Chapter 4
Madison lays on the couch in Eli's office asleep. A half-empty bowl of soup is on the floor beside the couch. Eli sits at his desk watching Madison sleep like he did at the hospital. A soft knock on Eli's door snaps him back to reality. Eli looks at the door and sees Sakura on the other side. He waves for Sakura to come in.
Sakura slowly opens the door and steps into Eli's office. She sees Madison asleep on the couch; she walks over to Eli's side and kneels on the floor. "Eli Julian is on the phone for Madison. He said he is at the airport. Do you want to wake her up?" whispers Sakura.
"No. Tell him there will be a squad car at the airport to lead him back here. You and Li go."
"And if he demands to talk to Madison?"
"Tell him she finally managed to fall asleep and we thought it better not to wake her." Says Eli as he turns his attention back to Madison.
Sakura smiles, "You feel the need to protect her don't you?"
Eli just nods.
"You love her Eli." Says Sakura as she stands up. She smiles and leaves Eli's office.
"Is this love?" mumbles Eli as he watches Madison roll over on the couch and mumble something under her breath.
Sakura walks out of Eli's office, closing the door behind her. She sighs and walks over to her desk and picks up the phone. "Mr. Star?"
"Yes. You can call me Julian."
"Myself and my partner will come to the airport to take you back here." Says Sakura as she looks at Li.
Li groans as he hears Sakura.
"Well can I please talk to Madison?" asks Julian.
"Oh I'm sorry but she finally managed to fall asleep and we thought it best not to wake her up."
"Oh ok. I will await for you outside."
"Ok I can be there in half an hour." Says Sakura as she hangs up the phone and grabs her jacket. She looks at Li, "Come on Li."
Li groans and gets up and follows Sakura.
Julian hangs up the phone and turns around and smiles at Jenny, "A squad car is coming to pick us up. Madison was asleep at the station."
"Julian I don't think she is going to be happy to see me." Says Jenny as a worried look spreads across her face.
"It's ok. Let's go get some coffee." Says Julian as he points to the restaurant.
Meilin softly knocks on Eli's office door and opens it. She sees Madison asleep on the couch and Eli doing some paperwork. "Eli?"
Eli looks up from his work and sees Meilin standing in his office leaning against the door as she hangs on to it. "What?"
"Look I'm sorry about before. You know I was just joking around right." Says Meilin as she softly closes the door and sits in the chair across from Eli.
"It's ok. What amazes me is that she heard you."
"I know. Sakura didn't even hear it and she was sitting right beside us. You do like her a lot though don't you?" says Meilin as she glances over her shoulder at Madison.
"I do. Have Sakura and Li left yet?"
"Yeah they left about half an hour ago. I've been doing paperwork up until now. Oh this was dropped off a little while ago." Says Meilin as she passes Eli some papers.
Eli scans over the papers and he smiles.
"What are they?"
"They're form Tori. He got a match to each of the three guys that attacked Madison. He went to a judge with all the evidence and for some reason there isn't going to be a trial. Just a sentencing date. Madison doesn't even have to appear in court."
"That is really odd. No trial. But I'm sure Madison is going to be very happy."
Eli looks at Madison and wonders; 'Will she be happy?'
Madison opens her eyes and looks around and sees no one is in the office with her. She sits up on the couch and sees everyone in the other office along with Julian and Jenny. "Oh why is she here." Grumbles Madison as she stands up and rubs her eyes. She walks to the door and opens it. "Hello Julian," she says in a pleasant tone but she quickly switches her tone of voice to that is disgust, "And hello Jenny."
"Madison how are you?" asks Julian quickly as he walks quickly towards Madison.
Madison's eyes grow wide as Julian walks quickly to her to hug her. She backs up fast and hits the wall and slumps to the ground and curls up in a ball.
Julian stops dead in his tracks and slowly walks to Madison on the floor. He kneels down and touches her shoulder.
Madison shudders and shrinks away from Julian.
Eli walks over and roughly pushes Julian out of the way causing Julian to fall backwards and land on his ass. Eli kneels next to Madison and gently whispers, "Madison are you ok?"
Julian watches as Madison lifts her head and looks up at Eli. Her cheeks are streaked with tears. She sniffles and wraps her arms around Eli's neck and hugs him close. She whispers in his ear, "I'm sorry about this but he scared me."
"It's ok Madison." Says Eli as he wraps his arms around Madison's shoulders.
Sakura smiles and walks over to Julian and holds out her hand to help him up.
Julian shakes his head no and gets up on his own. "Madison we need to talk with you."
Madison looks up from the floor and she lets go of Eli. "About what? You're not taking over the company. And why the hell is Jenny here?"
Jenny frowns and looks at Julian giving him an 'I told you so' look.
"I have news about me and Jenny."
"Oh let me guess Julian. Your getting married?"
"How did you know?" asks Jenny softly.
Madison looks at Jenny as she stands up; "The way you two acted at my mothers funeral was a great indication that you two were up to something. I just never thought that Julian would do that to me."
"I don't get it." Says Eli as he stands up beside Madison.
"Eli let me introduce you to my sister."
"I thought you said you were an only child." Says Eli as he looks at Jenny then back to Madison with a quizzical look on his face.
"I did and I am. Jenny was removed from the family right before my mother died."
"Your cousin and your sister?" says Li as he sits at his desk and starts some paperwork.
"I told you she was removed from my family so she has no ties to us. She is now just a girl. My mother made sure of that before she died."
"It's good to see you remember me Madison." Says Jenny softly as she walks to Julian's side.
"How could I not remember you Jenny. And as for you," says Madison as she looks at Julian, "Leave I don't need you here. I don't want you in my life and I made that clear the last time I saw you."
"Sorry Madison I can't do that. Though I know you hate me I have to do damage control here. Have you even seen the news yet?" says Julian.
"No I haven't and I don't care. I'm used to the fact that nothing in my life is privet. I can do my own damage control as well. I'm not a little girl anymore Julian and I am sorry you flew all this way for nothing. Now if you do not leave me along and go back to London I will have a restraining order slapped on both you and Jenny so quickly you won't know what's going on until you are thrown in jail." Snaps Madison before she walks into Eli's office and slams the door shut.
"I think I should go talk to her." Says Eli as he walks to his office door.
Julian steps in Eli's way and blocks the door. "Why should you talk to her? She doesn't know you."
"I'm the one who found her this morning. I have never left her side. She trusts me. Now move out of my way." Says Eli while staring hard at Julian.
Julian smirks at the blue hared cop and moves out of the way. Eli opens the door and walks into his office and closes the door behind him.
"Well I guess you two will be on your way back to London." Says Meilin coolly.
"Like I said before I have some damage control. What she did when they left the hospital was uncalled for and it was all over the news." Snaps Julian.
"And what did 'they' do exactly?" asks Sakura as she sits down at her desk.
"Your mad at this?" asks Li as he turns the TV around to show Madison and Eli leaving the hospital hand in hand and Madison joking around with him.
Meilin and Sakura crack up laughing.
"Your going to do damage control over her holding hands with a boy. Oh shit!" laughs Sakura as she wipes tears from her eyes from laughing so hard.
"You don't know Madison's past. This is going to need damage control yes."
"Well why don't you just tell them my past Julian." Snaps Madison from the intercom on Li's desk.
Julian looks at a smiling Li as he takes his finger off the button so Madison can't hear anymore. Julian then turns around to see Madison open the office door and glare at him with Eli right behind her.