When he had received the call from Marcus O'Reilly, Julian decided it had been fortuitous that he had come into the city for the weekend. When he had let himself into Alexis' condominium with the spare key she had given him and found her he had decided that fortuitous was a bit of an understatement.
She had been barely conscious as he helped her bathe. He had helped her into a clean nightgown and then carefully laid her in her bed. As he pulled the crisp linen sheet up over her, she looked up at him with glassy eyes but didn't, or perhaps couldn't, speak. He sat down beside her and took her hand, "Hang in there, Alexis, Dr. Davidson will be here soon," he promised.
Dr. Ben Davidson was a third-year surgery resident at Lenox Hill Hospital. He had a bit of a side business making house calls and could be known for his discretion. After all he had been patching up the mafia connections of his father since he was a third-year medical student.
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Alexis winced as a sharp needle like sensation seemed to pierce her arm.
"Shh…it's ok, Alexis, Dr. Davidson just needs to put in an IV," a familiar voice said and she could feel someone patting her shoulder. Julian…
Alexis struggled to focus her eyes in the dim room. She felt overheated, exhausted, and incredibly weak. "I don't feel well," she finally managed to mumble.
"No, probably not. You have a high fever and you're very dehydrated. It looks like you have a kidney infection so I'm going to give you IV fluids and antibiotics," Dr. Davidson said as he finished taping down the IV and connected the tubing.
Julian squeezed her hand. "Please, sweetheart, just try to rest I am right here."
Those words echoed in Alexis's head as everything went black again.