Chapter 6

Stella left the café and was on her way back to Angela's room when she spotted Mac entering the hospital. "Where've you been?" She asked as he approached her. "We caught him, Stell. We caught him. He won't be able to serve anymore alcohol for a long time."

Happy tears welled up in Stella's eyes as she stared at Mac. "You caught the guy that gave the girls the alcohol?"

"Yeah, apparently we have a very beautiful teenage daughter and he couldn't help himself."

"Well, she does take after me."

"Yes, she does. I'm just happy we finally caught the creep."

"So am I, come on. Let's go tell the girls." With that, they quickly headed down to the ICU. When they got there, they saw Heather and Katie leaving. "Oh, Stella. I was just about to call you and tell you we were leaving."

Mac knelt down in front of Katie and looked into her blue eyes. "We caught him, Katie. That creep will never be able to sell anyone else alcohol again."

You-you caught him?" Katie asked, tearfully.

"Yep, he's in jail so he can't hurt anyone else."

"Good. Thank-thank you for catching him."

"Your welcome sweetheart." Mac said giving her a hug. They hugged for a while, then Katie left to go back to her room; and Mac and Stella went in the ICU to go and tell their daughter the good news. They quickly made their way down the hall and then entered her room. Taking a deep breath, they walked over to Angie's bed.

Mac reached out and took her hand in his. "Angela baby, we caught the creep who gave you and Katie the alcohol. He's in jail, so he won't be able to hurt anyone ever again. We got him, sweetheart. We got him."

A few minutes later Angie's eyes opened wide and the ventilator began beeping rapidly. "Angie sweetheart. It's okay. Your safe, your in the hospital." Just then, a nurse came rushing into the room and over to the bed. She saw the look of panic and fear in Angie's eyes and tried to talk to her. "Miss Taylor. Your safe. Your in the hospital. Just relax and you'll be able to breathe better." The machine kept beeping.

"Why is it doing that?" Mac asked angrily.

"Cause your daughter's fighting with it and that's why it's hard for her to breathe. She needs to relax."

Stella looked at the nurse. "You can come back once she's calmed down. Just let me get her relaxed first."

The nurse glared at her for a few seconds, then walked out. "Excuse me." Stella said, looking at Mac. He moved back to give her room. Stella reached out and gently placed her hand on her daughters forehead. "Your just fine, Angel. I know your scared, but your safe. Just relax and you'll get your breath back. I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere. Your safe." Mommy's right here, baby." I'm right here. " After a while her breathing slowed and became normal again.

The machine stopped beeping. The nurse came back in and lowered it a little bit. "Very good, Mrs. Taylor. I lowered the machine a little so we can see how she does with breathing on her own. The Doctor will be in tomorrow to talk to her. There should be an abc chart around here somewhere and she can point to the letters. Or you can use a pen and paper too." The nurse said then left. After she left, Stella turned to Mac. "See if you can find a chart anywhere and give it to Angie."

Mac looked around and finally found one, he walked over to Angie's bed and held it up in front of her.

Scared.

"I know you are sweetie." Stella said, looking at her daughter. "You were in a bad accident and asleep for a while. But your okay, your in the hospital."

Katie.

"Katie's here too, she's upstairs. She's fine."

Can't feel my legs.

Tears streamed down Stella's face as she looked at her daughter. "We'll talk to the Doctor about that tomorrow, baby. I'm sure everything's fine."

Angela stared at her mother. "I promise. It'll be okay."

Angela slowly lowered her hands down and Mac put the chart back. Then he walked back over to his daughter. "It's getting late, we should probably try and sleep. "

"Sleep where?" Stella asked. A few moments later, a nurse came in with a big cushiony chair. She wheeled it over by Angela's bed, then left. Mac got in first, then Stella. Soon, everyone was asleep.