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Kirsty's POV.
I showed Adam the continuous bruising around my back, and the nasty-cut on my upper-arm from the other-day...but that was a story that was best-left alone...He bandaged-up my cut then checked that my ribs weren't too badly-damaged.
"You should probably get those ribs x-rayed Kirst...they're definitely badly-bruised, and I'm almost-certain that one of them is fractured..." Adam told-me gently as he placed his stethscope onto the bed. I could hear his voice wobbling from where he was worried about-me. But I didn't want his sympathy, I just wanted Adam.
I carefully hopped-down from the bed, aware of my injuries, and turned to face Adam. "I can't Adam, people would suspect things." I told-him tearfully.
Adam walked-around the bed to join-me. He took my hands into his-own, then looked-me in the eyes. "You Have to Kirst, and you can't go back-there tonight with a possible fractured-rib Kirst, if he does anything...
well, the pain might get too much for your body to handle...you'd just collapose." Adam said sadly.
I released my hands from Adam's then picked-up his stethscope from the bed, placing-it over his head and around his neck, where it should-be. I kept hold of the sides as it rested-around his neck. "Stop treating-me like your patient, and start treating-me like your friend." I told him, sweetly, but firmly as I tried to walk out of the cubicle, but Adam's warm and gentle hand on my arm stopped-me from doing-so. I turned back to face him.
"What?" I said, in a slightly frustrated-way as Adam released my arm from his grip.
"Kirsty, if you were my patient, you'd be up in x-ray right-now, but you're not my patient are you, which is why I offered you a place to stay at mine..." Adam trailed-off.
Adam's POV.
I knew she was getting-fed-up of my persistent attitude, but I couldn't bare to see another-person suffer because I was too busy to care. Maybe if I'd have been there more for Alex, he would've seen that his life was a life worth-living. And I was so busy thinking about how Jess was doing in her operation, that I had completely forgotten about Harry, and now He was dead, and Jess was off in America. But this wasn't about-me, this was about Kirsty, and I Had to help-her, I had to make-up for what I hadn't done in the past.
I watched Kirsty sigh as I confirmed to her that she wasn't just a patient to me.
"I'm Sorry." She said to me quietly, but tearfully. What did she have to be sorry for? Surely the only person who-needed-to apologise-right-now was Warren?
"Kirsty you don't need to apologise to me...not to me...not to anyone..." I told-her gently.
"Yes I Do. I'm taking my anger with Warren out on you, and I shouldn't do that..." She began as she placed her hands onto either side of my neck. "You've been great." She said gratefully, before she placed the lightest-kiss onto my lips. That was a shock. But nevertheless I tenderly-placed my hands onto Kirsty's waist.
"I'm just worried about-you Kirst, you know that." I told-her softly.
"I know you are, and you're being so sweet, and...I dunno...lovely, I suppose, about everything." She said, still cuddled-up to me as she stepped-in ever so slightly closer to me, she was basically stood in-between my two-feet now. I just hoped that no-one pulled the Cubicle-Curtain open. "But I can't leave Warren, Adam, you know-that. He'd come after-me...He'd kill-me..." She trailed-off as the tears got the better of her once again, and her head fell onto my chest, and we hugged as her arms trailed-around my neck.
"Ssh, Kirst, it's gonna be okay, just trust-me alright?" I whispered softly into her ear.
Kirsty's POV.
We hugged for quite a while before I pulled-away at the sound of Adam's voice. "I've always trusted-you." I told-him as my thumb gently stroked his cheek.
"I just need some-time..." I trailed-off, I hated breaking his heart like this. I could see by the look on his face that he wouldn't sleep-tonight. I just wished that he wouldn't worry about-me so much. It would do him no-good. But that didn't mean his help wasn't appreciated. He was a busy-Doctor, with much more on his mind than a battered-wife, but yet he still madee-time for me, and that was what made-me love him so much.
No-matter how much I shouted at him, no-matter how much of a cow I was to him, he was still-there. It was just a shame that the same couldn't be said for Warren...my husband...the man who was supposed to do all of that...all of what Adam did eveyrday.
"Well how long is that gonna be Kirst? The longer you leave-it, the worse things will get..." Adam told-me in a panic as his breaths grew-louder and slightly heavier with worry.
