Kirsty fell backwards, her head cracking down onto the concrete and slumping into a lifeless heap on the floor. Kane was desperate to rush to her side, but he and Jamie were still wrestling for the gun. If Kane let go they could all die. The gun fired again, this time at the floor.
Rhys rushed to Kirsty's body, and tried in despair to wake his daughter. She had been shot through the chest and the bang on the head had knocked her out cold. Blood seeped from her wound onto the cold concrete floor, staining it a startling red. Rhys panics. He has no idea what to do in this situation. How to help her. He grabbed for Jamie's phone which had been dropped in the struggle and dialled frantically for an ambulance. But there was no signal. Rhys was powerless to do anything to help his daughter. He froze.
The gun fired for a third time and Jamie collapsed backwards, the shot having been fired into his chest and through his heart. Kane staggers back, gun in hand, his shirt splattered with the blood of his opponent. He snaps out of his daze immediately and rushes over to Kirsty, falling down onto his knees beside her and brushing her hair out of her face gently.
"Kirst...? Babe...?"
His voice is feeble and choked. Rhys is sat in a daze, gazing down at the motionless body of his daughter. Kane fumbles in a desperate attempt to find a pulse, tears clouding his vision. He couldn't have lost her. Only yesterday they had been walking along the wharf, arm in arm, looking to the future. They had been so certain that they would spend the rest of their lives together. Soul mates. Them against the world.
There's a noise from the opposite end of the room. The door opens slowly, cautiously. Kane grabs hold of the gun in fury and stands, his whole body shaking, overcome by rage and emotion. He didn't care what happened to him now. He was ready for revenge. An armed police officer appears at the doorway. Kane stares for a moment, before releasing the gun from his grip, letting it clatter to the floor before collapsing into a heap, unable to control his tears. He couldn't bear to look around at Kirsty. It tore his heart out just to see her lying there.
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HOSPITAL
Rhys and Kane pursue Kirsty's stretcher as far as they can, before a doctor stops them in the waiting room.
The pair sit down several seats apart, neither acknowledging the presence of the other. Their minds were both on Kirsty.
Kane couldn't believe how pale she had looked. So lifeless. He thought his world was going to come crashing down around him. He thought he was going to lose the only person he had ever loved. The only person who had ever loved him. And they had only been together for a couple of months. He had wanted to spend the rest of his life with her by his side. Ever since he had met her his life had been going well. He had finally found someone who could understand him. He couldn't bear to think about the possibility of her dying. He blamed himself. He couldn't help it. If he hadn't made a grab at the gun then it may never have gone off. Or if he hadn't made the decision to follow Troy last night then maybe his plan would have ensured that Kirsty returned home unhurt. Alive.
Rhys was still in a daze. The events of the past day flashed through his mind. The image of Kirsty falling backwards echoed through his head. He had thought the worst. His daughter, the little girl who he had looked after for over 15 years, who he had watched grow up, was so close to death and there was nothing he could do. She was only 15. She had so much to look forward to in life. Rhys couldn't help thinking that if he had behaved differently, if he had given her more attention or been more controlled over the Kane situation that it wouldn't have come to this. And he felt a raging bitterness towards Kane. This was ultimately his fault. If Kirsty hadn't got involved with him in the first place they would still be a happy family. Kirsty would be at home right now instead of in surgery, fighting for her life. And if Kane hadn't made the stupid decision to fight Jamie then the gun wouldn't have gone off.
CARAVAN PARK
Inspector Carter knocks on the front door. Shelley answers immediately.
"Any news"
"We found your husband, your daughter and Mr Phillips - "
Shelley interrupted
"Are they alright?"
Jade enters from the back porch and walks slowly towards her mother, listening solemnly to the conversation.
"I'm afraid that your daughter was shot shortly before we arrived on the scene, Mrs Sutherland. She's been rushed into hospital for emergency treatment"
"She's going to be alright though isn't she?"
"I'm afraid it doesn't look good"
"Oh God"
Shelley walked away slowly, holding her head in her hands, unable to take it in. This was all down to Kane Phillips. The whole family would be happy if it hadn't been for him. He had destroyed Dani's life, and now he was destroying Kirsty, and with her, the whole family. Jade was in shock. Why hadn't she known? They were twins and normally they had a connection. Kirsty had saved her life in the mudslide. Why didn't she realise how much danger Kirsty was in now? She gazed at Shelley, tears welling up in her eyes. They hug, clinging onto each other. In the back of her mind Shelley knows that she should be staying strong for the sake of her family but she is incapable of staying calm. She can't stop the tears falling.
