"Greenlee," Trey Kenyon knocked on the door of Greenlee's room, but
she didn't answer. "Come on, Greenlee, open the door. It's Trey." Trey
tried the door once again, but he couldn't get in. Somehow, Greenlee had
gotten the door to lock. Trey looked around to make sure nobody was around
before knocking on the door again, harder this time. "Greenlee, you can't
just lock yourself in there." Still no answer. Trey peered into the room
through the small window. He didn't see her. "Greenlee?" Trey knocked on
the door again. "Are you OK?" Nothing. Trey quickly walked back to the
nurse's station. "Is Greenlee Smythe still in that room?" he asked.
"Should be," the nurse said.
"Something's wrong," Trey said softly. "I'm family. I need to get into her room, she's locked the door."
"She's locked inside?" The nurse asked grabbing the phone. "Security to room 13. Security to room 13." She turned to Trey. "I'm sure it's nothing. The door's probably just jammed."
Trey was flustered as security rushed passed him. He could only imagine what was going on behind that door.. He rushed over to the payphone and deposited some change.
The line rang once. Twice. A third time before the answering machine picked up. "You've reached David Hayward. Leave a message and I'll get back to you."
"David, it's Trey. I'm at the hospital," he paused. "You need to get down here as soon as you can." Trey stopped talking as he saw Greenlee being rushed out of the room on a gurney. "Oh, my God," he said into the receiver. "Something's wrong with Greenlee." Trey slammed the phone back down and ran towards them. "What happened to her?" They didn't answer. " I'm her brother-in-law. What happened?"
"She took something," the doctor said as they got her onto the elevator and the doors closed.
Trey stepped back, running his fingers through his hair. After a short pause, he walked back over to the phone and dialed another number. "Chief Devane, please," he said. "It's and emergency...Trey Kenyon." Trey waited impatiently to hear Anna's voice on the other end.
"Trey?" Anna said. "What's wrong?"
"I need to find David," Trey began to panic.
"Slow down, Trey. What happened?"
"I'm at the hospital to see Greenlee...She tried to kill herself."
"Is she alright?"
"I don't know. They just took her. I tried David at home, but the machine was on."
"OK," Anna said. "Stay there, I'm leaving now. I'll try to get David on the way to the hospital."
Anna hung up the office phone and grabbed her jacket and cell phone. She rushed out of her office and passed Jackson Montgomery.
"Where are you off to so fast?" he asked.
"The hospital." Ana said. "Can we talk later?" She didn't even give him a chance to answer. "Thanks."
Anna draped her coat over her shoulders and dialed her cell phone as she opened the car door.
"You've reached David Hayward..."
"David, where are you?" Anna said hanging up on the message. She pondered for a moment on David's cell phone number. Anna tried not to make it a habit of calling David and had blocked his cell number out of her mind. She had seen however how David had taken to Greenlee after the accident, and knew that even though he was no longer employed at Pine Valley hospital, he wanted to be considered her physician. She knew that he felt an obligation to Leo. Calling was the least that she could do for him now.
Anna sat behind the wheel of her car one hand on her slightly swollen belly, the other which had been holding the phone, now grasped the steering wheel as she rushed for the hospital.
Trey paced back and forth by the elevator, nervously waiting for something to happen, for some news to come down. He heard the elevator ring and stepped back as the two door spread apart.
David Hayward stepped off and almost walked passed Trey.
"I didn't think you'd get my message," trey said.
"What message?" David asked, thrown off guard. "I haven't been home since early this morning. What happened?"
"I'm not sure," Trey said. "No one will tell me anything. They brought Greenlee upstairs about twenty minutes ago."
"Greenlee?" David asked. "Who brought her upstairs?"
"I don't know. One of the doctors, security." David began to pace. "She took something."
"What do you mean she took something?" David came to a stop. "What did she take?"
"I don't know, David. I'm a lawyer, not a doctor." Trey began to get defensive.
The elevator rang yet again and the brothers stood back as Anna stepped off. "How's Greenlee? Have you heard anything?"
