Chapter 65

"I don't know, what do you think?" AJ walked over to look into the bassinet.

"Everyone keeps calling her an angel, what about Angela?"

"That's beautiful," he said.

"And what do you think of Beatrice for a middle name?"

He stared at her; did she remember the odd little woman with the killer cat that had that name? "Why Beatrice?"

"I don't know," she told him, "It just seems right, Angela Beatrice Chegwidden."

"Perfect," he answered as his cell phone rang. "Hello?"

"AJ, has Sarah woke up yet? We can't move on the clinic until we know she's alright!" Webb's voice jarred him back to reality.

Looking at Sarah's inquiring face, AJ told her, "It's work, I need to take it."

"Go ahead, darling. I feel pretty sleepy anyway," she settled into her pillow as he stepped into the hall.

"Okay, I'm back, Webb."

"That was Sarah's voice. She's awake! Why didn't you call me? You know I have been sitting here worrying!"

"It just happened and then the doctor came in, there hasn't been time to call you!"

"She sounded pretty alert to me! She was calling you 'darling', is there someone in the room with you?"

"Webb, we have a problem."

"What? Is it Sarah? I heard her, she sounded fine…"

"Webb, shut up and let me talk!" AJ growled. "When Mac woke up, she had amnesia."

"What?"

"You heard me! She has amnesia. She doesn't remember that we are on a mission or undercover." AJ had made sure he was alone in the hall before saying that last part.

"So, what does she think is going on?" Webb snarled.

Taking a deep breath and bracing himself for Clay's reaction, AJ said, "She believes we are married and she has just given birth to our daughter."

"How the hell does she think that?"

"Because that is what everyone here believes and is telling her is so!"

There was a long pause as the realization of this development hit both men. "How is that going to play out when we raid the place?"

"You are going to have to put that on hold, till we see where this is going."

"Like hell!" Webb shouted.

"Listen, Webb, I will NOT put Sarah's heath at risk and the doctor says that we need to play along with this till her memory comes back on its own."

"How long will that be?"

"There is no way to know."

"We have to get in there before there is another birth, AJ. Lore says there is another due soon."

"I don't care, Sarah comes first," AJ told him.

"Fine! I will hold off till Monday morning, no longer. You figure something out before then!" Webb shouted and hung up.

AJ was so furious that he almost threw the cell phone down the hall, but contained himself just in the nick of time. He went back into the room to find that Sarah and Angela were sleeping, and both looked so innocent. Reaching out a finger he tenderly caressed the cheek of Angela Beatrice Chegwidden. He knew that they would not be able to keep her, but it was a wonderful dream while it lasted. Looking at Sarah he wondered if she really had loved him all these years as she claimed that she did.

He sat there as they slept the day away; Sarah woke once when he was feeding Angela and the look of love on her face when she stared at the two of them clutched at his heart. Before he could say anything to her about it the nurse came in with lunch and Sarah was asleep again even before she finished eating.

The day passed slowly as AJ's mind turned over plan after plan to find a way out of the situation. He rejected every one that he came up with, and was no closer to a solution when he dozed off that evening, than he was right after his call with Webb.

To be continued….