Ten minutes later Roxy and Jack where back in the corridor when a doctor walked out of Ronnie's room and smiled sadly at Jack and Roxy

Doctor: are you Miss Mitchell's family. Roxy looked up at the doctor and nodded

Roxy: she's my sister. The doctor nodded and looked at Jack

Doctor: and you are! Jack looked at the doctor and then to Roxy

Roxy: Jack's Ronnie's partner. Jack looked at Roxy and smiled. The doctor looked at Roxy and Jack and smiled sadly again

Roxy: she's dead ain't she. Roxy said looking up at the doctor with tears rolling down her face.

Doctor: no she not. we've managed to stabilise you sisters heartbeat.

Roxy: when can I see her? Will she be okay

doctor: its touch and go the next forty eight hours are critical . Did you know your sisters not only to slit her wrists she took a lot of pills. Roxy and Jack looked up at the doctor shocked

Jack: what happens now?

Doctor: Veronica's wrist's have been stitched up. Your sisters lost a lot of blood so we've fitted an iv line and we need to give her a blood transfusion. Are any of you two Veronica's next to kin?

Roxy: I am

Doctor: we need your permission to give Veronica a blood transfusing since she cant give her own permission it needs to be you. Roxy looked at the doctor and nodded

Roxy: just do what ever you need to. To keep her alive.

Doctor: great I'll get that set up straight away. Your sister is currently getting her stomach pumped we need to get all those pills out of her and since she's unconscious we have no other option but to pump her stomach.

Roxy: can we see her

Doctor: give them ten minutes to finish with her and I'll get a nurse to come and get you. The doctor said smiling and walking away from Jack and Roxy.

Ten minutes later

a young nurse walked out of Ronnie's room and walked over to Jack and Roxy

Nurse: hi am Claire am going to be Veronica's nurse for the next twelve hours. Would you like to come in and sit with her. Roxy nodded and stood from her seat. Roxy turned to looked at Jack who was still sat in his seat staring towards the room door

Roxy: are you coming or not Jack. Jack nodded and stood up and watched as Roxy pushed the door open. Roxy walked into the room and ran over to the bed where Ronnie was . Roxy turned to the nurse shocked at all the wires and the breathing tube coming out of Ronnie's mouth

Roxy: why does she have a machine breathing for her. I thought her said she was stable.

Claire: when your sisters arrived her heart rate was unstable we've managed to stabilise that but am afraid she's have difficulty breathing on her own. She'll should only be on this machine for a few days. Roxy leant over and stroked the hair out of Ronnie's eyes Roxy screwed up her face as she noticed Ronnie mouth was all black.

Roxy: why is black around her mouth. Is that normal? Claire smiled and walked over to Roxy

Claire: it's the charcoal that we had to use when we pumped her stomach. It helps adsorb any poisons that could be left in her stomach both from the alcohol and the pills that your sister ingested. Claire lifted Ronnie's hand and fiddled with the two tubes coming out of Ronnie's Intravenous line

Claire: this tube here this is the one that's given her the blood transfusion putting some blood back into her that she lost. Roxy nodded as she watched the crimson blood flowing through the tube. The nurse picked up the other tube and looked at Roxy

Claire: this one's just putting some fluids back into her. Replacing some stuff that she's lost. Roxy nodded and smiled at the nurse the nurse pushed a chair towards Roxy for her to sit down. Roxy sighed and sat on the chair taking hold of Ronnie's hand it was then that Roxy noticed the bandages around Ronnie's wrists. Roxy sighed and ran her thumb across the back of Ronnie's hand

Roxy: when will she wake up?

Nurse: I don't know it could be a couple of hours, it could be a couple of days or it could be longer.

Listened as the nurses tone changed towards the end of the sentence. Roxy turned to look at Claire

Roxy: she will wake up wont she.

Claire: am sorry. It's just far to early to say but there is a chance that Veronica never recovers.