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and
bleeding.
    “ She’s being taken care
of,” Strider said. He liked Strider, the guy could be an asshole
sometimes but mostly he meant well.
    “ We need you to get well so
we can update you and your status,” another man whom he didn’t
remember said.
    “ No, let me tell you two
something. I won’t be doing anything until I see Kelly. I need to
know she’s okay.” He stopped and ran his fingers through his
hair.
    “ Erik, I hate to do this
but you know it’s protocol. You don’t get involved with a witness.
Kelly, as far as you’re concerned, is dead. She died in a plane
crash eight weeks ago. Her body never recovered.”
    Erik watched both men leave his
room.
    His side killed him though the
operation to remove the bullet had gone swimmingly.
    A great big void settled in his chest.
He was nothing without Kelly. No matter who her family was he loved
her.
    As soon as he was out of this hospital
he was going hunting for her. He didn’t care how many rules he had
to break. Nothing and no one was keeping him from the woman he
loved.
    Erik settled down on the hospital bed
with one mission in mind. To get well and heal as quickly as
possible so he could find Kelly and tell her how he
felt.

Chapter Nine
     
    Two weeks
later...
    Kelly put the finishing touches to her
new home, part of the special witness protection. She was now
Amanda Lynne, had finished college and was working part time as a
receptionist at a gymnasium.
    A sofa and few bits and pieces dotted
her house. Not much but it was home. The money and luxury of her
old life would have to remain there. She couldn’t touch any of the
inheritance her mother left her in case one of her father’s old
friends wanted to come and look for her. Kelly O’Donald died in a
fatal plane crash brought down by one of Arthur’s enemies. At least
that was the story she’d been told.
    No matter. She was pleased to have the
old life behind her and be able to focus on the fresh new one
waiting for her.
    Today was a day off and she’d booked
an appointment into a clinic to go and get herself
checked.
    Her period hadn’t arrived and instead
of wasting money on one of the home pregnancy kits she decided to
use the free health insurance the new identity gave her. She washed
her breakfast bowl and sipped her warm coffee as the handle on the
clock began to chime nine in the morning.
    Kelly picked up her purse and keys and
made her way to her car and the doctor’s.
    A few hours later she didn’t know what
to do. The pregnancy test had been positive and the nurse and
doctor assured her the test was reliable. She had some vitamins to
take on a regular basis. Her whole world had been turned upside
down.
    Later she pulled up outside her house.
Her life was about to take a drastic turn. At the hospital she
thought she was ready to handle anything. Now she wasn’t so
sure.
    Picking up her bags, she made her way
inside the house. She would spend the time wishing for
work.
    ~* * *~
    Erik watched the woman walk to her
car. This woman from all of his digging had only been alive as long
as two weeks according to the system. He should thank Strider for
being sloppy at work. Maybe the guy should be told his password was
piss easy to work out.
    The mystery woman opened her car door.
She looked dazed and confused. Erik squinted through the binoculars
he was holding to try and get a better look at her. If it was
Kelly, she’d lost a small amount of weight in the short time they’d
been apart.
    “ Turn around,” he
whispered. Waiting to see her was killing him.
    Finally, she turned around and looked
over the houses. Erik got a good shot of her. He watched her walk
into her house and he was out of the car.
    The woman was Kelly and he was going
to claim her.
    ~* * *~
    Kelly stirred the tea bag in her cup
until it had a nice dark consistency. Coffee was out of the
question and so too was nuts and cheese. Thank God. Chocolate was
still on the menu.
    The murky darkness did nothing to ease
her