Chapter 2:Crash and Burn
Simon walks into Lucy's room. She is lying on her bed taking shallow breaths and her face is covered in sweat and tears.
"Luce what's wrong," Simon asks with panic in his voice.
"I huh can't breathe huh."
"What happened?"
"I huh think I huh huh overdosed."
Lucy clutched her hand to her chest.
"Where does it hurt?"
"Huh in my huh chest huh it feels huh like huh someones huh crushing me huh. I think huh I'm having huh a huh heart attack."
"No you can't be."
Simon picks up the phone and dials a phone number everyone knows but dreads having to call.
"911 what's your emergency?"
"My sister's having a heart attack," Simon says with terror in his voice.
"Ok give me your address."
Simon told her.
"I'm sending an ambulance over right now okay."
"Ok thank you bye."
"Bye."
Simon hung up the phone then called someone else.
"Hello,"
"Yeah can I talk to Robbie?"
"Just a minute,"
Simon looks over at Lucy who's breathing is even more shallow.
"Hello,"
"Robbie it's Simon I need your help. Lucy's having a heart attack and we're the only ones home. I can't reach anyone else. You need to come home now."
"What, wait why's Lucy having a heart attack what happened?"
"She overdosed on diet pills."
"I'll be right there."
Robbie hung up the phone and turned to his boss.
"I have to go it's an emergency."
*****
Simon heard a knock on the door. He ran downstairs and opened it. There were three paramedics.
"Where's the patient?""
"Upstairs I'll show you."
The paramedics followed Simon upstairs to Lucy's room. One checked her viatals and called them out to the others.
"We're going have to get her downstairs, can you walk?"
"Huh maybe huh."
Simon helped her stand up and she leaned all her weight on him.
"Sorry huh."
The paramedic went on Lucy's other side and they helped her downstairs and onto the stretcher. They moved the stretcher into the ambulance. Simon taped a piece of paper to the door and followed them outside. As they were loading her in Robbie drove up. He jumped out of his car and ran over to Simon.
"Is she ok?"
"I don't know, I left everybody a note on the door."
"Oh."
Robbie and Simon climbed in the back of the ambulance with two of the paramedics. They closed the doors and sped off. A loud long beep emited from the heart moniter.
"She's going into cardiac arrest prepare the crash cart."
One of them breathed into Lucy's mouth while the other shocked her. Simon watched his sister's body jump up but the moniter still flatlined. They tried again and were rewarded with the beep beep beep of the heart moniter. Her chest rose and fell normally again but she was still unconscious. Simon grabbed her hand as an attempt to hold on to her keep her alive.
*******
Matt parked his car in the driveway and Ruthie jumped out and ran towards the door with a shopping bag in her hand. Matt got out and followed but when he got to the door he found Ruthie in tears.
"What's wrong you were laughing a minute ago?"
Ruthie pointed to the note. Matt read it out loud.
"Everyone, Lucy had a heart attack meet us at the Glen Oak Hospital, Simon. Let's go."
Ruthie and Matt ran to the car and got inside. Matt backed out of the drivway and stepped on the gas.
"Matt is Lucy going to die?"
"I'm sure Lucy's going to be fine."
"Will she be crazy like Dad was?"
"I don't know."
"I hope not I have to share a room with her."
Ruthie laughed as an attempt to hide her sadness.
*******
Simon and Robbie sat in the waiting room in the ER. Simon was crying but was trying to hide it. Matt and Ruthie ran over to them. Ruthie looked at Simon.
"Is she ok?" Ruthie asked in a worried voice.
"We don't know yet," Simon said and looked at the Ruthie's scared and sad expression.
Robbie got up.
"Here why don't you sit in my chair while I talk to Matt."
Ruthie sat down and Matt and Robbie went to the other side of the room.
"What happened?"
"She overdosed on diet pills and she had a heart attack. On the way over she went into cardiac arrest and they had to revive her."
"Diet pills, why would Lucy take diet pills?"
"I don't know, Simon found them in her drawer and confronted her. She told him that she's addicted to them. She made him promise to wait till after graduation to tell anyone and then she'd go to rehab."
Matt looked over at Simon and Ruthie. Ruthie was leaning on Simon and crying her eyes out. Simon was doing his best to comfort her and hide his own tears. He couldn't believe his sister would do something so stupid. He also couldn't believe that she had a heart attack.
"We should go back and sit with them," Robbie said bringing Matt back to reality.
"Yeah," he said and they walked over and sat down next to Simon and Ruthie.
*********
Eric and Annie got out of the car and started to get the twins.
"Robbie's home," Eric said.
"That's good maybe he'll watch the twins."
They took the twins out and walked towards the door. Eric took his key and was about to open it when he saw the note.
"Annie look."
She quickly read the note.
"Let's go," she said and they headed for the car.
