CHAPTER 9:
Fiona finally looked up from the corner of her seat where she had been "sleeping" to see that they had pulled up to a hospital. Fiona sat up.
"About time you woke up. Let's go." Jen got out of the car. Fiona was leaving her main luggage in the car, but she brought her laptop bag with her. Jen led the way to the third floor of the hospital to James' room. A doctor that Jen recognised had just walked out of the room.
"How is he?" Jen asked.
"Doing better, Ms. Mui. I expect he shall be up and walking around by the end of the week." The doctor gave Fiona a nod as he continued on to the next patient's room.
"Up and walking? Jesus, what happened?"
"You'll find out momentarily." Jen said, pushing open the door to James' room.
"You're back soon." James said with a smile.
"Yeah thanks to Jen's crazy ass driving and almost running over a guy." Fiona said in a huff, setting down her laptop bag in a chair. "All right, now that I'm here in this room, would you care to tell me what the hell is going on?" Jen took her seat and began explaining the incident with the gunman, who Marcus Dane was and what Marcus did to James and what James' present conditions were. "Holy crap you guys! You've been gone for a little over a week and all that has happened?" Fiona still found herself in shock.
"I realise that it is kind of bad, yes, but I need you to find out more on this Russian guy. Who was behind him, or rather who paid him to go after me and James and why?" Jen told Fiona.
"I'm on it." She replied, pulling her black laptop out of her bag. "So, you said this guy was Russian, right? He is probably involved with the Mafia." Fiona began typing away, investigating anything that came up.
Jennifer looked back over to James. She really wanted to kiss him again, but she felt she couldn't go through with it, now that Fiona was there. It would be far too awkward. Jen bit down on her lip, holding back her urge. James saw this, and he winked at her. For the time being, it suspended Jen of her desire.
"Hey Fiona, I believe you can get better Wi-Fi reception in the cafeteria." James suggested. Fiona looked up at him. James knew that the internet in the hospital was equal all around but he needed a pull factor to get Fiona to leave him and Jen alone.
"Really? Well, I'll go then. I'll come back when I find something." Fiona folded her laptop and walked out of the room. The moment the door lock clicked, Jen sprang out of her seat, leaned down, and kissed James. Suddenly, the door re-opened, but Jennifer and James took no notice whatsoever.
"I just forgot my..." Jen pulled back from James, gasping for breath. "Power cord. Well jeez, if you had wanted to do that, you could have said something. I knew sensed some sexual tension between you two. Good lord." Fiona muttered, leaving with the power cord to her computer. She at last left the pair alone. James lifted his eyebrows suggestively at Jen. She rushed back to James' side and put her lips back to his. They continued making out in this manner until Jen finally pulled herself back. James had successfully taken her breath away. She fell back into the bedside chair, slightly red in the face and panting. Jen finally knew now, just how passionately in love she was with the man she had originally thought she would come to hate. It was unlike her, but James had captured something in Jen that no other man had done before. James had never dreamed that he could have a woman like Jennifer; the Jennifer Mui, fall for a man like himself. He knew the future could be rough for them, but for Jen, he would do anything in the world for her.