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<b><font color=" /><o:p></o:p></P>“Good luck, I know you can do it.” <o:p></o:p>

“I just wish I have as much confidence in myself as you seem to have in me.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie muttered, staring at Henry’s office door apprehensively. <o:p></o:p>

“Where’s the courageous Jackie that I know? The one who’s not afraid of anything?” <o:p></o:p>

“Well, she seems to have disappeared at this moment.” <o:p></o:p>

Paul knocked at the office door, earning a glare from Jackie. When they heard the expected ‘enter’, he nudged her forward. <o:p></o:p>

“It will be fine, trust me. After all, this is what you are cut out to do. I will see you at lunch, alright?” <o:p></o:p>

He kissed her on the cheek and hurried away, not waiting for a response from his fiancée. <o:p></o:p>

Taking a deep breath and summoning up her courage, Jackie opened the door, and stepped into a world that she had reluctantly left behind nearly two years ago. <o:p></o:p>

“Hi, Henry.” <o:p></o:p>

Henry looked up from the papers on his desk, surprised. He had not expected Jackie to come to see him this soon. Hoping this was what it meant, he gestured for her to take a seat. <o:p></o:p>

“So, what brought our Dr. Tong here today?” <o:p></o:p>

“Well... I..... I decided to take you up on your offer. I want to come back to work at A & E again.” <o:p></o:p>

A look of approval and pleasure flashed across Henry’s face. <o:p></o:p>

“You are sure about this?” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie nodded. <o:p></o:p>

“Being a doctor means a lot to me, and I realize that I’m not ready to give it up yet.” <o:p></o:p>

“Wow, such seriousness from Dr. Tong.” Henry teased, before becoming all serious again. He stood up. “Then, I’m glad to welcome you back. Welcome back, Dr. Tong, I’m sure you will still find this place as horrible as ever.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie laughed. <o:p></o:p>

“You must think I’m crazy to have missed all these, huh?” <o:p></o:p>

“What do you think? You wanna loiter around for a while to get a hang of things? Can you start work tomorrow?” <o:p></o:p>

“I believe someone has missed me here as well, wanting me to start work so soon. Yes, I will be glad to stay for a while, I’m meeting Paul for lunch anyway, come and join us, I’ve asked Annie along too, and yep, I can start work tomorrow.” <o:p></o:p>

Henry grinned. <o:p></o:p>

“I treat you and Joe as my disciples, you two have always been the best around here, of course, I miss you. With you around, at least I can loaf a little.” <o:p></o:p>

“Huh, you... For a while there, I thought we were going to have a hallmark moment.” <o:p></o:p>

“Never! You will never get that from me.” He retorted. “Come on, what are you waiting for? Let’s go.” <o:p></o:p>

He opened his door and led the way to A & E, where he announced to the staff that Jackie would be joining the crew officially the next day. <o:p></o:p>

“So, you’ve finally made up your mind. I’d wonder how long you would take, finally there’s someone to take over the load.” <o:p></o:p>

Joe crowed. <o:p></o:p>

“Can’t you guys stop saying that? Don’t you think you guys should be welcoming me back instead of making all those remarks?” <o:p></o:p>

Helen laughed. <o:p></o:p>

“Ignore them, you know how they are. Welcome back, Dr. Tang, it’s going to be great seeing you around the hospital again.” <o:p></o:p>

“Thank you, Helen.” Jackie looked at Henry and Joe triumphantly. “At least someone appreciates me here.” <o:p></o:p>

Soon, everyone had come to welcome the latest addition to the A & E crew, including Anson and Tracy. <o:p></o:p>

<FONT face=Arial size=2>But someone was not entirely happy with this arrangement. She just viewed this as more competition in future. She could not explain it, but ever since Jackie had woken up from her coma, she had been consumed with jealousy. Before Jackie had awoken, she was the centre of attention, but now, it was just the opposite. The rage was growing stealthily in her, threatening to get out of control. </FONT>

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I thought of them a lot all these days,with their beautiful laughing,handsome faces,the man's careless,the girl's innocence,especially their deep love and happiness.

However,I could never have imagined what a dark shadow Tracy would throw over the lives of couples who make us feel amazing by their miracle love story...

what's the story going on......

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<b><font color=" /><o:p></o:p></P>Two weeks passed without mishaps, and the two ladies had finally put the matter of the threatening notes behind them, though they still kept the notes in case they were ever needed for evidence. <o:p></o:p>

“Hey, Jackie, have you ordered the pizzas yet?” Annie called from the room. <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, I had.” Jackie called back from the kitchen. She finished preparing the salad and put the dish on the table, only to be joined by Annie, who snuck a piece of cucumber into her mouth. <o:p></o:p>

Jackie slapped at her hand. <o:p></o:p>

“Hands off, at this rate, all the veggies will be gone by the time the guys get here.” <o:p></o:p>

“That will still take some time yet, and I’m hungry.” Annie complained on her way to the couch as Jackie joined her. “So, how is it like, to be back at work after such a long break?” <o:p></o:p>

“It was weird at first, but everything’s like it was. It’s great to be working with everyone again, though Tracy seemed a bit resistant.” <o:p></o:p>

“Tracy?” <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, somehow, I get the feeling that she doesn’t like me lot.” <o:p></o:p>

“Why would you think so? You two have only been in much contact these past two weeks.” <o:p></o:p>

“It’s just a feeling that I have. I think it’s partly because of Paul too.” <o:p></o:p>