"No, not yet." Trey said.
"Excuse me," David said. "Am I the only one who doesn't know what's going on here?" David pressed the button for the elevator. "Well, I'm going to find out." He stepped onto the elevator and the doors closed behind him.
David stood alone. The ride up seemed to take forever. He felt like he had let Leo down. Leo, the brother who stayed in Pine Valley to help him when he could have been with his wife in Paris. Leo, the brother who David had promised the day before to give his own life for Greenlee's. He had failed.
As the doors of the elevator opened, David called out. "Jake!"
"You shouldn't be up here," Jake Martin said. "you have no business being here."
"Look, Jake," David said. "I know you don't much care for me, but Greenlee's my sister-in-law. If it helps, don't think of me as being her doctor. Think of me as being her family who just happens to be a doctor." Jake was silent. "Tell me what happened."
"She overdosed on sleeping pills," Jake explained. "I don't know where or how she got her hands on them, but she did."
"Well, is she OK?"
"Luckily, Trey notified us in time. We were able to flush most of the drugs out of her body."
"Can I see her?" David asked.
"She can go sit with her, but she's still not awake." David turned and started for Greenlee's room. "It's a miracle she wasn't killed," Jake said. "Let alone the baby."
David stopped in his tracks. "Baby?" he said.
"I shouldn't have said anything," Jake admitted.
"Well, you've said it now," David said. "Now I'm talking to you as a doctor, Jake."
Jake thought carefully before he spoke, feeling awkward about telling David anything. "We did an ultrasound on Greenlee once we got her upstairs. That's when we picked something up."
"The baby?" Jake nodded. "Could you tell how far along..."
"About two months."
"Greenlee couldn't have known. She wouldn't have tried this if she knew."
"Well, she was luck this time. You be sure to tell her that."
David was silent as Jake turned and walked away from him. He then turned back and headed for Greenlee's room. David pushed open the door and saw her lying there. She was as still as Leo had been the day before, and just as peaceful looking. David pulled up a chair and sat beside her, taking hold of one of her hands.
"You know, you're really not making this easy for me, Greenlee," he said. "You can't do this to yourself. Leo wouldn't want to see you hurt...I don't want to see you hurt."
David sat, slouched back in his chair, his arms folded across his chest, asleep. Greenlee's eyes twitched and slowly began to open. The lights were bright. Too bright for her.
"Leo?" she said, causing David to stir. "Where are you?"
"Greenlee," David said sitting up. "You're going to be alright."
Greenlee looked at David, realizing her unsuccessful attempt. "What are you doing here?"
"I was worried about you."
"You don't have to worry about me," Greenlee said. "My life isn't worth anything now that Leo's gone."
"No, you're wrong, Greenlee."
"I can't live without him, David."
"It's hard, I know."
"How could you know? How could you possibly know how hard it is? I saw my husband plunge over the falls. We were supposed to be in Paris, David. Taking pictures by the Eiffel Tower, learning French, starting our lives together. You can't know what it's like. I have nothing left to live for."
"Oh, Greenlee."
"I don't want to live. I want to be with Leo. Leo's waiting for me. He's waiting for me to pick up where we left off...before Vanessa killed him." David silently listened to Greenlee. "Can you tell me one person who needs me more than I need Leo?" she asked him. "One person. Can you, David?"
David could think of no better time than the present to tell Greenlee. "They took an ultrasound when they were trying to bring you back," he said.
"I don't know why they bothered. They should have just let me die."
"They didn't only save you, Greenlee. Did you know you're pregnant?"
"Pregnant?" Greenlee said, shocked. "I can't be pregnant."
"You are, Greenlee."
Greenlee began crying. "How am I supposed to have a baby? How am I going to raise a baby on my own? I can't do this without Leo."
"Leo is part of you. Part of this baby. You don't have to do anything on your own," David said. "We are family, and I am here for you if you need me. I wouldn't let you down. I would never hurt you."
"What kind of mother could I be?" Greenlee asked. "God, I almost killed the little piece of Leo I still have left."
