Part 12
"Eric? What do you want? Do you want the ring back?" CJ asked nervously.
"No, not really. Sweetie, come here." He patted the seat on the couch next to him.
CJ slowly walked over and sat down next to him.
"Claudia Jean, I think we should talk."
CJ let out a sigh of relief. Now he always sounded like he had. Friendly and gentle. It was only reasonable that he wanted an explanation of what had happened. She began to relax in his company.
"Eric, I'm really sorry about what happened, but it was probably for the best." She smiled gently and put her hand on his arm.
His eyes turned black for a second. "What do you mean the best?"
CJ took a deep breath and looked away, knowing what she was going to say would hurt him. "Eric, I realized today that I don't love you. I wasn't even sad that the wedding was called off. This thing between us, has been wrong for me from the beginning."
"What are you talking about? What do you mean when you're saying the wedding is called off? I booked time with the church today, and guess what? They could fill us in tomorrow."
A frown appeared between CJ's eyes as she shook her head. "Eric, no. You called off the wedding earlier today. At lunch. Don't you remember?"
His smile suddenly disappeared. "I don't know what you're trying to pull here but it's sick. You love me and I love you and we're getting married tomorrow. Now, come on. Let's go to bed."
He rose and took her arm and pulled her up.
"Eric, let me go! What are you doing?"
"We're going to bed!"
She tried to pull away from him but he held her arms tightly in his hands while dragging her with him towards the bedroom.
* * * * *
Toby hung up the phone. He had been talking to Josh and he had tried to explain to him that he had to stay calm at the meeting the next day. When the phone rang again he picked it up quickly.
"What?" He shouted.
"Um, excuse me," a female voice said. "Is this Toby Ziegler?"
Toby, who know that it was late, knew this had to be serious and his thoughts immediately wandered to CJ. "Yes, I'm Toby Ziegler."
"My name is Elizabeth Forsythe and I'm calling from GW. We just got a patient to the ER and her ID says she's CJ Cregg. Do you know this woman?"
"I'm on my way!" Toby grabbed his car-keys before hurrying out of his apartment.
In his car he called Josh. His apartment was closer to the hospital. When Josh asked what had happened Toby realized he had forgot to ask when the nurse called him.
Toby was showed to a waiting room. In there he found Josh, pacing nervously back and forth. When he noticed Toby he hurried over to him.
"Have you heard anything?"
"No, they wouldn't let me know anything. She has you as first person to call, Toby. They wanted to tell you first. You have to go and talk to them."
Toby suddenly got scared. He looked up at Josh who immediately understood.
Josh nodded before pushing Toby forward him. "Let's go."
The nurses couldn't give them much information. Just that she had come in with bruises all over he body and possible inner bleedings. The nurse also notified them on that a police probably would come and talk to them later.
"Do you know who could have done this to her?" Josh asked while they were walking back to waiting room.
Toby hadn't even heard Josh. He walked over to a phone. "I have to call Sam."
When Sam came to the hospital Toby and Josh were talking to an officer.
"Who's this?" The officer asked when Sam walked up to them.
"Sam Seaborn." Sam shook hands with the officer.
"And where were you about an hour and a half ago, Mr. Seaborn?"
Sam, Josh and Toby all turned to the officer with surprised looks.
"What, exactly are you insinuating?" Toby asked, noticeable irritated.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ziegler. We just have to check out everyone."
It was quiet for a while, everyone waiting for someone else to say something.
"Have you heard anything new?" Sam asked and chose to ignore the officer.
Toby looked away and Josh shook his head. "No, she had inner bleedings. They're trying to stop them now."
"But she's going to be okay, right?"
Toby once again chose to look away and this time Josh did the same. Sam slumped down in the chair next to Toby.
"Excuse me, but I just have a few more questions," the officer said and held up his notepad.
Toby's head snapped up. "Why don't you take your questions and shove them somewhere? A friend of us are in operation right now, fighting for her life and you expect us to answer your stupid questions! Leave us alone!"
The officer looked at first angry, but then he sighed. "I'll come back later."
"He was just doing his job, Toby," Josh said.
"Are you defending him?" Toby raised his voice again.
"No, I'm just saying that we need to find the person who did this to CJ, and that is now!"
Toby was just about to answer when the door opened and a nurse stuck in her head.
"Mr. Ziegler? Dr. Stein can see you now."
Toby composed himself before going after the nurse.
"Is he going to be okay?"
"Sam, he's blaming himself," Josh said quietly.
"Why? He hasn't done anything."
"He stopped by her apartment a short while before leaving. He thinks that if he had stayed..."
Sam sighed. "Oh shit. Who could have done this to her?"
"The police said that it hadn't looked like someone had tried to break in. Sam, this was someone who knew CJ."
As Sam suddenly realized something his hands tightened around the arm- wrests so hard that his knuckles became white. Josh noticed that Sam had hard to compose himself.
"Sam? Sam, what's the matter?" Josh asked anxiously.