"I'll leave you alone"
Inspector Carter leaves as Dani arrives. She senses that something has happened as soon as she enters. She knows it must be to do with Kirsty. Everything was these days. But despite all that had happened, despite Kirsty's involvement with her rapist they were still sisters and Dani didn't want anything to happen to her. As soon as she sees Shelley's red, tear stained face she wishes that she hadn't been so mean to Kirsty when the had last seen one another.
"What's going on?"
Dani's voice is weak. Genuinely terrified. Her mother was always so calm.
"It's Kirsty... we've got to get to the hospital"
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Shelley, Dani and Jade rush into the waiting room. Rhys is sat in the corner, his head buried in his hands, a broken man. A few seats away, Kane sits, staring blankly at the white wall opposite him, his thoughts miles away, with Kirsty.
"Rhys... what's happened? Is Kirsty going to be ok?"
Rhys looks up at his wife, dazed and shrugs weakly.
"They haven't told us anything. They took her straight into theatre when we got here. She lost so much blood... I just froze... I should have done something"
His voice is breaking up. Shelley sits down next to him and puts her arm around her husband. Dani and Jade sit opposite, quietly, trying to hide their devastation. Dani feels uncomfortable being in the same room as Kane. She can see him out of the corner of her eye. A year later and he still makes her skin crawl. There's still an element of fear whenever she's in the same room as him. She couldn't believe how Kirsty had fallen for him. She was beautiful. She could have had anyone. So why did she choose Kane? She should have known how much trouble it would cause.
.............................
The Sutherland family sit, huddled in the corner. Trying their best to comfort one another.
Kane takes a sideways glance at them. He wished that he had grown up in a family like that. His family life had always been so unsteady. He had never felt so lonely as he did sat in that waiting room. He longed to have someone to support him through this.
A nurse enters
"Family of Kirsty Sutherland?"
The five people stand up. Rhys pushes Kane aside.
"What's happened? Is she going to be alright?"
"It's too early to tell. She hasn't woken up yet. She's in a coma. I'm afraid we're not sure when - or if - she will wake up"
"Can we see her?"
The nurse nods. Kane doesn't know what to do. Follow the Sutherland's in? Dani and Jade walked past him, over to Rhys without a glance in his direction. Shelley paused as she passed him, passing him an unfriendly glance.
"You're not welcome here Kane"
"I just want to see her... I need to see her"
His argument was pathetic. But he had little strength left.
"You heard what she said - it's your fault she's in here. If you hadn't been so stupid..."
Rhys' voice got louder, less controlled
"Rhys"
Shelley puts a reassuring hand on her husbands arm and looked coldly at Kane
"Just leave Kane."
The Sutherlands filed through the door into the next corridor. Kane followed several metres behind. They were in a quieter part of the hospital now. In an isolated corridor with a single row of seats up one side. The Sutherlands were led into a room off the corridor and the door was shut in his face. He gazed through the glass panel of the door. She was in a bed, surrounded by machines, covered in tubes. He couldn't bear seeing her like this. He turned away, taking several steps down the corridor. But he couldn't bring himself to leave. The girl he loved was in that room. He couldn't just walk away. He collapsed down onto a seat, powerless.
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Day after day Kane visited the hospital. Sat outside Kirsty's room. Stared through the glass panel of the door. Someone was always with her. She always had family there, sitting around her bedside. He had given up trying to talk Shelley and Rhys around after the first few days. He was still not allowed to see her. They blamed him for everything. Hey despised him. He had hoped that after all the time he spent alone with Rhys something would have changed. But Rhys was stubborn. He had been there. He had seen Kane's stupid decision. The decision that had put Kirsty in hospital in the first place. But just being at the hospital helped. He felt closer to her. And if there was any news he would hear it instantly. He could feel that he was close to breaking point. Going slowly insane.
It was the beginning of Kirsty's third week in hospital. Secretly, the Sutherland's expected the worst. Kirsty had been in a coma ever since the incident. Hope of her awakening was fading. Dani had only been in to visit a few times. She cared for her sister, despite all that had happened. She was terrified that Kirsty might die before they could make amends. Before she could tell her that she didn't hate her.