“Paul?” <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, I believe that she’s interested in Paul.” <o:p></o:p>

“Really?” <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, so do you know if they were dating or anything like that while I was in a coma?” <o:p></o:p>

“Paul and Tracy? Oh come on, Jackie, you should know that Paul have better taste than that.” Jackie laughed. <o:p></o:p>

“Oh, Annie, you are so bad! But, thanks for trying to cheer me up. Well, you’ve yet to answer my question...” <o:p></o:p>

“Nope, I don’t think so, if they were, I’m sure Henry would have told me, but nobody told me anything, so I guess not. You should have more confidence in Paul than that, Jackie.” <o:p></o:p>

“I know, it was just a thought.” She noticed Annie rubbing her nape. “It’s been a long two weeks, huh?” <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, the absolute worst. I had such a hard time keeping everything from Henry.” <o:p></o:p>

“Yeah, I know, me too. I keep finding myself about to blurt out the truth to Paul. Do you think they discovered anything?” <o:p></o:p>

“Nope, I don’t think so. Anyway, we have not received any more notes from that last one, I guess it’s all finally behind us now. If I ever know who the note sending culprit is, I will make sure he rue the day he decided to cross Annie Jiang.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie grinned. <o:p></o:p>

<FONT face=Arial size=2>“I really pity the guy then. So...” Before Jackie could finish her sentence, the doorbell rang. “Let me get that!” She scrambled up from her seat and hurried to the door. After paying the deliveryman, she carried the pizza over to the dining table. “Pizza’s here.” </FONT>

“I will get the plates.” <o:p></o:p>

Annie said, and got off the couch. <o:p></o:p>

The both of them were just walking towards the dining table with plates and glasses in their hands when there was a sudden loud explosion, the force of which caused them to be thrown backwards. Annie landed with a loud thud, banging her head against the counter, while Jackie fell just beside her, bits of glasses covering her, wounds that were already starting to bleed appearing on her hands. <o:p></o:p>

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<b><font color=" /><o:p></o:p></P>Paul looked around his room one final time, before exiting it and locking the door. He walked to the A & E department where he had agreed to meet Henry so that they could go to the girls’ apartment together. <o:p></o:p>

“Hey, Henry, are you done? Any later, and we will be cooked ourselves!” <o:p></o:p>

Henry looked up surprised, unaware that it was rather late already. <o:p></o:p>

“Give me a couple more minutes, and I’ll be done.” <o:p></o:p>

Paul nodded. He was just walking away to get a drink when a hand stopped him. <o:p></o:p>

“Paul!” He looked up to see Tracy smiling sweetly at him. “It’s been so long since we’ve had a talk alone. What have you been up to?” <o:p></o:p>

“Well, I’ve been spending most of my time with Jackie. We gotta start our wedding preparations already, ya know.” <o:p></o:p>

The smile on Tracy’s face dimmed. <o:p></o:p>

“Tracy?” <o:p></o:p>

She jerked back to reality. <o:p></o:p>

"Huh?” <o:p></o:p>

“Nothing, you just look kinda lost for a while there.” <o:p></o:p>

“Oh, I was just thinking of something. So, how about we get a drink one of these days?” <o:p></o:p>

“Sure, I will ask Jackie along and you can get to know each other better.” <o:p></o:p>

Before Tracy could offer any protest to that, Henry came up to them. <o:p></o:p>

“Ok, I’m ready, let’s go. We don’t wanna be later than we already are, do we?” <o:p></o:p>

“Hmm... I seem to recall that I’m not the one causing us to be late.” <o:p></o:p>

“Whatever, let’s go!” <o:p></o:p>

Sighing with exasperation, Paul followed Henry out of the hospital. However, before they had even gone past the front desk, they were halted. <o:p></o:p>

“Dr. Lai, there are a couple of patients coming in. Seems like they were involved in a bomb accident or something.” <o:p></o:p>

Henry looked at Paul apologetic. <o:p></o:p>

“It’s ok, go ahead, I will just wait, and see if I can help in any way.” <o:p></o:p>

Nodding, Henry returned to the curtain area to start preparations for the new arrivals. <o:p></o:p>

Before long, two gurneys were pushed into the hospital, and into the area where Henry and his crew were waiting. <o:p></o:p>

“On my count, 1, 2 .....” <o:p></o:p>

Henry’s voice trailed off as he looked down on the patient’s face and recognized it as Jackie’s. <o:p></o:p>

Hurriedly, he went to the other gurney, and was shocked to find that Annie occupied it. <o:p></o:p>

“Annie!” He turned to the nurse by his side, and demanded that she ask Paul to come in at once. Then, he returned his attention to his beloved, gently slapping the face. “Annie, Annie, wake up, can you hear me? It’s Henry, wake up! What happened?” <o:p></o:p>

Just then, Paul entered the area, and heard him calling for Annie. Fearing for the worst, he approached the other gurney, and true to his fears, he saw Jackie lying there unconscious. Gently, he repeated Henry’s actions, but this time, it was on his own beloved. <o:p></o:p>

“Jackie! Oh God, what happened? Why is this happening again? Jackie, wake up, can you hear me? It’s Paul, Jackie!” <o:p></o:p>

It was with relief when he saw Jackie’s eyelashes flutter, before her eyes opened slowly. <o:p></o:p>

“Annie!” <o:p></o:p>

Suddenly, panic entered those huge dark eyes, as Jackie tried to sit up. Paul hastened to press her back onto the gurney. <o:p></o:p>

