Chapter 11: Man and Woman

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I look at Venom perplexed at his words. How could you possibly find a solution to this?! "Venom!" I say firmly. He looks at me hesitating as if he is thinking about whether or not to tell me what he means.

Unexpectedly he pulls me by my arm into a nearby what I'm guessing to be a grieving room. "Alright look the lab at my facility these last few weeks have been under extreme pressure because have been working on something very important. We may have found a cure for cancer. At least mild ones, for now, such as a brain tumor that can't be operated on. If successful it will fight off the cancer cells killing them and preventing cancer from spreading and or happening at all." I look at him perplexed. Just exactly how smart is this guy and his employees? Finding a possible cure for cancer? Wait, if what he is saying is true then he can save Travis!

"So then....there may be a chance to save Travis....from cancer at least?" He nods slowly. I lunge myself forwards hugging him as tight as possible. "Marshall you have no idea how much this means to me!" I say squeezing him tighter. When I finally pull away, he smiles but it fades just as quickly as it came.

"Yeah but as of right now it's only 80% completed and until it's 100% finished and has proven able to do so I don't want to use it on Travis out of fear of anything going wrong. So, I have a friend doing preliminary tests now to fix some kinks now to speed it along." I take his words into consideration and realize he is saying there is no set time for when he will be able to use it as well as it is used once it's complete. Aka there is a chance Travis still will be stuck like this... I take a long sigh and we both exit the room going back to Travis' room. When we get to the seat, we were at this morning it hits me, I didn't ask why he was here. I don't ask him right away from the possibility he thinks I'm being rude but as time goes by and nothing being said I bluntly just ask him.

"Why are you here?" He is caught off guard by my answer and seems to not want to answer. Maybe he was enjoying the silence we were in?

He casually shrugs and tells me a remarkable answer by my standards. "Do I need a reason to want to see my son?" My cheeks flush with embarrassment and I look down.

"No, I guess not..." more time passes and I question more about his being here. "Where's Tink?" I say curiously. Marshall doesn't seem like the type to leave Tink just anywhere despite making her upset the other day.

"She is staying with my Mother for a few days since I'll likely be here a lot of the time." He says not taking his eyes off the glass showing the inside of Travis' room.

"Your mother, maybe one day Keith and Travis could meet their grandparents?" I say more like a question than a statement. He looks over at me and smiles before looking back.

"She'd hate me if I didn't let her meet her grandchildren hehe. BOTH of them." He puts heavy emphasis on the word both making me smile. "How about you? Where's Keith?" He asks me.

"He is at his grandma's too fir a few days actually hehe. I think she'd be happy to meet you, well maybe not at first actually but once we explain everything she will." He raises an eyebrow focusing his attention on me. "Because y' know getting pregnant having kids never knowing who you were. That kind of stuff." He chuckles slightly at that knowing where I'm going with this.

"You didn't eat earlier right?" He asks me. I shake my head no telling him what happened. "Ooh, that's tuff." He says and we both let out a short laugh before being cut off by my stomach rumbling loudly.

"Umm," I say embarrassed.

"Alright come ln let's get you something to eat. Can't have you starving to death while trying keeping watch, can we?" He grabs my hand ever so gently that it causes me to blush before he helps me up. "What are you craving?" I think about what's in the canteen and wince. Hospital food is good to have and all but it is not all it's cracked up to be. "And no not hospital food what are you craving to really eat. I want to take you somewhere." I blush more furiously at that and his laugh makes it obvious. "I an idea." He motions me to follow him and I do so. Before we get to the front desk, he stops to tell me something. "Umm Bell this desk lady keeps well soliciting me for sex and I was wondering if you could help me put a stop to that real quick please?" Now I get to laugh at him before wrapping my arm around his back and the other around his waist and pulling him close interlocking my hands. He then puts his arm over around my neck pulling me closer but making sure to not squeeze me to tight making either of us uncomfortable. It actually felt nice, it reminded me of the few days way back when we had our dates. Walking by the desk girl was pretty funny her jaw dropped seeing the guy she wanted to bone with me. I blush when I realized how jealous she looked. When we were out of sight for an odd reason Marshall never pulled away and neither did I. It was....calming in a way with everything that had been happening it was nice to be holding someone even if it was quick. When we got to his cat, we split so he could drive and deep down I was kind of disappointed. "Thanks, Bell." He said with a big smile.

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