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Chapter Five: The Desire
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Sydney pressed herself against the counter of Will's kitchen as Brigitte Vaughn cocked her gun, her hands shaking.
"You think you can just come to my home, unannounced, and tell me that you are sorry that your mother killed my husband!?" Brigitte raged, her finger dancing dangerously over the trigger.
Sydney was frozen. All of a sudden, her fighting skills were forgotten. She stared into the barrel of the gun, eyes wide in terror.
"Well, I won't have you ruining my son's or my life!" And she pulled the trigger.
"No!" Will yelled, rushing in to support Sydney as she collapsed.
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Sydney awoke to the sound of a heart monitor. She immediately tensed, remembering how she had ended up at the hospital. Her mother in law shot her, but she had bad aim, even at such close range. She guessed the bullet had found it's way into her left shoulder as a dull throb engulfed it.
"Sydney? Are you awake?"
Michael.
"Mike?" Sydney asked tentatively.
"Yes babe, I'm here." He held her hand in his own, massaging her knuckles.
"Where is Bernadette?" Sydney asked worriedly, trying to look around the room.
"She's right here." Answered another male voice from behind Vaughn.
Will approached her bed, Bernadette in his arms.
Sydney barely managed to smile at her little girl before falling out of consciousness again.
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Vaughn and Will moved outside Sydney's room to talk, leaving the baby with one of the nurses.
"So I guess she's gonna be alright." Will assured Vaughn cautiously.
The two men were interrupted by a doctor in white scrubs carrying a plain file. "Mr. Vaughn, there is a call for you at the front desk, it sounds urgent."
Vaughn and Will thanked him quickly, rushing to the front desk.
"Hello?" Vaughn asked, holding the phone tight against his ear.
"Your mother has been put in custody. We have not decided what to do with her yet, but we should decide soon. I am on my way to the hospital now, see you in 5." Jack said in one fell swoop, not even bothering with a greeting or departing word.
"Who was it?" Will asked as Vaughn replaced the phone in its cradle. "Jack, he's on his way."
"Ok, so I suppose we should head back to the room." Will prompted Vaughn to follow him.
They had barely made it halfway down the hallway toward Sydney's room when about a dozen doctors came out of nowhere, barging into her room.
Vaughn was about to ask what was going on, but the incessant beeping told him everything. He and Will watched helplessly as the doctors worked to put Sydney's heart rate back to normal. After a few grueling minutes, she was stable.
"She has lost so much blood,.." The doctor trailed off as he emerged from the room.
"Is she...going to ... make it?" Vaughn pleaded.
The doctor paused, "We can't be sure, but the chances are pretty low, even if we keep giving her blood, she is still so weak. And she has to have the desire to live, or our efforts will mean nothing." He added as an afterthought.
Vaughn stared at the floor, on the verge of tears, "You're saying she doesn't want to live?"
The doctor was silent for a moment, then returned to Sydney's side.
Vaughn knew right then what he had to do. As soon as Jack arrived he would go to see his mother, maybe for the last time, if he was lucky.
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Chapter Five: The Desire
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Sydney pressed herself against the counter of Will's kitchen as Brigitte Vaughn cocked her gun, her hands shaking.
"You think you can just come to my home, unannounced, and tell me that you are sorry that your mother killed my husband!?" Brigitte raged, her finger dancing dangerously over the trigger.
Sydney was frozen. All of a sudden, her fighting skills were forgotten. She stared into the barrel of the gun, eyes wide in terror.
"Well, I won't have you ruining my son's or my life!" And she pulled the trigger.
"No!" Will yelled, rushing in to support Sydney as she collapsed.
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Sydney awoke to the sound of a heart monitor. She immediately tensed, remembering how she had ended up at the hospital. Her mother in law shot her, but she had bad aim, even at such close range. She guessed the bullet had found it's way into her left shoulder as a dull throb engulfed it.
"Sydney? Are you awake?"
Michael.
"Mike?" Sydney asked tentatively.
"Yes babe, I'm here." He held her hand in his own, massaging her knuckles.
"Where is Bernadette?" Sydney asked worriedly, trying to look around the room.
"She's right here." Answered another male voice from behind Vaughn.
Will approached her bed, Bernadette in his arms.
Sydney barely managed to smile at her little girl before falling out of consciousness again.
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Vaughn and Will moved outside Sydney's room to talk, leaving the baby with one of the nurses.
"So I guess she's gonna be alright." Will assured Vaughn cautiously.
The two men were interrupted by a doctor in white scrubs carrying a plain file. "Mr. Vaughn, there is a call for you at the front desk, it sounds urgent."
Vaughn and Will thanked him quickly, rushing to the front desk.
"Hello?" Vaughn asked, holding the phone tight against his ear.
"Your mother has been put in custody. We have not decided what to do with her yet, but we should decide soon. I am on my way to the hospital now, see you in 5." Jack said in one fell swoop, not even bothering with a greeting or departing word.
"Who was it?" Will asked as Vaughn replaced the phone in its cradle. "Jack, he's on his way."
"Ok, so I suppose we should head back to the room." Will prompted Vaughn to follow him.
They had barely made it halfway down the hallway toward Sydney's room when about a dozen doctors came out of nowhere, barging into her room.
Vaughn was about to ask what was going on, but the incessant beeping told him everything. He and Will watched helplessly as the doctors worked to put Sydney's heart rate back to normal. After a few grueling minutes, she was stable.
"She has lost so much blood,.." The doctor trailed off as he emerged from the room.
"Is she...going to ... make it?" Vaughn pleaded.
The doctor paused, "We can't be sure, but the chances are pretty low, even if we keep giving her blood, she is still so weak. And she has to have the desire to live, or our efforts will mean nothing." He added as an afterthought.
Vaughn stared at the floor, on the verge of tears, "You're saying she doesn't want to live?"
The doctor was silent for a moment, then returned to Sydney's side.
Vaughn knew right then what he had to do. As soon as Jack arrived he would go to see his mother, maybe for the last time, if he was lucky.
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