The phone at Mc Ginty's rang.
"Hello! Mc Ginty's this is Erica speaking how may I help you?" she asked.
"Hi umm… may I speak to a Marissa Clark by any chance?" the woman on the other line asked.
"Sure," Erica covered the end of the receiver. "Marissa… phone," she informed.
Marissa looked up from her brain documents she was going over and down at
the other end of the bar to Erica.
"Can you ask who's calling?" she questioned.
"One moment," Erica said getting back on the phone, "may I ask who's calling?" she asked.
"Miss Paget this is Sonnet from the Chicago ER," Sonnet replied.
"How did you know my… ER?! Emergency Room!?" Erica said shocked.
"Yes. Its concerning a Mr. Gary Hobson," she informed.
"Gary!" Erica said worried. (In the back round. "Erica?" Marissa said impatiently.)
"Umm… Marisa I really think you should take this call," she informed her.
"Why? Who is it?" she questioned.
"It's the Chicago ER? It's about Gary," she informed.
"Oh dear! Is everything alright?" she asked sliding off her chair and walking towards Erica.
"I… I don't know!" Erica said sliding the phone in her hand.
"Hello, this is Marissa," she said into the phone.
"Yes Marissa hi this is Sonnet from the Chicago ER. We got your name from a Mr. Gary Hobson," she told her.
"Is everything ok?" Marissa questioned.
"Yes Mr. Hobson is fine. He just told me to call and have you bring him down an extra set of clothes for him," she informed.
"Clothes?" Marissa questioned.
"Yes, Mr. Hobson's clothes are ruined from all of the blood they soaked up," Sonnet stated.
"But I thought you said every things ok,' Marissa continued.
"Ms. Clark Gary's fine. But the man he saved lost a lot of blood. His clothes just happen to soak it all up," Sonnet replied.
"Ok tell him I'll be down as soon as I can," Marissa informed.
"Ok thanks Marissa and you have a super day!" the nurse hung up.
"Patrick! Erica! I'll be back in a half an hour," she said frantically. Erica stood behind her.
"Marissa," she paused starting to sniffle and her eyes swelled with tears. "Is… is Gary ok?" Marissa turned around and grabbed her hands.
"Yes he's fine. Don't worry Erica. Please don't worry," Marissa let her hands go and turned around. Patrick followed her through the door to Gary's apartment.
"Oh this is where I say where ya going Marissa and you go Well Patrick you know… to my… and I go to your moms house. And you go yea my mom's house! And I go your such a stellar daughter Ms. C. taking care of your mom like that and then you go why thank you Patri…" she cut him off as they reached the top of the stairs.
"Patrick!!! Don't you have some bar glasses to wash!" she questioned.
"Well… no actually…" he informed.
"Then go… and…" she started.
"Sweep the floors!" he finished.
"Yea!" she agreed.
"Got ya their Ms. Clark I did that after I came back for ice," he laughed.
"Patrick!" she yelled.
"Ok… ok I'm going I'm going sheesh!" he trotted down the stairs and through
the door. She paused for the slam of his door before opening up Gary's. Marissa
walked inside his apartment and went to his closet. After grabbing new clothes
she headed towards the door but was stopped in her tracks by a cats meow.
"Cat?" she questioned. "What is it cat? Why aren't you with Gary?"
It meowed again. She crossed the room and started going in the direction of
the meows. She felt the table and there was the paper the main headline reading, "Top lawyer kills himself in hospital" she picks it up and puts it in her
coat.
"We got to get this to Gary," she said walking out of the room unaware of the headline.
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"Noooo!!" Gary pressed his face against the glass of the room. "Not my paper!
Here take my wallet instead!" he yelled to the nurses who had taken it from
him as they stand in front of his room's window. They came near him from the
outside.
"Now Mr. Hobson! This thing is soaked with blood. We will buy you a new one!"
they said walking down the hall then throwing it away. Gary slid down the wall
and sat on the ground with his keens up. He placed his arms over his knees and
rested his head on them. There was a knock at the door and Sonnet came in.
