As both John was driving the two back from a restaurant to celebrate their engagement, he kept on glancing on over at Lilly whom was very much fast asleep. The truth was he was ready to spend the rest of his life with her, but wasn't quite focusing on the road which was quite dark. Upon looking up he saw a car that was driving out of control.
Unsuccessfully, John tried to steer away but due to the rain, the car then skidded before the other car rammed into the passenger side. As the sound of footsteps ran off from that direction, Lilly's hand touched his.
Together they climbed out, as her eyes then spotted a set of very bright lights heading straight for their car. As the two took off together on foot, not knowing where to run since they were in a foreign country before several gunshots were heard.
"LIL", John yelled realizing that she wasn't at his side before noticing that his cell's battery was completely dead. Meanwhile, Lilly now wet and cold walked the roadway until collapsing on the ground. When she had come to; the first thing that she saw was Scotty.
His smile warmed" Hey".
At first Lilly was confused the she realized where she was" How did I get here"?
"Police found you on the side of a roadway", as a doctor came in to check her vital signs. After the cuff enlightened, she then felt the cold base of his stethoscope on her chest. As the sounds from her heart were transmitted into his ear, Lilly kept on looking at Scotty still wondering what really happened.
Lilly worried more about John. She hoped that he was alright. What had bothered her was the fact that she had lost her engagement ring, but for John he just happened to run into the police. It had turned out that the killer had tried to kill them both, but then fled on foot.
At the same time, John had found her ring before being escorted to the hospital nearby. Inside of the room, his hand gently moved a tendril of hair away from her face.
"How you feeling Lil", kissing her soft lips.
Lilly smiled" Just dizzy", but felt the pain radiating from her sprained left leg as John then slipped her ring back onto her finger" You found it"?
"I still want you to be my wife, I love you", kissing her lips again" I'm arraigning for both you and Scotty to fly back home in a few days; he tried to kill us", pausing to look into her blue eyes" I can't lose you".
She knew that this case still had warranted her attention" Let me stay", as a doctor came in to check her pressure. After that was completed, John continued to be at her side" Right now the authorities had spotted him back in London. Vera's on his way there right now, but Scotty's still here".
Taking in a deep breath, Lilly felt his hand on hers before she then proceeded to close her eyes once again. By the time that she had been released, the two spent a lot of their remaining time being together here in Ireland. However John had gone out one morning to retrace his family's footstep here, but found that there were no living decendents still left here.
When he returned, he found Lilly snapping photos in a park. Though her ankle hurt, it wasn't as if it was broken. She could still walk around, but put pressure on her other leg.
"My family came to Philly, during the twenties. No record of them after that time".
Lilly smiled" I don't know where mine came from, got no one left except my sister whose conveniently running from the law".
As he then sat down on a bench, John knew that she was missing her sister terribly" You want me to track Christina down".
"No it's okay".
"You need to make peace with her Lil, she's all you got left. Bad things can happen, but Christina's still your sister".
What he was saying did strike a bell within Lilly; knowing what if Christina had been found the chances was very slim of her ever sleeping with John. That wasn't really the point; Lilly had forgiven her sister about what had happened. She did in fact save her from marrying Patrick, whom probably wasn't the best thing for her.
After the shooting had occurred, Lilly had learned how to let things go and move on with her own life. Deep down her missed Christina a lot.
"Fine", after taking in a few cleansing breaths. John nodded before kissing her cheek" Got anything planned for today"?
"Was thinking of going swimming, later on", her voice becoming huskily.
John smiled" I don't swim Lil".
"C'mon" flashing that dazzling smile he loved so much" What else are you going to do besides playing poker with Scotty".
She anticipated his next response but John wasn't about to speak about work" Was thinking of going fishing, I hear the peers are great here. I kind of want to take my fiancé along this time".
Lilly smiled, before his phone had ringed, this time his face grew serious. Just moments after hanging up, John then took her hand" I want you to stay at the hotel, he's back".
Without a word he then assorted her back" Don't disobey orders, like you did with George. Stay here Lil" in his rough tone" I mean it".
She understood that between him being both her boss and fiancé; that John was just trying to shield her. Instead of just waiting by the phone, Lilly the decided to go swimming; despite her sprained ankle; though it hurt like hell she didn't care.
However upon arrival, her eyes caught the sight of Scotty swimming in a red Speedo; thus making her feel uncomfortable around him. He felt like a brother to her, but upon getting out a woman then followed him.
She had long red hair, nothing similar to ADA Thomas. Her lips then curled upon hearing John commanding that Scotty get changed and get ready for a manhunt.