“Jackie, this is Paul, can you hear me?” <o:p></o:p>

“Paul?” <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, this is Paul. You and Annie have both been sent to A & E. Lie still for a moment and let me give you a check up, alright?” <o:p></o:p>

He nodded at the nurse beside him, who in turn rambled off a string of vitals. <o:p></o:p>

“I’m fine, Paul, stop worrying. It’s only my hands that hurt, the rest of me feels fine.” <o:p></o:p>

It was upon those words that Paul noticed that Jackie’s hands were covered with blood. Worriedly, he took them gently, and proceeded to clean them, only to be relieved when, after all the gore was gone, only a few small wounds were seen. <o:p></o:p>

“I will get a nurse to dress the wounds for you, ok?” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie nodded. <o:p></o:p>

“Where’s Annie? How is she? I think she’s hurt worse than me, I think she knocked her head or something, I’m not very sure.” <o:p></o:p>

“She’s just beside you, I will go and check on her right now, alright? You just rest here and let the nurse dress your wounds.” <o:p></o:p>

Paul patted Jackie reassuringly before walking to Annie. <o:p></o:p>

“Henry, how is she?” <o:p></o:p>

“She’s just coming round.” <o:p></o:p>

Both of them looked down to see Annie slowly opening her eyes. The vitals announced by a nurse indicated that she was not in any danger. <o:p></o:p>

“Jackie!” <o:p></o:p>

Concern for her friend had her trying to sit up. <o:p></o:p>

“Annie, Jackie is fine, I want you to lie down, and let me do a checkup for you, ok?” <o:p></o:p>

“Henry?” <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, it’s me, surprised to see me so soon?” <o:p></o:p>

Henry teased, trying to lighten the mood. <o:p></o:p>

“My head hurts.” <o:p></o:p>

Annie moaned, in a rare show of weakness, totally comfortable to put her life in this man’s hands. <o:p></o:p>

Gently, Henry probed Annie’s head, only to find a small lump behind an ear. <o:p></o:p>

“I think she’d better go for a CT scan,” Henry told Paul, “What do you think?” <o:p></o:p>

He moved aside to allow Paul to check Annie’s head. <o:p></o:p>

“I agree, it’s hard to tell with head injuries.” <o:p></o:p>

“And, I’m gonna keep them both here overnight for observations.” Henry added grimly, “And, while they are here, we can ask them what exactly happened.” <o:p></o:p>

“That’s for sure.” <o:p></o:p>

Relieved that both ladies apparently appeared alright, Paul turned back to Jackie. <o:p></o:p>

“Both of you appear to be fine, but we are still going to keep you overnight for observations, ok?” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie smiled that mischievous smile of hers. <o:p></o:p>

“When did you transfer to A & E without my being aware of it?” <o:p></o:p>

“I can’t believe you can still joke at a time like this.” <o:p></o:p>

She reached out to take hold of his hand, much to the distaste of an observer, who had been burning with jealousy ever since Jackie was sent in, and the concern that Paul poured over her. <o:p></o:p>

“Paul, I’m fine, don’t worry, my hands are feeling much better now.” <o:p></o:p>

As if to prove her point, she flashed both hands before Paul’s eyes. <o:p></o:p>

“They are both heavily bandaged, do you call that fine?” <o:p></o:p>

The worry of a moment before had turned into anger, anger towards himself that he had not been there to protect her when the accident happened. <o:p></o:p>

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“Are you still upset then?” <o:p></o:p>

“No, I’m not. Don’t worry, I will see you in a minute, alright?” <o:p></o:p>

Nodding, Jackie closed her eyes and allowed her gurney to be pushed away. When he saw that she was safely brought away, Paul turned his attention back to Henry and Annie. <o:p></o:p>

“How is she?” <o:p></o:p>

“Doing well too. I’m sending her to a room now.” <o:p></o:p>

“How about letting her share a room with Jackie? I’m sure they would love to.” <o:p></o:p>

“That’s a good idea.” Henry agreed before turning to the nurse by his side and indicating where he wanted Annie to be sent. <o:p></o:p>

Soon, both ladies were settled comfortably in their room, but before they could even think of talking, both Dr. Lai and Dr. Ching entered their room. <o:p></o:p>

“So, how are our patients doing today?” <o:p></o:p>

“Fine.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie answered, trying to get off her bed. <o:p></o:p>

Paul hurried to her side. <o:p></o:p>

“What are you doing?” <o:p></o:p>

“What does it look like I’m doing? I’m trying to get off my bed, of course, without hurting my hands.” <o:p></o:p>

“What do you want? I will get it for you, just get back on your bed, alright?” <o:p></o:p>

“I want to see Annie.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie announced, with a stubborn tilt to her head, as if daring Paul to defy her. <o:p></o:p>

Paul sighed in exasperation, knowing that once she had her mind set, nothing could change it again. Instead of letting Jackie continue struggling to get off her bed, he simply put his arms around her, and lifted her right off. <o:p></o:p>

“What are you doing?” <o:p></o:p>

“What do you think?” Paul threw back at her. “Just trying to make things easier for you.” <o:p></o:p>

Finally understanding his meaning, Jackie smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck. <o:p></o:p>

“Thank you.” <o:p></o:p>

“Make way, make way for the lady.” <o:p></o:p>

Paul called as he carried Jackie over to Annie’s bed. Scooting over, Annie created a space on her bed so that Paul could place Jackie down. <o:p></o:p>

