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chapter 6
She woke up feeling slightly better, until she realized that she was alone in the bed.
Through the darkness of the room she couldn't make out if he was still there.Panic overtook her.
"Jethro?"
"I'm here Abs, I didn't want to wake you up."
He went back to the bed away from the position in front of the window. He sat back down and waited until she got comfortable in his embrace again.
"I thought I'd lost you."
He was about to switch on the light, when her trembling fingers held his already slightly lifted hand back.
She continued:
"I thought I'd never leave that van alive."
"Abb-"
With his hand in hers she placed a finger on his lips.
"There were two men, I couldn't see their faces but one was Caucasian the other Afro-American."
Tears began to dampen his shirt. He softly moved her hand away from his mouth. "Abby you don't have to-"
Again her finger moved back to his lips.
"They weren't after someone special, they took the first one they found and unfortunately that was me."
She paused, aware that this was hurting both of them, but also aware that she had to tell him before she could tell someone else and start over again.
"I'm glad I was unconscious while it happened."
She felt his tears arriving at her hand, which was still covering his mouth.
"Not all the blood was mine, I hope you took samples."
His voice was nothing more than a whisper.
" Tony was on the scene, he found you, he did everything that had to be done, and the nurses gave Ducky the samples they took here in the hospital."
"You were there, weren't you? You saw me lying there?"
She felt the tension in his body and the urge in his clenched fist to hit something but instead he stayed where he was, with his wife, stroking her back comforting her the only way he could: by holding her tight.
"I want you to forget this sight of me."
She took his clenched fist and waited until he spread his fingers to place it under her belly button, like his hand would save this baby from whatever could happen in the upcoming days.
TBC...