PROLOGUE
BEFORE READING, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING"BROKEN AND MENDED HEARTS" BECAUSE THIS IS A SPIN OFF AND WILL SHARE SOME OF THE DIALOGUE.
Why am I so lightheaded?I thought to myself. Maybe I didn't eat enough and I'm just hungry. After all, this has happened before.
Why was it so hot? I went upstairs to pin my hair to calm myself. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror...I was so pale but my body was screaming at me to sit down and get a cold rag to cool off.
Nevermind, I made my way to the staircase- and then it hit me- a sharp, stabbing pain in my pelvis and all of a sudden the stairs seemed to be getting closer and closer.
About an hour and a half had gone by
Lee walks in the door and immediately senses that something is wrong. The pot is smoking from water that was boiling and the meat was the the verge of starting a grease fire. As he starts to run towards the stove, his eye is caught by a figure on the island between the steps of the stairs.
He looked in disbelief as he saw this all too familiar face, his beloved Rosemary, white as a ghost and covered in blood. Oh my God! Lee thought to himself. "Rosie, honey, wake up!" Now shaking her shoulders trying to wake her… but she's unresponsive. He runs next door to get Jack.
A strong knock echoes throughout the Thornton home.
Elizabeth comes to the door with Abby on her hip. "Lee what's the matter?" she can tell something is wrong.
He was on the verge of crying and all he could say was "It's Rosemary."
Elizabeth runs to the kitchen and gets Jack and he and Lee take off out the door.
Jack runs to the infirmary to inform Carson of what's happened and Faith is right behind them.
Lee wraps Rosie in his arms and heads to the infirmary. As Jack opens the door, Carson approaches, "What happened, Lee?"
"I'm not sure, Carson, all I know is that I found her unresponsive on the stairs, and look," Lee said pointing out her once-grey skirt that is bright red from blood.
"Okay," said Carson, "Lee, I'm sorry but I need everyone out."
Lee upsettingly and unwillingly obliges. He and Jack meet Elizabeth at Abigail's.
Meanwhile in the infirmary
"Okay, so the bleeding must be abdominal," says Carson, as he applies firm pressure to her lower abdomen which causes a faint and barely audible moan from Rosemary. "I can feel some swelling so we need to get in there NOW. Please sterilized the tools for me while I get suited and wash my hands." Carson said while locking the door. He makes the first incision and immediately he and Faith share a glance. "This is far worse than I thought" he said.