Hanging by the thread Ch.2
'Hazel is now out of surgery. She is in a coma, but her condition is stable right now.' The doctor informed Stella.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Stella felt her heartbeat gradually returned to normal. Her Hazel is still alive. As long as she is alive, there is still hope. 'Can I go and see her?' she asked. After she is told of Hazel's room number, she was off in a shot, anxious to see how Hazel was doing.
'She is going to stay like that till Hazel gets better.' Mac sighed. Stella was normally so upbeat about everything, with her like this, everything felt wrong. 'We should go back to the lab now. The sooner we found the murderer, the better.' The others all nodded. They wanted to catch this person as much as Stella wanted. If that person is cold-blooded enough to shoot three kids, who could tell what would be next.
'I'll stay here and wait for her.' Lindsay told Mac. Mac agreed. He knew Stella and Lindsay were extremely close friends and sooner or later, when Stella was made to leave, she would be in condition to drive.
Stella's POV
I walked into my daughter's room. She looked so… still, lying on the white hospital bed. The fact that she was hooked up to all sorts of machines pierced through my heart like a dagger. With great difficulty, I managed to sit down beside her and took her hand into mine. Somehow, the steady beeping of the heart monitor calmed me down slightly.
I stroke her long brown hair, combing it out with my fingers. Unlike my frizzy curls, hers were long and smooth. Here usually sparkling green eyes were covered by her eyelids. I couldn't help it. At this point, I broke down and started crying.
Lindsay's POV
The doctor, whom I remembered was Hazel's doctor, came over suddenly. 'Are you a friend of Ms Bonasera?' He asked. When I nodded, he glanced around and spoke to me quietly. 'I just passed by Hazel's room and found Ms Bonasera crying in there. We tried to help, but she does not respond to us. Can you come and help?' He asked.
I was up in a second and followed him to Hazel's room, where Stella is crying over Hazel. I went in quietly and put my hand on her shoulder. She did not respond at all.
'Stel, Hazel is going to be fine. She survived through the worst. She is your daughter. She must have inherited your stubborn streak. She is not going to give up; she will fight to come back. She won a battle already. Now she is resting. Soon, when she is well rested, she will fight to come back.' I told her gently. I pulled her up carefully and lead her to the door.
Stella never looked so pale in anyone's memory. Her green eyes usually sparkle with amusement and her presence could always cheer everyone up. However, Nowadays, she looked withdrawn and miserable and her green eyes are dull. Nobody blamed her and deep down, Stella could sense their support for her and was extremely grateful.
She spent every free minute she had with Hazel. Lindsay and Mac accompanied her most of the time, saying that they too wanted to see how Hazel was doing and joked that there may still be some clue on her. Although the reasons they gave were true, she knew that there was one unspoken one. They hope that this way, she would feel the support of the whole team behind her, and never will she be alone.
'Mac, we've got a clue. The bullet were extracted from the two victims in the morgue and they are a .45 bullet. We ran it through the gun records and the owner of the gun which shot is James Reynard.' Lindsay, for the second time, burst into Mac's office, and caused him to upset his coffee once more.
'What have we got on him?' Mac asked, trying to mop up the coffee while checking the panel.
'He was taken in twice for robbery and the most recent one was in 2006, with 5 years of jail time.' Lindsay answered.
'That means he could be out by now. Let's go and check on our lovely James Reynard, shall we? What address?'
'555 Breakwater Cove. Should we get Stella?' Lindsay asked.
Mac thought for a moment then nodded his head.
'Go and find her. Meet me in the garage in 15 minutes.'
Well, another chapter is up. Thankfully, I had some unexpected extra time today and could upload it. Special thanks to mckenzie and tateandtivaforever for reviewing this story. Please review and constructive criticisms are much appreciated but no flamers please.
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