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Chapter 33
Lisa arrived at her office to find Cameron pacing back and forth in front of her office door.
"Allison? Is there something wrong?" Lisa asked in a concerned tone.
Cameron looked at her and smiled. "Yes and no. Do you have a minute? I have something I want to show you." She stepped aside to let Lisa unlock her door.
"Of course. Come in." Lisa immediately took off her coat and sat down at her desk and gave Cameron her full attention.
Cameron pulled out the white envelope she had tucked away in her brown canvas bag and handed it to Lisa. "I thought you should see this."
Lisa curiously took the envelope and opened it. She carefully read the words and instantly became alarmed. "Where did you get this?"
"I found it on my windshield last night."
"Do you have any idea who may have left this?" She asked still holding the note.
Cameron shook her head from side to side. "Not a clue. This isn't the first one I have received."
Lisa stared at her. "What do you mean this isn't the first one?"
"I have received several notes and just like this one, I found them on my windshield." Cameron told her.
Lisa definitely wasn't happy about this. "Why haven't you brought this to my attention before now?"
"Because until now, I hadn't really taken them seriously. The other notes didn't have my name on them. This one does and it bothers me a little."
"As well it should." She read the note again. "I want to run a copy and keep it in a file. I would like a copy of the other ones too. I will have security pull the tapes from last night to see if we can see anything on them. If we see anything that looks suspicious, we will call the police."
Cameron nodded her head.
"In the mean time, try not to be alone, especially walking to your car and if you receive any other notes, I want to know immediately."
"Okay."
"I'll bring you the letter after I run a copy of it."
Cameron thanked Lisa before leaving and left to attend their newest patient.
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House arrived at his office to find his team, all but Cameron, smiling and chatting happily in the adjoining room. This definitely intrigued him since they had a dying patient with no idea what was wrong with him. He walked into the room to join them. "Why so cheerful this morning? Did our patient die?" He asked sarcastically.
Foreman rolled his eyes. "Just the opposite. He's better."
House poured his coffee and turned to look at them. "Kutner, translate what he just said."
"It's true. His fever is gone."
"His rash is gone." Thirteen chimed in.
"And his breathing is back to normal." Foreman added.
House turned to look at the white board that still had all the symptoms and ideas written on it. "Just like that. He's all better. When did this happen?"
"Somewhere around four this morning." Foreman said.
House turned around and looked at them. "You do know he's still sick? No one just gets better for no reason."
"It can happen. Especially since we don't know what caused his symptoms in the first place." Foreman said.
Just then, Cameron walked in. "Sorry I'm late." She said a little out of breath.
"Only your second day and look how you're trying to impress me." House said sarcastically. "Take him off of all his medications and lets see how he does. I don't want to release him without knowing what started this."
Cameron was totally in the dark. "Take him off his medications?"
"Foreman, since Dr. Cameron has finally decided to join us, fill her in on what's going on with our patient. I have something I need to take care of." He sat his cup down and limped out of the room.
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House was deep in thought as he made his way to Cuddy's office. He had made a decision while taking a hot shower this morning, to stop whatever this was between them now rather than wait until Cuddy was too attached to the idea of a relationship. He was glad Cuddy's assistant wasn't at her desk yet. He was not in the mood to deal with her this morning. As he approached her office, he could see that she was sitting at her desk. He stopped for a minute and stared at her. Less than twenty four hours ago, he was in her bed and having sex with her. He knew that he needed to be sensitive to her feelings but that was something he definitely wasn't good at, he thought. After all, this was him and he was just a bastard all the way through. He took a deep breath and threw open her door.
"House." Cuddy said sternly. "A knock first would be nice."
"Sorry. Thought after last night I would have special privileges."
She gave him a smirk. "You thought wrong. Are you here because of Cameron?" She asked as she stood to file some paperwork.
Her question about Cameron caught him off guard. "Cameron? What about Cameron?"
"Oh." She said surprised. "I thought she would have told you. She came to me this morning about a letter that was placed on her windshield."
"That's old news. Some bozo put that on there a few weeks ago."
"You knew and didn't tell her to come to me?"
"It seemed harmless. Why is she bringing it up now?"
"Because there was a new one last night. This one had her name on it."
"Where is it?" House asked in a concerned tone.
Cuddy didn't miss the tone he was using and was slightly surprised.
"In my desk but I don't think you should read it unless she wants you to?" "Why? You just told me all about it, besides, she works with me now. Wouldn't it be wise for me to know what's going on so I can watch out for her?"
"You're just pretending to care so you can make it your business."
"You don't think I care what happens to Cameron?"
She sighed. "Fine." She said and took the envelope out of her top desk drawer and slid it towards him. She walked back to the filing cabinet and pretended to file, watching him out of the corner of her eye.
House read the note a couple of times. "This is kind of creepy."
"I know. I'm having security pull the parking lot tapes to see if they see anyone around her car."
"Are you calling the police?" He asked and placed the note back into the envelope.
"If the tapes show us anything. Otherwise, Cameron doesn't have any idea who would be doing this, so there isn't anything to tell them."
"She definitely needs to take it seriously." He turned to leave.
"Hey." She stopped him before he walked out. "If you didn't come here to talk about Cameron, what did you want?" She asked hoping he was going to say her.
"It can wait for now." He said and left.
