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Two and a half hours after taking Crystal into surgery Dr. Randall appears in the doorway to the surgical waiting room. The surgery had taken longer than he thought it would she came through it after only stopping to breathe once while on the operating table. He took in the Sons and the women all looking down at the floor and noticed that none of them had noticed that he was there.
Dr. Randall took in a deep breath and said "She's out of surgery."
At that all of the Sons plus the women's heads snapped up and they all got up and walked over to him.
"Is she alright?" Katie asked.
"Why did it take you longer than you said?" Happy asked.
"When can we see her?" Cassie asked.
"Is she out from the anesthetic?" Celia asked.
"Will she recover quickly?" Steph asked.
Dr. Randall held up a hand and said "Hold on one question at a time please. I will try to answer all of your questions in the order that they were asked. Yes, she is doing alright. The surgery took longer than I expected because for one she stopped breathing on the table and for two I found a piece of a knife embedded in her rib cage. She is coming out from the anesthetic now. I hope that her recovery will be quick but it's hard to say."
Happy growled and said "What do you mean you found a piece of a knife embedded in her rib cage?"
Dr. Randall sighed. "From what I could tell when I actually looked her over she had a stab wound in her side. I noticed that it was inflamed so after re-inflating her lung I decided to explore a little and I found the tip of a knife in her rib cage. I really don't know how the Doctor that operated on her before could miss it."
Katie looked up at that and growled low in her throat before saying "I can probably answer that question Doc. It turns out the man who operated on Crystal is a golf buddy of her soon to be ex husband."
At that all of the Sons turned towards Katie and Clay said "Do you think he left it in there on purpose then?"
This time it was Cassie that answered. "Yes, I think the same thing Katie does. I found the Surgeon who operated on Crystal and saw him talking to Crystal's ex. They were both laughing."
Clay nodded and said "Do you by chance have the Doctor's name? If so I'll have Juice look up any information he can find on him."
Cassie and Katie both nodded and Katie said "His name is Doctor Keith Bradshaw."
Clay looked over at Juice and said "Find everything you can on Doctor Keith Bradshaw."
Juice nodded and said "I need to know from what state."
Celia swallowed and said "Arizona."
Juice nodded and looked at Clay. "I'm going on back to the shop. When I know something I will come back."
Clay nodded and then turned back towards Dr. Randall "Will she recover okay or do you think she will have complications?"
Dr. Randall shook his head. "I honestly can't tell you if she will have complications or not. Like I said earlier she stopped breathing on the operating table but we have her breathing again before a minute was even close to being up. I think the stress of the ride and her falling to the ground which she told me about on the way to the operating room is what caused her ribs to shift. I will be keeping her in ICU tonight and most of tomorrow but you guys can see her."
Gemma stepped forward and said "Thank you Doc Randall for treating her quickly."
Dr. Randall shook his head. "I'll send someone out to get you in a few minutes as soon as she is in recovery. I am only supposed to allow two of you to go back but this time I will make an exception. You all can go back just make sure not to stress her out. If she gets to stressed it could complicate her recovery and make it take longer."
Everyone nodded and Dr. Randall left the waiting room. He couldn't help but think about the Doctor who left the tip of the knife in Crystal. Even though Dr. Randall was a Doctor he hoped that the Sons would make this Dr. Bradshaw pay for what he has done.
Happy turned towards the Sons and said "Both Crystal's ex and the Doctor pay for what they have done to my sister."
One by one Opie, Tig, Bobby, Jax, Chibs, and Clay nodded and Clay said "They will pay brother. But if we're going to do this we're doing it right."
With that statement he turned toward the other women and said "As soon as Crystal gets out of here we are having a meeting and you women are coming into the Chapel. We are going to want the names of all the men that is messing or has messed with you."
Katie, Celia, Stephanie and Cass all nodded their heads. They knew that as soon as they tell the guys what happened to them that they men were going to what to go after who was responsible. They were not sure how they felt about that. In some aspects they knew that it needed to be done but yet in others the women knew how the men that hurt them were and they didn't want any of the Sons to get hurt.
