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Story Summary: "Lynette didn't lose it until the ambulance doors shut." Missing moments from the season six finale.
Sacrifices of a Nightingale
A story by Ryeloza
Introduction
Lynette didn't lose it until the ambulance doors shut.
The Calvary had arrived in a blaze of flashing lights and sirens, but Lynette had remained focused on Eddie, watching his every movement with the eyes of a hawk. She honestly hadn't believed that he would hurt the baby—not after everything that had happened—but if he'd even looked at the baby the wrong way he would have seen just what she was capable of in a fit of rage. In the end, Eddie had just sat quietly while the police burst into the house and the last glimpse she had of him was his eternally wounded eyes staring at her intensely.
Now, ensconced safely in the ambulance, Lynette couldn't stop crying. She seemed to be in good company as the baby was wailing even louder than she was, but the paramedics glossed over their tears with little concern. One of them dabbed her skin with rubbing alcohol and before she really knew what was going on, he injected her with something. "This is just to help you relax," he said in an annoyingly rational voice. Relax. As if such a thing was possible after everything that had happened.
"I need my husband," she pleaded. Four little words she'd kept bottled up inside for nearly twenty-four hours, but now she had all the freedom in the world to say them again and again. "Where is he? Have you called him yet?"
Whatever the paramedic injected her with was already taking affect and she had to force herself to focus on him. "They'll call him from the hospital. I'm sure he'll be there as soon as he can. You need to relax. You've been through a very traumatic experience."
If keeping her eyes open hadn't been such a struggle, Lynette would have punched him. As it was, the most she could manage was to turn her head to see her baby one last time before her eyes finally shut.