. God how I love that woman!"Thank you", I whispered"More?"I shook my head and tried to wet my dry lips. "Kiss", I croakedSamantha teared up and bent ...er head down to mine giving me the softest, sweetest kiss I'd ever had.She straightened up and began spooning more ice into me."You were shot with a 22 pistol. Subsonic round meant to kill as quietly as possible from a close range. Not a hollow point but it did a lot of damage to your shoulder. The good news is that it missed your lung. It broke. Seems like a lucky dude."She laughed, giving him a squeeze. "You have no idea, sugar."Sheri had seemed Ok, but I could tell she was getting a little flustered. She was shifting her weight, her eyes scanning the crowd."No worse than crossing that damned bridge in act three," I said.She looked up at me, and I saw a hint of a smile. "I was thinking the castle rampart catapults, and your job is to protect me, while those hordes of nasties keep coming." Shit, that's too easy. I'm used to protecting. I'm to escort you straight in to his secretary's office. She said that you were in a hurry." Thanks. I appreciate it. I am in a hurry."Shortly, they entered the secretary's office. The intern smiled at him and left."Frances, I appreciate the escort in. Saved time getting past all the bureaucracy." Well, you said this was time critical, so I did what I could." What did he say when you told him." Just frowned and gave me his lunch order. He's lucky if he gets out of here for lunch two days a. How are you feeling?’ There was a hint of suspicion in her voice when she answered, ‘Fine. Why?’ ‘Would you feel up to a having a house guest?’ ‘Who is it?’ ‘Penny Skinner, Tobias Wentworth’s daughter. She’s in town for a couple of days to get her dad’s affairs in order. She doesn’t want to stay at the motel, so I thought we might be able to put her up. She has her baby, Freddie, with her. Maybe you two would hit it off, talk about mothering and… stuff.’ ‘Stuff?’ ‘Yeah, woman stuff. That’s.