"Good morning." His voice was soft and comforting.
"What're you guys doin' 'n my room." Her voice was slurred and confused.
"You're in the infirmary. You'll be fine. Janet said you can probably go home today." Daniel hooked a foot around a chair leg, pulled it forward and sank down into it, all without releasing the hold he had on her hand.
Sudden awareness cleared the cobwebs and Rori tried to jump out of bed. "My god! My baby! Where is he? Did you find him? I've got to go to him. He'll be scared without me!"
Jack captured her around the waist and prevented her from standing. Daniel stood again, helping Jack to gently push her back into the bed. "Janet! She's awake!" Daniel called out.
Janet had already heard the scuffle and she came running over to check on her patient.
"Let me get up! I've got to go get Connor!" Rori struggled with both men and tore open the stitches in her arm, starting up the bleeding in her arm again.
"Lieutenant! Stand down!" Janet barked the order.
Rori immediately quit struggling, awaiting further orders.
"If you can't remain calm, I'll have to sedate you again and there'll be no chance you get out of here today. Am I making myself clear?" For a small woman, Janet sure had the authoritative persona working well.
"Yes, ma'am." Lt. O'Brien took a deep breath and turned to Jack and Daniel. "Please, what is going on with my son?"
Jack, Daniel, and Janet all exchanged quick glances and Rori knew the news wasn't good.
Daniel folded his arms across his chest, pushed his glasses up his nose, and gave her a quick overview of what happened after she was brought into the infirmary.
"You went through my house? How could you?" Rori blanched from fear. These men, whom she only knew slightly, now knew the biggest secret in her life – how Connor was conceived.
"You were unconscious and you obviously knew that bast…, um,…jerk. We were trying to find anything the authorities could use to catch him quickly." Daniel picked up her hand again. "I'm sorry if that makes you uncomfortable, but we thought it would be the fastest way to track him down."
Rori closed her eyes and watched as her world fell apart. She'd tried her hardest to keep Connor safe from the man who had so violently given her the best gift she'd ever had. She never wanted Connor to know who his father was and to do that she had vowed to never tell anyone else how he was conceived. Only her ex-roommate, Beth, and her boyfriend knew what had happened. She'd never even told her family. She could only pray that he was too young to remember any of this after he came home.
"Rori, I know you're upset and hurt, but is there anything else you can tell us that could lead us to him?" Jack's warm brown eyes met her frightened ice blue eyes.
"Sit down. This may take a few minutes." Rori sighed, resigned to letting these men know things about her that her own family didn't know.
She quickly explained that she had met Jason when her room mate set up a blind date with her boyfriend's cousin, who was in town for a few days and what had happened. She filed charges, but Jason had left town by that time and the police were unable to track him. Rori guessed that he'd contacted his cousin recently and discovered that she'd gotten pregnant and he'd traced her somehow. She didn't know anything about him; not where he lived or where he worked – nothing.
Janet had finished re-suturing Rori's arm while she explained her connection to Jason. "If you can stay calm for the rest of the morning, I'll let you go at noon. But, and I'm serious here, you need to rest for at least two days. You've lost a lot of blood and you'll be feeling tired. I can't cast your arm because of the wound, so you'll need to keep it bound to your chest for the next week and then we'll see what needs to be done. You're also off work for at least a month. You won't be any good around here with a broken arm."
Janet left Daniel and Jack with her. "I can't sit at home while my baby's missing! Oh, god, what am I going to do?" Rori's eyes shone with unshed tears. She kicked off the covers off and tried to stand up. Her breath came in shallow, quick spurts and she was quickly loosing control.
"First, you've got to calm down or Janet will keep you here another day." Daniel removed his glasses and moved within six inches of her face. He pushed her back onto the bed and placed one hand on each side of her head, pinning her down. "Breathe in through your nose to the count of four – deeply – and out through your mouth to the count of eight." Daniel demonstrated and encouraged her to follow him. Within thirty seconds, she was calmed down and ready to listen.
Jack waited while Daniel worked with her and then moved so he was in her direct line of sight. "Lieutenant, I've already made arrangements to borrow a LearJet from a friend. Daniel and I are going to Florida this afternoon to talk to Jason's cousin and find out anything he knows. He may be able to give us some idea about where the bastard's gone."
Rori sat up quickly. "I'm going with you."
"Rori, do you think that's a good idea? After all, you're injured and Janet said you need to rest." Daniel didn't want to place her in any more danger. She'd already been shot!
Jack slid his eyes from Rori to Daniel and spoke softly. "Daniel, if that had been Charlie, do you think a little thing like a bullet hole in my arm would keep me from going after him?"
Daniel held Jack's dark eyes for a moment and he knew there was nothing in the universe – not Anubis himself – that could have kept Jack from looking for his son. He nodded his understanding and agreement. They'd take Rori with them.