Kane sits, head in hands in the corridor. The place had become like a second home to him. He had quit his job to be there. He knew it was stupid, but his future wouldn't be worth anything, not without Kirsty. It was like there was a gaping hole in his heart. Something was missing when she wasn't around. And he was hurting more than he would admit to anyone.
Someone enters the corridor. He hears heels clicking slowly towards him. Then they stop. The person must be only metres away. He raises his head and through clouded vision makes out that the figure is Dani.
She looks down at the broken figure. His face is red and tear stained. They exchange a short nervous look before Dani is forced to look away. But she doesn't move.
"Hi."
"Hi."
Kane is confused by this recognition. Had something happened? Had she come to break the news? No. She didn't look upset. She looked anxious. Nervous. He couldn't blame her. The corridor was silent. They hadn't been alone together since that day...
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah... yeah, not bad. You?"
"Yeah... ok"
Dani dug her nails into her palm, her hands clenched into a fist, breathing steadily.
"How's Kirsty?"
"Stable. Still not awake."
Kane nods, taking in the information. No change then.
Dani wanted to ask so much. About Kirsty. About why he had come in every day. Maybe he did care for Kirsty. However hard it was for her to believe.
Kane looks down at the ground, not wanting to look at her in case the look was mis-interpreted. It had been the same ever since the mediation. That time at the hospital after the shipwreck when they had come face to face. When Dani had thanked him. He had looked everywhere but at her. He had felt small. Powerless. She was stronger than he'd ever be.
"I can't believe this has happened"
He had been blaming himself for weeks. Everyone had blamed him. If he hadn't tried to fight Jamie then the gun may not have gone off at all. He had seen red. He had just wanted to protect Kirsty. And now he might have killed her.
"Don't blame yourself"
Kane was taken aback and forced himself to take another glance at Dani. Out of all the people who could have said that to him he didn't think it'd be her.
"I made the wrong decision. She wouldn't even be here if I hadn't been so stupid. The man had a gun. There was no way that everyone was going to escape unhurt"
He had run this through in his mind every day. Re-enacted the scene. Thought out the possibilities.
Dani sat down, a chair apart from him, awkwardly. There was still an element of distrust between them. But Kirsty had trusted him. She had seen another side of him and this made Dani more trusting.
"It could have been you who was shot"
"But it wasn't. I wish it had been... If she dies..."
Kane's voice is shaky. He pauses to steady it.
"...if she dies, it'll be my fault"
"She's not going to die. She can't... if she dies I'll never get the chance to tell her that I don't hate her. After all that's happened she must have thought I did. Last time I saw her I was so cruel. I couldn't even speak to her."
Dani was getting teary now. This made Kane awkward. He couldn't console her.
"She never meant to hurt you."
Dani didn't reply. It was probably true, but that didn't erase the fact that she had been hurt. And that Kirsty had the ability to stop it all along. But she didn't. That's what hurt more. The fact that Kirsty had put her feelings ahead of the feelings of the entire family.
"She tried to stop it... but she couldn't. We couldn't. It was as much my fault as it was hers"
He remembered how he had approached her on the beach that day. Wanting to know how she really felt. If he hadn't done that then maybe they'd never have shared the meaningful kiss that started the relationship. They'd never have seen each other again. They'd have got over their feelings before they got any deeper.
"Do you love her?"
Kane nodded, slowly, numbly.
"I never told her to her face. It was always 'I mean it too' or 'I feel the same way'. I just wish I hadn't been so..."
He was frustrated. He couldn't find the words to express his feelings. Of all the people he had tried to open up to he never thought it'd be Dani. He hadn't even told Flynn that he loved Kirsty. He hadn't told anyone. Not even her. Not properly.
An awkward silence follows as both reflect on the conversation. Talking over their one piece of common ground. Kirsty. Dani stands up.
"I better be getting back. Mum'll be wondering where I am."
She is flustered again. There had been a moment in the conversation where she had been able to pretend he was another guy. But that moment had gone.
"Yeah. Well... see ya."
"Yeah... bye"
Dani turned and walked back up the corridor before turning and pushing the door to Kirsty's room open. Kane stared after her thoughtfully. He was grateful to her for talking to him at all. He had felt so alone over the past weeks. But what good were these bridges that they were building if Kirsty didn't live?