“Annie, are you alright?” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie looked at her best friend anxiously. <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, I’m fine, you?” <o:p></o:p>

“I’m fine too. You knocked against the counter pretty heavily, didn’t you? I saw you go down just before I fell.” <o:p></o:p>

“Your hands?” <o:p></o:p>

Annie indicated with her head. <o:p></o:p>

“I was holding the glasses, remember? I guess when I fell, they broke and cut my hands.” <o:p></o:p>

“It looks like we are abundant here, I don’t think they need us here at all.” <o:p></o:p>

Henry noted dryly to Paul. <o:p></o:p>

Grinning, Annie reached out to hold his hand. <o:p></o:p>

“I’m glad that you are here. After all, you save my life, so, you are my knight in shining armor.” <o:p></o:p>

“I wouldn’t go so far as to say I save your life, but if you want me to be your knight in shining armor, who am I to gainsay you?” <o:p></o:p>

“Did anyone ever say that you are very thick skinned?” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie laughed. <o:p></o:p>

“I think we’d better get back to the matter at hand. What exactly happened? We were told that your neighbour heard a loud explosion and went to your apartment to check it out, only to find you both unconscious. It was him who called for the ambulance.” <o:p></o:p>

Paul interjected. <o:p></o:p>

Jackie and Annie looked at each other, uncomfortable, sure that they would be in for a scolding this time. <o:p></o:p>

“Well....” <o:p></o:p>

The former began, only to be cut off by Annie. <o:p></o:p>

“We have been receiving threatening notes.” <o:p></o:p>

That brought both guys out of their nonchalant positions, and burst out simultaneously. <o:p></o:p>

“And, you only saw fit to tell us now?” <o:p></o:p>

“We didn’t want to worry you.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie muttered. <o:p></o:p>

“Don’t want to worry us? What the hell were you thinking of?” <o:p></o:p>

Paul yelled, for once, losing his cool. Everyone, except Annie who had seen him lose his temper once before when Jackie had just gone into a coma, stared at him shocked. <o:p></o:p>

“Paul, don’t blame Jackie. It was my idea. We didn’t know who the notes were for since they were unaddressed, but we assume they were for me as Jackie had just woken up from her coma and couldn’t have offended anyone while, I, being the lawyer, am sure to have offended some people during my course of work.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie squeezed Annie’s hand reassuringly. <o:p></o:p>

“We are sorry, we didn’t mean to keep it from you guys, but we’ve received no more notes after two weeks, and so we thought it was just a false alarm. Who would have guessed that the pizza would explode like that.” <o:p></o:p>

Henry, who had been keeping silent all this while, finally voiced out his thoughts. He walked to Annie’s side of the bed, looking at her hard, yet his hand belied his concerns as he caressed her hair. <o:p></o:p>

“I really ought to smack you for this, you know. Do you still treat me as your boyfriend? To think that you gals have been threatened all this while, and I am totally unaware of it.” <o:p></o:p>

“Me too!” <o:p></o:p>

Paul added. <o:p></o:p>

Jackie reached out to grip Paul’s hands tightly. <o:p></o:p>

“Ok, I admit this time, it’s our fault, we shouldn’t have kept something so important from you guys, but we just didn’t want you to worry incessantly. We’ve been very careful ever since we received the first note. I’m sorry, don’t be angry anymore?” <o:p></o:p>

Paul sighed, stroking her cheek gently. <o:p></o:p>

“You know I can't stay angry at you for long.” <o:p></o:p>

“So, what now?” <o:p></o:p>

Annie wondered. <o:p></o:p>

“I believe Zhang Sir is over at your apartment right now checking things out. We informed him just before we came here. I think he’s going to come over later to ask you gals some questions.” <o:p></o:p>

Before anyone could say anything more, there came a knock at the door. At the ‘enter’, it opened to admit the rest of their friends. <o:p></o:p>

“Hey, Annie, Jackie, are you gals alright? What happened? I got such a shock when I was informed that you were sent to A & E unconscious.” <o:p></o:p>

Gilbert burst out, as he hurried into the room, to his sister’s side. <o:p></o:p>

“I’m fine, and so is Jackie.” <o:p></o:p>

Annie reassured him. <o:p></o:p>

“Don’t ever scare us like that again.” Joe commented. “We were almost at a loss on what to do, luckily Henry saved the day.” <o:p></o:p>

“Ahh.. My knight in shining armor.” <o:p></o:p>

Annie teased. <o:p></o:p>

“If you really think that, then I think that blow must have really injured your head.” <o:p></o:p>

Joe joked, his comment making everyone in the room laugh. <o:p></o:p>

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<b><font color=" /><o:p></o:p></P>“Wow, you are all here! So, how do you ladies feel?” <o:p></o:p>

Peter asked, concern written all over his face. <o:p></o:p>

“We are fine, thank you.” Jackie replied for the both of them. “So, did you just come from our apartment?” <o:p></o:p>

“Um hmm.. You are lucky you are fine, sadly, your apartment isn’t that lucky. You should have seen the mess your living room is in, if you were any nearer to the pizza box, I might be looking at you in the morgue instead of here.” <o:p></o:p>

All eyes turned to glare at him, before Joe nudged him hard. <o:p></o:p>

“Why do you keep putting your foot in your mouth?” <o:p></o:p>

“What, what did I say?” Peter asked innocently, looking round the room. It was then he noticed the murderous expressions on both Paul’s and Henry’s faces. “Oops.” <o:p></o:p>