"Adam, you HAVE to let me do this MY way. Besides I can't do anything until I've found my Wedding-Ring...you don't know the hassle I'd get if he sees that I'm not wearing-it..."
"Kirsty..." He began worriedly, but I interupted. As much as it killed-me to reject-him like this, Nita came first.
"I can't leave my daughter behind...she loves her Father, Adam. I've got to stay, because if I go...I'll loose-Nita..." I told-him before running-out of the cubicle. I bluffed to Tess that I didn't feel-well, then hurried-off home, I was becoming a good-liar recently. I had done enough lieing to Adam before he had found-out about Warren. I had to find that darn Wedding-Ring, before it was too-late...
Adam's POV.
I followed Kirsty out of the cubicle, a coupel of minutes behind-her, so that no-one suspected anything. I look around reception for-her, there was no sign of her. I assumed she must've been called into Resus or something. But my patients were in-there? Surely I would've been paged? My worried-look must've caught Zoe's attention, as she slowly-approached-me.
"You alright?" Zoe asked-me, obviously concerned for-me. Zoe was a great-friend...Zoe. Why was she out of Resus? She was definitely-in there with me earlier, and her patient wasn't just about to get-up and leave anytime-soon. Kirsty wasn't in Resus, she'd gone...gone-off shift? Surely-not...
I looked at Zoe, feeling slightly-lost. "Urm...yeah...listen, I don't suppose you've seen Kirsty have you?" I asked-her calmly.
"No, not-since she arrived, sorry Ad..." Zoe paused. "Look, are you sure you're alright?" She asked, but I wasn't the one to be worrying-about, I had been through the worst-events in my life, and things had been starting to look-up a little-recently. Kirsty was the one to worry-about.
"I'm fine, I just need to find-Kirsty..." I told-Zoe distantly, before moving-away to catch-up with Tess, knowing that Zoe would be rolling her eyes right-behind-me.
"Tess!" I called as I caught-up with the efficient-Nurse.
"Yes Adam." She replkied with a smile.
"Do you know where Kirsty is?" I asked-her in a panic.
"Oh she went-home early, she said she wasn't feeling-too-good..." Tess told-me truthfully.
Wasn't feeling too good? Well...I suppose it was almost-true...After-al., I had caught-her throwing-up in a bush this-morning...
"Okay, thanks Tess." I replied, before running-back to Zoe, who was still sat in reception. It was gonna be one of those-days.
"Zoe I need you to me a favour?" I told-her, slightly out-of-breath from where I had been running back and forth.
"And what would that be Adam?" She asked, slightly sarcastically.
"I need you to cover for-me..." I blurted-out.
"Hah, no-way Adam, I've wiped the slate-clean, I'm a new Zoe, I don't do getting myself into trouble anymore..." Zoe refused-me, but I knew Zoe, she'd do it if there was something in it for her.
"Oh Zoe come-on...I'll cover a shift for you?" I gsuggested.
"Right...now we're talking, Anything-More you'd like to offer-up?" She teased-me. I couldn't believe she was doing this to me. I needed to find-Kirsty!
"Drinks are on me for a week..." It wasn't like I couldn't afford-it...
"Right, Deal, now shift, before someone catches you..." She told-me with a smile.
"Thanks Zo..." I said before I kissed her forehead. "Mmmmwwaahh." I joked before running-off to the car-park, so I could get to Kirsty's-place.
"EWW!" I heard Zoe shout as I left the department.
Kirsty's POV.
I finally managed to get-home, Warren was asleep on the sofa. I frantically searched around for my Wedding-Ring. It had to be around here somewhere...I practically tore the Kitchen apart look for it, and that was when I heard Warren shuffle-around. He was awake.
I took a deep-breath-in, and then I turned to face-him. "Oh, hey Darlin'..." I said with a small-smile.
"You forgot to wake-me...Again." He said viciously.
"Oh sorry...I was just looking for something that's all..."
"Lost something 'ave ya?" He asked in his broad-accent.
"Yeah..." I trailed-off...
"Looking for this?" He said as he held up my Wedding-Ring infront of his ugly-face...
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