"Ms. Clark's here to see you. By the time you're all cleaned up Mr. Tacarski
should be out of the ER," she informed him bubbly. Sonnet was a very cute girl
in her mid- twenty's and very giddy. She had long strawberry blond hair that
had a bit of wave in it. Marissa walked in behind her
"Marissa! I've never been happier to see you!" he smiled. Sonnet went to leave
"Oh and Mr. Hobson," she stopped half way out the door, "the bathrooms and
showers are right over there," she pointed and shut the door behind her.
"Oh Gary thank god your ok!" she gave him a hug but quickly pulled away.
"I'm fine Marissa. The blood still hasn't dried as you can tell," he said exhausted.
"Thanks for the warning!" she smiled. "Here's your cloths," she said holding them
out.
"Thanks I owe you!" he said taking them and walking into the bathroom and
shutting the door so that it was open a slit.
"So wanna tell me about it?" Marissa yelled over the sound of the shower.
"I almost didn't get there in time. The paramedics said he wouldn't have lasted 3
minuets… 3 more minuets Marissa! What would I have done if I didn't get
there?" he asked.
"You would have done nothing Gary your one man you can only do so much.
And besides you did get there in time," she sat down in a chair.
"It doesn't work that way Marissa I get this paper for a reason. To save lives! And
what happens when I can't even do that? Today I had a dying man in my arms, and I thought… his life depends on me. His life and who ever else is in this
paper one wrong move done by me and I lost them!" he started turning off the
water.
"Gary! Don't talk like that!" she warned.
"Well it's true!" he yelled back. She dropped the subject.
"So why did he do it? Why did he try to kill himself?" She asked.
" I… I don't know but I do plan to find out right now!" he emerged from the
bathroom in new clean cloths.
"You know something Gary Patrick came back to McGinty's today with some pretty odd ideas. He thinks that Anatonia has a crush on him," she laughed.
"What's wrong with that kid," he pointed to his head, "he's got something wrong
upstairs!" he said opening up the door.
"That's the Patrick we know and love!" she joked. They started walking down
the hall.
"212…212…212!" he stopped in front of the door. "You coming in with me or do
you wanna wait out here?" he asked her.
" I think I'll wait out here," she said as he knocked and went in.
"Hello! Mc Ginty's this is Erica speaking how may I help you?" she asked.
"Hi umm… may I speak to a Marissa Clark by any chance?" the woman on the other line asked.
"Sure," Erica covered the end of the receiver. "Marissa… phone," she informed.
Marissa looked up from her brain documents she was going over and down at
the other end of the bar to Erica.
"Can you ask who's calling?" she questioned.
"One moment," Erica said getting back on the phone, "may I ask who's calling?" she asked.
"Miss Paget this is Sonnet from the Chicago ER," Sonnet replied.
"How did you know my… ER?! Emergency Room!?" Erica said shocked.
"Yes. Its concerning a Mr. Gary Hobson," she informed.
"Gary!" Erica said worried. (In the back round. "Erica?" Marissa said impatiently.)
"Umm… Marisa I really think you should take this call," she informed her.
"Why? Who is it?" she questioned.
"It's the Chicago ER? It's about Gary," she informed.
"Oh dear! Is everything alright?" she asked sliding off her chair and walking towards Erica.
"I… I don't know!" Erica said sliding the phone in her hand.
"Hello, this is Marissa," she said into the phone.
"Yes Marissa hi this is Sonnet from the Chicago ER. We got your name from a Mr. Gary Hobson," she told her.
"Is everything ok?" Marissa questioned.
"Yes Mr. Hobson is fine. He just told me to call and have you bring him down an extra set of clothes for him," she informed.
"Clothes?" Marissa questioned.
"Yes, Mr. Hobson's clothes are ruined from all of the blood they soaked up," Sonnet stated.
"But I thought you said every things ok,' Marissa continued.
"Ms. Clark Gary's fine. But the man he saved lost a lot of blood. His clothes just happen to soak it all up," Sonnet replied.
"Ok tell him I'll be down as soon as I can," Marissa informed.
"Ok thanks Marissa and you have a super day!" the nurse hung up.
"Patrick! Erica! I'll be back in a half an hour," she said frantically. Erica stood behind her.
