A few days later
"We're here!" Eleanor squealed as she, Jasper and Liam entered the villa in Monaco "BAGSY THE MASTER. Jasper, come on, I want to show you around!"
Jasper made to follow Eleanor.
"Before you follow Len, Jasper. I want you to know. As of this point, you are fired. You need to relax and recuperate whilst we're here. You will be rehired when we leave."
"Why?"
"You got shot, and even then you didn't slow down. You have reopened that hole more times than I care to count and you need to slow down and rest in order to heal and come back to us as a body guard."
"I didn't pack for a vacation."
"It's ok. Len did. The next two weeks, you're one if us, so chill by the pool and relax. Now go find your room."
Smiling at Liam, Jasper made for the stairs. He found Eleanor in the master suite, unpacking the cases the rest of the security team had taken up for her. He saw her phone lying on the bed, a text message open to Liam.
"So what did you pack me?" Jasper asked her.
"Clothes, duh!"
Jasper walked up to her, took the pair of swim trunks out of her hands and tossed them on the bed. He then kissed her with everything he had.
"This does not constitute rest Jasper."
"I wanted to say thank you."
"You're welcome. Now lets get you changed into some trunks and down by the pool."
Jasper reached for the hem of his shirt, wincing as he did so.
"Here, let me." Eleanor said, gently brushing his hands away and lifting the hem of his shirt up. Jasper aided by putting his arms in the air, even though that hurt too.
Eleanor threw his shirt to the side, and slowly undid his trouser button. Jasper covered her hands with his, and she looked at him, Emerald locking on Blue.
"I appreciate the help, but I can manage my own pants."
Eleanor laughed and knew he was right. If she removed his pants, then she knew that he would not be getting any rest, so she went to dig out a pair of trunks for him. She then saw her phone, and realised she hadn't hit send on the message she had typed to Liam.
Jasper kicked his pants off, and sat his naked body on the bed. Eleanor threw the trunks at him, but he struggled to reach down to put them on. Eleanor took them off him, and when she had figured out which side was the front, she gently lifted each leg, placing them in the correct hole of the swimwear and dragging them up to his knees. He took them off her with one hand, and using Eleanor for support, he got back to his feet and pulled them the rest of the way. He was tying the string when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in" Eleanor shouted as she dug through the bag to find Jasper some footwear.
Liam walked into the room, a grim look on his face.
While Eleanor was showing Jasper around, and allowing him to get changed, He went to unpack his own bags. He had barely opened his case when his phone rang. The caller ID indicating it was James Hill, who had been promoted in the aftermath of identifying Ted as person who had killed his father. Groaning, he answered.
"James, you do know what a holiday is don't you? We already brought all of the security you insisted upon"
"I thought you might like to know that Sarah Alice has been snooping in the Princesses bedroom."
"Why are you telling me?"
"Because she found something you may be looking for."
"What?"
"The diplomatic bag"
"Why would I be bothered about the diplomatic... shit"
"That's what I thought. How would you like me to send it over?"
"I'll get back to you on that."
Liam hung up the phone and dropped on his back onto the bed. He was kicking himself for leaving the diplomatic bag in the Palace, especially as they had planned to use it to get Jasper's controlled medication into the country.
His phone dinged in his hand
"I'll cook tonight. What do we have in?" Eleanor had sent him.
"I don't think so... we can order in" he quickly typed back, an idea forming in his head.
He tapped into his contacts, and when he got to a new number, he hit video call.
Elizabeth answered quickly, her face filling most of the screen.
"What did he do this time?" she asked.
"Nothing. It's what we have done."
"What did you do?"
"Brought him to Monaco for two weeks and left his pain killers at the Palace..."
"Are you kidding me?"
"We also didn't bring staff, which brings me to, what's your schedule like?"
"My schedule?"
"I'm hoping that you can't say no to a private jet vacation to Monaco, all expenses paid, and will save me from Len's cooking because she burns toast and will also bring us Jasper's medication?"
"I will need to check my schedule, and see if my Sous Chef can cover for me. I'll be in touch."
Liam pulled himself off the bed and headed to Eleanor and Jasper's room.
He knocked, and when he heard Eleanor shout come in, he opened the door.
"What's wrong?" Eleanor asked him
"Jasper, first off, I am going to apologise to you, because we have monumentally failed you right now."
"How?" Jasper asked, looking at the confused look on Eleanor's face.
"We have left your pain medication at the Palace. Until we can get that over here, we can't stop your pain."
"Rubbish! I packed it myself into the diplomatic bag."
"And where is the bag, Len? James called me. Sarah Alice was poking in your room again, and she found the bag. She took it to James, who called me."
Liam felt his phone buzz in his pocket. Checking it, he realised that it was a message from Elizabeth.
"I can't come tonight or tomorrow as I have Chef's tables bookings so need to be here. Can fly after. You will need to get that bag to me and tell me where/when/how this private plane malarkey works."
"will call you in a bit" he typed as a reply.
"Good news is, someone is bringing the bag, bad news is, its going to take a couple of days. Please excuse me, I am going to go and make arrangements. By the way, Len. I don't know if you got my message. We're ordering in Pizza tonight. No one has been shopping."
Liam left the room Eleanor and Jasper were sharing and went back to his own room to call James back. He hesitantly agreed to have someone pick Elizabeth up, give her the diplomatic bag and drive her to meet the private plane, and took her phone number to make all of the necessary arrangements. Once he had changed, he went out to sit by the pool. Jasper was already there with a glass of ice water in his hand. Eleanor was nowhere to be found.
"She said something about going to get a book or something for me to read. Told me I was not allowed to move from here without one of you with me."
"You're damned right you aren't moving from there without one of us, especially without your pain meds. We need you to heal"
