Chapter 4:
Sam
"Yeah I`m fine. Why wouldn`t I be?" Sam said doubting what she said because she knew what she said was not true.
"Sam, I know you have been crying. You are... were always rubbish at lying."
"Dylan, You don't know me anymore. I have changed a lot since we lived together. I am tougher and I can deal with own problems. I am a big girl."
"I know you. I am just… worried…about…you. What was that all about anyway?"
" He`s a mate. That`s all. Anyway it none of your business." Sam bluntly replied.
" It is when you cheated on me. He`s the guy… isn`t he!"
"NO! WHAT! YOU KNOW I CHEATED ON YOU BUT NOT WITH HIM!"
"Well who is he then. He kissed you on the lips. I know we are not together but it would be nice if you were not kissing other men in front of our colleges, embarrassing me!"
"WE ARE SEPARATED. I DO NOT HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION FROM YOU. I AM ALLOWED TO DO WHATEVER I WANT TO DO WITH WHO EVER I WANT TO!" Sam shouted and then departed from the toilets with a whole new set of tears appearing on her cheeks.
Dylan
Dylan knew that his comment was out of order but he had to ask the question. He saw all of the texts from Sam to Mark and they seemed very flirtatious but he would not have thought that Sam would have ever cheated on him. But who could this Mark fella be? Dylan walked out the toilets 5 minutes after Sam had and walked to CDU to see if there were any interesting cases that had been passed to him. There was none. So he walked to recuss but was stopped in his tracks when an incoming patient came in through the E.D. doors.
" This is Mark. He`s 31 years old. He is complaining of chest pain, he has a queried broken arm and has a bang to the head. His GCS is 6 and he is not breathing very well." Jeff said quickly.
"OK this is the man from earlier. The one who Sam had an argument with. What happened to him." Dylan spluttered.
"He was in an RTA on Roules road. It was pretty bad. Maybe you should tell Sam, as he is her friend. Its better it coming from you Dylan." Dixie added.
"I will tell her in a bit. She is in a bit of a state. She won`t want me telling her at the moment."
"Just remember to tell her, otherwise she will kill you for withholding the information." Dixie assured Dylan when she departed resuss and left Dylan to his job.
" Hi Mark, I'm Dr. Keogh. Now… you arm, stomach and head hurts right?"
"Yeah, but I feel sick as well. I think it is from being embarrassed. Your colleague, Sam, and me had an argument. Lets just say it did not work well. Do you know of someone called Dylan?" Mark babbled.
"Yeah I know of him. He`s… lets just say… a lonely soul."
" Yeah well I think he is a nasty piece of work. He is Sam`s ex husband, Sam cheated on him but he nearly killed her for it when he was drunk. He nearly hit her-she was petrified. She phoned me up afterwards wanting me to pick her up and take her back to my plac-"
"I AM DYLAN. SAM IS MY WIFE. SHE CHEATED ON ME WHAT WAS I MEANT TO DO. I WENT AND GOT DRUNK BECAUSE SHE CHEATED ON ME. I CAME BACK AND NEARLY HIT HER I TOTALLY REGREAT IT NOW. I KNOW YOU AND SAM HAD A FLING IN THE ARMY. IT IS YOUR FAULT THAT OUR MARRIAGE HAS BROKEN DOWN. MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BIG NOSE OUT OF ARE PRIVATE LIFE OR ELSE…" Dylan blurted so loudly that most of the people in the hospital could have heard the row.
He then stormed out to find out more about this Mark guy. Dylan walked to the reception computer and search for a Mark who lived in the Holby area. There was 3 Mark`s matching his age and name: 1 of which is in the army. But his surname… Nicholls… It cant be… Sam`s brother?