Christmas Miracles
Chapter 15th
Loreile had walked inside the emergency room entrance with the entire area decorated for the Christmas holiday. Right away she had moved to the security guard sitting behind the visitors desk with a computer terminal sitting in front of him. He was a guard in his late fifties with all grey hair reminding her of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in some ways.
She walked over to him asking for Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs ICU. "I am Mrs. Gibbs his wife having heard about the explosion on the Kitty Hawk."
"One moment ma'am I will check the computers have been all undated. I have heard about the explosions on the Kitty Hawk. My son Anthony is home from leave and he wanted to help out with removing of the debris. " Looking down at the screen bringing up the room number. "Here we go Mrs. Gibbs, he's in room 625 west wing ICU. Remember to head for the West Wing when you get off the elevator."
"Thank you." She will have said. She began moving to the elevator pushing the 6th floor button. She needed to close her eyes for a moment remembering the last time she and Jethro had made love with Shane visiting her sister Elizabeth with the nanny Madeline Gilbert.
They were down inside the basement having rough sex with no one around. She kept on insisting that he was too old to keep up with her in the sex department.
"I will show you whose is old." This is when he fully took full advantage of her body in every way and inch using all of his tools available. She had to be chuckling inside in order to make him madder...
She came back to reality with the elevator door dinging and to open to let her out. She looked at all of the directions indicating where the West Wing was located. She headed that way with stopping and seeing Doctor Cyril Taft looking exhausted to her eyes. "How is he, Cyril? Don't tell me he's dead?"
"Don't be stupid. He's alive and is going to be needing help this time with more physical therapy. Plus he has a very bad head concussion with a possible fluid build up on the right side of his temple. My team will be keeping an close eye on him Loreile. He's awake and asking for you, so if you want to come with me I will let you in for thirty minutes. Afterwards I will set up sleeping quarters since half the staff on this floor have called out. You will be able to use one of the doctor's quarters."
"Thank you, Cyril I could use the sleep. I haven't been able to sleep right the past few weeks with the constant moving of my son." Loriele had to say to him.
"Come." He replied with walking quickly with his energy level dropping soon and with him needing a break as well along with a phone call to his wife Catherine.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs had his eyes closed didn't hear the person come into his room. Until he realize that it was his wife Loreile holding his cold hand. "Loreile you're here? How in this weather?" He said softly with his voice rasberry and dry for the most part.
"Yeah I am here Jethro with George driving me with leaving Phineas to stay with Shane in the nursery. He was loving every moment of it. I must tell you that you're a very lucky man to be still alive."
"Yeah I know when I stepped on that second bomb with exploding knocking me up against the bulkhead and with the debris flying into my stomach for the most part."
His mouth was dry as with his lips needing a drink of water. She was able to help him out with the water pitcher.
"Did you think with that first explosion that there might be a possible chance of another bomb on the Kitty Hawk?" She asked with her curiosity kicking in once more.
"I just never thought that I would be stepping on it and being thrown up against the bulkhead just prior to Christmas." He made the statement with his dry humor at times.
"Very funny Jethro. I am only glad your alive and recovering once again. Do you ever get the feeling that god upstairs likes you a great deal to keep you alive?" She replied cryptic with her tone.
"I would say so Loreile along with my guardian angel." He said to have Loreile wondering.
"Who's your guardian angel if you don't mind me asking the question?" She will asked with watching his face light up for the most part.
"Don't you know my dear wife? It's Kelly. She had come to me many times over the years with the visions I would suffer during the times I was shot and injured with the criminals." He was silent for a moment.
"I should of known. Any rate what does Tim think about being back on the Kitty Hawk again with his father in charge years ago?"
"I guess he felt at odds with being there until years later that he and his father were finally able to settled some things between them. He wasn't the easiest person to know with always on deployment." He said with some strong emotion remembering about his own father having been in the early war.
"Are you alright Jethro? I know it's not easy for you to be here again. And with each case harder and harder to recover physically wise and than their is the issue of your mental state."
"Hey! What is that supposed to mean Loreile my mental state? I am sound as a dollar right now even though I had some setbacks for when it comes to those damn nightmares for when it comes to Hernandez and his associates."