"Sully?" John walked slowly down the corridor until he reached cell 204. "Sully?" he spoke louder.

Looking up, Sully suddenly jumped to his feet. "John!" he sighed. "Thank God. How's Michaela?" he swallowed. "The baby? Is she okay?" Searching his eyes he couldn't read them and that scared him more than anything.

"I…I don't know," he shook his head. "I had the car drop me off here before it went to the hospital."

"You have to get me out of here John." Sully clenched onto the bars of his cell. "I'm going crazy not knowing how she's doing."

"I'm working on it," he nodded. "I had people working on it since I left. We found out that Jacks been extorting money from Josef and doing shady business, which is enough to put him away. We just need to prove that the gun going off was an accident. And there is only a few ways of doing that without Michaela's testimony."

Sinking back onto his mattress Sully held his head in his hands. "If anything happens to Michaela or our baby I deserve to be in here."

"Sully," John shook his head. "It was an accident and you know that. I'm going to get you out of here and Michaela is going to be fine."

Looking up again at John, tears clouded his vision. "Please just call someone and figure out how Michaela is doing. Please, I have to know, John. It's killing me."

Sully's pleas tore at John's heart. "Let me see what I can find out and I'll be back, alright?"

Shaking his head, Sully's eyes didn't leave the floor.

The emergency room floor was all but empty when the Quinn's burst through the door. Rushing to the nurses station, Josef spoke loudly. "I would like the status on Dr. Michaela Quinn."

Looking up Jolene eyed Josef through her thin-framed glasses. "And you are?"

"Dr. Josef Quinn," he emphasized. "Her father."

"How's my daughter," Elizabeth pushed her way to the front of the desk. "She is alright?"

"Dr. Quinn is in surgery right now," she told them. "If you would like to take a seat, a doctor will be out shortly."

"No," Josef shook his head. "I want to speak with your chief of staff, Dr. Scott."

"Mr. Quinn-"

"Dr. Quinn," Josef huffed.

"Excuse me," she bit her lip. "Dr. Quinn, as you can see it's nearly three in the morning, Dr. Scott is at home."

"Then I want to speak with the doctor that is in charge of Michaela's case."

"Dr. Bernard is in surgery with Dr. Quinn right now."

"Surgery!" Elizabeth's voice cracked. "Josef!" she searched his eyes.

Josef put his hand on Elizabeth's shoulder. "I want status updates. I don't care if you have to wake up a damn intern to go check. Get someone in there now."

The nurse not easily shaken felt small under Josef's intense gaze. "I-I'll call someone right now Dr. Quinn."

"Thank you," he nodded. Leading Elizabeth by the elbow he motioned toward the waiting area. "Sit down, Lizzie, you look a little pale."

"I can't sit down," she touched her cheek. "I just feel nauseous thinking about Michaela….and the baby."

"Mom," Rebecca put her hand around her waist. "Let's go get some coffee and then we'll come back here and wait for the doctor."

"What if the doctor comes back while we're gone?" she looked around.

"I'll come get you," Josef squeezed her hand. "Besides I could use some coffee too."

"You promise you'll come and get me the minute the doctor comes?"

"Promise," he kissed her forehead. "Now, go with Rebecca."

"How is she?" Sully saw John walk back into the jail room. "Is she okay? The baby?"

John shook his head, "I underestimated Jack. With HIPAA law in place I can't get any information on Michaela. Jack's the only name on the list. Josef and Elizabeth aren't going to get any information either."

"That Son of a Bitch! Where is he?"

"I'm guessing at the hospital. But if he's smart, he's hiding somewhere because he knows we're on our way here."

Closing his eyes Sully took a deep breath. "Are you going to be able to get me out of here?"

"I'm working on it. We have an arrest warrant out for Jack. And one of your neighbors saw Jack climb through the basement window of Michaela's house. The police are starting to put it together. I'll get you out of here."

"I can't believe he found her," Sully shook his head. "I promised her, John. I promised her! I told her I'd keep her safe. I said he'd never find us and look what happened. This is worse than anything."

"Sully-"

"No John!" Sully jumped to his feet. "He's in control of her life right now. He can make the decisions! You don't even know what he has done to her. You don't know the nightmares she has from him, the things she's gone through."

"I know she's been though hell and back," John's voice rose. "I've known Michaela almost her entire life and I can tell you she's one of the strongest people I have ever met, and if anybody can get though this it's her. I know it."

"But what if she can't?" Sully's voice cracked. "What if she just can't take it anymore?"

"She's not going to give up Sully. She has too much now. Maybe before, but not now. No way."

"I wish it was up to us," he sank back down on his cot. "I wish it was."

"What do you mean you can't tell me anything?" Josef huffed. "That is my daughter!"

"Because of the HIPAA regulat-"

"I am well aware of the HIPPA regulations!" Josef pounded his fist on the desk. "But I am also a fellow colleague."

"But not at this hospital," Jolene eyed him. "The only person that is allowed to have updates of Dr. Quinn is her husband."

"Oh my God!" Elizabeth's eyes grew wide. "That is not her husband! He's trying to kill her. There is a warrant out for his arrest right now! Where is he?"

