Chapter One.
Sabrina Santiago was at the Nurses Station typing up the file when Epiphany walked up singing softly.
Sabrina smiled "Someone is sure happy this morning?" she said smiling at Epiphany.
"I had the most wonderful date last night."
"Milo took you out on the town huh?"
"Yes and it was so romantic." Epiphany sighed as she began writing in a folder.
"Well it's nice to see you happy Nurse Johnson."
"Speaking of Happiness when are you going to get out onto the playing field again you know Drake Junior is free again."
"Oh no….no that…..that ship has sailed and sunk."
"Well I'll admit what happened with you guys last time was painful to watch but you know his divorce to was finalized last week."
"Yes I am well aware of that Nurse Johnson."
"I'm just saying the happiest I've ever seen you is when you were with him."
"Epiphany look, me and Patrick shared something amazing I'm not denying and we will always be connected because of Gabriel but other than that we're just friends."
"So basically what you are telling me is your chicken to ask him out?"
"I'm chicken you know when I first got here I fell fast for Patrick and now I need to be in a relationship where I'm not competing with another woman, maybe that will happen soon or maybe it will happen years from now but for now I'm perfectly fine the way things are, I need to go make my rounds."
Epiphany watched her walk away and sighed.
"That girl is lying through her teeth." She said aloud
"Who is lying Epiphany?"
Epiphany mentally smacked herself for saying that out loud and turned around to see Patrick Drake standing there.
"Nothing."
"Yeah right." Patrick grabbed the file off the desk. "Any Idea when our newest Neurosurgeon will get here?"
"No idea some point today."
The elevator dinged and a Man In his early thirties with Brown hair and a tan that screamed Californian stepped off and walked towards Epiphany and cleared his throat so they could turn the attention to him.
"Hi I'm looking for Dr. Patrick Drake." He said.
"That's me." Patrick said turning his attention to the man.
"Dr. Jesse Callahan." Jesse said extending his arm "I'm your new neurosurgeon."
"Oh well Welcome Dr. Callahan." Patrick said shaking his hand.
"Nice to meet you."
"Well let me give you the grand tour." Patrick said.
Patrick and Jesse walked through the hospital for thirty minutes Patrick showing him all the major areas in the hospital.
"Right now let's get you to the locker room and get you situated with a locker."
"Great."
Patrick and Jesse walked into the locker room just as Sabrina was changing from her scrub top to her regular clothes.
Jesse looked down and cleared his throat causing Sabrina to jump.
"Oh I'm sorry I thought I was alone in here."
"You were we just walked in." Patrick said trying to ignore the look in Jesse's eyes.
"Oh okay."
"Um Sabrina this is Dr. Jesse Callahan he is a new neurologist joining the hospital."
Sabrina finished fiddling with her top and extended her hand.
"Nice to meet you Dr. Callahan."
"Oh please call me Jesse, Dr. Callahan is my father."
Sabrina laughed a little "Alright well it's nice to meet you Jesse."
"You too Sabrina."
Patrick watched as they just stood there smiling at one another and then he interrupted.
"Hey Sabrina are you still hanging out with Emma tonight?"
"Oh that's right I'm late picking her up from Darcy's."
"Are you two together?" Jesse said.
"No…I mean we were but it was a while ago…ancient history but I'm close with his daughter… So I should get going before Emma gets angry."
Sabrina grabbed her coat. "It was nice meeting you Jesse." She said with her signature smile and walked past the two men.
"Yeah you too."
Sabrina walked out of sight.
"Man how could you let her slip through your fingers?"
"It was complicated."
Jesse looked at Patrick who was looking at the spot Sabrina had just occupied.
"You still love her don't you I can see it in your eyes."
"Like I said it's complicated."
"That means you do…You should tell her man before it's too late."
""What does that mean?"
"Nothing just nothing." Jesse said making Patrick suspicious.
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The next day Patrick came out of a consult room when he spotted Sabrina and Jesse getting off the elevator laughing.
"I'm serious red dye all over my clothes and blue in my hair I looked like thing one from doctor seuss." Jesse said.
Sabrina laughed "Awww well atleast you got the paint out."
Patrick walked up to them.
"Yeah after a week of my hair looking like a Smurf."
Sabrina laughed as she saw Patrick. "Hey Good Morning Patrick."
Patrick smiled and was going to say something when Epiphany's voice boomed out causing them to look at her "Three Car pileup, five victims all hands on deck ETA in 5 minutes."
Sabrina and Jesse ran to the locker room to get prepared when they came back the victims were being rushed in and Sabrina's heart sank when she saw a woman who was definitely pregnant on the gurney bleeding all over.
Sabrina walked over to her and heard her keep on saying "My baby." Over and over again.
"Hi Ma'am I'm Nurse Santiago and I'll be taking care of you today."
