My Heart's Already Broken
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The next day at work, Sam and Zoe met in the staff room.
"Was it better, without the dog?"
Zoe smiled and nodded.
"You better bloody well have- that dog ruined my scarf!"
"You shouldn't have dressed her up then, should you?" Zoe laughed.
"Yeah, well… I kind of missed her. I had to give her back today…" Sam frowned.
"Aw… boo hoo!"
Just then, Zoe looked out the window.
"Scarlet's back… we'd better go talk to her…"
When she saw them, Scarlet cowered away slightly.
"How'd it go?" Sam asked.
"Bad. I kept… forgetting, I guess…" Scarlet smiled weakly.
"It doesn't matter! You were so brave, Scarlet, honestly. You reacted to all this much better than us…" Zoe smiled. Sam hit her on the arm.
Scarlet bit her lip quietly, still hoping for an answer.
Just then, Dylan appeared behind them.
"They got drunk and convinced themselves that they kidnapped my dog…"
Scarlet smiled at him, more so when Zoe and Sam pushed him away, making noises of annoyance.
Just then, Nick Jordan approached the group.
"Scarlet, Sam, Zoe- I felt it was my duty to tell you that they've made an arrest. Leila's attacker will be in court as soon as possible. I felt it was my duty to tell you."
"Okay, erm… thanks." Zoe smiled, tiredly. This whole court case idea had made everyone feel down. Nick felt bad leaving the group, but he had a hospital to run.
Zoe turned to Scarlet and Sam-
"Right, we'd better go doctor/nurse people… or, y'know… people will… die. People will die. So, erm, let's go."
The group dispersed, nervous about the upcoming court case. At the end of the day, Nick asked that Dixie, Jeff, Sam, Scarlet, Zoe and Dylan all met him in the staff room.
Dylan and Zoe were the first to arrive.
"What do you think's going on?" Dylan asked.
Jeff and Dixie walked in.
"What does Jordan want us all for?"
"I have no idea." Zoe replied. The four discussed possibilities for a while, then Sam joined them.
"Yep, I'm right." Jeff sighed.
"About what?" Asked Sam, wearily.
"I said that Jordan wanted us in here because we were all in trouble. But, if there's trouble, you'd be involved… but now you're here, I know we're in trouble…"
Sam shoved him.
Then, Scarlet hurried in, blood splattered over her usually pristine nurses uniform-
"What's going on?"
"If only we knew," Zoe replied, "Rough day?"
"Yeah. Rough day, exploding blood, the usual…" Scarlet sighed.
"Want to talk about it?" Sam asked, sitting Scarlet down on one of the sofas, sitting next to her.
"Not really…"
"Are you sure?" Zoe asked, sitting on the other side. Jeff and Dixie sat in the chairs nearby and Dylan hovered near the group.
"Did something go wrong? Because Nick isn't here, and whatever you've done can't be as bad as kidnapping a dog whilst heavily drunk." Sam asked, glaring at Dylan for giving that away. Dixie and Jeff raised their eyebrows at each other.
"It was bad all day. An elderly patient passed away, um… a little kid came in and wouldn't let me take a blood sample he kept kicking me and his parents didn't help... Hence this, and the bruising I now have over my arms and neck. Oh, and Lloyd's ill."
Everyone grimaced sympathetically, but Nick had just entered the room… with Yvonne behind him.
"What the hell have you done…?" Jeff whispered to Sam.
She hit him.
"I felt it was my duty to inform you," Yvonne explained, "That the police officer in question has pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, one of supplying illegal drugs- we can't find a way of making what he did to her baby illegal. The drunken man who killed Leila has been convicted of her murder. He's been sentenced to a minimum of twenty-four years inside."
The whole room smiled.
"Yes…" Sam hissed.
"Hope he rots…" Jeff and Dixie nodded.
Scarlet was just crying quietly, happy that justice had been done. Zoe and Sam wrapped their arms round her to comfort her.
When Nick and Yvonne had left, Zoe looked up.
"Who's still working?"
Dylan, Jeff and Dixie all raised their hands or nodded, then left.
"Right, so that leaves… erm… us. Fancy a drink, Scarlet?"
"Er, yeah- are you sure?" She asked, quietly confused.
"No, we were asking just to let you down again." Sam smirked… Zoe hit her gently.
"Of course you can come, Scarlet- would you like to?"
"Erm, yes please," Scarlet smiled, unsure.
The three left together, smiling- to celebrate justice for their Leila.
Hope you enjoyed, this is NOT the end (: