"Carter, listen to me! It's not your fault"
"I try to tell me that myself, but something in the back of my head says that it is." He took his hand through his hair and continued "Every time by back hurts I think of that day, and I don't think I can keep on for much longer" Abby looked at him, his eyes were blank of water as if he was going to cry.
"Carter, you are a wonderful man, it wasn't your fault!" Abby said, worried.
"Thanks" He said flatly.
"Do you have anywhere to stay?"
"Yes, my apartment"
"Do you think that it safe? I mean with Pepe and.."
"Drugs you mean, are you worried that I will start again?"
"No Carter, that wasn't what I meant…." She said, not wanting him to think she didn't trust him, he interrupted her
"I am afraid, that I maybe start again"
"You're staying with me!" Abby said more as a command than a offer, no way he was going to be alone.
Corday was checking that Dave was okay, other than the amnesia when Kerry came inside. She saw Dave's eyes being open.
"Hey Dave, we have missed you" He smiled to her. To Corday she asked "How is he?"
"He has a little amnesia, couldn't remember my name" Corday went on looking over the machines and noting on the charts.
"Hey Dave, how are you?" She asked.
Dave looked confused up, he knew he had seen these people before, but he couldn't remember their names. A little bald guy came into the room, if he didn't have the tube down his throat he would have started laughed.
Corday checked the rest of the machines,
"Dave, you are ready to be extubated now, you know the drill" He took a deep breath and she pulled out the tube, after a long time with coughing he settled back on the pillow. First now Romano took a step forward,
"How are you dr. Malucci?" He asked politely, after the hostage situation Romano had started thinking of Malucci with respect. Dave answered in a low voice.
"I'm sore, I don't really remember what happened"
"Pepe and…." Kerry didn't get any time to say anything more, before Dave stopped her. The memories started flooding back, he remembered everything, Pepe, the gang, Carter….
"How's Carter?"
"He is fine, he is at home recovering" Kerry smiled, "Go to sleep now Dave, you need it"
Outside the room Kerry found out that she probably should call Dave's father and mother, she knew they probably wouldn't care, but she had to call.
"Rosa Malucci here" a drunken voice answered
"Hello this is Kerry Weaver from Chicago County, I'm calling about Dave Malucci"
"Listen, take him off the machines in six days, we wont pay"
"He have woken up" She said
"Good for him, anything else?"
"It would maybe be nice if you stopped by….."
"Ok, then goodbye" Rosa answered not bothering to listen anymore.
Kerry put the phone back on place, she had hoped that Dave's mother would be more caring.
Dave's recovery went fast, he walked around a little in his room every day, and his appetite was increasing. When Kerry stepped into his room, he sat on the bed and read.
"Hello Dave"
"Hey Chief"
"How are you?"
"Better each day" He put away the book
"Dave, I wondered if we could talk a little bit about Pepe and Cass?" He looked down on the floor
"Ok" He answered shortly
"I just wondered how you knew them?" She looked at him curiously
"I was afraid you were going to ask about that. When I was around fifteen years old I lived in Italy with my family, we weren't exactly a happy family. Dad and mum drank a lot more than the should, I tried to be as little home as possible, and then I met Pepe and Cass. We started hanging out together, and soon some other guys joined us too. We started taking money from children when we didn't have any ourselves. Well, one thing led to another, and we were soon doing bigger crimes. I knew what we did were dangerous, but I wouldn't leave, it was the only place I belonged you know. One day I came home a little late, dad and mum started yelling at me, suddenly dad hit me." He stopped talking and tried to hold his tears back.
"Then mum joined him, they hit and kicked. I managed to get away from them, away from the house. When I met Pepe again he said they were going to murder a guy, I couldn't do that, I just couldn't. So I ran away from them too. I got into Grenada by a Children-off-the-street-program." He stopped again and took a deep breath. "Okay that was my life story, now it's your turn" He said trying to escape the subject.
"Dave, this is nothing to be ashamed of, you did the right things, you got away!"
"Yeah, but till what price?"
Pepe threw the newspaper angrily across the room.
"Pepe what is it?" Cass asked feeling a little worried.
"That motherfucker Dave woke up, he is alive!"
"You gotta be kiding?!"
"No, read it yourselves, first page, on the bottom: 'Dave Malucci woke up again. The young dr. Malucci woke up today after a long time in coma, after the shaking hostage situation in the fall at Chicago County' "
"Then we have to kill my previous boyfriend"
To be continued?
