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Chapter 62

Jason handled bath and story time like always and when he stepped into the hall he found his wife standing outside their son's room. Her beautiful blue eyes were filled with tears. He was amazed that it took this long for her to give in. He knew she'd been fighting back crying since yesterday. Without a word he picked her up and carried her into the bedroom. Sitting on the loveseat her put her on his lap. "Get it out baby." He said kissing her temple as the tears came.

"I could have been killed." She said as the tears rolled down her cheek. "I wouldn't be here right now." That was what had the most afraid. That she would have never seen Jason or Cameron again. "I love you so much Jason."

"I love you too Elizabeth." He said holding her tight. "Will you take a sleeping pill?" He wanted her rested. She would talk with him, and Diane, but for now he wanted her to sleep. Especially since she was going to go to work in the morning.

"Okay." Elizabeth agreed turning her face to his shoulder so that his shirt absorbed her tears. "This is not how I planned on spending the night." She told him.

"What did you have planned?" He wanted to know.

"I wanted to make love with you." Elizabeth missed having him close. "I wasn't in any shape last night, so I thought we could tonight." She looked up and he was smiling at her. "What?"

"I would be willing to extend you a rain check." He said smiling wider.

"That's very big of you." Elizabeth said laughing.

"I'm all heart." Jason said happy that he made her smile. "Go wash your face and I'll get you a pill."

"Okay. Can I have your shirt when you get back?" Elizabeth requested.

"Yup." Jason leaned over and gave her a quick kiss. "I'll be right back up."

"I'll be here." She told him heading off into the bathroom.

Elizabeth's new plans were to get a good night's sleep, wake up early so she could make love with her husband, and then shower before heading off to work. She was blocked by Cameron. "Why is our son in our bed?" Elizabeth asked Jason.

He gave her a sheepish grin. "He said he missed us last night."

Elizabeth looked down the bed and saw Charlie at Jason's feet. "You are a soft touch."

"I know." He told her. He looked down at his son. "I couldn't say no. He was standing there with those big brown eyes, and he was holding Charlie. I was out numbered." He knew he should have sent Cameron back to his room but Jason wanted the little boy in with them. "Next time I'll say no."

"Yeah right." Elizabeth managed to hold off her grin until she went into the bathroom. How could she be upset with at how much Jason loved Cameron? When she was dressed for work she came out to find her guys both sitting up.

Because he hadn't wanted to disturb them Jason had stayed in bed which meant he hadn't fixed breakfast. He still had time to cook for him and Cameron, but Elizabeth was leaving shortly. "Can you stop off and get breakfast?"

"I'll grab food during my first break." She promised, until then she'd get by on coffee. "Besides there is usually something in the break room." She had a weakness for those chocolate covered mini donuts. The other day there had been a box of them. They would be gone by now, but someone usually dropped off something. "Be good for Georgie." Elizabeth said kissing Cameron's forehead.

"Kay." He was leaning against Jason struggling to wake up.

"Be good for Meg." Elizabeth said kissing her husband.

"Call me if you need me." He said softly.

"I promise." She replied kissing him again. "Cameron is asleep." She grinned before leaving the room. Jason could deal with the cranky four year old.

Downstairs she grabbed her purse and stepped into the hall. "Good morning guys."

"Mrs. Morgan." All three men said in stereo.

"You get stuck with me Chris?" Jason hadn't told her who the new guard would be. Something he must have remembered because the door opened and everyone turned to face him. "It's been thirty seconds Jason, I haven't made him cry yet."

Chris snorted before straightening his face. Kyle said Mrs. Morgan was funny.

"Park in my space." He told her. He didn't want her to have to walk across the parking lot and using his space would keep her out of the garage.

"Okay. I'm going to let Chris drive." Kyle had driven them in the other day because she had a flat tire when they came down.

"Okay." Jason gave Chris a look, and when the guard nodded he knew that if things got rough he would get a call.

"Let's go Chris." Elizabeth said pushing the button for the elevator. When the doors opened Max stepped off. "Morning Max."

"Mrs. M." The big guard was here to get Emily. The door to penthouse two opened and Emily came out.

"Good we can go in together." Emily congratulated herself on her timing. "How are you feeling this morning?"

"Pregnant." Elizabeth wasn't pregnant but she did want to mess with Emily.

"Really?" The young doctor's eyes bugged out.

"No." Elizabeth said laughing. "You should have seen your face." She leaned against the back wall and laughed harder.

Both guards were laughing too.

"That wasn't funny." Emily said pouting. "We are all waiting for you to get knocked up."

"You could get knocked up and take the pressure off me." Elizabeth wasn't feeling any pressure, but she knew a baby with Jason would be welcomed.

"I don't have time right now. Maybe in two years." Emily said grinning. "Where are you today?"

"No clue. Hopefully not with the student nurses. I'm in no shape to answer a lot of questions." Elizabeth admitted. "The ER would be nice, it's too busy to think." They reached the garage and headed to the cars. Emily had been asked to ride with Max for the next few days and she agreed. "See you at the hospital."

"Yup." Emily said getting in the car, while Elizabeth did the same next to her.

"Hi Ritchie." Elizabeth walked into Kyle's room, and greeted the senior guard. She remembered that the two men were good friends.

"Mrs. Morgan. How is he?" Ritchie wanted to know.

"His labs all look really good. Hopefully he'll be coming around soon." Elizabeth wheeled over the BP machine and let it record the numbers while she used an ear thermometer to take the unconscious man's temperature. "Can I get you anything Ritchie?"

"No ma'am, I'm good." The staff had been really nice to the guys.

"Okay, I'm down the hall if you need anything." Elizabeth said stepping from the room. ICU was not her favorite place to work. It actually depressed her some.

