Co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo.
Traci walked out to the garage and got her keys out to get in her car. She never saw the dark haired man sitting in his own car. He got out of the car and pulled the gun out of his pocket. She was too close to figuring out the truth. He walked closer to her as she walked to her car.
"Hands up." He said as he pointed the gun at her. "Throw the purse over here."
Traci did as he asked. She was scared as she assumed he was robbing her. "Please don't hurt me."
"Shut up." He said keeping the gun pointed at her. He turned her around to face him and smiled at the shock on her face.
"It was you...you sent me those papers. Papers you forged and you tampered with John's car didn't you?"
"You're too smart for your own good Ms. Randolph and now...well, now I have to take something from John. Because he took something from me. If he'd just settled...none of this would have happened." He said as he pulled her closer and pressed the gun into her side.
"Hey!" They heard from the side of the parking garage. "Let her go."
"Stop right there." He said pointing the gun at Cody. "Stop or I will shoot you and then her."
"Come on, man. You don't want to do that." Cody said as he stopped. He had been walking to his car when he saw the man point the gun at Traci.
"The hell I don't."
"Look, I don't know the specifics okay? But she didn't do anything to you."
"Yes, she did." Traci took the chance while he was distracted and hit him in the side and took off running toward Cody. She got about half way there and the heel of her shoe broke. Cody ran toward her just as Drew got his composure back and hit her with the gun across the face. Cody tackled him and they wrestled for a minute before the gun went off hitting Cody in the stomach. Drew got up as he heard footsteps and got in his car and sped away.
Traci managed to get over to Cody. "Hold on." She said as she called 911. She heard footsteps and saw Mike coming at her running.
"What happened?" Mike asked her as he looked at the scene. He took off his shirt and pressed it to Cody's wound. He looked at Traci. "Trace, what happened?"
"It...It was Drew. He uh...he was waiting for me. He was going to kill me. He pretty much admitted that he'd forged the papers and tampered with John's car. He told me none of this would have happened if John had just settled. And he said that he was going to take something from John because John took something from him." She said with tears in her eyes. She looked up when she heard more footsteps and Justin, Bridget and Ted ran over to them.
"Traci, are you okay?" Bridget asked.
"I'm fine. Cody saved me." she said as the ambulance drove up. She stepped back and let them work.
"We have to get him to the hospital." They said once they examined Cody. They loaded him up and headed out. Traci was put in the ambulance as well to be examined. Bridget looked at Ted and he nodded and they got in the car to follow. Justin got in his own car with Mike in the passenger side and Mike called John on the way to the hospital.
"Hello?"
"Hey, you need to head to Kennedy Memorial Hospital."
"What? Why?"
"Traci was attacked in the parking garage at work."
"I'm on my way." He hung up and headed out.
Bridget looked over at Ted as they drove toward the hospital. "Cody will be okay."
"I hope so." Ted replied with a sigh. "I know I still feel betrayed by what he did with Eve. But I still care some about him."
"I know that and it's normal for you too. Even with the betrayal, he is still someone you always thought of like a brother." She took his hand in hers. "He will be fine." He nodded as they pulled into the hospital parking lot.
Traci was taken to an exam room as soon as they got there. She hoped Cody was okay. She looked up when the door to the exam room opened and Justin and John walked in. She breathed a sigh of relief and hugged John.
"Are you okay?" John asked when he pulled back and looked at the cut and the bruise on her cheek.
"I'm okay. Thanks to Cody. If he hadn't come into the garage..." she said with tears in her eyes. John hugged her again and she leaned her head over on his chest.
"Sweetie, the cops are outside and they want to talk to you. Do you feel up to that?" Justin asked. Traci nodded.
"Can you do me a favor? Can you find out how Cody's doing?" Justin nodded and headed out.
He walked down the hall to the waiting room and saw Ted and Bridget there. He walked over to them. "Any news on Cody?"
"We haven't heard." Ted replied. "I called his parents. They are on the way." He said as the doctor came out. "Doctor, how is he?"
"He's stable. We are taking him to surgery to stop the internal bleeding and remove the bullet. We won't know the extent of the damage until we get in there. But I feel he has a good chance at a full recovery." He said to them before walking back to the trauma room.
Bridget hugged Ted. "See the doctor feels he will be fine. Have faith that he will be." Ted nodded and hugged her. "Did you want to call Eve and tell her? I mean they were close."
"I called her and left a message. I don't know if she'll come."
"Maybe she will." She replied as Cody's parents walked in. Ted explained everything to them and they went back to talk to the doctor.
Eve heard the message from Ted about Cody getting shot and being rushed to the hospital. She debated about going to the hospital. She did love Cody but after the fight with Ted, he admitted that he was only after the money. She stood there in the house that she and Ted shared and decided she would go to the hospital. She grabbed her purse and headed out. She took a cab to the hospital.
Traci explained everything to the cops and once they were done with the questioning, she was released and she and John went to check on Cody's condition. She saw Bridget and Ted standing in the waiting room. "How is he?"
"He's stable. He has some internal bleeding and they are doing surgery to remove a bullet. The doctor feels that he will be fine."
Traci breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in a nearby chair. She couldn't believe that Drew had done this. It was so far out there. She heard heels on the floor and looked up to see Ted's wife Eve walking in.
"How's Cody?" Eve asked Ted.
"He's stable and in surgery." He replied to her. "I'm surprised you came."
"Well, I wanted to make sure he was okay. He and I were close." She looked at Bridget who was standing by Ted. "You're Bridget right?"
"Yes."
"You're not really what I expected. I think I saw you once at the Christmas party but I was expecting you to be prettier and classier. Ted has always gone for the upper class classy pretty girls. He was dating a girl from a very wealthy family when he and I met. And I'm from an upper class family." Eve smiled within as she said the words. She might have agreed to the divorce but she couldn't resist placing some doubt in Bridget's mind that she was even good enough for Ted.
"Could you be a bigger bitch right now?" Traci said before Ted or Bridget said anything. "You expected her to be more? Let me tell you something about my friend okay? While you were off fucking every guy in town hoping to get a piece of their trust fund, she was putting in hours at school and working in soup kitchens. So before you start talking about class, why don't you take your fake ass boobs and your 500 dollar a bottle perfume that smells like skunk piss and shut the fuck up. Because she's got more class in her little finger than you do in your entire body."
"How dare you speak to me like that?" Eve said. "I'm a DiBiase and I will not take that from the likes of you."
"Enough Eve." Ted said stepping forward. "Go be with Cody and know this. You are no longer a DiBiase. The divorce will be final soon and that's it for you. You will be cut off from anything dealing with the DiBiases. You will go back to where you came from. Now, leave." Eve scoffed and headed to the room where Cody was.
He turned to Traci. "You've got a fierce temper."
"Remember that. Because if you ever hurt my friend, it'll be directed at you."
"You don't have to worry about that. I love Bridget and I would do nothing to hurt her."
"Good." Traci smiled.
"Trac, let's get you home. You had a rough day today." John said to her.
"Trac, go home and rest. I will let you know how Cody is doing." Bridget said to her.
"Alright." She hugged Bridget and headed out with John. While she wanted to stay at hospital and make sure Cody was okay, she was so tired from the day and all she wanted was to rest.
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