One Night
Chapter 10

Max
I pulled up to Millie's place but saw no lights on but Millie's car was parked outside. That was weird. I walked towards her front door and saw that it was open ever so slightly, as if she pushed it closed but the door didn't quite make it. I opened the door and looked into the house "Millie!" I called out but there was no answer, the house was dead silent. I flicked a light switch and the light came on "Millie, it's Max!" I called out again a bit louder, just in case she was upstairs or something "Millie!" I called but there was nothing and I started getting worried. I went upstairs but she wasn't there and it didn't look like she had even been up here since she made the bed this morning. I went back downstairs and went into the living room, her bag and phone were on the floor.

Something didn't feel right. I walked into the kitchen and saw her laying on the floor by the back door. She was unconscious and she was bleeding from what looked like her stomach, oh God, please no. I rushed over to her and tried to wake her up but there was no response but there was a pulse. It was weak but she was still alive. I fumbled in my pockets and got my phone out and called the station "Hello it's DS Max Carter, I need a uniformed officers, CID, CSU and an ambulance to 244 Harrison Street. I have a pregnant female who is unresponsive and has a suspected stab wound to the abdomen" I said into the phone and put it down on the floor.

I looked around the kitchen and found a kitchen towel which I used to try and top the bleeding but I think I might already be too late. Her pulse is getting weaker, she's getting colder and her she's looking more pale then ever before "Don't you do this to me now Millie" I said to her and heard sirens coming this way. I know whoever answered my call would've put out that it was Millie's address and everyone in Sun Hill was going to want to know what was going on and try to help.

"Hello?!" A voice called into the house.

"In the kitchen" I replied.

Two sets of feet came towards me and I saw Sally and Stone come in. They stood in the doorway shocked for a moment as they looked at Millie and saw what state she was really in "I got here and she was like this. Her pulse is getting weaker and I'm not sure how much longer she's got" I told them.

"Sierra Oscar 1, I need an update on that ambulance" Stone said into his radio.

"TDA 1 minute" A voice replied.

The ambulance finally arrived and I told them everything they needed to know. They pushed me and everyone out of the kitchen so they could work on her in private. I was forced to stand outside the house with Stone and Sally as we waited for news, good or bad. I can't believe this was actually happening. I was coming here to speak to Millie about being apart of the baby's life and being some sort of support to her and now all of this is happening.

Another car pulled out which had Mickey and Stevie in it. They started asking what was going on but I couldn't speak right now, I was just in shock as to what was going on. Sally told them what I had said previously and they said they would start speaking to neighbours to find out if they knew anything, Stone and Sally said they were going to do the same thing.

The paramedics came out with Millie on a stretcher "Is she ok?" I asked them.

"She needs to get to hospital to have the best chance" One of them said to me and they started putting her in the back of the ambulance "Do you want to come with us?" He asked.

When we got to the hospital Millie was immediately surrounded by doctors and nurses then rushed off. Someone told me to go to the waiting room and someone would come and speak to me when they knew what the situation was. I didn't want to go and sit in the room I wanted to be with Millie and want to know how both she and the baby were. I knew it was bad and there is a high chance that Millie may now have lost the baby because of this. I swear the God when I find out who did this to her they better pray that the officers of Sun Hill get hold of them before I do… I might end up doing something that might cause me to be doing time myself. How dare they do this to Millie!

I went to the waiting room and I was the only one in here. I took a seat and my leg started shaking. I needed something to take my mind off of her in that room on her own. I took my phone out of my pocket but there was no messages or missed calls with news so I decided to call Stone and hear from him what was going on. He was out on the front line so he'll be able to tell me whatever it is I want to know.

"Stone" He said as he answered the phone.

"It's Max. What's going on?" I asked him.

"Not a lot I'm afraid mate. We're speaking to people now but all we've got so far is some bloke walking down the street ten minutes after Millie would have got home. We don't have much of a description or anything but I think Stevie is chasing it up" He explained to me.

"How did he get in?" I asked.

"Looks like he got in through the back. Eddie's here now and he reckons the power was probably out when Millie got home. There's no evidence to suggest a struggle so if the house was in darkness she wouldn't have seen him and she would have had no chance to fight back. Whoever it was has planned this out" He told me.

"The second you got something, you let me know" I said.

"Yeah of course. How is Millie?" He questioned.

"I don't know. I've been sent to the waiting room, I'm just waiting for someone to come and speak to me… it doesn't look good though mate" I told him.

"Well keep us updated" He replied.

I must have been sitting here for hours! I've been out to the nurses station and asked them for an update but they didn't know anything. They said that someone would come and speak to me when there was information. I just want to know what they're doing and what's going on but no one seems to want to tell me anything, they say no news is good news but is just making me more on edge. I've been calling people at the station asking them what's going on and they said they were following up leads but they wasn't saying much else… why wasn't anyone speaking to me.

The door opened and a doctor walked in looking like he had just come out of surgery "Mr Carter?" He questioned and I nodded in response "I'm Doctor James. Ms Brown is out of surgery now and she is in recovery. We did stop the bleeding and close the wound. We were worried that Ms Brown had lost the baby she was carrying but you are both very lucky. The baby is fine and there should be no lasting damage to either her or the baby she is carrying" He explained to me. I let out the biggest sigh of relief and put my head in my hands. I went back up to the doctor and shook his hand and thanked him.

The doctor said that I could go and see Millie so once I was told where her room was I rushed off. I walked in and saw Millie laying in the bed, she was still out cold but she did look better then what she did at the house. She had more colour in her face and I grabbed her hand, it was a lot warmer then it was before. I sat down in the chair and got myself comfortable, I was going to be here for a little while. I'm not leaving here until she woke up and told me herself that she was ok.

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