"Is she okay?" Wade asked breathlessly as a number of doctors and nurses ran into the room. As Wade noticed that the beeping from the machines had ceased completely he felt his face drain pale.
"Clear" the nurse yelled as she tried to revive Zoe. There was a moment of silence that felt like an eternity to Wade before she said anything. "Clear!" she repeated, and this time the machines resumed beeping at the pace they had before the entire incident.
"Thank God" Wade gasped as he choked back tears. "She's okay, right?"
"Sir, you need to leave" the doctor said coldly as he looked Zoe over. "Prep OR 4" he added to the nurse. "We need to get her back into surgery as soon as possible."
"Surgery, for what?" Wade asked urgently.
"Sir!" the doctor snapped. "I am not going to tell you again, you need to leave or I'm going to have security remove you from the building."
"What is going on?" he asked desperately, his eyes filling with tears.
The doctor took pity on him and gave him a brief explanation.
"She's bleeding internally. If we don't take care if it soon, she's going to crash again."
"And by 'crash' you mean…"
"She could die" he confirmed. "You need to go" he added pointing to the door.
Wade leaned against the wall outside the door and processed everything that happened. Zoe was in a coma, and she was still in danger of dying. He could lose her forever. A horrible feeling swept over him, a feeling he had never experienced before. A feeling so terrible that it was rivaled only by the feeling he got when his mama died. "Oh God" he sighed as he ran into the bathroom and began to throw up. "I didn't mean it Zoe" he said to himself as he started to cry. "I never meant to hurt you… I- I'm so sorry."
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"Hey" Wade said nervously as he joined Lavon and Zoe's mother in the waiting room once again. "They took Zoe in for surgery again-"
"We know" Candice interrupted.
"God" Lavon sighed. "How much can the poor girl take. She just got through a five hour surgery, she's still in a coma, and now they have to do more."
"She died" Wade said staring off into the distance. "She died right in front of me."
"What are you talking about?" Candice snapped sharply.
"Zoe died, they revived her."
"What?" she gasped. "Why the hell didn't they tell us that!?"
"I don't know" Wade shrugged. "It was the scariest moment of my life. Find out anything else about Brick?" he asked changing the subject.
"Well" Lavon sighed. "The town is outraged, and they're demanding to find out who the girl he hit was. I don't think it's gonna take them to long to figure it out though…"
"Dealing with the town riff-raff will be fun" Zoe's mother muttered as she rolled her eyes.
"Riff-raff?" Lavon asked arching a brow.
"You know" Wade said angrily. "Zoe loves the people in Bluebell."
"She should have stayed with me" her mother snapped angrily. "She never should have stayed in this hell hole of a town, this never should have happened!"
"Zoe didn't get hurt because she stayed in Bluebell" Wade said through gritted teeth. "She got hurt because Brick Breeland got hammered and then got behind the wheel of a car!"
"I still can't believe it" Lavon said. "It just doesn't seem possible to me for Brick to be that irresponsible. I mean, he's a jerk and an ass, but drunk driving? It just doesn't sound like him."
"Excuse me" Lemon said softly as she walked into the waiting room. "Hello."
"Lemon" Lavon said as he stood up. "What are you…"
"I wanted to see how Zoe was doing" she explained nervously.
"Like you give a damn about Zoe" Wade scoffed. "You just want to find out if she's dead because that will mean your father will get more jail time!"
"That isn't true" Lemon said defensively. "Now, I'm not going to pretend that Zoe and I are best friends or anything, but for goodness sake's I don't want her to…"
"She's in surgery" Lavon said as he put his hand on her arm. "It's not good."
"I'm so sorry" Lemon said horrified.
"It isn't your fault" Lavon said reassuringly. "Hey, how are you doing?"
"Not so good" she said as her face drained pale. "If you'll excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom."
"Lemon-" Lavon called out as he followed her.
"What was all that about?" Candice asked Wade.
"Beats me. It's Lemon Breeland, I've never understood that woman. I feel bad, I shouldn't have snapped at her like that…"
"She's the bitch?" Candice asked bluntly.
"What?" Wade gasped.
"She's the one that hates Zoe, right."
"Yeah" Wade nodded. "She's lightened up, but…"
"She had it coming" Candice said reassuringly. "It's cute you know…"
"What?" Wade asked.
"How protective you are of my daughter. I can tell you love her."
"Thank you" Wade said.
"It wasn't a compliment" Candice snapped back. "I don't give compliments. It was an observation."
"Excuse me" the doctor said walking into the waiting room.
"Yes?" Candice asked nervously.
"We're done with surgery."
"Did she make it?" Wade asked urgently.
"Yes, but I'm afraid I have some bad news for you."
"Bad news?" Candice asked as she chocked back a sob.
"Blood flow to Zoe's brain was blocked for a period of time."
"What does that mean?" Wade asked.
"She's less likely to wake up from her coma.."
"No!" Candice shouted as she started to sob.
"But- there's still hope. There's still hope, right?"
"Like I said before. The longer she's unconscious the less likely she'll wake up…"
"But you don't know that!" Wade shouted as tears fell down his face. "You don't know Zoe. She's a fighter. She's going to get through this! She has to."
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