The Alternate Daughter
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: ER no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Excuse me?"
Elizabeth glanced up to see the young girl, very pregnant and obviously in a lot of pain. She was breathing hard, her long chesnut hair falling in her face as she puffed each breath out.
"Are you alright?" Elizabeth asked. The girl nodded.
"I'm....looking....for my....husband" she stammered, "I....I think....something's wrong" Elizabeth rounded the counter and put a hand to the girl's abdomend. Something was definately wrong.
"Where's your husband? Was he admitted here?" she asked, hoping he would have more information.
"No...no...he's...a doctor...here" the girl answered. Elizabeth had never seen the girl before, but perhaps she meant he was a doctor somewhere upstairs.
"Alright, what's his name, I'll have him paged" she said, starting to help the girl walk toward a room.
"Luca....Luca Kovac" Elizabeth stopped.
"What did you say?"
"Ria!" Abby hurried down the hall from the other direction, "Ria, what's wrong?" She seemed very concerned.
"Abby, do you know this girl?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes. Find Luca, tell him Ria's here. And get me Carter!" she ordered Elizabeth.
"She said she was Luca's wife" Elizabeth objected.
"I know...just find him!" Just then Carter emerged from nowhere.
"Abby, what's going on?" he asked, rushing over, "Ria? Ria, honey, where does it hurt?" The girl could say nothing, all of her concentration was on breathing and staying upright.
"Let's get her into a room" Carter said, and he and Abby managed to help her walk to a private room and get her down on the bed while Elizabeth went in search of Luca.
"Abby?" her meek voice inquired as she opened her eyes. Abby went to her head while Carter started examining her swollen stomach.
"I'm here, Ria. Ria, you have to tell me what happened. Did you fall? Did you stop breathing, and fall?" Abby asked gently. Ria's head rolled from side to side as another contraction tore over her.
"Ria! Ria, you have to answer me! Come on!" Abby urged.
"There's internal hemoraging" Carter announced.
"Yes...I.....lost my...balance....on the stairs...." Ria whispered. Abby moved away to help Carter.
"She said she fell on the stairs" she told him. Just then Luca burst through the door, out of breath and soaking wet.
"Ria!" he cried as he went to her head. She opened her eyes and squeezed them shut again as pain ripped through her.
"I'm here, Ria. I'm going to help you!" He moved down to where Carter was working.
"Did she say what happened?" he asked, quickly pulling gloves on.
"She said she stopped breathing and fell down some steps" Abby answered.
"There's internal hemoraging, Luca" Carter told him.
"Damn! Hold on Ria! Hold on!"
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: ER no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Excuse me?"
Elizabeth glanced up to see the young girl, very pregnant and obviously in a lot of pain. She was breathing hard, her long chesnut hair falling in her face as she puffed each breath out.
"Are you alright?" Elizabeth asked. The girl nodded.
"I'm....looking....for my....husband" she stammered, "I....I think....something's wrong" Elizabeth rounded the counter and put a hand to the girl's abdomend. Something was definately wrong.
"Where's your husband? Was he admitted here?" she asked, hoping he would have more information.
"No...no...he's...a doctor...here" the girl answered. Elizabeth had never seen the girl before, but perhaps she meant he was a doctor somewhere upstairs.
"Alright, what's his name, I'll have him paged" she said, starting to help the girl walk toward a room.
"Luca....Luca Kovac" Elizabeth stopped.
"What did you say?"
"Ria!" Abby hurried down the hall from the other direction, "Ria, what's wrong?" She seemed very concerned.
"Abby, do you know this girl?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes. Find Luca, tell him Ria's here. And get me Carter!" she ordered Elizabeth.
"She said she was Luca's wife" Elizabeth objected.
"I know...just find him!" Just then Carter emerged from nowhere.
"Abby, what's going on?" he asked, rushing over, "Ria? Ria, honey, where does it hurt?" The girl could say nothing, all of her concentration was on breathing and staying upright.
"Let's get her into a room" Carter said, and he and Abby managed to help her walk to a private room and get her down on the bed while Elizabeth went in search of Luca.
"Abby?" her meek voice inquired as she opened her eyes. Abby went to her head while Carter started examining her swollen stomach.
"I'm here, Ria. Ria, you have to tell me what happened. Did you fall? Did you stop breathing, and fall?" Abby asked gently. Ria's head rolled from side to side as another contraction tore over her.
"Ria! Ria, you have to answer me! Come on!" Abby urged.
"There's internal hemoraging" Carter announced.
"Yes...I.....lost my...balance....on the stairs...." Ria whispered. Abby moved away to help Carter.
"She said she fell on the stairs" she told him. Just then Luca burst through the door, out of breath and soaking wet.
"Ria!" he cried as he went to her head. She opened her eyes and squeezed them shut again as pain ripped through her.
"I'm here, Ria. I'm going to help you!" He moved down to where Carter was working.
"Did she say what happened?" he asked, quickly pulling gloves on.
"She said she stopped breathing and fell down some steps" Abby answered.
"There's internal hemoraging, Luca" Carter told him.
"Damn! Hold on Ria! Hold on!"