Jaime Sommers could not believe her ears when she picked up on the noise inside the doors of the ER….
"We're losing him!"
"Rudy! Pulse falling off!"
"Come on Steve! Hang on!" Jaime heard Rudy shouting at Steve.
All she could think was He loves me!? She continued reasoning… maybe that's why it's always been awkward between us! That's why he was so hurt when I didn't know him! And although she couldn't sort it out, Jaime knew that somewhere she loved him too. That was why she was so terrified by the sound to come…
BEEP…..BEEEEEEP…..
FLATLINE!? "NO!" Jaime screamed at the horror-filled sound of her former love's heart stopping. "NO! Steve!?" She screamed and cried upon hearing the sound, and lashed out with a mighty punch to a nearby wall.
"Jaime!?"
…..
Jaime had wandered off, while Oscar was filling out various security forms, and he was growing worried.
He hurried through many hallways, until he heard a scream from the operating area of the ER. He ran until he was her, screaming, clutching her head in her arms, now kneeling against the wall.
"Jaime!?" Oscar ran to her, and kneeling beside her, he pulled her into a comforting hug. "Babe? What's the matter? Are you alright? What happened?"
"S-steve…" Jaime whimpered, burying her face in Oscar's suit coat.
"What about Steve, honey?"
"I…. I heard…" She sobbed.
Oscar forced her to focus and turned her face to look him in the eyes. "What, Jaime? What did you hear?"
"One doctor shouted, "we're losing him!" and then Rudy was pleading with Steve, and then someone yelled that his pulse was falling off, and then after a few more shouts…all I could hear was that one awful sound…"
"What!? What sound, Jaime!?" Oscar pleaded, tears shining in his own eyes.
"Flatline."
END OF CHAPTER 1