“And, we’ve just spent so much time pacifying them.” <o:p></o:p>

Annie sighed in exasperation. <o:p></o:p>

“I was only kidding. Couldn’t you tell?” Peter grinned sheepishly. “It’s not as bad as you guys think, it was only a homemade bomb, so the effect isn’t that powerful. Still, for a homemade bomb, it was pretty good, and it was a time detonated bomb too.” <o:p></o:p>

From his expression and tone, everyone could tell that the police detective was impressed by the work of whoever it was that planted the bomb in the pizza box. <o:p></o:p>

Aren’t you supposed to be on our side? Why are you praising the crazy fellow who made the bomb? Sometimes, I really wonder if we are really your friends.” <o:p></o:p>

Joe looked at him in mock puzzlement. <o:p></o:p>

“I just can’t be bothered to talk to you.” Peter told him. He then looked at the two ladies. “If you two ladies feel up to it, I would like to take a statement.” <o:p></o:p>

“Sure, ask away.” <o:p></o:p>

Annie replied calmly. Henry looked at her in admiration, sometimes, Annie’s strength really surprised him. <o:p></o:p>

“I guess we’d better get going then.” Joe said. “Paul, Henry, you guys coming?” <o:p></o:p>

The two doctors looked at their respective halves questioningly. <o:p></o:p>

“Go, go, we’ll be fine. Moreover, we have two detectives here to protect us, no harm can come to us here. Right, Annie?” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie asked. <o:p></o:p>

“Right. Go do whatever it is that you have to do. We’ll be alright.” <o:p></o:p>

Nodding, Henry and Paul leaned down to kiss their foreheads before following the others out of the room. <o:p></o:p>

“Aww... isn’t that sweet?” <o:p></o:p>

“Is that supposed to be part of the statement?” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie teased him. <o:p></o:p>

“What, what? Oh, no, no.” <o:p></o:p>

“Don’t be so worried. She’s just teasing you. So, what do you want to know?” <o:p></o:p>

Annie asked as she settled herself more comfortably beside Jackie. <o:p></o:p>

The atmosphere in the room grew serious as the two detectives proceeded with their questioning. It was exhausting for the two ladies, but fortunately, it was over before long. <o:p></o:p>

“We’ll go back to your apartment to get the notes and look into the matter right away. By the way, we've questioned the pizza company before we came here, and we were told that they did not deliver any pizza over to your apartment, your pizza was not even ready yet." <o:p></o:p>

"Which means that whoever is after you knows your every move." <o:p></o:p>

His colleague added. <o:p></o:p>

"So, in the mean time, be very careful, will you?” <o:p></o:p>

“Thanks, we’ll do that.” <o:p></o:p>

“Will you be alright alone in here?” <o:p></o:p>

“We are not exactly alone, are we?” Annie retorted. “I have Jackie for company and she has me for hers. But, thanks for your concern.” <o:p></o:p>

“Alright then, we will get going. We will let you know once we found out anything.” <o:p></o:p>

The two ladies nodded, as they watched them leave. Soon, it was just the two of them left alone in the room. <o:p></o:p>

“So, Jackie, do you ever plan on returning to your own bed?” <o:p></o:p>

“So fast chasing me away already?” <o:p></o:p>

“No, of course not, you should know that.” <o:p></o:p>

“Oh well, I know when I’ve outstayed my welcome.” <o:p></o:p>

“Jaackieee.....” <o:p></o:p>

Annie growled. <o:p></o:p>

The former laughed. <o:p></o:p>

“I get it, I get it, I’m going. Really!” <o:p></o:p>

“Say it one more time, don’t forget you’re still in my territory.” <o:p></o:p>

Hurriedly, Jackie hopped off the bed before Annie could hit her, bumping her hands in the process. <o:p></o:p>

“Ouch!” <o:p></o:p>

“Jackie, are you alright?” <o:p></o:p>

Annie asked anxiously. <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, I’m fine, I just knocked my hands on the bed rail for a while there.” <o:p></o:p>

“You sure?” <o:p></o:p>

“Yep, I’m sure. Since when have you become so naggy?” <o:p></o:p>

“If you don’t appreciate my concern.....” <o:p></o:p>

“I do, I really do. I was just kidding.” <o:p></o:p>

Jackie protested, before leaning over to give Annie a kiss on the forehead. <o:p></o:p>

“Thank you. Take a rest, alright?” <o:p></o:p>

Annie nodded. <o:p></o:p>

“You too.” <o:p></o:p>

And so, when both Paul and Henry entered the room again, it was to return to a scene where both ladies were sleeping soundly. <o:p></o:p>

“I guess they needed the rest.” <o:p></o:p>

Paul exclaimed, with his arms crossed, and looking down at Jackie who was sleeping peacefully. <o:p></o:p>

“They are wonders, aren’t they? Sleeping so soundly after the scare they got this afternoon.” <o:p></o:p>

Henry smiled. <o:p></o:p>

“I’m not so sure I would be able to sleep as well as them, not knowing who is after them.” <o:p></o:p>

“Yeah, I know. Me too.” <o:p></o:p>

“How about getting Gilbert to check on them while we go and clear up their apartment. I don’t think they want to go back to a ruined home.” <o:p></o:p>

“I agree. They should be pretty safe here.” <o:p></o:p>

With one last look at the ladies, the two men stepped out of the room in search of Gilbert. <o:p></o:p>

“I’m thinking of having them stay at our apartment for the time being.”

