After finishing his talk with William, Jimmy turned around and left the ward, saying to the detectives outside, "I've finished questioning, keep an eye on them, goodbye, guys."

Jimmy left the ward area, took out his phone, and dialed Cage, "Cage, arrange for two more people to guard James at the hospital, ensure his safety."

Cage, "What information did you get?"

Jimmy, "Not sure yet, just send someone over. I'm heading to the hospital right now."

After hanging up the phone, Jimmy drove off, heading for the hospital where James was staying. If the CIA action team confirmed that James was still alive, they would likely strike again, damn it, why hadn't he thought of this over the past few days?

He'd been so focused on finding the shooter that he'd forgotten that if their target, James, wasn't dead, the shooter would surely try again. He hoped it wasn't too late.

When he arrived at James's ward, Cage had already arrived. Seeing Jimmy, Cage pulled him aside into a fire escape and asked, "What the hell is going on? Why did you ask me to send more people here?"

Jimmy, "Today, when I was interrogating them at the FBI, I suddenly thought of something. Since the shooter failed the first assassination attempt and James is still alive, he might try to kill James again soon. That's why I had you send people over, and I'll be here more often in the next two days."

Cage, "Is it just a suspicion?"

Jimmy, "Yeah, we're not assassins, we don't know their methods. But if their assassination target isn't dead, they'll definitely make another move. We can only wait for them to show up."

Cage, "We're short on manpower. It's already tight just arranging two people on rotation."

Jimmy, "Alright then, you go back and bring me a set of walkie-talkies. I'll come and watch when I have time."

Cage nodded his head, "The walkie-talkies are no problem. I'll get them for you later."

The two left the fire escape and returned outside James's ward. The duty officer today was Jimmy's friend, Jack, who used to be in the South District substation when Jimmy was there, and now he was back at the headquarters.

Jimmy greeted Jack and then left for a while, as Cage had to go back and bring him the walkie-talkies, and he needed to briefly check the terrain and passageways next to James's ward to be prepared, lest there be a mishap at the crucial moment.

"Whoosh," a noise of something falling to the ground came from behind Jimmy. "Sorry," a brawny doctor two meters tall bent down to help a nurse who had been knocked over, her clipboard and other items scattered on the ground.

That doctor was truly built like an ox, probably spending all his free time in the gym. Jimmy worked out regularly but compared to that doctor, he looked like a sprout.

Jimmy continued forward, observing the rooms and corridors, Heart Eye was really handy for this type of reconnaissance. After checking the entire floor, Jimmy returned to James's ward, greeted Jack, and knocked before entering the ward.

Jimmy, "Mrs. Baldwin, how is James feeling now?"

Mrs. Baldwin was holding a bag of liquid nutrition, with a tube inserted into James's mouth, he was slowly sipping it. Hearing Jimmy's voice, she didn't look up. "Yeah, much better, not as painful today."

Jimmy stood by, watching James finish a bag of nutrition. Mrs. Baldwin cleaned up a bit, went to the inner room to wash her hands, and then came out.

Mrs. Baldwin, "Jimmy, why are you still here? Don't you need to return to New York as soon as possible?"

Jimmy, "Ah, Mrs. Baldwin, I still have some vacation time, and I'm taking the opportunity to investigate a bit here."

Mrs. Baldwin shook her head, "Although I don't know the arrangements at the FBI, but as a newcomer, you couldn't possibly get that much holiday time. Jimmy, please don't neglect your life."

Indeed, James and his wife were really kind. During the two or three times he'd visited over the past few days, Jimmy hadn't seen anyone else visit James. If he didn't know that James had a son, he might have thought that James had no family. But why hadn't his son appeared?

Getting sidetracked, a bit off-topic, Jimmy replied, "It's nothing, Mrs. Baldwin, I have a week of vacation, and I still have some time. It should be enough."

Mrs. Baldwin, "I understand, but leave the matters here to Cage and the others. Go back and rest a bit, you don't look too well."

Jimmy, "Really, it's no problem. I'll only stay another two days, then I have to go back. Don't worry. I'll take my leave now."

Jimmy didn't want to keep harping on the same issue, so he turned and left the ward. Jack was sitting outside the ward, looking around at the people and was near an open newspaper.

"Jack, any irregularities?" Jimmy asked Jack.

Jack, "Nothing. There aren't many patients here, and not too many doctors and nurses either. It's all good."

Jimmy, "Okay, I'll be leaving. When Cage delivers the walkie-talkies, hold on to them for me."

Jack, "Sure, don't worry."

Jimmy left the hospital and went back to his hotel. He needed to rest up, before taking a shift at the hospital.

The main thread of the case was now pretty much established. A CIA action team's assassin, Burke, was ordered to kill James by someone named Watson, who also arranged for a former CIA informant, William, to provide information to the assassin, Burke.

James was lucky, he was shot three times while driving but was saved by the hospital after passers-by called for help. Now, it all hinged on whether or not the CIA action team would continue their investigation. As long as they knew that James was still alive, they would probably continue with the assassination.

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