Sixty-hours…18 minutes…6 seconds…7…8…9…
Jason sat beside Carly watching the clock.
…15..16..17…
This is how he had spent the last few days. Sitting at her bedside. Waiting for her to open her eyes.
…35…36…37…
He had been calm the first two days. He didn't wan to rush her into consciousness, but allow her to do it on her own.
...45…46…47…
He was giving her time to rest.
…50…51…
That was until forty eight hours had past and Carly showed no sign of waking.
Sixty-hours..19 minutes…3 seconds..4….5….
Jason was now starting to panic. Part of him thought he would feel better if there was something physically wrong with her. At least that way Patrick could fix it.
…28…29..30….
But instead Patrick told him that all her vitals were stable. She should have awakened by now.
…45…46…47…
He could feel her slipping away from him with each passing second hand.
...53..54…55
He had begged and pleaded for her to wake. He tried to bribe her.
He even got angry with her and yelled at her to wake. Through it all she remained motionless. Eyes closed in a solemn peaceful sleep. He was tired now. Physically and mentally tired. He needed her to wake up and give him a reason to continue on. He laid his head down on the edge of the bed and let his hand fall across her waist. Head tilted toward the clock.
Sixty Hours..20 minutes…47 seconds….
He counted till he fell asleep.
oooOOOOOoooOOOOOOO
Lucky took a deep breath as he stared at the arrest warrant in his hands. "Damn't why couldn't Mac be more reasonable and give Jason more time." He thought to himself.
He had done everything he could to get them to wait, but Mac had finally had enough.
"You said she should be awake in two days. Two days has past and she's still out of it. There's no telling how long she'll be out. We can't wait any longer. I'm bringing him in." Mac had told him and then quickly added "I'm not changing my mind." Before Lucky could protest.
With no other recourse left but to concede, Lucky asked Mac if he could the one to bring him in. Lucky figured Jason would put up less of fight if he was the one doing it. He was not at all deluding himself into believing Jason would go without fighting him, but he figured Jason wouldn't kill him. If not for the simple fact Carly would have his head when she did wake. Family is family and Jason knows how important that is to Carly. It wasn't like he was taking him away from her for long. All he needed was an hour. Just enough time to book him. The moment the arrest warrant was issued he had contacted Diane and she had a judge set bail. The check had already been written. The only thing left to do was to process Jason. Lucky rested his head in his hands.
"Can I help?" A woman's voice said as a petite hand gently touched his shoulder.
"I wish you could." He answered without lifting his head.
Sam gave his shoulder a gentle squeeze. "When was the last time you slept?" She asked as she came around from behind him and rested her hip up against the side of desk.
"When I was with you." He answered.
"I guess there's no change. Carly's still unconscious?" Sam asked.
"Yeah and I have the wonderful privilege of dragging Morgan away from her comatose body." Lucky said as he looked up and waved the arrest warrant at Sam.
"Oh.." Sam said sympathetically. "That explains a lot. "I'm so sorry. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes right now."
Lucky took the warrant and forcefully placed it on the desk. "This isn't really the problem. Jason knows this is inevitable. The problem is Carly."
A wealth of guilt rose up in Sam and she almost choked on it. "Carly?" She coughed out in a question.
As each day passed and Carly didn't wake Sam felt more and more guilty. She should have given Lucky the phone. Now Lucky was tying himself in knots over not being there for Carly and she had to live with the knowledge that she could have prevented the whole thing. And live with it she would. For no matter how guilty she felt it wasn't enough to make her risk her relationship with Lucky.
"No. There's no change. She's still the same." Lucky regretfully answered. "but what if she wakes and Jason's not there?"
"Then she'll be there wide awake when Jason gets back to her. You've done all you can. Carly will have to appreciate it when she wakes." She said in a reassuring voice.
Lucky stood up and brushed a kiss across her lips. "Thanks for the pep talk."
"Anytime." Sam responded breathlessly.
"I might as well get this over with." Lucky said as put his jacket on.
oooOOOOOoooOOOOOOO
Elizabeth sighed and sunk down in the living room chair. She was so glad it was her day off. If she had to watch Jason hold vigil over Carly for one more second she was going to puke.
He didn't even acknowledge her existence. Everything was about Carly.
She had used the intercom at the nurses' desk to listen in on Jason's heart felt pleas to Carly.
Listened as he promised Carly the life she wanted. The life she deserved.
She was the mother of his child, yet he was telling Carly how much he needed her. How life as he knew it would cease to exist without her.
Well if he was planning on spending the rest of his life with "her" then he might as well say bye to his son.
There was no way she was going to let Carly be a part of Jake's life and sense to the rest of the world Lucky was Jake's father there was no reason why she had too.
oooOOOOOoooOOOOOOO
Brenda waited till the officer was distracted talking to the pretty nurse at the end of the hall and then slipped into Jerry's room.
"Oh.. Ms. Barrett I was wondering when I was going to see you. What took you so long?" Jerry said.
"Not here to shoot the breeze." Brenda said as she stood in the door frame with the door braced against her back. "You just make sure my name stays off your lips."
"Why would I do that?" Jerry said as he slowly sat himself up in the bed. "What's in it for me?"
"Nothing." Brenda said fiercely.
"You can't expect me to go to jail or even worse deal with Morgan without mentioning that you were the mastermind behind this whole thing. At least not without an incentive."
"Yes I can. Because even if you say my name no one is going to believe you. These are my friends and family and unlike you they like me in this town. And without sleeping beauty to back up your claim you'll just look like a raving lunatic."
"But if Carly wakes up?' Jerry said
"I'll deal with that if it ever happens." Brenda told him as she cracked the door open and checked the hall to ensure the guard was still occupied. "How did you visit with Jax go." She raised her hand to her mouth in a comedic gesture. "Oh that's right." Her voice grew serious. "He hasn't been here."
"He'll be here sooner or later." Jerry said in an assured voice. "Jax would never abandon me."
"Did I tell you where I slept last night? Or should I say who I slept with last night?"
Jerry caught the innuendo and his eyes widen.
"You keep my name out of your mouth and maybe I'll help you win your brother back, but if you speak my name I'll see to it that Jax writes you off indefinitely. I'll paint you to be the psycho brother who can't share. I'll have him believing you are out to get me just because I'm with him. Just like you did Carly. I'm pretty sure he would be more apt to believe me than the man who went to great lengths to try and kill his wife."
Jerry rolled his eyes in defeat.
"Good. We understand each other." Brenda said as she slunk back out of the room.
oooOOOOOoooOOOOOOO
Jason could feel the ground shift underneath him. His eyes sprung open.
He had fallen asleep.
He blinked several times trying to bring the room into focus.
He must have been dreaming, but then he felt it again.
He sprang up straight in the chair.
Carly was moving.
He watched her in anticipation.
Her eyes were still closed, but she was stretching like she had only been taking a cat nap on the sofa.
He called to her. "Carly. Carly"
She reacted to his touch and then her eyes fluttered open.
"Jase." She said hoarsely. "Where am I?"