in private…"
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"Huh?" Jeffrey said, completely clueless.
"Never mind…" Reva answered. "He was asking for you…"
"I knew I shouldn't have left him…"
"How long do you plan on being here?" Reva asked.
"As long as I need to be…"
"Why did this happen?"
Jeffrey just looked at her, not knowing what to say.
"Is my son still in danger?"
"I'm going to get the men who did this…"
"You know who did this, don't you? And you know why…"
"Reva, you don't need to know…"
"I need to know that my son is safe… I need to keep him safe…"
"I will protect him…"
"YOU COULDN'T PROTECT HIM!"
Jeffrey sighed, she was right. "Look… Obviously the two of us can't be in the same room as each other without arguing…"
"I want answers… I need answers…"
"You said you would go…" Jeffrey said. "You said that you would leave…"
Reva sighed. She had said that, hadn't she? "If anything changes at all… You tell Ed to call me."
"I will…" Jeffrey said.
"I'll be back to see him later…"
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"So, what was so important that it couldn't be said out there?" Frank asked.
"I need to know who you've told of Agent O'Neil's undercover status…"
"Well… the CSI team knows…"
"How many people are we talking?"
"Five… and that's if they haven't told anybody…"
"You do understand that this cannot get out?"
"Look… I've kept the secret… I've been sworn to uphold the law, and even if that includes protecting the undercover status of a rapist…"
"He didn't do it…"
Frank rolled his eyes. "You've got my word all right… I'll tell no one of his undercover status even as I work to put him behind bars."
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Jeffrey sat in the chair next to Sandy's bed as he watched Reva walk out the door. He grabbed Sandy's hand as his gaze moved back down to him. "It's probably better for you if you're asleep…" Jeffrey said. "I'm sorry…" he said. "I really don't deserve you, you know…" He leaned back in the chair. "You know that I will be here with you… As long as you want me to be…"
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"Well… could you just give me a call… when you think that he's strong enough…"
"Yes, Gus, I will let you know…"
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