Just One Kiss Before Divorcing Me (Martin and Calvin) novel Chapter 43

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Calvin

He parked his car in the hospital car park and headed for the ICU, where he knew Marilyn was currently a patient. There were he’d seen many reporters outside the front of the hospital, likely waiting for him to turn up. So, they could yell questions at him about what they all suspected had happened, like they had just a few hours ago when he’d left the hotel.

He’d opted not to drive his normal car, a black Jaguar XF or his Bently Continental GT in Damson a deep refined purple that could look black in certain lighting, but had chosen his lesser–known Audi SQ6 e–tron that was blue. Which had seen him go unnoticed by the press, who were all standing around outside the front of the hospital, something he’d seen as he’d driven by, had been checking for even.

He also didn’t have to walk through the lobby of the hospital or head off to information to find out what ward she was in. He had gotten that call from Casey, seeing that he was her benefactor here at the hospital, and so he knew exactly where she was.

He stopped walking as he stepped into the ICU ward itself and saw two boys standing with their hands pressed against the glass of ICU room number five, likely to be her children, he thought. Hamilton was standing there with them, though he was on the phone talking to someone, but he was watching what was going on inside that room just like the two boys were.

Calvin’s eyes moved to those inside room five, and he could see not only Lisa in there, but Casey himself, and several other doctors or the man’s own first, second or third year resident doctors, he thought. That man always had half a dozen of them around him. This was a teaching hospital.

She was awake, he could see that from here. That was a full relief to him, though why the children weren’t in

there? That was a curiosity to him. Hamilton caught sight of him as he looked about casually, while he talked

and frowned instantly.

Calvin had been hoping that man wouldn’t see him, before he turned and left the ward. No such luck. He’d

also been hoping, as her lawyer, he’d have just gone back to his hotel at the end of the business day. That only Lisa would be here or no one at all, gone off to have dinner so he could talk to Casey in person, as he

looked at Marilyn himself.

He watched as Hamilton said something quietly to the two boys and they both nodded to him, but they’d never once taken their eyes off their mother, they were likely itching to be in that room with her. Then Hamilton was striding towards him. “Out Mr Reeves.” He stated, “You’re not allowed to be near my client, or my sister, for that matter. I also seriously doubt that Marilyn wants you anywhere near her children either.”

Calvin nodded and turned to leave. There was no point arguing with the man. “I only came to see how she was doing, not to cause trouble.” He answered as he walked out of the ward.

I’m glad to see you have some concern for the woman you harassed and have now put in the hospital.”

Hamilton muttered, though his tone still implied he also didn’t approve of Calvin being there at the ICU.

never meant for any of that to happen. It was an accident.” He told him “I have already given my statement to the police and admitted it was my fault.”

“Good, because it is your fault, on purpose or not, you caused this. Let me make myself perfectly clear for

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you to understand, Mr Reeves: I don’t want you anywhere near my slater, my client or my client’s children. Because I believe that any of them could wind up dead, the next time you lose your temper.”

“That is ridiculous,” Calvin stated right back.

Is It? Let me put it another way then, in a way you can understand… Let’s say your sister was stalked, attacked and then tossed down some stairs, by the man that stalked and attacked her, just the previous day. He was found standing over her body in that stairwell. What would you think about that man?” Hamilton

asked him.

Calvin glared at him because he knew he was right. That was exactly how he would see it; that the man would be a full threat to his sister, and he’d think that man was out to harm her, that he’d have his own

lawyers handle it, as this man was as well.

“Go home, Mr Reeves, you are not welcome here, regardless that you’re footing the bill, and that would have happened anyway just in retrospect. I’d have sent you the bill and made you pay for it anyway,” Hamilton stated, and when Calvin didn’t say anything for several minutes, he added just to make sure Calvin

understood where he and his clients stood. “You will be being served with an AVO and restraining order,

which will request that you are to stay at least 500 metres from all of them at all times.”

That did not really surprise him. Wil had mentioned something about it himself. “Is she alright?” Calvin

asked, and he did actually want to know

“Awake, but I don’t know at this point the severity of her injuries. If you want information, I suggest you have

Do not make this any more difficult for yourself or your lawyer, who I think finds you to be more than annoying in disregarding his orders, when I believe he’s just trying to keep you under control and out of more

trouble.”

That is to be expected under the circumstances, don’t you think Calvin?” he was told.

His eyes moved towards the man, his annoyance showing “Mm, but I also donate a lot of money to this very hospital, he stated right back, “So some leeway should be granted, yes?”

“I guess so, but that will also depend on her next of kin being in the room if you’re going to insist on actually! being in the same room as her. There is only so much we can do without having her lawyers turned on us.”

Calvin nodded the man was right, though there was that they could deny, knowing he’d come into the room as well. He walked about and looked at the room. There was a large comfortable couch and a large nicely tiled ensuite bathroom, a large sitting area for the family to be comfortable in and, other than the bed and

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