“I’m thinking of the same thing too. Do you think they will agree? Especially Annie? You are her boyfriend, I’m sure you know how stubborn she can be sometimes.” <o:p></o:p>

“Not to mention Jackie too.” <o:p></o:p>

“We will just take things one day at a time, huh? Just have to be more on our guard.” <o:p></o:p>

Finally, they managed to locate Gilbert and tell him about their plans before heading off to the ladies’ apartment. <o:p></o:p>

****** <o:p></o:p>

只影

精彩~~追着看中~跳出来支持一下~~

虽然看英语感觉怪怪的，而且速度也受影响但还是相当精彩哈~好多细节都非常像~


“Why do you keep putting your foot in your mouth?”

“What, what did I say?” Peter asked innocently, looking round the
room. It was then he noticed the murderous expressions on both Paul’s and
Henry’s faces. “Oops.”

笑ing 他还是那么狗嘴里吐不出象牙。。。

55555~可怜的俩孩子~~偶们的J和A都还在危险中啊。。。。
期待下文~~

PS：这个炸弹的情节让偶想起《隔世追凶》和《鉴证2》
前者也是送Pizza借机杀人~后者则也是自制炸弹。。。。

iamxiaosui

we,for our part,admitting the fact that no feat of inlelligence and character is so exacting as that required of two people who desire to live permanently together on a basis of amity,are obsessed by the problem of how to render the basic facts of cohabitation simpler and more reasonable,in order that unhappy marriage may less frequently result.

flms123

finally!!:em10: it is so long,but very wonderful,i finished reading this novel for 4 days.i little do one think that hh is so welcome for foreign

bonniecwt

On The Way To Paul’s Apartment
The Next Day
8.05pm
“I don’t understand why we have to wait for you guys to fetch us home when we could do so perfectly fine ourselves.” Jackie grumbled. “Now, we gotta pay for one more day of hospitalization.”
Paul looked at her in exasperation.
“Just to ease our minds, alright?”
“Paul’s right.” Henry called from behind them, in the back seat. He squeezed Annie’s hand, smiling at her. “We just want to play safe.”
“Hey, this is not the route to our apartment.”
Annie suddenly sat up straight.
“We are having you ladies over at our apartment for these few days, alright?”
“To play safe again?”
Jackie asked.
Paul nodded.
“Ok, but can we stop over at our apartment first, we want to get some stuff.”
“Sure, your wish is my command.”
Paul grinned, before changing route to the ladies’ apartment.
“Wow, did you guys clean this place up? It’s sparkling clean!”
Jackie burst out, upon entering the apartment.
“Yep, we did that when you were asleep.”
Paul acknowledged.
Annie looked at Henry surprised.
“You came too?”
He nodded sheepishly.
She gave him a hug.
“That’s so sweet of you. I never figure you for that kind of guy.”
Henry returned the hug before speaking.
“What kind of guy?”
“A very sweet guy.”
“Annie, leave that for later, will ya?” Jackie teased. “Don’t forget what we are here for.”
“Alright, alright, I’m coming.”
Annie called back.
Turning, she walked quickly to her room, while Jackie went to hers. It did not take them long to pack whatever they needed, and leave the apartment.
Paul’s Apartment
45 Minutes Later
Paul opened the door and led the way into his apartment.
“Make yourselves at home.”
“We will, it’s not as if it’s our first time here.”
Jackie rolled her eyes.
“Hey, you gals are here!”
Gilbert exclaimed as he came out of his room. He went to the kitchen to pour a couple of drinks for them, before heading to the living room.
“Thanks.”
Both ladies replied, taking the drinks and settling themselves on either side of him on the couch. He looked from one to the other, before asking.
“So, how do you feel? Fully recovered already?”
“We are fine, it’s just that these two guys here are over anxious.”
Annie told him.
“It’s better to be safe than sorry,”
Henry retorted.
Jackie stretched her arms, looking around the room and grinning. “Do you know how long it has been since the five of us actually sat down to talk?” She placed an arm around Gilbert. “And, you, Ah Gil, what have you been so busy with lately? If we didn’t have an accident, we might not have the chance to see you at all.”
“Why would you need to see me when you have Paul?” The latter asked, gingerly taking her hand, and peeling it off his shoulder. “Umm.... Don’t you think you should keep your hands to yourself? Someone might get jealous.”
“Who? Oh, you mean Paul?” Jackie laughed teasingly. “Don’t worry, he knows we are like sisters.”
“What about me?”
Annie asked, pointing to herself.
“Oh, you are my favorite sister.”
Jackie hurriedly answered.
That reply had everyone bursting out in laughter. Thus, for the first time in a long while, the five close friends chatted till the wee hours of the night.
“I can’t take it anymore, my eyes are closing on me. I’m going to wash up and go straight to bed. Goodnight”
Jackie finally announced and bounded off, leaving Paul looking after her helplessly.
“So, where am I sleeping tonight?”
Annie asked.
“Where else? With me, of course.”
“I thought I was going to share a room with Jackie?”
Annie teased.
“When did I say that?” Henry retorted, before turning to return to his room, carrying Annie’s bag along with him. “If you want your things, you’d better come with me.”
“Threatening me?” Annie followed him. “Threats don’t work on me, you know.”
Paul grinned, watching as the two continued to argue on the way to Henry’s room. He, in turn, picked up Jackie’s bag and entered his own room, leaving Gilbert to return to his.





