They arrived at the hospital and were directed once again to the ICU. Once they were able to resuscitate Tim he was sent there until they could figure out what caused his heart to stop. Jill had been very withdrawn since the call from the hospital. Brad was holding on tight to her afraid that she would again break down. She kept saying, "I can't lose him. I just can't lose him. Not now." The doctor came out of the unit and pulled Jill aside and says, "We aren't sure how but your husband was given a lethal dose of liquid cocaine. It was injected into his IV. His heart stopped but we were able to resuscitate him. He will spend the night in the ICU then should be able to be moved back to the regular floor tomorrow. I am so sorry and believe me this will be investigated." Jill looked at him and says, "Do you know if he had any visitors after I left?" The doctor says, "I don't know but the nurses might have seen something." Jill thanks him and goes in to see Tim. He again looks so pale and weak. This last battle for his life has left him feeling drained. He turns to her, smiles and says, "I guess I shouldn't have made you go home. My heart just won't beat without you by my side." She smiles and gives him a tight hug and long kiss. Then after making sure Al had come for the boys, she pulls up a chair and says, "Now let someone try and hurt you. They will have to go through me first." Tim jokes, "My own body guard. And not a bad looker." She smiles at him and he smiles back and then falls asleep. Jill watches him sleep and thinks I know exactly who did this to you and believe me when I get my hands on her I will snap her like a twig. For Jill all the pieces had finally fell into place.
The next morning when Tim woke up he found the chair where Jill was sitting empty. He rang for the nurse and asks; "Do you know where my wife is?" The nurse says, "I saw here leave about an hour ago. I'm sorry she didn't say where she was going or when she would be back." Tim says, "I guess I will just have to wait for her to come back. Thanks." The nurse leaves and Tim dozes off again.
Jill knocks on the apartment door. The door opens and Kelly is surprised by her visitor she tries to close the door but Jill puts her arm out and catches it before it shuts. Kelly looks at her and rudely says, "What do you want?" Jill says, "We have some things to discuss." Jill pushes her way into Kelly's apartment, with much protest from Kelly. Jill looks around and Kelly nervously follows her. Jill finds exactly what she is looking for, an empty bottle of liquid cocaine and spare syringes. Jill turns to Kelly and says, "Now, what do we have here?" Kelly searches frantically for an explanation. Jill continues, "I know what you did. Not only last night but that night in Chicago. You see I have been thinking ever since that night and things just didn't seem right. Tim usually can handle his intake of alcohol so what made that night different and why did he think you were me. You spiked his drink with something and when he fell asleep he ruined your plans so you had to come up with something else. That is what I walked into the next day in his room, you assumed that since he thought he was already unfaithful he would just give in to you. But when he didn't and I found you, you thought that would be the end of our marriage. You just didn't know how committed we are to each other. Then last night when he rejected you again you lost it and thought if you couldn't have him than nobody can. Does that sound about right?" Kelly has tears in her eyes and says, "I really didn't want to hurt him but I couldn't stand the thought of him being with someone else and not me. He never even gave me a chance." Jill kind of feels sorry for her in a weird sort of way and says, "Kelly, he was married with children when you met him." Kelly says, "I know and I saw how much he loved you and I wanted that for myself. When we were in the same room with you he would light up and I wanted to feel that kind of love just once in my life. You do know you are the center of his universe." Jill smiles at the thought of her love for Tim and says, "And he is mine." Kelly says, "So what now?" Jill says, "I need to report you to the police. You tried to kill my husband." There is a knock at the door and when Kelly opens it she is surprised that the police are already there. Kelly looks to Jill and says, "What is this?" Jill says, "I was wearing a wire and you just confessed to me. Now get out of my face before I do something I could get arrested for." With that the police take Kelly into custody. Jill breathes a sigh of relief and heads back to the hospital.
When Jill gets back to the hospital Tim has been moved back to the regular floor and is doing better than anyone would have expected. Al, Wilson, and the boys are visiting him when Jill walks into the room. Concerned Tim says, "Where have you been?" Jill looks at him and smiles. She then spends the next hour filling all her family and friends in on the developments of the morning. Everyone is surprised that Kelly had it in her to do such an evil thing. Jill says, "Love makes you do crazy things." Tim grabs her arm and pulls her onto the bed and half angrily says, "Are you crazy going over to an attempted murder suspects house with a wire on." Jill smiles at him and gives him a peck on the check and says, "Like I said love makes you do crazy things." Everyone in the room sees the flirting going on between Jill and Tim so they all say their good-byes and leave with Al taking the boy's back to his house.
Jill snuggles up to Tim in his hospital bed and says, "So when do you think they are going to let you fly this coop." Tim kisses her neck and mumbles, "I am not sure" while he is still kissing her neck. Jill enjoying this closeness leans in the kisses. Tim starts rubbing her arms and back. Jill pulls away and says, "I don't think we should be doing this what is the nurse comes in." Tim is not easy to distract from the act of making his wife uncomfortable says, "They checked on me right before you got back." Jill relaxes a little and starts to enjoy once again Tim kissing her neck. She can tell that Tim is getting very excited and this makes her more excited until there is a knock at the door. Tim groans when the doctor walks in, the doctor picks up on the flirtatious tension in the air and realizes he walked in on something. He says, "Mr. Taylor, Mrs. Taylor it looks like I will be discharging your husband in a couple days. He has rebounded well from the latest set back and I think that a few more days resting will be good for him." Jill looks at Tim and they both realize they were caught again. Jill says, "Well he always has been a fast healer." The doctor leaves and Jill is not too far behind promising to come back first thing in the morning.
Jill gets home and barely makes it to her bed. She is exhausted from the past few days and relieved to have this whole thing behind them she falls asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow. Her dreams are nothing but good dreams about her future with her husband and her boys.
Authors Note: There will probably be one more chapter to give closure to the affair, but it might not be a long one.