I am terribly sorry for the long wait-I had to deal with the hassles of moving and was literally without internet for a week. However, I did manage to get some writing done in between looking for furniture, unpacking, and getting school stuff squared away.

I hope you all have had a pleasant week and that you enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: Covert Affairs is the property of NBC Universal, USA Network, etc and therefore not mine.

~~~SICK DAY~~~

Annie officially had the flu. On a mission in a veritable paradise and she catches the flu.

Somewhere, someone was laughing at her plight.

The first day had been the worst. Annie remembered Eyal at her side and pain. Her body still ached, but the caliber of the pain was lessening day by day. Her fever was also down—not completely gone—but it was no longer at a level that threatened the function of her heart.

None of that stopped Eyal from mothering her to death. His training as a doctor had come in handy and Annie understood that with her heart condition being serious that she needed monitoring to ensure no complications; that being said, if he asked her how she was feeling one more time she was going to blow.

"Lisa, you have a visitor!" announced Eyal from the front room. Since she had fallen ill, Annie had been confined to her room. Now that she was on her third day of bed rest, a change of scenery could not come soon enough.

Lisa. He had called her Lisa. Then the guest had to be—

"Hello, Lisa," said Dahlia from the door to her room.

"I'll just leave you two ladies to chat. Call me if you need anything." With that Eyal was out of the room, no doubt to try and make up what was lost on their mission due to her illness.

"Hi, Dahlia. You're looking well," said Annie.

Dahlia laughed. "Thanks. Now how have you managed to get your husband to be so sweet? Evan avoids me like the plague if I get sick."

"He's just like that. Those he cares about are his top priority. And he's a doctor so that helps with his bedside manner."

"Really? A doctor?" questioned Dahlia, "I did not know. Even said something about dealing in antiques and rare items."

So Shafir was speaking to Dahlia about Eyal's cover. Good. That meant that he was considering involving them in his business.

"Oh, he does both. Ari is never happy unless he is busy, and his dealings outside of Medicine are where his passions truly lie."

"Then why did he become a doctor, if you don't mind my asking?"

Annie had to fight back a triumphant smile. The flu may have knocked her off her feet for a bit, but she could still be of service.

"His mother. She wanted him to serve the people, so he went on to Med School."

Dahlia sighed. "Oh, how admirable. He is definitely a keeper."

"That he is."

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