Chapter 7

Two weeks later: Jimmy was taking Cameron to the doctor's to be checked out and see if she could return to work. After waiting for a half an hour she was called into the room. The doctor examined her back and abdomen and asked her how much pain she was still experiencing.

"Hardly any" she told him.

"Ok, this all looks good you can return to work today if you want" he said handing her the papers that would allow her to return to work.

"Ok, thank you" she told him and after he left she changed into her street clothes and return to the Jimmy who had waited in the waiting room.

"So, what did he say?" he asked her.

"I can return to work today if I want to" she told him.

"Ok, lets head to the station" he told her and they headed to the station.

AT THE STATION

DK was working out how to keep the squad off inactive being down two firefighters when Jimmy and Cameron entered the kitchen of the stationhouse. Their fill-ins were asked to return to their normal assignments that day. When he saw Cameron he said, "I thought you were still on medical" and addressing Jimmy, "I thought you were taking care of her"

"I just came from the doctor and he cleared me for full duty" she told him with a smile and DK looked shocked, "Ok, I guess that solves that problem" Just then the squad came downstairs and was shocked at the sight in front of them, Jimmy and Cameron back and ready for work. "Hey, you're back" Howell said. "Yeah, good to go" she told him.

"Is your back going to cause you any further problems?" Howell wanted to know.

"No, when the stab wounds were fixed the repair was inadequate; the surgeons here have corrected the mistake so it will not cause me any further problems." She told everyone.

Later that night Billy found Cameron standing out on the roof of the firehouse trying to get some fresh air and approached her about something that had bothered him since they had carried her to the bus that night. "Do you mind me asking you a personal question?" he asked.

"Depending on what the question is" she stated.

"Do you know who stabbed you?"

At first she hesitated then spoke, "It was my father, He wanted me to quit and come back to live with him and care for my alcoholic mother and I said no"

"Oh"

"If you don't mind Billy I would prefer not to be treated any differently now that you know the details behind my attack, it took me a long time before I could even look at a knife without flashing back to that night, and even longer until I could walk into a small room without looking over my shoulder."

"So returning to the job must have been difficult to endure huh?" he asked.

"Yes, simple things as clearing a room became a situation for mental flashbacks." She told him.

"Ok, I will try and talk to them"

"Right now?" she asked.

"Yeah, it's quiet" Then DK appeared on the roof and Billy suggested that the squad be talked to about not babying her. DK agreed and the three went down stairs and DK announced the squad meeting.