Rays of hope
Chapter Eight
Francine still didn't look at the piece of paper once she walked over to the two of them across the ways from the hospital. She was concerned after talking with Lee making her think that something else was going on.
Billy noticed her leaving the clinic of the hospital as he waited for her to cross the street after her chat with Lee. "What's the situation Francine?" he asked with the question coming out of his mind.
"I really don't understand it, Billy. He tells me that he's a doctor working for the hospital for a long time."
"So what you're saying Francine that our Lee Stetson is not him at all but rather a double of sorts?" Robert needed to ask while rubbing a hand through his hair.
"However we did exchange phone numbers." she handed it to Billy to take a look at it as he opened it up to read with Francine and Robert chatting for a moment sitting on the bench as he was a concern for his wife.
All of a sudden Billy began to laugh out loud shaking his head at what he was reading on the paper.
"What's going on Billy?" Francine responded by wanting to know just what was going on.
"I just can't believe this everyone. We have been played by IFF. It seems that Lee is working under very deep cover having been asked by the President of the United States and the Pentagon to come and work for a terrorist group." he says.
"I don't understand Billy?" Francine said with anguish.
"We're heading back to the hotel. I have a number of calls to make to the President of the United States. There is a possible chance that Lee is going to be calling you when he's free?" he said with a strange look coming from Francine. "Stop looking at me like that Francine. This wasn't my call to have Lee on this operation." he cried out.
"And what about Amanda? She is going to be screaming bloody murder that Lee left for Syria without saying a good damn word to her?"
"Again I don't know a thing right now until I speak with the President. As for Amanda, maybe Lee was doing it to protect her from those he's involved with now. I know it must have been hard for Lee to leave his wife, Lee Jr. and now he knows that she is pregnant." Billy says.
"I still just can't believe this Billy for Lee to leave?" Francine had gotten up from the bench to head for the truck and the hotel.
"He was probably under direct orders from the President of the United States?" Billy said.
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HOTEL
Billy was in his own suite as per orders by IFF. He was waiting for the President to call him back ASAP since he was in a meeting with the Pentagon.
He's been stewing sitting on one of two large couches of the suite. Francine and Robert decided not to say anything further on the subject until Billy Melrose.
Sitting having a drink in his hand having called for Room service with his dinner sitting on the table with the Scotch going down his throat burning as with his stomach.
When all of his sudden his cell-phone began to ring having to be President Dennis Allison. He picked up the phone quickly needing the answers quickly.
"It's about time Dennis, you're able to get back to me with the call. Do you mind telling me why I wasn't told that my top agent Lee Stetson was sent on a deep undercover operation?"
"I was forced with no choice to send him right away with Syria's building up their troops, weapons and having to have recruited him with entering a military base to steal a number of Intel information and military equipment. We have satellite photos of Lee and his Syria friends killing a number of the soldiers on the base in order to break into the control panel building with the codes."
"Did he know how dangerous this was going to be for him, Dennis?" Billy asked with grave concern.
"He knew along with the fact that he was drugged given for which he was able to lose his memory for a few weeks. However when he was able to activate the tracking device in his left arm. We knew that he was still alive and continued on with his undercover persona."
"But why not say a word to Amanda because she has a great deal to lose?" Billy commented with anger as he wanted to punch something in his way.
"We couldn't since we couldn't take the chance with Amanda getting hurt in the process with the pregnancy. I know now that Lee probably knows she having another child."
"He knows now with Francine telling him at the hospital. She was able to have a chat with him. Hopefully when he gets the chance to be calling her."
"Let's hope so Billy. Listen I need for you tomorrow with an update or send me an email coded so that no one will be able to break into the account," he said with his advisers standing next to him in the Oval office.
"I will Dennis. Good night," he said with hanging up the phone.
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Francine had taken a shower while her husband had called for room service. She was starved as with her husband with this entire affair. She had left her cell-phone on the blue marble coffee table vibrating.
"It's your phone Francine?" he said with sipping some of his black coffee.
"OMG!" She commented by looking at the number on the screen. "It's Lee. I need to answer it, Robert." she will say with her nervousness up in her throat and chest.
"Hello! How can I help you, Doctor Jenson?" she said with trying to calm herself with her voice.
"Francine I can't talk long from my office. Syria's regime is planning on overtaking the Lawrence military base in a few days. I need Billy to contact the locals to try and stop them even though I have been asked again to join them."
"Are you alright Lee? I understand from the satellite photos that you were shot in your arm?" she said.
"It's been taken care of. But get that message to Billy. And please do me a favor to get a message to Amanda that I love her and that I am happy about the baby." he hung up the phone to head out of his office to continue on with his last four patients before going home.
"OMG! I can't believe this Robert. I need to speak with Billy in his suite. This is a dangerous situation." she responded by putting on her robe and slippers to head next door.