long time no see. hope you all have a happy valentine

bonniecwt

A week passed without any further incidents, nor was there any news forthcoming from the police. The two men remained protective of their loved ones, and though the two ladies were appreciative of everything that was done for them, they soon grew tired of it all, given their independent nature. Thus, they decided that it was time for them to return to their own home.
“Are you sure?”
Henry asked, his chopsticks full of noodles halting midway to his mouth. For that week, the two men had been making every effort to have dinner together with the ladies.
Annie nodded.
“Um hmm... Jackie and I decided that it’s time for us to return home, not that we don’t enjoy it here but still, home’s the best.”
“Right! You guys can come over anytime you want.”
Jackie added, with a look at Paul.
“Why are you looking at me like that? I have not said anything yet. I guess no one can dissuade you ladies once you’ve made up your mind, I know how stubborn you can be.”
“What?”
Jackie demanded, with a mock punch at Paul.
“Nothing, what did I say?”
Paul smiled, an innocent look on his face.
“I will let you off this time. So, I guess that’s settled, huh? Annie and I will return home tomorrow.”
“How about after dinner tomorrow, Henry and I will send you home?”
“Sure, we can wait till then.”
Both ladies agreed.
True to their promise, the two guys sent Annie and Jackie home after dinner together.
Annie opened the door to their apartment, and entered it, followed by Jackie and the two guys.
“Oh wow, home sweet home.”
Jackie exclaimed, flinging her bag onto the couch.
“You mean you’ve never like my home all this while?”
Paul pretended to be angry.
“Of course not,” Jackie hastened to pacify him, wrapping her arms around him from behind. “You are the best and I adore your apartment.”
“That’s better.”
Paul grinned.
“I can’t stand you guys.” Henry gave a mock shudder. “How can you be so mushy?”
“Are you jealous?”
Jackie shot out.
“Why would I be?”
Henry retorted, earning an exasperated look from Annie as she rolled her eyes.
“Ignore him, you know how he’s like. So, are the both of you going home or what?”
“If you want us to stay...”
Henry suggested.
“Well, we will be fine with or without you here. The choice is up to you.”
“Looks like we are not wanted here.”
Henry told Paul.
Paul looked at Jackie who gave him a shrug in return.
“Alright then, we won’t spend the night here tonight, maybe tomorrow. We will bring supper.” On so saying, he gave Jackie a hug and a peck on the lips. “Be careful, lock your door. I will come and pick you up for work tomorrow.”
“Paul, I’ll be fine, and I’ll see you at the hospital. Annie can send me to work.”
By this time, Annie had walked Henry to the door and they were saying their own goodbyes.
“Be careful, will ya?”
“Henry, I’ll still be seeing you tomorrow night. We’ll be fine, don’t worry.”
Henry nodded, leaning down to kiss her gently on the lips.
“Goodnight.” Then in a louder tone, he called to Paul. “Paul, are you ready to go yet?”
“Coming!”
The latter replied, walking to the door.
“Now, lock your door.”
“We will, just go.”
Both ladies replied in exasperation, when both guys refused to budge from the door until it was closed

bonniecwt

Jackie’s and Annie’s Apartment
The Next Night
10.58pm
“I wonder what’s taking them so long?”
“Why, are you hungry again?” Annie teased Jackie. “I thought you had a lot for dinner just now.”
“I did not.”
“You did. I saw you. Careful, Jackie, you are putting on weight.”
“All the better to crush you with!”
Came the prompt retort, as without warning, Jackie pounced on Annie, causing them both to topple onto the couch.
It was to this scene that Paul and Henry happened upon when they entered the apartment with the key that they had been given. Grinning, they watched as both ladies struggled on the couch, laughing and screaming all the while.
“Doesn’t look as if their lives are in any danger, don’t you think so?”
Henry asked Paul sarcastically.
Paul laughed.
“They sure are enjoying themselves.”
It was then that the presence of the two men was noticed by their respective halves.
“Oh, you are finally here. I thought we had to call the search team or something, it sure took you long enough.”
Jackie said, getting up from her position on top of Annie.
“Yep, and we have one starving doctor here.”
Annie mentioned, earning a glare from Jackie.
“Didn’t you have any dinner?”
Paul asked, coming to the couch to sit beside Jackie.
“I did, am just hungry again.”
She replied before giving him a kiss.
Supper was over before Annie decided to break the news to the two guys.
“Jackie and I are bunking in together in Jackie’s room tonight. You two can take my room.”
Henry looked at Paul in mock horror.
“I’m not sharing a room with him!”
“As if I want to share one with you.”
Paul pretended offense.
“Well, you two can fight it out, we are going to bed. Thanks for the supper.”
Jackie grinned, quickly giving Paul a kiss on the lips before dashing off to her room, followed by Annie.
He sighed, and looked at Henry.
“Looks like it’s only you and I left.”
“Well, we can go home if you like.”
“Do you want to?”
Henry shook his head.
“I guess that settles it then.”
Dressed for bed half an hour later, the two guys were sitting in the living room watching television when they heard laughter drifting out from Jackie’s room.
Jackie snuggled up to Annie, determined not to let her off.
“So, did you or did you not?”
“Did I what?”
“You know what I’m asking. Did you and Henry, you know....”
“Know what?”
“Do you really want me to spell it out for you?”
“I’m going to get a drink. Do you want one?”
Annie evaded answering the question, as she got out of bed to go to the kitchen.
Unfortunately, a persistent Jackie followed her out of bed, all the way to the kitchen.
“So, tell me.”
“Why do you want to know? Why are you so interested anyway?”
Annie questioned.
“Just curious.”
Paul and Henry looked on fascinated, as both Annie and Jackie had seemingly forgotten about their presence, and were now standing infront of them, teasing and pestering each other, blocking their view of the television.
This time, Jackie was taken by surprise when Annie turned the table on her.
“What about you? You only know to tease me, what about yourself?”
“What about me?”
Jackie blushed, immediately freeing her hands from Annie’s shoulders. But before she could move away, her shoulders were gripped by Annie. Before long, they were pushing at each other.
“Ha! It’s your turn now, so confess! Don’t think you can get away so easily.”
“Confess what?”
Jackie shrugged her shoulders, obviously uncomfortable with the question.
“Did you or did you not?”
“Did what?”
Paul called out from his seat, causing them both to swivel their heads around to stare at him before turning back to look at each other. Suddenly, they burst into laughter.
“Sometimes, I wonder if we know what we are getting ourselves into.”
Henry drawled from his position.
“Sometimes, I agree with you on that too.”
Paul replied.
“Sorry, we forgot that you were here. Did we disturb you?”
Jackie asked, having finally wound down from laughing to giggling.
“Let’s go back to bed before we disturb them anymore.”
Annie grinned, seeing an exasperated look in Henry’s eyes. She leaned down to peck him on the lips before heading back to Jackie’s room.
Soon, the whole apartment was quiet as everyone went to bed, except for Annie’s room, where two people could not get to sleep.
Paul placed his arms behind his head as he stared at the ceiling.
“I can’t believe I’m actually sharing a bed with you.”
“I can’t believe it too. Oh man, are we turning into softies? Or are we just too blinded by love. If anyone ever tells me that I would be sharing a bed with Dr. Ching, I would be laughing my head off. Now, it’s a reality.”
Paul laughed.
“Oh come on, I know I’m not Annie, but I can’t be that bad, can I? And to answer your question, I think we are just two guys hopelessly in love, and trying to protect the loves of our lives.”
Henry nodded in the dark, trying to lighten the solemn mood that had seemed to descend over the room.
“Wow, Paul, when did you become so mushy?”

