Part 13
"Toby Ziegler?" Toby nodded and shook hands with the short and slightly over-weight man who apparently was the man who just operated CJ. "I'm Dr. Mark Stein. I understand you're the closest to family CJ Cregg has in D.C."
"Yes," Toby murmured quietly. "How is she?"
Dr. Stein looked around in the big hallway with people running past them all the time. He looked a bit awkward and as if he wished he could talk to Toby in a more private place.
"Listen, I just need to know if she's okay." Toby began to get nervous.
Dr. Stein sighed and led Toby to a few chairs next to the wall.
"We've managed to stop the bleeding," he said when he had convinced Toby to sit down. Toby let out a sigh of relief. "Thank god!"
"It's not okay yet, Mr. Ziegler. We are not sure if the bleeding will start later again. We must have her under observation this night."
"But she's going to survive, right?"
Dr. Stein looked once again a bit awkward. "As it looks now, yes, but I can't make any promises." He was quiet for a few seconds before leaning closer to Toby. "She has bruises all over her body and Mr. Ziegler... I think you should know that if the police had come to her apartment just minutes later she probably would have been raped."
Toby frowned when Dr. Stein finished that sentence. He shook his head. "No, no. No one would do that to her."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ziegler."
"Where is she? Can I see her?"
The doctor hesitated for a second but he couldn't say no when he saw how worried Toby was. He nodded. "I tell a nurse to show you to her room." He rose and shook Toby's hand. "I'm so sorry about this."
* * * * *
"Sam, are you alright?" Sam still hadn't said a word and Josh began to get worried.
"Josh, I know who it was. I know who did this to her."
"What?" Josh said loudly but immediately lowered his voice. "Who is it?"
Sam shook his head. "No, I'm jumping to conclusions. It can't be him. He wouldn't do that, no way. He would never hurt her like that."
"Sam! Sam, who the hell are you talking about?" Josh was really worried about Sam now.
"I have to go and look after Officer Williams."
Sam rose and Josh was going to follow when he saw Toby in the other end of the hallway. He turned to Sam and saw that he was already talking to the officer. He slowly approached Toby.
"How is she?" He asked quietly.
When Toby turned to face him Josh saw that Toby's eyes were misty, a condition he wished to never see Toby Ziegler in.
"They think she'll make it. They have stopped the bleedings, for now." Toby lowered his voice and motioned to Josh to follow him a bit to the side where there at least was a bit more privacy than in the middle of the hallway. "The doctor said that if the police had turned up minutes later she would not only been a punching-bag but also a rape victim." Josh raised his eyebrows as if he needed Toby to assure him he wasn't lying. "Thank God her neighbors heard her scream. I'm going in to her now."
Josh put a hand to her forehead, still not able to believe what Toby was telling him. "Why? Why would anyone do that to her?"
"Why is the sky blue? Where's Sam?"
Josh was just about to answer when a nurse approached them. "Mr. Ziegler? This is the way to CJ Cregg's room."
Toby followed the nurse then turned to Josh. "Are you staying?"
"I'll be in the waiting room. I'll call Leo."
Toby nodded then turned the other way.
TBC.
"Toby Ziegler?" Toby nodded and shook hands with the short and slightly over-weight man who apparently was the man who just operated CJ. "I'm Dr. Mark Stein. I understand you're the closest to family CJ Cregg has in D.C."
"Yes," Toby murmured quietly. "How is she?"
Dr. Stein looked around in the big hallway with people running past them all the time. He looked a bit awkward and as if he wished he could talk to Toby in a more private place.
"Listen, I just need to know if she's okay." Toby began to get nervous.
Dr. Stein sighed and led Toby to a few chairs next to the wall.
"We've managed to stop the bleeding," he said when he had convinced Toby to sit down. Toby let out a sigh of relief. "Thank god!"
"It's not okay yet, Mr. Ziegler. We are not sure if the bleeding will start later again. We must have her under observation this night."
"But she's going to survive, right?"
Dr. Stein looked once again a bit awkward. "As it looks now, yes, but I can't make any promises." He was quiet for a few seconds before leaning closer to Toby. "She has bruises all over her body and Mr. Ziegler... I think you should know that if the police had come to her apartment just minutes later she probably would have been raped."
Toby frowned when Dr. Stein finished that sentence. He shook his head. "No, no. No one would do that to her."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ziegler."
"Where is she? Can I see her?"
The doctor hesitated for a second but he couldn't say no when he saw how worried Toby was. He nodded. "I tell a nurse to show you to her room." He rose and shook Toby's hand. "I'm so sorry about this."
* * * * *
"Sam, are you alright?" Sam still hadn't said a word and Josh began to get worried.
"Josh, I know who it was. I know who did this to her."
"What?" Josh said loudly but immediately lowered his voice. "Who is it?"
Sam shook his head. "No, I'm jumping to conclusions. It can't be him. He wouldn't do that, no way. He would never hurt her like that."
"Sam! Sam, who the hell are you talking about?" Josh was really worried about Sam now.
"I have to go and look after Officer Williams."
Sam rose and Josh was going to follow when he saw Toby in the other end of the hallway. He turned to Sam and saw that he was already talking to the officer. He slowly approached Toby.
"How is she?" He asked quietly.
When Toby turned to face him Josh saw that Toby's eyes were misty, a condition he wished to never see Toby Ziegler in.
"They think she'll make it. They have stopped the bleedings, for now." Toby lowered his voice and motioned to Josh to follow him a bit to the side where there at least was a bit more privacy than in the middle of the hallway. "The doctor said that if the police had turned up minutes later she would not only been a punching-bag but also a rape victim." Josh raised his eyebrows as if he needed Toby to assure him he wasn't lying. "Thank God her neighbors heard her scream. I'm going in to her now."
Josh put a hand to her forehead, still not able to believe what Toby was telling him. "Why? Why would anyone do that to her?"
"Why is the sky blue? Where's Sam?"
Josh was just about to answer when a nurse approached them. "Mr. Ziegler? This is the way to CJ Cregg's room."
Toby followed the nurse then turned to Josh. "Are you staying?"
"I'll be in the waiting room. I'll call Leo."
Toby nodded then turned the other way.
TBC.