Chapter 9
"I'm so cold." Corinne moaned in her sleep. Connor looked up from his seat near the bed. She had calmed down when he had come in the room and she heard his voice. Suddenly she sprang up from the bed and looked at him but she seemed to look past him...not really seeing him.
"Come to bed Jeff." She said lucidly.
"Sweetie, go back to sleep." Connor said rising from his seat tried to put her back in the bed.
"But I'm cold. Would you hold me?" She said.
"Ummm..." Connor began.
"I'm so cold..." She said starting to cry. She didn't even know what she was saying.
Connor looked at her huddled in the sheets as she tried to get warm. Taking pity on her he picked her up from the bed and held her close to him. She seemed to relax after that then began to fidget.
"No...in the bed." She mumbled. Connor looked around helplessly then laid her back on the bed and climbed in with her. He held her tightly and for the first time Corinne felt safe. Turning into him she snuggled her face against his neck and slept. Connor looked down at her and played with her hair for a bit, then fell asleep listening to her even breathing.
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"She's in room 333 Mr. McMahon. She was having one of her fits again so we called Mr. Williams from the office. She always seems to calm down whenever one of you are around." The nurse said when Shane walked into the small hospital. He had moved Corinne to a smaller, private hospital after the public hospital had diagnosed her.
"Oh...well at least she's not alone." Shane said as he walked a distraught Amy to the room.
"Here it is." He said slowly opening the door. He was shocked when he saw Corinne and Connor asleep on the bed together. He turned around to the sound of a loud gasp from Amy.
"Who in the hell is that?" She whispered harshly.
"Umm...Connor...my ah...assistant." Shane mumbled confusedly.
"What is he..." She began but was interrupted by a nurse.
"Oh would you look at that. So sweet. It's always so nice to see a man come to the aid of the woman he loves. He's been sleeping here every night to keep her company you know." The woman said as she pulled in a tray of food then walked out again.
Amy and Shane turned to each other.
"I didn't know about that." Shane said looking down at Corinne and Connor.
"Well...whatever makes her feel better I guess." Amy said then sat down on the seat next to the bed and waited.
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Connor opened his eyes and was shocked to find himself enveloped in total darkness. Slowly he pulled away from Corinne and stood up near the bed. Gently he swept a piece of her hair away from her face. He turned around and was shocked to find a woman sitting by the bed.
"So you want to tell me who you are or should I wait until she wakes up?" Amy asked.
***I love writing feisty Amy...and anyone else getting worried about this Connor guy???????
"I'm so cold." Corinne moaned in her sleep. Connor looked up from his seat near the bed. She had calmed down when he had come in the room and she heard his voice. Suddenly she sprang up from the bed and looked at him but she seemed to look past him...not really seeing him.
"Come to bed Jeff." She said lucidly.
"Sweetie, go back to sleep." Connor said rising from his seat tried to put her back in the bed.
"But I'm cold. Would you hold me?" She said.
"Ummm..." Connor began.
"I'm so cold..." She said starting to cry. She didn't even know what she was saying.
Connor looked at her huddled in the sheets as she tried to get warm. Taking pity on her he picked her up from the bed and held her close to him. She seemed to relax after that then began to fidget.
"No...in the bed." She mumbled. Connor looked around helplessly then laid her back on the bed and climbed in with her. He held her tightly and for the first time Corinne felt safe. Turning into him she snuggled her face against his neck and slept. Connor looked down at her and played with her hair for a bit, then fell asleep listening to her even breathing.
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"She's in room 333 Mr. McMahon. She was having one of her fits again so we called Mr. Williams from the office. She always seems to calm down whenever one of you are around." The nurse said when Shane walked into the small hospital. He had moved Corinne to a smaller, private hospital after the public hospital had diagnosed her.
"Oh...well at least she's not alone." Shane said as he walked a distraught Amy to the room.
"Here it is." He said slowly opening the door. He was shocked when he saw Corinne and Connor asleep on the bed together. He turned around to the sound of a loud gasp from Amy.
"Who in the hell is that?" She whispered harshly.
"Umm...Connor...my ah...assistant." Shane mumbled confusedly.
"What is he..." She began but was interrupted by a nurse.
"Oh would you look at that. So sweet. It's always so nice to see a man come to the aid of the woman he loves. He's been sleeping here every night to keep her company you know." The woman said as she pulled in a tray of food then walked out again.
Amy and Shane turned to each other.
"I didn't know about that." Shane said looking down at Corinne and Connor.
"Well...whatever makes her feel better I guess." Amy said then sat down on the seat next to the bed and waited.
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Connor opened his eyes and was shocked to find himself enveloped in total darkness. Slowly he pulled away from Corinne and stood up near the bed. Gently he swept a piece of her hair away from her face. He turned around and was shocked to find a woman sitting by the bed.
"So you want to tell me who you are or should I wait until she wakes up?" Amy asked.
***I love writing feisty Amy...and anyone else getting worried about this Connor guy???????