For notes and disclaimers, see Part 1.
Part 3
Toby walked into Leo's office and didn't wait for Leo to notice him before talking.
"CJ's in New York."
Leo looked up from his papers. "New York? What the hell is she doing there?"
"Her brother and family were in a car accident earlier this morning."
"How are they?"
Toby told Leo what CJ had told him on the phone just a couple of minutes ago.
"Poor girl," Leo said quietly.
Toby rolled on his heels and rubbed his forehead before looking at Leo. "Leo, listen, I need to. I need to go there. Now. I have to be there for her."
Leo nodded. "Tell her I'm sorry and thinking of her, will you?"
When Toby went back to get his briefcase and laptop he asked Ginger to check when the next flight to New York left. When he was in the garage to get his car she phoned her and told him the next flight left in two hours and she had booked him a ticket. Before he went to his apartment, he swung by CJ's and picked up a few things for her. When he had talked to Carol, she had told him that CJ had left for New York right from work. When he was done in her apartment, he just had time to rush to his own and get a few things for himself, before it was time to leave for the airport. Before he was going to step on the plane he called CJ, but she didn't answer. He just hoped she wouldn't mind if he came, unannounced.
Toby went immediately to the hospital. He asked a nurse where he should go, but she couldn't tell him much, only that he had to go to the fourth floor. He took the elevator and began walking down the hallway. While he was walking, he looked inside the hospital-rooms through the blinds. He stopped when he saw CJ's back in one of the rooms. She saw sitting down next to a bed but he couldn't see who it was in the bed. He slowly entered the room, suddenly unsure of what he was going to do next. He took a few steps closer to the bed and could now see that it was Miranda in the bed.
"CJ?" he said quietly.
She quickly turned around and jumped out of the chair when she saw it was he. She smiled slightly and tears were beginning to form in her eyes.
"Toby," she said almost inaudible. "I can't believe you're here."
She started to cry and Toby took a step closer and embraced her.
"Hey, you," he whispered softly in her hair.
"I can't believe you're here," she said again and hugged him tighter.
When she let go she had almost stopped crying. She sat down in the chair again and looked at Miranda.
Toby pulled a chair next to hers and sat down on it. "How is she?" He nodded towards Miranda.
"She's fine, Toby. Miraculously fine, the doctor said."
"What about Aaron?" Tears began to form in CJ's eyes again and Toby gripped her hand.
"They lost him just before I got here," she whispered softly.
"Oh, CJ. I'm so sorry."
She closed her eyes for a brief second and swallowed the lump in her throat. The doctor had told her that Miranda would wake up soon, and she needed to be strong for her.
"Is there anything I can do?" Toby asked her and kissed her knuckles.
She smiled slightly. "You being here is enough."
TBC.
Part 3
Toby walked into Leo's office and didn't wait for Leo to notice him before talking.
"CJ's in New York."
Leo looked up from his papers. "New York? What the hell is she doing there?"
"Her brother and family were in a car accident earlier this morning."
"How are they?"
Toby told Leo what CJ had told him on the phone just a couple of minutes ago.
"Poor girl," Leo said quietly.
Toby rolled on his heels and rubbed his forehead before looking at Leo. "Leo, listen, I need to. I need to go there. Now. I have to be there for her."
Leo nodded. "Tell her I'm sorry and thinking of her, will you?"
When Toby went back to get his briefcase and laptop he asked Ginger to check when the next flight to New York left. When he was in the garage to get his car she phoned her and told him the next flight left in two hours and she had booked him a ticket. Before he went to his apartment, he swung by CJ's and picked up a few things for her. When he had talked to Carol, she had told him that CJ had left for New York right from work. When he was done in her apartment, he just had time to rush to his own and get a few things for himself, before it was time to leave for the airport. Before he was going to step on the plane he called CJ, but she didn't answer. He just hoped she wouldn't mind if he came, unannounced.
Toby went immediately to the hospital. He asked a nurse where he should go, but she couldn't tell him much, only that he had to go to the fourth floor. He took the elevator and began walking down the hallway. While he was walking, he looked inside the hospital-rooms through the blinds. He stopped when he saw CJ's back in one of the rooms. She saw sitting down next to a bed but he couldn't see who it was in the bed. He slowly entered the room, suddenly unsure of what he was going to do next. He took a few steps closer to the bed and could now see that it was Miranda in the bed.
"CJ?" he said quietly.
She quickly turned around and jumped out of the chair when she saw it was he. She smiled slightly and tears were beginning to form in her eyes.
"Toby," she said almost inaudible. "I can't believe you're here."
She started to cry and Toby took a step closer and embraced her.
"Hey, you," he whispered softly in her hair.
"I can't believe you're here," she said again and hugged him tighter.
When she let go she had almost stopped crying. She sat down in the chair again and looked at Miranda.
Toby pulled a chair next to hers and sat down on it. "How is she?" He nodded towards Miranda.
"She's fine, Toby. Miraculously fine, the doctor said."
"What about Aaron?" Tears began to form in CJ's eyes again and Toby gripped her hand.
"They lost him just before I got here," she whispered softly.
"Oh, CJ. I'm so sorry."
She closed her eyes for a brief second and swallowed the lump in her throat. The doctor had told her that Miranda would wake up soon, and she needed to be strong for her.
"Is there anything I can do?" Toby asked her and kissed her knuckles.
She smiled slightly. "You being here is enough."
TBC.