"A warrant?"

"The police should be here soon," Josef announced. "Legally Dr. Quinn is no longer married to Jack Taylor so therefore everything on the HIPAA contract is null and void. Dr. Quinn has stated no regulations on her contacts, and I know for her a fact that her mother and I as well as Mr. Byron Sully are on her emergency list."

"Well there is nothing I can do until I talk with my superior on the ethics board, and we get this cleared up."

Pushing Josef aside Elizabeth pointed directly at the Jolene. "You listen to me and you listen good. That is my daughter and grandchild in there and they both have been through hell, so you talk to who ever you need to, to get this straightened out, and you do it now because I want to see my daughter."

"Grandchild?" Jolene's face turned ashen. Picking up Michaela's medical chart she flipped through the pages. And right there in black and white it showed Michaela was in her 12th week of pregnancy. How had she missed that? Was she pregnant with Sully's child? Looking at Dr. and Mrs. Quinn, Jolene understood where Michaela got her underlying spunk from. She tried to act all innocent in the hospital, but she was nothing more than a rich snob like her parents that believed they could get anything they wanted. And now Michaela was getting everything she herself ever wanted.

"I-I'll call someone," Jolene picked up the phone, clearly still in shock.

"Thank you," Elizabeth said flippantly.

The bars to Sully's cell swung open. "Byron Sully?"

Looking up Sully jumped to his feet. "Yes?"

"Come on you can go."

"What?" he looked around.

"Yeah, got yourself a good lawyer." Escorting Sully to the front of the jail he pushed some papers in front of him that needed to be signed. "Consider yourself lucky, not too many people get a break like you just did."

"I didn't do anything."

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that."

Deciding that he didn't want to fight with the officer he signed the papers and took his belongings from another officer behind the desk. Looking around he noticed John talking on this cell phone through the giant glass window.

"Make sure I don't see your face in her again," the officer said as he unlocked the door. "Because men like you always come back."

Grabbing his stuff off the counter Sully walked past him and into the waiting area. Turning John saw Sully and waved him over. Closing his cell phone he looked at Sully. "The hospital still won't release any information on Michaela."

"Nothing?"

"Nothing other than she's in surgery. But I guess Elizabeth scared the crap out of some nurse, and she's seeing what she can do."

Exhaling, Sully held his hand out to John. "I don't know what you did, but thank you for getting me out of here."

"We'll talk about my repayment later, let's get to the hospital."

Quickly walking out of the jail John hailed a cab the two climbed in. "John," Sully turned to him. "How are Josef and Elizabeth?"

"Nervous," he was truthful. "Worried."

"Are they….upset with me?" he wondered. "Should I wait to go in?

"No, no," he shook his head. "They knew it was an accident, Sully. They're not mad at you. They know how awful you must feel."

"God John," Sully's nerves started to attack him again. "What if she doesn't make it? Or the baby doesn't make it?"

"You can't think like that Sully. Michaela's a strong woman. I've known her, her entire life and she does not give up easily."

"What was Michaela like when she was younger?" Sully asked, always enthralled with her past. He would never get tired of hearing about the pieces of Michaela's life that he never knew about.

"Michaela," he laughed. "All she did was ask questions. She was so spunky and was never afraid of anything." Thinking back it was hard for him to remember just when Michaela stopped smiling and being happy. He knew that it had to be with the past 4 years, but she was always able to put on such a good façade. "She was always happy and smart….always so smart."

"Yeah," he shook his head.

"But," he hesitated, "There was always something missing about her. She could never fully seem to let go….just let go and see where life would take her, even when see met jack. She still had that void." Looking over at Sully he tired to gauge his reaction. "It's gone now Sully, Michaela's a different person now that she met you. Seeing her with you brought the old Michaela back to us, and she seems free and happy and living her life."

Sully looked up with a few stray tears in his eyes. "I don't know what I'd do without her John. She makes me feel the same way. And I know that she's told me she wasn't ready for marriage yet, but I am. I want to be with her so bad it hurts sometimes."

John felt his own eyes getting misty at Sully's candid confession and couldn't think of anything to say. Looking up he noticed they were just pulling into the hospital. "We're here," he motioned.

Jumping from the car Sully pushed past a crowd of people and police officers and hurried into the building. Rushing to the 3 floor trauma unit he was just barely out of the elevator when he saw Elizabeth, Rebecca and Josef.

Elizabeth was the first to notice. "Oh thank God," she jumped from her seat to pull Sully into her embrace. "Oh, Sully."

"Elizabeth," his voice shook. "How is she?"

"She got out surgery about a half an hour ago," she wiped her tears. "We're waiting for Dr. Bernard to talk with us."

"They found Jack," Josef told them. "He was hiding out on the roof."

Letting out a sigh of relief, Sully sank in a chair. Sitting down next to him, Rebecca placed her hand on his back. "Everything is going to be okay now," she whispered. "I can feel it."