"I try to tell me that myself, but something in the back of my head says that it is." He took his hand through his hair and continued "Every time by back hurts I think of that day, and I don't think I can keep on for much longer" Abby looked at him, his eyes were blank of water as if he was going to cry.
"Carter, you are a wonderful man, it wasn't your fault!" Abby said, worried.
"Thanks" He said flatly.
"Do you have anywhere to stay?"
"Yes, my apartment"
"Do you think that it safe? I mean with Pepe and.."
"Drugs you mean, are you worried that I will start again?"
"No Carter, that wasn't what I meant…." She said, not wanting him to think she didn't trust him, he interrupted her
"I am afraid, that I maybe start again"
"You're staying with me!" Abby said more as a command than a offer, no way he was going to be alone.
Corday was checking that Dave was okay, other than the amnesia when Kerry came inside. She saw Dave's eyes being open.
"Hey Dave, we have missed you" He smiled to her. To Corday she asked "How is he?"
"He has a little amnesia, couldn't remember my name" Corday went on looking over the machines and noting on the charts.
"Hey Dave, how are you?" She asked.
Dave looked confused up, he knew he had seen these people before, but he couldn't remember their names. A little bald guy came into the room, if he didn't have the tube down his throat he would have started laughed.
Corday checked the rest of the machines,
"Dave, you are ready to be extubated now, you know the drill" He took a deep breath and she pulled out the tube, after a long time with coughing he settled back on the pillow. First now Romano took a step forward,
"How are you dr. Malucci?" He asked politely, after the hostage situation Romano had started thinking of Malucci with respect. Dave answered in a low voice.
"I'm sore, I don't really remember what happened"
"Pepe and…." Kerry didn't get any time to say anything more, before Dave stopped her. The memories started flooding back, he remembered everything, Pepe, the gang, Carter….
"How's Carter?"
"He is fine, he is at home recovering" Kerry smiled, "Go to sleep now Dave, you need it"
Outside the room Kerry found out that she probably should call Dave's father and mother, she knew they probably wouldn't care, but she had to call.
"Rosa Malucci here" a drunken voice answered
"Hello this is Kerry Weaver from Chicago County, I'm calling about Dave Malucci"
"Listen, take him off the machines in six days, we wont pay"
"He have woken up" She said
"Good for him, anything else?"
"It would maybe be nice if you stopped by….."
"Ok, then goodbye" Rosa answered not bothering to listen anymore.
Kerry put the phone back on place, she had hoped that Dave's mother would be more caring.
Dave's recovery went fast, he walked around a little in his room every day, and his appetite was increasing. When Kerry stepped into his room, he sat on the bed and read.
"Hello Dave"
"Hey Chief"
"How are you?"
"Better each day" He put away the book
"Dave, I wondered if we could talk a little bit about Pepe and Cass?" He looked down on the floor
"Ok" He answered shortly
"I just wondered how you knew them?" She looked at him curiously
"I was afraid you were going to ask about that. When I was around fifteen years old I lived in Italy with my family, we weren't exactly a happy family. Dad and mum drank a lot more than the should, I tried to be as little home as possible, and then I met Pepe and Cass. We started hanging out together, and soon some other guys joined us too. We started taking money from children when we didn't have any ourselves. Well, one thing led to another, and we were soon doing bigger crimes. I knew what we did were dangerous, but I wouldn't leave, it was the only place I belonged you know. One day I came home a little late, dad and mum started yelling at me, suddenly dad hit me." He stopped talking and tried to hold his tears back.
"Then mum joined him, they hit and kicked. I managed to get away from them, away from the house. When I met Pepe again he said they were going to murder a guy, I couldn't do that, I just couldn't. So I ran away from them too. I got into Grenada by a Children-off-the-street-program." He stopped again and took a deep breath. "Okay that was my life story, now it's your turn" He said trying to escape the subject.
"Dave, this is nothing to be ashamed of, you did the right things, you got away!"
"Yeah, but till what price?"
Pepe threw the newspaper angrily across the room.
"Pepe what is it?" Cass asked feeling a little worried.
"That motherfucker Dave woke up, he is alive!"
"You gotta be kiding?!"
"No, read it yourselves, first page, on the bottom: 'Dave Malucci woke up again. The young dr. Malucci woke up today after a long time in coma, after the shaking hostage situation in the fall at Chicago County' "
"Then we have to kill my previous boyfriend"
To be continued?