*********
Simon walks into Lucy's room. She is lying on her bed taking shallow breaths and her face is covered in sweat and tears.
"Luce what's wrong," Simon asks with panic in his voice.
"I huh can't breathe huh."
"What happened?"
"I huh think I huh huh overdosed."
Lucy clutched her hand to her chest.
"Where does it hurt?"
"Huh in my huh chest huh it feels huh like huh someones huh crushing me huh. I think huh I'm having huh a huh heart attack."
"No you can't be."
Simon picks up the phone and dials a phone number everyone knows but dreads having to call.
"911 what's your emergency?"
"My sister's having a heart attack," Simon says with terror in his voice.
"Ok give me your address."
Simon told her.
"I'm sending an ambulance over right now okay."
"Ok thank you bye."
"Bye."
Simon hung up the phone then called someone else.
"Hello,"
"Yeah can I talk to Robbie?"
"Just a minute,"
Simon looks over at Lucy who's breathing is even more shallow.
"Hello,"
"Robbie it's Simon I need your help. Lucy's having a heart attack and we're the only ones home. I can't reach anyone else. You need to come home now."
"What, wait why's Lucy having a heart attack what happened?"
"She overdosed on diet pills."
"I'll be right there."
Robbie hung up the phone and turned to his boss.
"I have to go it's an emergency."
*****
Simon heard a knock on the door. He ran downstairs and opened it. There were three paramedics.
"Where's the patient?""
"Upstairs I'll show you."
The paramedics followed Simon upstairs to Lucy's room. One checked her viatals and called them out to the others.
"We're going have to get her downstairs, can you walk?"
"Huh maybe huh."
Simon helped her stand up and she leaned all her weight on him.
"Sorry huh."
The paramedic went on Lucy's other side and they helped her downstairs and onto the stretcher. They moved the stretcher into the ambulance. Simon taped a piece of paper to the door and followed them outside. As they were loading her in Robbie drove up. He jumped out of his car and ran over to Simon.
"Is she ok?"
"I don't know, I left everybody a note on the door."
"Oh."
Robbie and Simon climbed in the back of the ambulance with two of the paramedics. They closed the doors and sped off. A loud long beep emited from the heart moniter.
"She's going into cardiac arrest prepare the crash cart."
One of them breathed into Lucy's mouth while the other shocked her. Simon watched his sister's body jump up but the moniter still flatlined. They tried again and were rewarded with the beep beep beep of the heart moniter. Her chest rose and fell normally again but she was still unconscious. Simon grabbed her hand as an attempt to hold on to her keep her alive.
*******
Matt parked his car in the driveway and Ruthie jumped out and ran towards the door with a shopping bag in her hand. Matt got out and followed but when he got to the door he found Ruthie in tears.
"What's wrong you were laughing a minute ago?"
Ruthie pointed to the note. Matt read it out loud.
"Everyone, Lucy had a heart attack meet us at the Glen Oak Hospital, Simon. Let's go."
Ruthie and Matt ran to the car and got inside. Matt backed out of the drivway and stepped on the gas.
"Matt is Lucy going to die?"
"I'm sure Lucy's going to be fine."
"Will she be crazy like Dad was?"
"I don't know."
"I hope not I have to share a room with her."
Ruthie laughed as an attempt to hide her sadness.
*******
Simon and Robbie sat in the waiting room in the ER. Simon was crying but was trying to hide it. Matt and Ruthie ran over to them. Ruthie looked at Simon.
"Is she ok?" Ruthie asked in a worried voice.
"We don't know yet," Simon said and looked at the Ruthie's scared and sad expression.
Robbie got up.
"Here why don't you sit in my chair while I talk to Matt."
Ruthie sat down and Matt and Robbie went to the other side of the room.
"What happened?"
"She overdosed on diet pills and she had a heart attack. On the way over she went into cardiac arrest and they had to revive her."
"Diet pills, why would Lucy take diet pills?"
"I don't know, Simon found them in her drawer and confronted her. She told him that she's addicted to them. She made him promise to wait till after graduation to tell anyone and then she'd go to rehab."
Matt looked over at Simon and Ruthie. Ruthie was leaning on Simon and crying her eyes out. Simon was doing his best to comfort her and hide his own tears. He couldn't believe his sister would do something so stupid. He also couldn't believe that she had a heart attack.
"We should go back and sit with them," Robbie said bringing Matt back to reality.
"Yeah," he said and they walked over and sat down next to Simon and Ruthie.
*********
Eric and Annie got out of the car and started to get the twins.
"Robbie's home," Eric said.
"That's good maybe he'll watch the twins."
They took the twins out and walked towards the door. Eric took his key and was about to open it when he saw the note.
"Annie look."
She quickly read the note.
"Let's go," she said and they headed for the car.
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