Walking into Michaela's room Sully felt his knees grow weak. Her face was pail and fragile looking. Moving the chair next to the bed he picked up her hand and slowly brought it to his lips. This movement caused Michaela to stir. She slowly opened her eyes tying to focus. Looking around she closed her eyes again and for a moment Sully thought she fell back to sleep. "Just rest," he whispered.

"Sully…." Her voiced was strained.

"It's me," he squeezed her hand.

Opening her eyes again she tried harder to focus. "W-where?"

"You're in the hospital," she spoke slowly so not to scare her. "You're going to be okay."

Blinking a few times she swallowed, her mouth feeling like sandpaper. "What h-happened?"

Looking at her Sully brushed the hair back from her face, not wanting to delve into too much information. "You were hurt," he was vague. "But-"

Michaela's eyes opened wide, a rush of emotions and memories starting to hit her. "Jack!" she remembered.

"Shhhh…." He touched her cheek. "You have to keep calm. He's in jail, he can't hurt you anymore."

Swallowing hard, she looking around the room noticing the heart monitor with two double lines. "The baby!" she looked at Sully with pleading eyes. "The baby," she whispered, fearing the worst. "Sully…."

"Hey, hey," he held into her shoulders pushing her back down. "The baby's fine," he assured her, "She's just fine."

Breathing hard, she held into his arms. "She?" her voiced cracked.

Smiling, Sully kissed her hand. "Our daughter is just fine."

"A girl," tears welled in her eyes.

"A girl," he nodded.

"She's okay?"

"She's perfect," he kissed her again. "Just perfect."

Settling back, Michaela closed her eyes, feeling tired once again, but trying to fight it. "You'll stay with me?"

"Course I will," he smiled. "Your mom and dad plus John and Rebecca are here. They came in but you were still asleep. I heard that your mother put the fear of God into Jolene."

Smiling, Michaela closed her eyes. "Good."

Laughing, Sully kissed her once again. "Just rest and I'll be here when you wake up." Watching her for a moment Sully thought she had fallen back to sleep, but then he felt her squeeze his hand.

"Sully?"

"Ummm?"

"I love you."

Shaking his head, he moved to kiss her on the lips. "I love you too."

THE END!!

THE END

EPILOGUE- One Year Later

Sitting inside the Quinn home Michaela and Sully watched as Katie tried to pull off the bow on top of her Christmas present. "Keep pulling sweetheart," Michaela coached. Snuggling back into Sully's arms Michaela looked around the crowded room. It was Christmas day and her entire family was gathered around the Christmas tree opening the mounds of gifts. Smiling she let out a sigh.

"Amazing, isn't it?" Sully breathed into her ear as he wrapped his arms securely around her.

"Mmmm…." She nuzzled into his neck. "I never would have dreamed a Christmas like his." Lifting her hand Michaela looked at the sparkling diamond that now adorned her finger, a surprise she found in her stocking that morning.

"Me neither," he kissed her cheek. "But now we can have dozens more."

"I like the sound of that," she smiled.

Walking across the room, Maureen sat her baby down next to Katie. "I can't get over how much Sarah and Katie look alike."

"I know," Michaela looked at the girls. "Remembered how we always wanted to have kids around the same age," Michaela asked.

"I do," she nodded. "I'm sure glad we were able to pull it off."

"Michaela, Sully." Josef and Elizabeth walked up to them. "There's one last gift left," Josef handed Michaela an envelope.

"What's this?" she looked at it.

"Open it," they said in unison as they sat next to them.

Opening the flap Michaela pulled out a sheet of paper quickly scanning the page, a smile creeping to the corners of her mouth.

"We know it's more for Katie, we just thought you'd be able to keep it safe."

"It's her trust," Michaela handed it to Sully.

"After the trial ended last week it came in the mail," Josef smiled. "I wanted to make sure you got it."

Hugging her father, tears came to her eyes. She had never been so relieved as when she heard the verdict in Jack's trial. It was long and arduous but knowing that he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison for 36 accounts of embezzlement and 2 accounts of attempted murder made her feel as though that part of her life was finally over and she could fully commit to the road she was on now. Looking over at Sully, she could read his eyes and she gave him a nod. "Are you sure this is going to be the last account you set up?"

"Of course," Josef looked at her. "Katie and Sarah's are the last of the remaining trusts."

"Oh, well I'm sure that Katie won't mind sharing."

"Sharing?" Josef questioned.

"Michaela…." Elizabeth eyed her.

"With her brother," Sully spoke up. "She won't mind."

"Oh my goodness! Michaela!" Elizabeth jumped up hugging her daughter. "Really?" she searched her eyes.

Squeezing her mother's hand, Michaela's face radiated her joy. "Really."

Getting up, Josef pulled his daughter into an embrace, a wide smile appearing on his lips. "It's happening, Michaela," he whispered.

"What is?"

"The wonderful life I always told you, you were going to have. It's starting."

Squeezing him, she felt tears coming to her eyes. "It wouldn't have happened without you, both of you."

"It wouldn't have happened without him," Elizabeth nodded to Sully. "I'm sorry it just took so long to find him."

"It's alright," she held their hands. "We found each other behind the wall."