TBC.
"Eric? What do you want? Do you want the ring back?" CJ asked nervously.
"No, not really. Sweetie, come here." He patted the seat on the couch next to him.
CJ slowly walked over and sat down next to him.
"Claudia Jean, I think we should talk."
CJ let out a sigh of relief. Now he always sounded like he had. Friendly and gentle. It was only reasonable that he wanted an explanation of what had happened. She began to relax in his company.
"Eric, I'm really sorry about what happened, but it was probably for the best." She smiled gently and put her hand on his arm.
His eyes turned black for a second. "What do you mean the best?"
CJ took a deep breath and looked away, knowing what she was going to say would hurt him. "Eric, I realized today that I don't love you. I wasn't even sad that the wedding was called off. This thing between us, has been wrong for me from the beginning."
"What are you talking about? What do you mean when you're saying the wedding is called off? I booked time with the church today, and guess what? They could fill us in tomorrow."
A frown appeared between CJ's eyes as she shook her head. "Eric, no. You called off the wedding earlier today. At lunch. Don't you remember?"
His smile suddenly disappeared. "I don't know what you're trying to pull here but it's sick. You love me and I love you and we're getting married tomorrow. Now, come on. Let's go to bed."
He rose and took her arm and pulled her up.
"Eric, let me go! What are you doing?"
"We're going to bed!"
She tried to pull away from him but he held her arms tightly in his hands while dragging her with him towards the bedroom.
* * * * *
Toby hung up the phone. He had been talking to Josh and he had tried to explain to him that he had to stay calm at the meeting the next day. When the phone rang again he picked it up quickly.
"What?" He shouted.
"Um, excuse me," a female voice said. "Is this Toby Ziegler?"
Toby, who know that it was late, knew this had to be serious and his thoughts immediately wandered to CJ. "Yes, I'm Toby Ziegler."
"My name is Elizabeth Forsythe and I'm calling from GW. We just got a patient to the ER and her ID says she's CJ Cregg. Do you know this woman?"
"I'm on my way!" Toby grabbed his car-keys before hurrying out of his apartment.
In his car he called Josh. His apartment was closer to the hospital. When Josh asked what had happened Toby realized he had forgot to ask when the nurse called him.
Toby was showed to a waiting room. In there he found Josh, pacing nervously back and forth. When he noticed Toby he hurried over to him.
"Have you heard anything?"
"No, they wouldn't let me know anything. She has you as first person to call, Toby. They wanted to tell you first. You have to go and talk to them."
Toby suddenly got scared. He looked up at Josh who immediately understood.
Josh nodded before pushing Toby forward him. "Let's go."
The nurses couldn't give them much information. Just that she had come in with bruises all over he body and possible inner bleedings. The nurse also notified them on that a police probably would come and talk to them later.
"Do you know who could have done this to her?" Josh asked while they were walking back to waiting room.
Toby hadn't even heard Josh. He walked over to a phone. "I have to call Sam."
When Sam came to the hospital Toby and Josh were talking to an officer.
"Who's this?" The officer asked when Sam walked up to them.
"Sam Seaborn." Sam shook hands with the officer.
"And where were you about an hour and a half ago, Mr. Seaborn?"
Sam, Josh and Toby all turned to the officer with surprised looks.
"What, exactly are you insinuating?" Toby asked, noticeable irritated.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ziegler. We just have to check out everyone."
It was quiet for a while, everyone waiting for someone else to say something.
"Have you heard anything new?" Sam asked and chose to ignore the officer.
Toby looked away and Josh shook his head. "No, she had inner bleedings. They're trying to stop them now."
"But she's going to be okay, right?"
Toby once again chose to look away and this time Josh did the same. Sam slumped down in the chair next to Toby.
"Excuse me, but I just have a few more questions," the officer said and held up his notepad.
Toby's head snapped up. "Why don't you take your questions and shove them somewhere? A friend of us are in operation right now, fighting for her life and you expect us to answer your stupid questions! Leave us alone!"
The officer looked at first angry, but then he sighed. "I'll come back later."
"He was just doing his job, Toby," Josh said.
"Are you defending him?" Toby raised his voice again.
"No, I'm just saying that we need to find the person who did this to CJ, and that is now!"
Toby was just about to answer when the door opened and a nurse stuck in her head.
"Mr. Ziegler? Dr. Stein can see you now."
Toby composed himself before going after the nurse.
"Is he going to be okay?"
"Sam, he's blaming himself," Josh said quietly.
"Why? He hasn't done anything."
"He stopped by her apartment a short while before leaving. He thinks that if he had stayed..."
Sam sighed. "Oh shit. Who could have done this to her?"
"The police said that it hadn't looked like someone had tried to break in. Sam, this was someone who knew CJ."
As Sam suddenly realized something his hands tightened around the arm- wrests so hard that his knuckles became white. Josh noticed that Sam had hard to compose himself.
"Sam? Sam, what's the matter?" Josh asked anxiously.
TBC.