~Fallen Chapter 2 ~
by Namjr
 
 

~Fallen Ch. 2 ~
I disclaim
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Jody watched the girl’s vitals with concern; they were getting weaker and weaker the closer they got to the hospital. “ When did you find her?” She looked briefly toward the man beside her, holding on the girls free hand, with a tight grip, with quietly muttering under his breath, she guessed it was a pray.” Hey!” When he met her eyes, she nodded toward her his focus.” When did you find her?”

“ It might have been right after, I’m not sure…. I heard a crash, and followed it, there was blood everywhere.” He voice was distant like he was really there he returned he gaze back to the girl, and began praying again. “ Come on Kay, stay with me.”

“ Her name’s Kay?” She looked back toward the girl, and finally focused n her patient she couldn’t be anymore then eighteen, but she was definitely troubled the only question was what? She didn’t have any mark on her arms suggesting drug use, no sings of physical abuse.

“ Yeah, short for Katherine.” Her hand felt cold, colder then he thought possible, and weak like weren’t any bones in her hand at all. “ She’s only eighteen.”

“ I figured.” She heard the engine shut off and gave a sigh of relief, she survived the ambulance ride over, and that was a good sign, even if her vitals were down she knew one thing. Kay was a fighter. “ Come on.” The doors opened and she jumped out, the paramedics, moved Kay on to the ground and began pushing her toward the double doors.” You need to wait in the lobby off to the side.”

“ What about Kay, someone should be with her?” Antonio felt her hand on his chest but didn’t acknowledge it, Kay was all alone, he didn’t how long she had been there in the room, all by herself, but he didn’t want her alone now. “ Will she be okay?”

“ I don’t know, but I will do everything, I can to save her.” Jody motioned for the nurse, and pushed Antonio toward the lobby.” You need to stay here, and call her family.” She turned away form him, and moved quickly toward the nurse, already handing her a syringe.

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Antonio stared at his cell phone, and wondered how he would tell the Bennett’s this. You can’t just call up someone, and say ‘hi, your daughter’s dying come to the hospital’. He dialed the police department’s number, and waited while the operator directed his call.

“ Chief Sam Bennett.”

“ Sam, you need to get to the hospital Kay needs you.” He hung up quickly, and turned toward the double door. He should call Miguel; Miguel would want to know that that his best friend tried to kill herself.

“ Antonio?”

Antonio looked toward the voice, and blinked, Ethan, he was Kay’s brother.” Kay.” He stood up, and moved toward the other man, not noticing that Gwen was nearby, and paling at the sight of his shirt.” Kay’s in trouble.” He pointed toward the double doors, watched Ethan run to them trying to enter but being keep out, by a security guard fresh on the scene.

Gwen takes Antonio’s hand and pulls him toward the couch, his hand and shirt is covered in blood. Up ahead Ethan was yelling at a security guard, and getting red in the face. “ What happened?”

“ I went to see Miguel at the Bennett’s, but no one was home, except Kay, I heard a noise, and I found her.”

“ Found her where?” “ What happened?” “ Is Kay hurt?” Ethan returned by his wife’s side, and looked at Antonio cursorily, he looked shaken, and like he had been in a wreck, but for the life of him, he couldn’t figure out why Kay and Miguel’s oldest brother would be in a car together. “ What happened to my sister?”

“ She slit her wrist.”

“ WHAT?”

All three people turned, tensed at Miguel and Charity walked into the room, hands entwined and shock written all over their faces.

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“ COME ON KAY.” Jody worked feverishly on the young girl, but her vitals were still getting weaker. She remembered her first Med School professor tell her, that for every ten standard cases there, was one that was truly extraordinary, and required more then just your knowledge of medicine, but your faith. Kay was that case, a usual suicide attempt with slashed wrist was easy to save, some thing to slow the blood, sew up their wrist, and then lots of therapy, that was if the victim was found within the hour, from what the guy said, she said that Kay had been found within ten minutes. Unfortunately Kay was smarter then most suicide cases, she knew to cut in a Kris cross pattern, practically doubling the suspected amount of blood lost. Things were definitely looking grim, they had given her a thousand milligrams of aspirin, trying to slow down her blood, her wrist was sewn up, but the blood loss had been severe. Her body was already reacting to the loss of blood, and was beginning to shut down.” I need four pints of AB- or I need a donor, get on it.”

