1. My Heart #romance COMPLETED

Chapter 8

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Unknown caller
"Mr Fox, we have a problem. I missed the target."
"What do you mean you missed I was told you never make such mistakes!" he shouted angrily into the receiver.
"I am sorry sir, there was a minor complication, I think a more hand to hand approach will be required."
"Make sure it is done, fast."

At the hospital

"Juliet! Juliet, baby keep your eyes open! Nurse, doctor anyone I need help! Ricardo shouted panicking. Please, don't leave me, I just found you, Juliet. Please stay with me." All Juliet heard was "stay with me" before she lost consciousness.

One week later

Juliet woke up to see Ricardo sitting beside her holding her hand. She tried to move but felt pain shoot out through her body. Ricardo felt her stir and set up straight.
"Ricardo, what happened. What am I doing here?" She whispered
"Shhhh, it's alright baby, everything is alright."
She looked into his face and saw pain and worry masking his face. His beard had grown making her wonder how long she had been unconscious. Just then Greg and Anita entered her room followed by Dr Chase, whom she knew from the surgical team.
"Greg, Anita please tell me what happened?"

They remained silent.

"Can someone tell me what happened?"

"What do you remember, Juliet?" Dr Chase asked.

"I was saying goodbye to Ricardo, then I saw something odd, and then I hear a noise, that's all. What really happened?" she said with tears straining to break free.

"Someone tried to kill me Juliet, but they shot you instead," Ricardo stated.

"Luckily they missed your heart, we managed to patch up the internal damage, you will experience some pain for a number of weeks, so I suggest you take it slow, your breathing will need to be monitored the second bullet pierced your lung, but everything will be alright," Dr Chase told her.

Anita rushed forward and gave Juliet a tight hug. "Oh gosh Julie, I thought you would never wake up, you had me scared, you had all of us scared," she said with tears running down her cheeks.
"Darling take it easy on her, she is still in pain remember," Greg said coming to peel his wife off Juliet.
"Julie don't ever do that to me, you know you are the only family I have got, well you and my wife of course," Greg said sternly with a small smile.

Dr Chase checked Juliet's vitals and was pleased with her progress. He then excused himself for a few minutes. Ricardo kept quiet, watching Juliet with a worried expression.
"Juliet you haven't introduced us to your friend," Greg mentioned.
"Oh um, Greg this is Ricardo Andrews, Ricardo, Gregory Kingston and his wife Anita."
"Nice to meet you both Ricardo said, standing up to shake their hands," she had told me a lot about you.

Comparing the two, Ricardo was more handsome in Juliet's eyes, Ricardo was six feet four and well built with broad shoulders, with his piercing blue eyes, his hair had grown long but one could see he kept it in a casual haircut and so had his beard which hid his strong jaw line and accentuated his full luscious lips. Greg was also six feet four, he had the same build as Ricardo, but had dirty blonde in a caesar haircut, which make him look much tougher. Both men sized each other up, and have approving nods to each other, whilst Juliet and Anita gave each other a knowing glance. Both the guys were well built in stature, making the ladies seem very small beside them.

Just then Dr Chase came in and told everyone that they had to leave for Juliet to get some rest. Greg and Anita made their way to the door after saying goodbye, but Ricardo remained where he was and sat down.
"Are you leaving also?" Juliet asked with a frown on her face.
"Dr Chase laughed saying, all hell would break loose if this man left this room, he has been by your side ever since you became unconscious. He refused to leave you once you left the operating room," he said whilst injecting some medication into her IV line.
"I don't understand, why? You should be resting Ricardo, you are not yet well too."
"I am not leaving your side Juliet, now get some rest," he replied as she dozed off due to the medication.

"Dr Chase, can she be moved? I need to get her out of here, it is not safe for either one of us."
"Yes she can but, she should be taken care of properly and you yourself are doing exceptionally well with your therapy, I can see you don't need your cane anymore, so I don't see any problem with any transfers being made."
"Very well, I will make the arrangements. Thank you doctor."

The following morning Ricardo decided to call Larry and tell him what had happened. He had not told him beforehand fearing that Larry would not take the news pretty well especially via telephone, but now that Juliet was awake there was no need to worry much. He stepped out of Juliet's room to make some calls as he did not want to wake her up and also to walk off the stiffness in his leg.

Juliet woke up to an empty room expecting Ricardo to be beside her. She heard the door expecting it to be Ricardo but was disappointed to see none other than Anthony, who had a smirk on his face.
"So you are finally awake, my my, aren't we lucky. I couldn't see you yesterday because your boyfriend wouldn't leave this room, but now here we are dear, just you and me... Alone."
A chill ran up Juliet's spine upon hearing Anthony's words.
"It's such a shame you didn't die, this is going to be more fun. You thought you could get away from me through a divorce and run away with that boyfriend of yours. Sorry to say you were dreaming; my sweet, sweet Juliet. There is nowhere for you to run off to," Anthony spat at her.
Juliet's heart rate increased, and this was indicated by the monitor.
"Calm down dear, I'm just here to make the pain go away. You will be alright trust me," he said with an evil grin on his face.
He took a pillow from under her head and proceeded to cover her face with it...