"How is he?" Chris asked echoing his friend.

"The same." Elizabeth wasn't worried just yet, but they were reaching the window where if he didn't wake up soon, it meant something was wrong.

"Mrs. Morgan!" Ritchie was standing in the hall. "Kyle is making noises."

Elizabeth rushed back into the room, where sure enough Kyle's eyes were open. "Relax, Kyle." She said in a soothing voice as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "You have a tube down your throat to help you breath. So I need you to relax while we wait for the doctor." She kept talking to him and watched as his numbers dropped some.

"He's up?" Alan came over smiling. "Hello there. How are the numbers?"

"Excellent. We can take out the tube." Elizabeth was smiling too.

"Would you like to do the honors?" He'd be happy to assist her.

"Thank you." They both put on gloves. "Chris call Jason, Ritchie call Johnny." Elizabeth instructed before turning back to her patient. "Okay Kyle, were going to take out the tube, I need you to stay calm. It might feel a bit funny, but it shouldn't hurt." They took off the tape and gently eased the tube from his throat. "There you go. Let me get you some water, your throat will be sore, but that should pass in the next twenty-four hours." Elizabeth held up the glass turning the straw so he could take a sip.

"Thanks." The guard said in a rusty voice. "You aren't hurt?" He remembered the shooting.

"No, thanks to you I'm not hurt." Elizabeth was losing the battle against her tears. "Thank you for that."

"You're welcome." Kyle said trying to keep his eyes open.

"It's okay if you are sleepy still." Alan told the younger man. "Rest and we'll be here when you wake up again."

"Sure." Kyle said slipping back into sleep.

"Let's watch his numbers and if he is still stable at dinner time, we'll transfer him out of ICU." Alan said smiling. He always liked it when his patients healed, but Kyle was special to him. The young man had saved a member of his family.

Jason and Johnny arrived together. "Hi." Jason said walking up to his wife who was at the ICU hub. "Dad called."

"Kyle woke up." Elizabeth said very happy. "He's sleeping now, but he woke up and he knew who I was." Blood loss could cause brain damage, but if he remembered the shooting then that was a good sign. "Ritchie is still down the hall."

"We're going to go check in, and then I'll come back. We can go to lunch." It was almost one. "Did you eat this morning?" Jason wanted to know.

"Yup, you can ask Chris. He was impressed that I can shove an entire glazed donut in my mouth." Elizabeth told both men.

"No way." Johnny wasn't buying it.

"Ask Chris." The guard had been impressed, and revolted at the same time. Elizabeth had just chuckled. After she swallowed so that she didn't choke.

"Is that all you had, one donut?" Jason had wanted her to eat enough to keep her from getting hungry.

"I can work an entire shift on one donut." Elizabeth said proudly.

"Lunch when I get back from Kyle's room." The two mob bosses went down the hall and stepped into the injured man's space.

"How is he?" Johnny asked looking at the guard.

At his boss's voice Kyle's eyes cracked open. "Hi."

"Hey." The Irishman said smiling. "How you feeling?"

"Sore." Kyle told them.

Jason pushed the call button. "Thank you Kyle." They would talk more later.

"You're welcome Jason." Kyle said weakly.

"What's wrong?" Elizabeth appeared in the door way.

"He's sore." Jason told her.

"How bad? One to ten." Elizabeth wanted to know. While some discomfort was normal, there was no need for real pain.

"Three." Kyle said grimacing.

"Uh huh." Elizabeth reviewed the chart before picking up the phone. "So a seven? Lying about the pain doesn't help you Kyle."

"Seven." He said blushing a bit. His bosses were standing there he didn't want to look weak.

"Hold on." Elizabeth called downstairs for morphine because Alan had cleared Kyle for the drug. Not five minutes later Sabrina arrived. "Have you done this before?" Elizabeth asked the nurse. She also noticed Kyle watching Sabrina. She had seen that on several occasions when they worked together. When Kyle got discharged she was going to have to see that he stayed in touch with the nurse.

"I've administered meds through the IV tube several times, but never morphine." She said nervous. All the guys in the room were huge.

"Get some gloves." Elizabeth instructed. When they were both ready Elizabeth watched as Sabrina injected the drug into the IV. Then the nurse watched the monitor to make sure Kyle wasn't having any trouble handling the narcotic. "How often should you check?"

"Every ten minutes for the first thirty minutes." Sabrina recited the protocol for the hospital.

"Good." Elizabeth told the other woman. "I'm going to be heading down to lunch, so I'll tell Epiphany to send up another senior nurse.

"Okay." Sabrina was really glad that Kyle was doing better. "I snagged a strawberry lollipop." She held up the treat. It was Kyle's favorite. She sometimes snuck him one when he was working.

"If he looks good in thirty minutes he can have it." Elizabeth watched the guard blush again as he looked at Sabrina. "The room is too crowded everyone but Ritchie out." She said clearing the room. "Ritchie if he has trouble breathing or says his pain is worse between checks call down to the hub please."

"I will." Ritchie was happy his friend was on the mend.

"I called Em, she's going to meet us in the cafeteria." Johnny said when Elizabeth joined them.

"Good. I'll take a short break and come back up." Elizabeth told them.

"You'll take a full break, and they can call you if you are needed." Jason was going to make sure she ate.

"Fine." Elizabeth said trying to work up the energy to be upset that she was loved.

"So Kyle and Sabrina?" Johnny asked always up for some gossip.

"Caught that did you?" Elizabeth said smiling.

"I did. How are we going to make that happen?" Johnny wanted to know. When the hero got shot he always got the pretty girl in the end. Only this time it wasn't the girl he saved, but it was the girl he wanted. That was all that mattered.

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