26 chapter
Amanda woke up a little confused, she was in the hospital she felt very tired and a little sore, she had an oxygen mask on her mouth and a drip attached to her arm, she took a deep breath, she wanted to see her children, her mother but above all he wanted to see Lee, she missed him terribly almost painfully, but Doctor Kelford had been adamant, no visits, no strong emotions until tomorrow morning, he had to rest and orders were indisputable.
He found himself thinking if the scarecrow would respect the doctor's orders or if he sneaked into the room to stay with her.
Secretly in her heart she hoped that Lee would arrive, even though she felt tired and her mind constantly thought back to when that horrible little hateful woman, while shooting little Beverly and then Lee's voice begging her not to leave him, telling him you I love while she felt herself slipping away in the dark, and then the strange dream and the relief of him that he could find her and bring her back home, "Oh Lee how I would like you to be here," he muttered to himself.
Slowly the door to the room opened and the scarecrow peeped in, came in without making a sound and approached her, Amanda pretended to sleep, foolishly wanted to hear and see how Lee would behave towards her, wanted to be sure it wasn't all a dream, he wanted to hear her voice and what he would have told her while thinking she was asleep, like an insecure child trying to figure out if it was all true, all wonderfully true.
Lee took a chair and placed himself as close as possible to her, took her small hand in his, Amanda felt him tremble a little and then, in a low, hoarse voice He said, "honey, I risked losing you really this time, now I shouldn't be here, but I can't stay away from you anymore, I wanted to see you and be near you, when I saw you on the ground with all that blood I was terrified, you were so brave and I wasn't able to protect you ", the his voice cracked, "I had to be in your place, honey, I'm the trained agent that these things have to happen to, not you, Oh Amanda I love you, can you ever forgive me?"
Lee leaned his head on Amanda's lap, who immediately stroked his hair, surprised he looked up, "I thought you slept", "no, I was listening to you, darling you have nothing to make you forgive, I don't want you to feel guilty, I agreed to be part of the Kruschenko mission and I chose to take risks to protect little Beverly, I am an adult and able to make my choices and ... I love you too! ".
They looked into each other's eyes, Lee approached Amanda and gently placed her lips on his, feeling its warmth and softness, but then pulled back, didn't want to force anything now that she was still so fragile and sore, but Amanda instead wanted more, he leaned towards him and claimed his lips, and as they kissed a small tear he came down from his eyes, "Lee thank you for never leaving me alone."
Amanda, darling, I promise you that from now on I will never leave you, and if you will let me, I would like to know your children better and Dotty, maybe come to lunch, take you to the cinema, "he smiled," ring the doorbell main and above all I want to stay close to you, courting you as you deserve, if you want of course, because I understand that it is not easy to be together with our work, and also with my past of scarecrow ", even Amanda smiled," Lee darling, too I want to be with you, and I would love to go out and be courted, I would be really happy and as soon as I feel better, invite you to lunch at home with the boys and my mother, your past does not concern me, for me you are not the scarecrow, for me you are simply Lee Stetson, the man I fell in love with, Lee took her hand and brought it to his lips, kissing her palm, "you are an extraordinary woman".
So they spent several minutes looking at each other in silence, lost in their own thoughts, Amanda felt full of happiness, but also tired, "by the way" today the boys and my mother came here but Doctor Kelford, he didn't want them to stay, he feared me I got tired too much "," Oh Lee how are they ?, "You know they were very very worried, so I instinctively hugged Philip and Jamie and I confess that it was nice to hear that they trusted me, your mother asked me many questions, but I'm managed to do well, and then Billy and Francine and Fred and Geremy stayed here to help me and ... ", Amanda had fallen asleep.
Lee smiled, looked at her and inside he felt a great emotion grow, this incredible woman slowly entered his mind and his heart, the old scarecrow would run away, no ties and no worries, but instead Lee Stetson no, now finally with Amanda she felt at home, all the love she had lost, now she had forcefully arrived like a river in full flooding the walls that she had built to not suffer anymore, she loved him for the man he was, not for the gestures of the scarecrow and every time he looked her in the eyes, in his deep and sincere eyes he saw the truth, he saw the love he felt for him.
Tired, he felt very tired now, leaned on his lap for a moment, and that was how Nurse Monica and Doctor Kelford found them in the morning, when they took service and went to check on Mrs. King, at that moment she also arrived Billy, he rolled his eyes and motioned for the nurse and the doctor to come out for a moment, "Hey! Lee, come on I offer you a coffee" he said good-naturedly, almost moved by what he had seen, took him by the arm and gently forced him to leave Amanda's hand, "Billy sorry I couldn't stay away from her yet", "okay okay, now come out, they have to do their job and check on Amanda."
While Billy and a sleepy Lee were drinking coffee, Francine, Fred and Geremy arrived, "hello so good? How is Amanda? We went by before going to the office, because everyone at the IFF wants to hear from the housewife," said Fred, smiling. "Lee everybody wants to know how he is, you know in the office he's always been really nice to everyone and he always carried cookies and advice for every situation, I'm very worried, even Kruschenko always asks for her, he's collaborating with us, he's agreed to reveal some secrets who can save lives, but for old cases does not mean anything, says that he is an agent who follows rules and that even the scarecrow knows what he is talking about, he told us that Ludmilla has been his mistress for years, a his weakness, he felt lonely, he was wrong and now he feels guilty, he would also like to see Amanda if it were possible ".
Knowing Amanda, Lee thought, he would surely accept Ivan's apology, he couldn't hold a grudge for long, and this was one of the sides he liked about his character, Billy decided it was time for the team to go back to the office, he would leave Lee managed Amanda's family, he knew in his heart that this situation, for better or for worse, would have favored the scarecrow to become part of it, he smiled to himself, after all his plan was working.