A knife because you couldn't save her life
Maddie's eyes were wide, a look of fear in them. A knife was pressed against her throat. Trying to remain calm she spoke softly to Mr Elm who had just lost his wife and felt like he had lost his life.
"What are you doing?" She was scarred but tyring not to hsow it. This man was upset.
"Makin' you pay for your sins" He said with menace laced with fear
"I'm sorry about your wife, if you let me go I can find out more about what happened as I wasn't in surgery" Maddy was now pleading, her eyes wide with fear.
"No, she's dead because of you. You killed her. You looked at her" He was no in a rage.
"I checked her out yes, look can we talk about it without a knife" Maddy said trying to be cheerful
At that moment Linden and Sam came round the corner. They saw Maddie and the man with the knife, Sam called security while Linden assessed the scenario then joined in trying to reassure the man Mr Elm.
"My name is Dr. Cullen, I'm a doctor here. I operated on your wife. We did all we could. If you let Dr. Young go, then we can talk about it calmly" Linden said, keeping his voice soft and non threatening even though seeing Maddie held at knife point was terrifying and really upsetting him.
"No you murderer!! so is she, Killing people" Mr Elm said, panic in his voice
"Dr. Linden is one of the best doctors here, he did nothing wrong" Maddie defended Dr. Cullen, she didn't know why but she just had to.
"You are all responsible. You checked her over" He was now pressing the blade against her neck hard, not enough to cut her but enough to leave a deep mark
"I did and recommended surgery to save her life" Maddy defended her actions calmly for what seemed like the thousandth time.
"It's your fault she died" He was still insisting that they killed his wife.
"I gave her the chance to live, if we had not operated she would have died." Linden answered for Dr. Young
The man however didn't let go even when security showed up, paniced he backed towards the fire exit taking Maddie with him. Security started to negotiate with him, asking him what he wanted. He wasn't listening, just repeating how they had killed his wife, Racked with grief he wasn't thinking clearly and was blaming everybody else even though the fault was his.
"I know your angry but we can talk about this, get someone to help you" Security tried negotiating with him
"You failed her" Mr Elm yelled for the last time.
He was backing through the fire escape and was coming to the top of the stairs. Maddie started to panic slightly and Sam watched fearfully while Linden was praying it would all be OK. He didn't want to see anyone hurt especially the young doctor. However fate had other ideas. He pulled Maddie towards the stairs, he missed his footing, took a step down one and lost his balance. He knife made contact with skin and the body fell down the first set of steps.
"Maddie!!" Sam and Linden yelled