"Marissa," she paused starting to sniffle and her eyes swelled with tears. "Is… is Gary ok?" Marissa turned around and grabbed her hands.
"Yes he's fine. Don't worry Erica. Please don't worry," Marissa let her hands go and turned around. Patrick followed her through the door to Gary's apartment.
"Oh this is where I say where ya going Marissa and you go Well Patrick you know… to my… and I go to your moms house. And you go yea my mom's house! And I go your such a stellar daughter Ms. C. taking care of your mom like that and then you go why thank you Patri…" she cut him off as they reached the top of the stairs.
"Patrick!!! Don't you have some bar glasses to wash!" she questioned.
"Well… no actually…" he informed.
"Then go… and…" she started.
"Sweep the floors!" he finished.
"Yea!" she agreed.
"Got ya their Ms. Clark I did that after I came back for ice," he laughed.
"Patrick!" she yelled.
"Ok… ok I'm going I'm going sheesh!" he trotted down the stairs and through
the door. She paused for the slam of his door before opening up Gary's. Marissa
walked inside his apartment and went to his closet. After grabbing new clothes
she headed towards the door but was stopped in her tracks by a cats meow.
"Cat?" she questioned. "What is it cat? Why aren't you with Gary?"
It meowed again. She crossed the room and started going in the direction of
the meows. She felt the table and there was the paper the main headline reading, "Top lawyer kills himself in hospital" she picks it up and puts it in her
coat.
"We got to get this to Gary," she said walking out of the room unaware of the headline.
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"Noooo!!" Gary pressed his face against the glass of the room. "Not my paper!
Here take my wallet instead!" he yelled to the nurses who had taken it from
him as they stand in front of his room's window. They came near him from the
outside.
"Now Mr. Hobson! This thing is soaked with blood. We will buy you a new one!"
they said walking down the hall then throwing it away. Gary slid down the wall
and sat on the ground with his keens up. He placed his arms over his knees and
rested his head on them. There was a knock at the door and Sonnet came in.
"Ms. Clark's here to see you. By the time you're all cleaned up Mr. Tacarski
should be out of the ER," she informed him bubbly. Sonnet was a very cute girl
in her mid- twenty's and very giddy. She had long strawberry blond hair that
had a bit of wave in it. Marissa walked in behind her
"Marissa! I've never been happier to see you!" he smiled. Sonnet went to leave
"Oh and Mr. Hobson," she stopped half way out the door, "the bathrooms and
showers are right over there," she pointed and shut the door behind her.
"Oh Gary thank god your ok!" she gave him a hug but quickly pulled away.
"I'm fine Marissa. The blood still hasn't dried as you can tell," he said exhausted.
"Thanks for the warning!" she smiled. "Here's your cloths," she said holding them
out.
"Thanks I owe you!" he said taking them and walking into the bathroom and
shutting the door so that it was open a slit.
"So wanna tell me about it?" Marissa yelled over the sound of the shower.
"I almost didn't get there in time. The paramedics said he wouldn't have lasted 3
minuets… 3 more minuets Marissa! What would I have done if I didn't get
there?" he asked.
"You would have done nothing Gary your one man you can only do so much.
And besides you did get there in time," she sat down in a chair.
"It doesn't work that way Marissa I get this paper for a reason. To save lives! And
what happens when I can't even do that? Today I had a dying man in my arms, and I thought… his life depends on me. His life and who ever else is in this
paper one wrong move done by me and I lost them!" he started turning off the
water.
"Gary! Don't talk like that!" she warned.
"Well it's true!" he yelled back. She dropped the subject.
"So why did he do it? Why did he try to kill himself?" She asked.
" I… I don't know but I do plan to find out right now!" he emerged from the
bathroom in new clean cloths.
"You know something Gary Patrick came back to McGinty's today with some pretty odd ideas. He thinks that Anatonia has a crush on him," she laughed.
"What's wrong with that kid," he pointed to his head, "he's got something wrong
upstairs!" he said opening up the door.
"That's the Patrick we know and love!" she joked. They started walking down
the hall.
"212…212…212!" he stopped in front of the door. "You coming in with me or do
you wanna wait out here?" he asked her.
" I think I'll wait out here," she said as he knocked and went in.