"Where's my husband?" the lady asked.
Sabrina looked up to one of the EMT's and saw her mouth the letters DOA.
Sabrina sighed and looked down and Panicked when the woman started closing her eyes on the gurney.
"Patrick!." Sabrina yelled and Patrick ran over and checked the lady's eyes.
"She's has bleeding on the brain." Patrick said "We need to get her to an OR now."
"What about the baby?" Sabrina said.
"I'm calling for an emergency c-section."
Sabrina's heart sank and looked towards the woman being rushed off silently praying that both mother and child would make it through.
"Jesse you're with me." Patrick said.
Jesse saw Sabrina's face and grabbed her hand.
"She's in good hands."
Sabrina nodded and watched them run down the hall
Sabrina checked on the other victims praying the entire time.
When Patrick came back out Sabrina immediately rushed to him.
"How did it go?" She asked.
"We lost her."
Sabrina felt the tears welling up in her eyes and covered her mouth before asking the next question she wasn't sure she wanted the answer too.
"And the baby?"
"Baby is alive, the mother was very close to her due date so she is very healthy."
Sabrina nodded and walked away and somehow found her way to the nursery.
She walked in and saw Joyce bundling up a baby.
"Hey Joyce."
"Hey Sabrina what are you doing down here." Joyce said smiling.
"I came to see how the baby is doing."
"Which baby?"
"The baby girl that was .the one from the accident today."
"Oh that is this little cutie right here."
Sabrina walked up and saw the baby sleeping peacefully in the bassinet
"Any word on next of kin?" Sabrina asked.
"Well the mother of the baby… her parents are alive and they are on their way.
"That's good." Sabrina looked down at the baby and said "I'm so sorry." And walked away before she lost it completely.
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Sabrina walked in the showers and turned the hot water on and let the scolding water pound her back as she thought about today's events and then she thought about Gabriel, two innocent babies, one who died and one who would grow up without her parents.
Sabrina's self control lost to the emotions that were too strong to contain and she crumbled to the floor not being able to hold the sadness in.
##
Sabrina walked out of the locker room and saw an elderly couple hugging one another and sobbing and her heart sank again.
Jesse walked up to her "The Victim's parents they want to see their daughter but it would not be good for them to see their daughter like that."
"Do they know about the baby?"
"Yeah their lawyer is coming to sign the baby away."
"They are giving the baby up for adoption, how could they do that?"
"Sabrina the mom has MS an the dad has stage two lung cancer they can't take care of a baby."
Sabrina nodded and walked over to the grieving couple.
"Excuse Me, I'm Sabrina Santiago I just wanted to say I'm sorry for your loss."
"My baby is gone." The mother said gripping on to her husband.
"I know Ma'am I'm so sorry."
The man cleared his throat and looked at Sabrina.
"We would like to see our granddaughter now."
"Okay follow me Mr." Sabrina stopped not knowing his last name.
"Davis… Our last name is Davis."
"Alright follow me."
Sabrina led them to the nursery and as soon as she showed them the baby they broke down again.
"She looks so much like Amelia." said.
"I know you can't take her but what about her father's family, his parents or siblings." Sabrina asked.
"No Dave was an only child and his parents died last year in a fire."
Sabrina nodded.
"We don't want to let the baby go but with our health we can't take care of a baby right now."
Sabrina nodded.
The doors opened showing Diane there.
"Excuse Me Mr. and ?"
"Yes?"
"Diane Miller I understand that you want to put your granddaughter up for adoption."
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Sabrina was not able to sleep at all that night every time she closed her eyes she saw the mother fading on the gurney and then the sweet innocent baby that was now in a home that family services provided her temporarily.
Sabrina tossed and turned as she thought how that baby was now alone in this big world with no one for support.
She got up at six thinking there was no use and walked out to the kitchen.
"You look like hell." Felix said upon seeing her.
"Thank you so much Felix."
"Couldn't sleep?"
"No all I could think about was that baby."
"Sabrina there is nothing that could've been done about that you know that."
"I know I just wish she wasn't alone."
"She won't be for long sooner or later a nice, loving family will adopt her and she will have a family to love and cherish forever."
"Yeah I know but what if she never finds that Felix."
"She will you just have to believe."
Sabrina nodded and then had an epiphany.
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Sabrina sat in the leather waiting for her appointment to begin.
She checked her watch and swore time was going by so slowly when the lady behind the desk looked at her.
"She you will see you now."
Sabrina got up and smiled and said thank you to the receptionist before walking into the office of Diane Miller.
" what can I do for you?"
"It's about that baby from General Hospital yesterday."
"Yes the Alvarez baby she is in a home temporarily placed there by family services until she is formally adopted by someone."
"Well you see that's why I am here Ms. Miller I would like to about that baby."
Diane looked up at Sabrina as Sabrina smiled widely.