This is important: I am not a doctor, and I know that I will get some medical things wrong. I have done research, but I don't know enough to make this completely medically accurate. Just to let you know before reading, so no one gets mad if there are mistakes. Enjoy!
Shortly after Scarlett settled down in the waiting room, she saw the Mayor of Nashville enter with his daughters. She wanted to ask him why he was there and if it had anything to do with her uncle's accident, but she felt a little uncomfortable addressing him. It took a few minutes, but she eventually mustered up the courage to speak.
"Was Rayna in the car with Uncle Deacon?" Scarlett asked, as this was the most logical reason that she could think of for Rayna's family to be there.
"Yes, she was," Teddy replied in a tone that Scarlett had never heard him use before. She had seen his campaign speeches, and even when he was dealing with a scandal, like the one with his affair, he always seemed incredibly confident. But now, he seemed solemn and depressed. Scarlett was afraid to ask anything else, because she didn't want to interrogate him at such an upsetting time. Besides, before she even had the chance to say anything else, Teddy was distracted by two people who entered the waiting room. Scarlett immediately recognized the man as Lamar Wyatt. She didn't know who the woman with him was, but assumed she was Rayna's sister, whom Scarlett had heard about from her uncle.
"Teddy have you heard anything?" The woman asked.
"No, Tandy, all they said is that she's in critical condition," he replied.
Scarlett observed as Lamar silently sat down in a chair. She didn't know much about Lamar, except that he didn't like her uncle. However, she did know from her uncle's stories that Lamar was very powerful and manipulative. But in this moment, Lamar looked so weak and defeated, that she could barely believe that the man in Uncle Deacon's stories existed.
Just then, a man entered the room wearing scrubs and a lab coat. Scarlett immediately fixated her eyes on the man, because he was the first doctor to come in the room since she had gotten there.
"Family of Deacon Claybourne?" The man asked, looking around the waiting room.
"That's me!" Scarlett exclaimed as she stood up quickly enough to make her head spin. She grabbed the chair to steady herself and waited for the doctor to tell her about her uncle's condition.
"Deacon is conscious and talking. We stitched up a laceration on his forehead and removed some glass shards from his leg. He also has a minor concussion, but all he really needs to do about that is rest. He is currently up in CT checking to see if there are any internal injuries, but to our knowledge he will be fine. If the CT comes back clean, then he'll just have to stay the night for observation."
"Oh, thank you so much!" Scarlett ran over and hugged the doctor. She was overjoyed and could not believe how lucky Uncle Deacon had been.
As Teddy listened to Deacon's doctor, he wondered why he still hadn't gotten an update on Rayna. He was about to ask the doctor, when Tandy spoke up.
"What about Rayna Jaymes? Is there any news on her?"
The doctor looked uncomfortable. "Well, I'm just with Mr. Claybourne, but I can go see if one of her doctors can come out and talk to you," he said, before quickly exiting the room. They had to wait a few more minutes, but Teddy was relieved when a doctor came out looking for Rayna Jaymes' family. However, his report was much more unpleasant than the one about Deacon.
"Miss Jaymes has been unconscious since she was found under the car. She was found with a crushed pelvis along with many other broken bones. The extent of her internal injuries is currently unknown, but the car was partly on top of her, which likely has caused internal bleeding. Miss Jaymes will be taken up to surgery shortly. We are currently trying to stabilize her and run some tests to see what we're dealing with."
Teddy couldn't believe what he was hearing. Rayna was actually dying. This was so much more serious than he originally thought, and he wasn't sure if he was going to be able to handle it.
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