David took Greenlee's hands. "I know it's hard now, Greenlee. It's going to be hard for a while."
Greenlee glanced into David's eyes, sniffling. "It's not fair," she said. "I just can't...Oh, David." Greenlee wrapped her arms around David, the tears streaming down her face, wishing that the hurting would stop.
"Should be," the nurse said.
"Something's wrong," Trey said softly. "I'm family. I need to get into her room, she's locked the door."
"She's locked inside?" The nurse asked grabbing the phone. "Security to room 13. Security to room 13." She turned to Trey. "I'm sure it's nothing. The door's probably just jammed."
Trey was flustered as security rushed passed him. He could only imagine what was going on behind that door.. He rushed over to the payphone and deposited some change.
The line rang once. Twice. A third time before the answering machine picked up. "You've reached David Hayward. Leave a message and I'll get back to you."
"David, it's Trey. I'm at the hospital," he paused. "You need to get down here as soon as you can." Trey stopped talking as he saw Greenlee being rushed out of the room on a gurney. "Oh, my God," he said into the receiver. "Something's wrong with Greenlee." Trey slammed the phone back down and ran towards them. "What happened to her?" They didn't answer. " I'm her brother-in-law. What happened?"
"She took something," the doctor said as they got her onto the elevator and the doors closed.
Trey stepped back, running his fingers through his hair. After a short pause, he walked back over to the phone and dialed another number. "Chief Devane, please," he said. "It's and emergency...Trey Kenyon." Trey waited impatiently to hear Anna's voice on the other end.
"Trey?" Anna said. "What's wrong?"
"I need to find David," Trey began to panic.
"Slow down, Trey. What happened?"
"I'm at the hospital to see Greenlee...She tried to kill herself."
"Is she alright?"
"I don't know. They just took her. I tried David at home, but the machine was on."
"OK," Anna said. "Stay there, I'm leaving now. I'll try to get David on the way to the hospital."
Anna hung up the office phone and grabbed her jacket and cell phone. She rushed out of her office and passed Jackson Montgomery.
"Where are you off to so fast?" he asked.
"The hospital." Ana said. "Can we talk later?" She didn't even give him a chance to answer. "Thanks."
Anna draped her coat over her shoulders and dialed her cell phone as she opened the car door.
"You've reached David Hayward..."
"David, where are you?" Anna said hanging up on the message. She pondered for a moment on David's cell phone number. Anna tried not to make it a habit of calling David and had blocked his cell number out of her mind. She had seen however how David had taken to Greenlee after the accident, and knew that even though he was no longer employed at Pine Valley hospital, he wanted to be considered her physician. She knew that he felt an obligation to Leo. Calling was the least that she could do for him now.
Anna sat behind the wheel of her car one hand on her slightly swollen belly, the other which had been holding the phone, now grasped the steering wheel as she rushed for the hospital.
Trey paced back and forth by the elevator, nervously waiting for something to happen, for some news to come down. He heard the elevator ring and stepped back as the two door spread apart.
David Hayward stepped off and almost walked passed Trey.
"I didn't think you'd get my message," trey said.
"What message?" David asked, thrown off guard. "I haven't been home since early this morning. What happened?"
"I'm not sure," Trey said. "No one will tell me anything. They brought Greenlee upstairs about twenty minutes ago."
"Greenlee?" David asked. "Who brought her upstairs?"
"I don't know. One of the doctors, security." David began to pace. "She took something."
"What do you mean she took something?" David came to a stop. "What did she take?"
"I don't know, David. I'm a lawyer, not a doctor." Trey began to get defensive.
The elevator rang yet again and the brothers stood back as Anna stepped off. "How's Greenlee? Have you heard anything?"
"No, not yet." Trey said.
"Excuse me," David said. "Am I the only one who doesn't know what's going on here?" David pressed the button for the elevator. "Well, I'm going to find out." He stepped onto the elevator and the doors closed behind him.
