Chapter 61
After learning of the shooting at the beach house, Jack, Bobby, and Sue didn't know what to expect when they arrived at the hospital. However, nothing could have prepared them for what they found when they pushed open the door to Tara's room.
From his vantage point behind him, Bobby saw Sue and Jack reach for each other as if to confirm they were really seeing the image before them. Taller than the two of them, his gaze was locked on the couple in the room.
The petite blonde agent was sleeping peacefully in the bed, her head cradle on Myles' shoulder as he slept beside her. He'd taken off his shoes and climbed onto the bed on her good side, his arms wrapped protectively around her as they slumbered. Both of them were oblivious to what was happening around them.
"Disturb them and I will have you thrown out of the hospital so fast, your heads will spin," a voice threatened in a hushed whisper from behind them.
Instinctively, Bobby and Jack reached out to get Sue's attention as they turned around. A matronly nurse stood behind them, a disapproving look on her face as she continued.
"I don't know who that young man is, but he's obviously someone very special to Ms. Williams," she stated firmly. "She had a very rough night until he got up into the bed with her. Since then we haven't heard a peep out of either one of them and Ms. Williams vitals have actually improved."
"Really?" Bobby interrupted in amazement.
"Whatever those two have, it's special," she maintained, glaring at Bobby. "From what I understand, they've both had a really rough time of it lately. I don't want the three of you going in there and waking them until they are good and ready," she admonished.
"We wouldn't think of it," Jack agreed, glancing back and forth between Bobby and Sue, amazed at the nurse's protectiveness of their friends.
"No worries, shelia," Bobby affirmed grinning.
"Good, I'll hold you to that," the nurse asserted, seeing Sue nod also. The three of them watched her turn on her heel, marching purposefully down the hall before they turned back to each other.
"Did she say what I think she said?" Sue asked uncertainly.
"If you think she said that Myles and Tara…" Jack started hesitantly.
"Don't say it, Sparky. I don't think I can handle hearing it again," Bobby interjected. "Sorry, Sue," he apologized, rubbing his fist in a circle on his chest.
"That's okay. I didn't hear it the first time and it's hard for me," Sue joked smiling. Bobby and Jack chuckled in response.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Bobby asked curiously, as he shuffled anxiously back and forth as they waited.
"About what?" Jack asked, looking at Sue to see if she understood the tall Aussie. Sue just shrugged and turned back to Bobby waiting for an explanation.
"You heard the nurse, Sparky," Bobby pointed out.
"We all know how people can see things they want to see, things they'd like to see but can never be," Jack stated, his eyes flickering over to Sue for a moment as he spoke. "First, we owe it to Tara and Myles to find out if it is true, and second, if they don't let it interfere with their jobs, I don't see where it's any of our business," he explained, shoving his hands in his pockets.
"So we just wait?" Bobby asked, leaning against the wall.
"We just wait," Jack agreed, noticing a group of chairs not far from the door. Indicating them with a nod of his head, he watched Sue lead the way there. Even if things weren't that simple in his life, he was glad that his friends might have found the happiness they deserved.