It seemed like he had been holding Natalie's lifeless body for an eternity before finally hearing the blaring of the ambulance. Julie was still sleeping upstairs and Monk didn't want her to wake up but he also wanted to shout for help. He stayed quite though for fear that Julie wouldn't be able to handle seeing her mother dying in his arms. As the sirens grew louder, Monk became even more anxious. It had been almost forty minutes since Natalie had been hit by the stray bullet that could certainly end her life and the life of the child she was carrying. Monk wasn't even sure she was still alive but he couldn't give up hope. All he could do was hold her in his arms and try his best to keep pressure on the wound.
Finally he saw the lights shining through the windows signaling the ambulance had arrived. Doors slammed and he heard scrambling before two paramedics came bursting through the front door. Bags in hand and equipment Monk couldn't even begin to recognize, they rushed to his side and took over Natalie's care. One took her pulse and blood pressure while asking Monk endless questions about the situation while the other got out what looked to be an oxygen mask and some other cords that Monk assumed would be hooked to his wife in some way. From behind him a third paramedic wheeled in a stretcher. They wouldn't tell him much about her condition. They mainly talked and barked orders amongst themselves, but from listening Monk could tell that Natalie didn't have a pulse anymore and still wasn't breathing. It looked bad. The paramedics got out a deliberator and shocked her heart but nothing happened. Again they shocked it and this time a feint pulse returned. Monk was relieved even at this small victory but he knew Natalie was not even close to out of the woods.
While they lifted her frail body onto the stretcher, he looked on with sadness. He debated what to do about leaving Julie but decided that at seventeen she would be fine alone and he would send the captain to pick her up later. He didn't want her to have to see her mother this way. Natalie was wheeled out and Monk followed closing the door behind him and looking back once more at all his happiness falling apart in front of his eyes. They all piled into the ambulance and headed toward the hospital at top speed. All Monk could think about was I hope it isn't to late…