David stood alone. The ride up seemed to take forever. He felt like he had let Leo down. Leo, the brother who stayed in Pine Valley to help him when he could have been with his wife in Paris. Leo, the brother who David had promised the day before to give his own life for Greenlee's. He had failed.
As the doors of the elevator opened, David called out. "Jake!"
"You shouldn't be up here," Jake Martin said. "you have no business being here."
"Look, Jake," David said. "I know you don't much care for me, but Greenlee's my sister-in-law. If it helps, don't think of me as being her doctor. Think of me as being her family who just happens to be a doctor." Jake was silent. "Tell me what happened."
"She overdosed on sleeping pills," Jake explained. "I don't know where or how she got her hands on them, but she did."
"Well, is she OK?"
"Luckily, Trey notified us in time. We were able to flush most of the drugs out of her body."
"Can I see her?" David asked.
"She can go sit with her, but she's still not awake." David turned and started for Greenlee's room. "It's a miracle she wasn't killed," Jake said. "Let alone the baby."
David stopped in his tracks. "Baby?" he said.
"I shouldn't have said anything," Jake admitted.
"Well, you've said it now," David said. "Now I'm talking to you as a doctor, Jake."
Jake thought carefully before he spoke, feeling awkward about telling David anything. "We did an ultrasound on Greenlee once we got her upstairs. That's when we picked something up."
"The baby?" Jake nodded. "Could you tell how far along..."
"About two months."
"Greenlee couldn't have known. She wouldn't have tried this if she knew."
"Well, she was luck this time. You be sure to tell her that."
David was silent as Jake turned and walked away from him. He then turned back and headed for Greenlee's room. David pushed open the door and saw her lying there. She was as still as Leo had been the day before, and just as peaceful looking. David pulled up a chair and sat beside her, taking hold of one of her hands.
"You know, you're really not making this easy for me, Greenlee," he said. "You can't do this to yourself. Leo wouldn't want to see you hurt...I don't want to see you hurt."
David sat, slouched back in his chair, his arms folded across his chest, asleep. Greenlee's eyes twitched and slowly began to open. The lights were bright. Too bright for her.
"Leo?" she said, causing David to stir. "Where are you?"
"Greenlee," David said sitting up. "You're going to be alright."
Greenlee looked at David, realizing her unsuccessful attempt. "What are you doing here?"
"I was worried about you."
"You don't have to worry about me," Greenlee said. "My life isn't worth anything now that Leo's gone."
"No, you're wrong, Greenlee."
"I can't live without him, David."
"It's hard, I know."
"How could you know? How could you possibly know how hard it is? I saw my husband plunge over the falls. We were supposed to be in Paris, David. Taking pictures by the Eiffel Tower, learning French, starting our lives together. You can't know what it's like. I have nothing left to live for."
"Oh, Greenlee."
"I don't want to live. I want to be with Leo. Leo's waiting for me. He's waiting for me to pick up where we left off...before Vanessa killed him." David silently listened to Greenlee. "Can you tell me one person who needs me more than I need Leo?" she asked him. "One person. Can you, David?"
David could think of no better time than the present to tell Greenlee. "They took an ultrasound when they were trying to bring you back," he said.
"I don't know why they bothered. They should have just let me die."
"They didn't only save you, Greenlee. Did you know you're pregnant?"
"Pregnant?" Greenlee said, shocked. "I can't be pregnant."
"You are, Greenlee."
Greenlee began crying. "How am I supposed to have a baby? How am I going to raise a baby on my own? I can't do this without Leo."
"Leo is part of you. Part of this baby. You don't have to do anything on your own," David said. "We are family, and I am here for you if you need me. I wouldn't let you down. I would never hurt you."
"What kind of mother could I be?" Greenlee asked. "God, I almost killed the little piece of Leo I still have left."
David took Greenlee's hands. "I know it's hard now, Greenlee. It's going to be hard for a while."
Greenlee glanced into David's eyes, sniffling. "It's not fair," she said. "I just can't...Oh, David." Greenlee wrapped her arms around David, the tears streaming down her face, wishing that the hurting would stop.