Chapter 14

"What would you have done differently if I had told you twenty minutes sooner? Both times I thought I was being watched, not followed! By the time I had got to both places I was going the feeling was gone. It was all probably nothing anyway. I've just had HIM on my mind a lot lately since we've been talking about names for the baby."

"Jordan, I would rather play this safe than sorry. I'm going to have an officer assigned to you for the next few days until we are sure things are okay."

"No, no, no! There is no need for anything like that! I know I should have just kept my mouth shut!"

Woody stopped his pacing and came to kneel down in front of her chair, taking both of her hands in his he told her, "Jordie, you know that this did really did concern you or you wouldn't have told me at all! Don't you see that I need to do this to keep you and the baby safe?!"

"OKAY, maybe you're right, but there really isn't any need for a bodyguard. I will just be extra careful and keep you posted if it happens again."

He looked her in the eye before asking, "Are you sure Jordie? You won't try and be brave or tough, and not tell me? You will let me know anytime you sense, or feel, or see anything out of the ordinary?!"

"Yes Woody, I promise," she told him, mainly to calm him down and get him off the subject. If there was one thing in the world that she wanted to think of less than Clark Palmer, she couldn't for the life of her tell you what it was!

The topic did come up a couple more times during the evening, but each time she made Woody the same promise and by bedtime he had finally let it go.

In the morning, however, Jordan could tell that it had not been forgotten. Woody made a point of walking her out to her car and standing watch as she drove away. That wasn't all though, when she arrived at work the building's security guard was waiting near her parking spot to walk with her into the building. He also told her that she was to be sure to let him know when she was ready to leave for the day so he could walk out with her. Jordan heaved a resigned sigh and told him she would.

It was just her luck that of anyone on the staff that saw the security guard incident, it would have to be Lily! The entire ride up in the elevator Lily pelted her wit one question after another, not even giving Jordan time in between them to answer any of them, as if she planned on doing that anyway! By the time they arrived at their floor Jordan had had enough and snapped, "His wife is pregnant too and he wanted to know what sexual positions Woody and I preferred this late in my time!"

Lily's mouth fell open and her eyes grew as big as saucers. Jordan thought she had finally shocked her friend into silence, but she had once again failed to realize Lily's resiliency. A second later in the stillness following Jordan's comment, Lily demanded, "So you and Woody are finally sleeping together?! I am really surprised that after waiting this long that you didn't wait until after the baby was born, but maybe it was one of those moments of uncontrolled desire that neither one of you could wait one moment longer…"

Jordan rolled her eyes, threw her hands up in the air, and walked away in the middle of what Lily was saying. But of course, with the group of people she worked with that was in no way the end of the matter. In the break room where she was getting her first cup of non decaff coffee, both Nigel and Bug were there with questions at to when her marriage had become 'real'. They had both known she and Woody had only married because of the coming baby, and had privately placed bets with each other as to when that would change, so this was why they wanted to know how long the two of them had been sleeping together.

To be continued…