Rhys rushed to Kirsty's body, and tried in despair to wake his daughter. She had been shot through the chest and the bang on the head had knocked her out cold. Blood seeped from her wound onto the cold concrete floor, staining it a startling red. Rhys panics. He has no idea what to do in this situation. How to help her. He grabbed for Jamie's phone which had been dropped in the struggle and dialled frantically for an ambulance. But there was no signal. Rhys was powerless to do anything to help his daughter. He froze.
The gun fired for a third time and Jamie collapsed backwards, the shot having been fired into his chest and through his heart. Kane staggers back, gun in hand, his shirt splattered with the blood of his opponent. He snaps out of his daze immediately and rushes over to Kirsty, falling down onto his knees beside her and brushing her hair out of her face gently.
"Kirst...? Babe...?"
His voice is feeble and choked. Rhys is sat in a daze, gazing down at the motionless body of his daughter. Kane fumbles in a desperate attempt to find a pulse, tears clouding his vision. He couldn't have lost her. Only yesterday they had been walking along the wharf, arm in arm, looking to the future. They had been so certain that they would spend the rest of their lives together. Soul mates. Them against the world.
There's a noise from the opposite end of the room. The door opens slowly, cautiously. Kane grabs hold of the gun in fury and stands, his whole body shaking, overcome by rage and emotion. He didn't care what happened to him now. He was ready for revenge. An armed police officer appears at the doorway. Kane stares for a moment, before releasing the gun from his grip, letting it clatter to the floor before collapsing into a heap, unable to control his tears. He couldn't bear to look around at Kirsty. It tore his heart out just to see her lying there.
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HOSPITAL
Rhys and Kane pursue Kirsty's stretcher as far as they can, before a doctor stops them in the waiting room.
The pair sit down several seats apart, neither acknowledging the presence of the other. Their minds were both on Kirsty.
Kane couldn't believe how pale she had looked. So lifeless. He thought his world was going to come crashing down around him. He thought he was going to lose the only person he had ever loved. The only person who had ever loved him. And they had only been together for a couple of months. He had wanted to spend the rest of his life with her by his side. Ever since he had met her his life had been going well. He had finally found someone who could understand him. He couldn't bear to think about the possibility of her dying. He blamed himself. He couldn't help it. If he hadn't made a grab at the gun then it may never have gone off. Or if he hadn't made the decision to follow Troy last night then maybe his plan would have ensured that Kirsty returned home unhurt. Alive.
Rhys was still in a daze. The events of the past day flashed through his mind. The image of Kirsty falling backwards echoed through his head. He had thought the worst. His daughter, the little girl who he had looked after for over 15 years, who he had watched grow up, was so close to death and there was nothing he could do. She was only 15. She had so much to look forward to in life. Rhys couldn't help thinking that if he had behaved differently, if he had given her more attention or been more controlled over the Kane situation that it wouldn't have come to this. And he felt a raging bitterness towards Kane. This was ultimately his fault. If Kirsty hadn't got involved with him in the first place they would still be a happy family. Kirsty would be at home right now instead of in surgery, fighting for her life. And if Kane hadn't made the stupid decision to fight Jamie then the gun wouldn't have gone off.
CARAVAN PARK
Inspector Carter knocks on the front door. Shelley answers immediately.
"Any news"
"We found your husband, your daughter and Mr Phillips - "
Shelley interrupted
"Are they alright?"
Jade enters from the back porch and walks slowly towards her mother, listening solemnly to the conversation.
"I'm afraid that your daughter was shot shortly before we arrived on the scene, Mrs Sutherland. She's been rushed into hospital for emergency treatment"
"She's going to be alright though isn't she?"
"I'm afraid it doesn't look good"
"Oh God"
Shelley walked away slowly, holding her head in her hands, unable to take it in. This was all down to Kane Phillips. The whole family would be happy if it hadn't been for him. He had destroyed Dani's life, and now he was destroying Kirsty, and with her, the whole family. Jade was in shock. Why hadn't she known? They were twins and normally they had a connection. Kirsty had saved her life in the mudslide. Why didn't she realise how much danger Kirsty was in now? She gazed at Shelley, tears welling up in her eyes. They hug, clinging onto each other. In the back of her mind Shelley knows that she should be staying strong for the sake of her family but she is incapable of staying calm. She can't stop the tears falling.
