Till Dark

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, she gave Andy a brave smile before she relived the story of her attack yesterday. "It started when I got into the cab yesterday to go shopping." She began and looked out the window as the memories came flooding back with clarity. She proceeded to tell Andy everything that had happened. He listened to her with awe and amazement. Somehow she had managed to escape what seemed to Andy a professional hit man and his accomplice. He was completely smitten by this woman he realized and the thought made him feel overjoyed to know that he had finally found someone that he could love and she seemed to be headed down that path herself. Jordan gave descriptions of different things that she had noticed about her attacker and about the cab driver whom the police had identified as one of the local drivers that had no family and very few friends. The thought that he had no wife or family behind was sad but it made Jordan feel better since the reason that he was dead was because of her. Somehow it didn't bother her as much to think of that man dead as it did her husband probably because he was trying to put her in a body bag himself and if not him whoever hired him. She shivered at the thought of everything that had happened.

Andy's voice brought her out of her thoughts. "Are you sure you're feeling okay? You look kind of pale this morning." "Yes I'm fine I just need to eat." Jordan lied. "Oh I think I can handle that I have a candy bar in my coat pocket." "Thank-you" Jordan mumbled. Obviously he didn't realize that she could not have the sugar and she didn't want to hurt his feelings but it was inevitable. "Andy." "HUH?" He said looking up from his search through his coat for the candy bar. When Jordan didn't answer him right away he turned his attention toward her? "What is it?" He looked puzzled and a bit worried. Jordan bit her lip and finally decided to tell him. "I can't have the candy bar Andy but I really appreciate your concern." She smiled shyly at him. "So what can you eat?" He asked not sure what to do. "I can't have sugar of any kind and I really shouldn't have a lot of bread as well." Andy looked at her for a long moment before he spoke. "I'm sorry I should know that you can't have sweets but it just seemed to me that all you need is food." Jordan lowered her gaze almost ashamed. "I need more than just food." She said. "Well what else do you need?" He asked starting to get worried now. Jordan sought his worried gaze with a serious and unusually open one of her own. "I need… "She trailed off not wanting to admit that she needed him or anyone else for that matter."What?" Andy asked. "Nothing I think I'm still a bit tired and my head is starting to bother me." She didn't tell him the truth; could not tell him because she didn't want to admit that she needed anyone. She had lived alone for so long that now she was not sure that she wanted someone else to have any decisions about her life or her son's life. She held his gaze for a long time before he broke away to get the nurse to bring in some more pain medicine. "I'll be back and maybe we can talk a bit if you feel up to it." "Sure." Jordan replied with false enthusiasm. She leaned her head back against the pillow wondering what to do now. She knew Andy wanted to know all about her past but she just was not ready to tell him or that she ever would.