“ Get me life support, and a next of kin.” Jody checked her patient’s wrist the bleeding had stopped, but that’s not what the vitals showed; according to them she was still losing blood. She steeped away, and briefly looked over her patient, she’d done everything she was suppose to do, and even when the blood lost was this large there shouldn’t be these kind of problems, things like this only happened when….” Christ.” ” Get me a scalpel, she’s pregnant.”

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Sam ran as if his life depended on it, all he could hear in his head were those words Kay needs you, he hadn’t heard those words in a long time, and he wasn’t letting anything stop him from getting to her. He stopped in front of the nurse’s station and banged his fist on the counter.” Kay Bennett.” The small woman behind the desk continued to stare at him, and he fought back the anger.” My daughter Kay Bennett was brought in, where is she?”

“ Dad.”

“ Ethan, thank god, they said Kay needed me, where is she?” Sam looked past his son, and around the hospital lobby, deep down in the pit of his stomach, his cop instinct told him, that his baby girl was in deep trouble, but he wouldn’t let the thought stay in his head too long. He ignored the look of panic on Gwen’s face, and focused on his son, but quickly realized that that was a mistake. Ethan had tears running down his face, and was trying bravely but in vain to keep his composure.

“ Dad, Kay um…. Antonio found Kay.”

Sam switched his attention to Pillar’s oldest son; the man stared at the double doors concern written all over his face. “ He found Kay where?”

“ Mr. Bennett, I can answer that question.” Jody walked straight for the older man.” I’m Dr. McCoy, I was there when she was found.” “ Would you like to talk about this someplace more privately?” At his brisk head shake she continued.” Kay slit her left wrist, now we found her quickly but the place where she cut was a place of a heavy blood flow.” “ We managed to stop the bleeding, and she is currently stable, but she hasn’t regained consciousness, and we’re going to have her on a suicide watch for the next forty eight hours.” “ What that means is that we’ll be closely monitoring her condition, but we’re not allowing her any visitors, before we can do a psychological evaluation.” “ I know this seems cruel, when you just found out, but this is for everyone’s safety.” “ We’ll be moving here to another room, there be a window so you can look in on her.”

“ How did this happen?” Sam tried to wrap his mind around it, Kay his baby had tried to kill herself.” Why would Kay…. slit her wrist?”

“ That’s what we hope to find out in the psychological evaluation, but for right now I suggest you get you family together and let me them know the situation. “ She gave him a small smile, and walked toward Kay’s savior. “ We haven’t been formally introduced, I’m Jody McCoy, and you saved her life.”

“ Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald.” “ Is she really going to be okay?”

Jody paused unsure of what to say, psychically Kay would probably recover quickly, but the problems that brought her here was another story altogether. “ I think Kay is well on her way to a recovery.” She took in his appearance and grimaced, he couldn’t stay like that.” Let me get you some other clothes.” She lightly took his hand and led hi toward the doctors’ lounge, passing a group of running teens on their way.

“ DAD.” Jessica into her father’s arms, Reese, John, and Simone trying to keep pace with her. “ The hospital called the bed and breakfast, and said Kay was here, what goings on?”

Sam tightened his hold on his youngest daughter, and answered as honestly as he could.” I don’t Jess, I don’t know what’s going on.”

Ethan wiped the tears from his eyes, and nodded, he didn’t know either. Kay had been fine at his wedding, to at least he thought she was, but then Kay had the tendency to hide her real feeling form everyone and just put on a brave face, he knew that it was a trait she got from him and his father. He only wished he taken the time to look behind the mask, maybe if he had….

“ Ethan?” Gwen touched his shoulder.” The doctor said she was doing okay, we just have to wait.”

“ And wonder, what or who could have made Kay do this?” Sam’s voice was low, but it carried it a definite threat, in his mind he was searching for the reason, and beating it to a bloody pulp.

No one spoke, no one moved, and no one caught the guilty expression on Miguel’s face, or the way he tensed at Sam’s words.
 
 
 

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