bonniecwt

The Next Morning
8.02am
“Good morning!”
Jackie called when she saw Paul coming out from Annie’s room, still dressed in his pajamas.
“Good morning, what time did you get up anyway?”
He asked in return, when he saw the spread of breakfast on the table.
“Just half an hour earlier than you.”
“You don’t have to prepare breakfast, we can just go out and grab a bite, you know.”
Paul said, wrapping his arms around Jackie from behind.
“I always prepare breakfast for Annie anyway, it’s nothing. I just had to prepare more than usual. Go and wash up, breakfast will be ready when you are done.”
Jackie turned her head back to give her fiancé a kiss on the lips.
Paul nodded, returning the kiss before walking off.
“Hey Paul, good morning!”
Annie greeted when she came out of the bathroom dressed for work, passing by him.
“Morning!”
“Henry’s still in bed?”
“Yep! You know how he is.”
Annie nodded, a mischievous look entering her eyes.
“I will go wake him up.”
Quietly, she entered her own room, carrying a glass of water along with her.
“Wake up, lazy pig!”
She yelled, just before pouring the glass of water on his head.
“What the....?”
Henry sat up, sputtering, trying to orient himself, when he caught sight of Annie, bent over with laughter, an empty glass in one hand.
“Serves you right for being such a lazy pig.”
Annie gasped, in between laughter.
“Why, you.....” He sat up, preparing to get out of bed. “Don’t think I won’t retaliate!”
Before he had finished that sentence, Annie had already dashed out of the room, foreseeing revenge.
“Did you have fun?”
Paul asked, when he saw a still grinning Annie exit the room.
“Oh yes, it was the best!”
“Wow, Henry, taking a bath so early in the morning?”
Jackie crowed sweetly, when she caught sight of a dripping Henry entering the living room. That earned her a glare which was later transferred to Annie.
“Alright, alright, breakfast is done. Why don’t you go change and come out to eat?”
Annie soothed, bringing a towel to Henry, and rubbing his head.
“That’s better.”
Finally calm, he grabbed the towel and returned to the room.

彩色心

有没有那位高人可以翻译一下呀？？？？？？？？？？？？？我除了人名之外是一句也看不懂，，，悲哀呀。。。

只影

突然又有人回这篇，让沉下去的又浮上来~
好好又看了一遍，发现自己还记得这个故事~只是，只是，为什么没了下文？~~偶盼着呢~

She gave him a hug.
“That’s so sweet of you. I never figure you for that kind of guy.”
Henry returned the hug before speaking.
“What kind of guy?”
“A very sweet guy.”
哈哈~这一段果然是很sweet~想象一下A甜蜜的样子~笑~~

“So, did you or did you not?”
“Did I what?”
“You know what I’m asking. Did you and Henry, you know....”
“Know what?”
“Do you really want me to spell it out for you?”
“I’m going to get a drink. Do you want one?”
Annie evaded answering the question, as she got out of bed to go to the kitchen.
Unfortunately, a persistent Jackie followed her out of bed, all the way to the kitchen.
“So, tell me.”
“Why do you want to know? Why are you so interested anyway?”
Annie questioned.
“Just curious.”
哈哈~至今我也觉得奇怪，为什么明明这一篇是英文的对白，却能让偶联想到好多中文的对白呢~例如这一段~感觉好像H1里J追问后得出A“暗恋”的结论那次~笑~
众人还是那么八卦~

还是那句话~偶等着下文呢~^_^