"I'll leave you alone"
Inspector Carter leaves as Dani arrives. She senses that something has happened as soon as she enters. She knows it must be to do with Kirsty. Everything was these days. But despite all that had happened, despite Kirsty's involvement with her rapist they were still sisters and Dani didn't want anything to happen to her. As soon as she sees Shelley's red, tear stained face she wishes that she hadn't been so mean to Kirsty when the had last seen one another.
"What's going on?"
Dani's voice is weak. Genuinely terrified. Her mother was always so calm.
"It's Kirsty... we've got to get to the hospital"
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Shelley, Dani and Jade rush into the waiting room. Rhys is sat in the corner, his head buried in his hands, a broken man. A few seats away, Kane sits, staring blankly at the white wall opposite him, his thoughts miles away, with Kirsty.
"Rhys... what's happened? Is Kirsty going to be ok?"
Rhys looks up at his wife, dazed and shrugs weakly.
"They haven't told us anything. They took her straight into theatre when we got here. She lost so much blood... I just froze... I should have done something"
His voice is breaking up. Shelley sits down next to him and puts her arm around her husband. Dani and Jade sit opposite, quietly, trying to hide their devastation. Dani feels uncomfortable being in the same room as Kane. She can see him out of the corner of her eye. A year later and he still makes her skin crawl. There's still an element of fear whenever she's in the same room as him. She couldn't believe how Kirsty had fallen for him. She was beautiful. She could have had anyone. So why did she choose Kane? She should have known how much trouble it would cause.
.............................
The Sutherland family sit, huddled in the corner. Trying their best to comfort one another.
Kane takes a sideways glance at them. He wished that he had grown up in a family like that. His family life had always been so unsteady. He had never felt so lonely as he did sat in that waiting room. He longed to have someone to support him through this.
A nurse enters
"Family of Kirsty Sutherland?"
The five people stand up. Rhys pushes Kane aside.
"What's happened? Is she going to be alright?"
"It's too early to tell. She hasn't woken up yet. She's in a coma. I'm afraid we're not sure when - or if - she will wake up"
"Can we see her?"
The nurse nods. Kane doesn't know what to do. Follow the Sutherland's in? Dani and Jade walked past him, over to Rhys without a glance in his direction. Shelley paused as she passed him, passing him an unfriendly glance.
"You're not welcome here Kane"
"I just want to see her... I need to see her"
His argument was pathetic. But he had little strength left.
"You heard what she said - it's your fault she's in here. If you hadn't been so stupid..."
Rhys' voice got louder, less controlled
"Rhys"
Shelley puts a reassuring hand on her husbands arm and looked coldly at Kane
"Just leave Kane."
The Sutherlands filed through the door into the next corridor. Kane followed several metres behind. They were in a quieter part of the hospital now. In an isolated corridor with a single row of seats up one side. The Sutherlands were led into a room off the corridor and the door was shut in his face. He gazed through the glass panel of the door. She was in a bed, surrounded by machines, covered in tubes. He couldn't bear seeing her like this. He turned away, taking several steps down the corridor. But he couldn't bring himself to leave. The girl he loved was in that room. He couldn't just walk away. He collapsed down onto a seat, powerless.
..............................
Day after day Kane visited the hospital. Sat outside Kirsty's room. Stared through the glass panel of the door. Someone was always with her. She always had family there, sitting around her bedside. He had given up trying to talk Shelley and Rhys around after the first few days. He was still not allowed to see her. They blamed him for everything. Hey despised him. He had hoped that after all the time he spent alone with Rhys something would have changed. But Rhys was stubborn. He had been there. He had seen Kane's stupid decision. The decision that had put Kirsty in hospital in the first place. But just being at the hospital helped. He felt closer to her. And if there was any news he would hear it instantly. He could feel that he was close to breaking point. Going slowly insane.
It was the beginning of Kirsty's third week in hospital. Secretly, the Sutherland's expected the worst. Kirsty had been in a coma ever since the incident. Hope of her awakening was fading. Dani had only been in to visit a few times. She cared for her sister, despite all that had happened. She was terrified that Kirsty might die before they could make amends. Before she could tell her that she didn't hate her.
