Here is an update! Thanks so much to all of you who wished me a happy birthday! I had a great birthday and now, that life is slowing down a little, I can update! Here is this chapter, in all it's glory! (Joking, joking...)
About the characters being melodramatic or sappy over Cameron: I'll slow that down a little and trim off some of the drama, but I really want everyone, especially Chase, to be really emotionally unstable at the moment. I have a plan for House and it's going to be great... just as soon as everyone thinks everything can be back to normal again, House emotionally crashes... I think; it's just an idea I'm toying around with. My plot lines change by the day and it's rare that a story ever ends how I planned it at the beginning.
Wilson's First Visit
Chase and Foreman were talking last night, after Chase's hearing in front of the board, and I thought I would come and pay you a visit. We never really talked as much as you talked with Chase or House, but I still want to tell you some things...
Today, my hearing went well. I was busted for ignoring the case, and leaving paperwork where it wasn't supposed to be, but that was it. I was asked again what role I had to play in your death and I found it a little difficult to think about you. I didn't want to tell them a single word about how you died and how I saw you fall to the ground, dying, but I told them the best I could. Chase didn't have to leave the room this time.
Yesterday was embarrassing for him, we all could see it. He was here, I can tell, because I see forget-me-nots next to the daisies Foreman left. I wonder what he told you. I wish you were here to tell us what is going on with that man. What was going on with you, though, is what I'm curious about. Now that I have my own hearing out of the way, I can worry about something else. I still have the financial matter of the lawsuit the Deleyney family is pressing upon us, but that won't be taken care of until after the trial.
The trial is to be in another few weeks, about a month from now. Because the Deleyney's have so much power in the business world, apparently they have influence over the law, because they got their trial pushed up above other trials, those that actually have more importance than a few doctors and a patient who might have died anyway, no matter what we did for him. The trial is to cover two parts: the actual failure of the case along with the financial matters, and your murder. The Deleyney son is in jail at the moment, no bail available, otherwise he probably would have been busted out by now with the family money. What makes me so mad is that the Deleyney's already have so much money and they want to squeeze the hospital dry and ruin our lives. But, I suppose we ruined their life by mistreating the case and causing the death of their husband and father. To be fair, it was House that injected Mr. Deleyney with the tainted medicine.
I once told myself that I would hate House forever if he lost me my job and my money; if my life was turned upside down, I wouldn't speak with him ever again. I now realize that was stupid of me. I couldn't ever hate him forever. I can't hate him for more than a day or two before we talk like old friends, playing paper football or hangman on the white board. We act like little kids when we're together and I don't think I would ever want to lose that, no matter what he would cost me because of his mistakes. There are always other jobs out there and it wouldn't kill me to leave the hospital, considering all the problems we are having right now.
I just don't know what has gotten into him lately. I didn't mention the envelope you gave him, the one Cuddy picked up in the parking lot after he brought House back to the hospital. The director wanted to ask about it, I could tell, but I wasn't going to tell him anyway. That is strictly between you and House; although I can't help but wonder what you wrote. I notice Cuddy had an envelope, too, an orange one, and she kept reaching into her purse. Her hearing is tomorrow and I think she has the most to lose of all of us, except House, of course. She could lose her job and be demoted to one of us, just a simple doctor. I think she would hate that. I think she would even quit and seek a job at another hospital.
I think all of us are contemplating leaving the hospital, some of us even picking a different career path. Foreman said something about being a high school history teacher. Honestly, he did. I think he was trying to make a joke, but his eyes didn't look like he was joking. After all the money we probably will have to pay, I don't think he'll be able to afford college classes to get his degree as an educator. Plus, it's learning something else, picking the second thing over the first choice. He's a great doctor, we all are great doctors... We just made a few mistakes.
Cuddy told me today that she felt a little jealous that you got out of it so easily. She's still mad that you betrayed her trust, I think, but Cuddy really has her heart in the right place. I guess she feels that you escaped all these problems by your death and you've left everything for us to clean up. Cameron, I think she is right. The more I think about it, the more jealous I get, too. You get to rest and watch over us as we struggle just to keep our dignity. I understand that you probably wouldn't have wanted to get hit with that bullet, that would wouldn't have wanted to leave us, but I can't help but wonder what I would have done. I just don't like this, any of this. Second guessing myself is the worst thing I could do and that's what I'm doing right now.
I've gotta run, Cameron. I brought just one flower. I thought that you would have liked it if you could see it. It's a poppy. It's a fake poppy, mind you, one of those cheap cloth ones, but I couldn't get to the flower shop on time; they closed a few minutes before I arrived. I'll find you a real one someday and bring it to you. Just tell me that you are watching out for us. If you just left and didn't even look back, I don't think any of us would get through the rest of the hearings and the trial.
Watch out for us, Allison. We're doing our best to protect your memory here, but you have to keep an eye out for us for now. Please, Cameron. Please.
Wow, not a bit of angst taken out of this chapter, huh? I didn't want to have a boardroom scene for this one; I just wanted Wilson to babble to Cameron, saying whatever is on his mind, switching from one topic to another. I wanted to give a glimpse into everything before I do Cuddy's chapter and add what was in that letter Cameron gave her. You'll find out soon! House's letter is still a little way off, yet, but Cuddy's letter is a preview of House's. Thanks for reading and leave a review, please! Thanks so much!
