Chapter 6
Jeff paced around his living room floor for hours trying his damndest to remember what had happened the night before. The image of Corinne hearing Beth on the phone and the reaction she must have had hurt him so much. He could only imagine the pain he would have felt if he had called her up and found another man instead.
"Fuck...what if she was calling me to see if we could work things out?" He thought to himself.
As he looked around the house, he noted once again the emptiness that it seemed to have without her around. He walked up the stairs to the bedroom and opened the door. The bed was completely untouched...Beth had never even slept there.
"That bitch! Goddamn it!" He said. He knew that she must have had something in mind to come over to the house.
He ran back downstairs and his gaze fell upon his wallet where he always kept a picture of Amy, Matt, Corinne and him at her graduation a few years ago. He could still remember how proud he had been of her and how happy she had seemed to be. Even now he remembered how confused he had been when he had first met her. Even after what Beth had done to him, he had never really gotten over her until Corinne had come into the picture.
He had to get her back...he had to.
"Amy!" He said to himself knowing that the only chance of getting Corinne back...was to get Amy back in his corner.
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Connor woke up to the piercing sound of his alarm clock the next morning. He got up and began to do his usual 100 pushups before he took a shower...it was around 50 when he realized that he had that girl on the couch. Quietly he tiptoed down the hallway to the living room, relieved to find her still asleep. Carefully he touched her forehead lightly, taking his hand away quickly when he felt the hotness seep into his skin. Quickly he grabbed a washcloth and wet it with cold water and placed it on her forehead.
"Mmmm..." Corinne moaned when she felt the coolness touch her skin. She felt like she was on fire.
"Corinne...I think I need to bring you to the hospital." Connor said worriedly.
"Huh? Hospital? Jeff?" She asked deliriously.
"Jeff? No...it's Connor remember?" He said his eyes widening when he saw her bleary eyes.
"I hate you Jeff." She said warily then turned away.
"Okay...umm." He said as he picked her up and she immediately turned and hugged him tightly.
"How can I love someone so much and hate him at the same time?" She mumbled against his chest.
"I don't know who this Jeff guy is but if I ever got my hands on him..." Connor thought to himself as he made his way to the elevator and smiled graciously at the old lady who held it open for him.
"Is she alright dear?" The old woman asked.
"I don't know...she has a really high fever."
"Oh dear..." she said as she watched him carry Corinne out to the lobby and into a cab that had thankfully stopped as soon as he saw them.
Fifteen minutes later Connor approached the emergency room nurse and told her everything he knew. The vomiting and the fever and the deliriousness she had seemed to wake up with.
"Do you know her name?"
"Corinne...don't know her last name though...I just saw her last night and I tried to do all I can for her. But when she woke up this morning and she was just burning up...I didn't know what to do." Connor said helplessly then placed her in the stretcher that they provided.
"We'll take care of her sir." The nurse said. "In the meantime is there anyway you can find out her name?"
"Uh...I can go to her apartment."
"Do that then...we'll take it from here." She said and then turned away from him.
Connor didn't feel right leaving her there but at the same time knew there was nothing he could do. He was shaken from his daze when his cell phone ring.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Williams?"
"Hey Daph," He said to his secretary.
"Um...Mr. McMahon was wondering where you where?"
"Oh...well tell him I won't be able to make it in today...it's an emergency." Connor responded hoping that his boss would be as reasonable as he usually was.
"Well actually he wanted you to check on his replacement. Ms. Miller?"
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?" Connor asked frustratedly.
"Well she lives just below you...room 417. She was supposed to call him last night and she never did." Daphne said worriedly.
"Four seventeen? Are you serious? Get Shane to the general hospital now...I just brought her in here." Connor said in shock.
"Oh dear...alright." Daphne said quickly and hung up to let Mr. McMahon know what she had been told.
Jeff paced around his living room floor for hours trying his damndest to remember what had happened the night before. The image of Corinne hearing Beth on the phone and the reaction she must have had hurt him so much. He could only imagine the pain he would have felt if he had called her up and found another man instead.
"Fuck...what if she was calling me to see if we could work things out?" He thought to himself.
As he looked around the house, he noted once again the emptiness that it seemed to have without her around. He walked up the stairs to the bedroom and opened the door. The bed was completely untouched...Beth had never even slept there.
"That bitch! Goddamn it!" He said. He knew that she must have had something in mind to come over to the house.
He ran back downstairs and his gaze fell upon his wallet where he always kept a picture of Amy, Matt, Corinne and him at her graduation a few years ago. He could still remember how proud he had been of her and how happy she had seemed to be. Even now he remembered how confused he had been when he had first met her. Even after what Beth had done to him, he had never really gotten over her until Corinne had come into the picture.
He had to get her back...he had to.
"Amy!" He said to himself knowing that the only chance of getting Corinne back...was to get Amy back in his corner.
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Connor woke up to the piercing sound of his alarm clock the next morning. He got up and began to do his usual 100 pushups before he took a shower...it was around 50 when he realized that he had that girl on the couch. Quietly he tiptoed down the hallway to the living room, relieved to find her still asleep. Carefully he touched her forehead lightly, taking his hand away quickly when he felt the hotness seep into his skin. Quickly he grabbed a washcloth and wet it with cold water and placed it on her forehead.
"Mmmm..." Corinne moaned when she felt the coolness touch her skin. She felt like she was on fire.
"Corinne...I think I need to bring you to the hospital." Connor said worriedly.
"Huh? Hospital? Jeff?" She asked deliriously.
"Jeff? No...it's Connor remember?" He said his eyes widening when he saw her bleary eyes.
"I hate you Jeff." She said warily then turned away.
"Okay...umm." He said as he picked her up and she immediately turned and hugged him tightly.
"How can I love someone so much and hate him at the same time?" She mumbled against his chest.
"I don't know who this Jeff guy is but if I ever got my hands on him..." Connor thought to himself as he made his way to the elevator and smiled graciously at the old lady who held it open for him.
"Is she alright dear?" The old woman asked.
"I don't know...she has a really high fever."
"Oh dear..." she said as she watched him carry Corinne out to the lobby and into a cab that had thankfully stopped as soon as he saw them.
Fifteen minutes later Connor approached the emergency room nurse and told her everything he knew. The vomiting and the fever and the deliriousness she had seemed to wake up with.
"Do you know her name?"
"Corinne...don't know her last name though...I just saw her last night and I tried to do all I can for her. But when she woke up this morning and she was just burning up...I didn't know what to do." Connor said helplessly then placed her in the stretcher that they provided.
"We'll take care of her sir." The nurse said. "In the meantime is there anyway you can find out her name?"
"Uh...I can go to her apartment."
"Do that then...we'll take it from here." She said and then turned away from him.
Connor didn't feel right leaving her there but at the same time knew there was nothing he could do. He was shaken from his daze when his cell phone ring.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Williams?"
"Hey Daph," He said to his secretary.
"Um...Mr. McMahon was wondering where you where?"
"Oh...well tell him I won't be able to make it in today...it's an emergency." Connor responded hoping that his boss would be as reasonable as he usually was.
"Well actually he wanted you to check on his replacement. Ms. Miller?"
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?" Connor asked frustratedly.
"Well she lives just below you...room 417. She was supposed to call him last night and she never did." Daphne said worriedly.
"Four seventeen? Are you serious? Get Shane to the general hospital now...I just brought her in here." Connor said in shock.
"Oh dear...alright." Daphne said quickly and hung up to let Mr. McMahon know what she had been told.