Kane sits, head in hands in the corridor. The place had become like a second home to him. He had quit his job to be there. He knew it was stupid, but his future wouldn't be worth anything, not without Kirsty. It was like there was a gaping hole in his heart. Something was missing when she wasn't around. And he was hurting more than he would admit to anyone.
Someone enters the corridor. He hears heels clicking slowly towards him. Then they stop. The person must be only metres away. He raises his head and through clouded vision makes out that the figure is Dani.
She looks down at the broken figure. His face is red and tear stained. They exchange a short nervous look before Dani is forced to look away. But she doesn't move.
"Hi."
"Hi."
Kane is confused by this recognition. Had something happened? Had she come to break the news? No. She didn't look upset. She looked anxious. Nervous. He couldn't blame her. The corridor was silent. They hadn't been alone together since that day...
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah... yeah, not bad. You?"
"Yeah... ok"
Dani dug her nails into her palm, her hands clenched into a fist, breathing steadily.
"How's Kirsty?"
"Stable. Still not awake."
Kane nods, taking in the information. No change then.
Dani wanted to ask so much. About Kirsty. About why he had come in every day. Maybe he did care for Kirsty. However hard it was for her to believe.
Kane looks down at the ground, not wanting to look at her in case the look was mis-interpreted. It had been the same ever since the mediation. That time at the hospital after the shipwreck when they had come face to face. When Dani had thanked him. He had looked everywhere but at her. He had felt small. Powerless. She was stronger than he'd ever be.
"I can't believe this has happened"
He had been blaming himself for weeks. Everyone had blamed him. If he hadn't tried to fight Jamie then the gun may not have gone off at all. He had seen red. He had just wanted to protect Kirsty. And now he might have killed her.
"Don't blame yourself"
Kane was taken aback and forced himself to take another glance at Dani. Out of all the people who could have said that to him he didn't think it'd be her.
"I made the wrong decision. She wouldn't even be here if I hadn't been so stupid. The man had a gun. There was no way that everyone was going to escape unhurt"
He had run this through in his mind every day. Re-enacted the scene. Thought out the possibilities.
Dani sat down, a chair apart from him, awkwardly. There was still an element of distrust between them. But Kirsty had trusted him. She had seen another side of him and this made Dani more trusting.
"It could have been you who was shot"
"But it wasn't. I wish it had been... If she dies..."
Kane's voice is shaky. He pauses to steady it.
"...if she dies, it'll be my fault"
"She's not going to die. She can't... if she dies I'll never get the chance to tell her that I don't hate her. After all that's happened she must have thought I did. Last time I saw her I was so cruel. I couldn't even speak to her."
Dani was getting teary now. This made Kane awkward. He couldn't console her.
"She never meant to hurt you."
Dani didn't reply. It was probably true, but that didn't erase the fact that she had been hurt. And that Kirsty had the ability to stop it all along. But she didn't. That's what hurt more. The fact that Kirsty had put her feelings ahead of the feelings of the entire family.
"She tried to stop it... but she couldn't. We couldn't. It was as much my fault as it was hers"
He remembered how he had approached her on the beach that day. Wanting to know how she really felt. If he hadn't done that then maybe they'd never have shared the meaningful kiss that started the relationship. They'd never have seen each other again. They'd have got over their feelings before they got any deeper.
"Do you love her?"
Kane nodded, slowly, numbly.
"I never told her to her face. It was always 'I mean it too' or 'I feel the same way'. I just wish I hadn't been so..."
He was frustrated. He couldn't find the words to express his feelings. Of all the people he had tried to open up to he never thought it'd be Dani. He hadn't even told Flynn that he loved Kirsty. He hadn't told anyone. Not even her. Not properly.
An awkward silence follows as both reflect on the conversation. Talking over their one piece of common ground. Kirsty. Dani stands up.
"I better be getting back. Mum'll be wondering where I am."
She is flustered again. There had been a moment in the conversation where she had been able to pretend he was another guy. But that moment had gone.
"Yeah. Well... see ya."
"Yeah... bye"
Dani turned and walked back up the corridor before turning and pushing the door to Kirsty's room open. Kane stared after her thoughtfully. He was grateful to her for talking to him at all. He had felt so alone over the past weeks. But what good were these bridges that they were building if Kirsty didn't live?
