Revenge
Chapter 59
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"Maurice," Trisha said in almost a whisper. "It hurts so bad."
"What? What is it? Is it the baby?" Bosco said, kneeling down on the floor next to her. He'd just called for an ambulance and they were waiting for someone to arrive. He took off his jacket and put it under her head as a pillow.
Trisha nodded. "I think so. I'm so sorry, Maurice. Please...," she said, grabbing onto his arm and squeezing as another pain ripped through her and she passed out.
"Trisha!" Bosco said, more as an order to wake up than anything else. He leaned over and gathered her up, ignoring the pain that lifting her caused him. He carried her to the couch and laid her down as he heard the ambulance approaching from outside. As he stood upright and reached for the blanket that was on the back of the couch, he saw the blood on his arms. "My God," he said, not knowing where the blood was coming from until he looked back at her and saw the stain on the lower part of her nightgown. "No, no, no," he said, more to himself than out loud as he heard a knock at the doorway.
"Fire Department Paramedics," Doc announced as he and Kim looked and realized it was Bosco standing in front of them.
Bosco turned to see Kim and Doc standing in the doorway. "Bos?" Doc said as they entered the apartment.
"Doc! Help her. I think it's the baby," Bosco said, desperation in his voice. "Please," he added.
"She's pregnant? How pregnant?" Doc asked him.
"I don't know. I just found out. I don't know how far along she is," Bosco said, pacing back and forth behind Kim and Doc. He looked on as Kim began to get a set of vitals and Doc started an IV.
"How long has she been unconscious?" Kim asked him.
"What?" Bosco asked, suddenly feeling a little weak.
"Bosco! How long has she been unconscious?" Kim repeated, getting his attention again as he sat down in the chair across from them.
"Um..., just a couple of minutes. Right before you got here. I moved her from the floor in the kitchen. Was that the wrong thing to do?" he asked standing up, unsure if he'd caused more harm to her.
"No, it's fine. But, show me where she was. I want to see if there's any blood on the floor so I can get an idea of how much blood she's lost," Doc said, standing up after securing the IV and oxygen mask. Kim was calling into the hospital for orders for medications and Bosco listened as he showed Doc to where Trisha was.
"Mercy, we have an approximately 28 year old, unconscious, pregnant female, unknown gestation, but within the first trimester. Patient was found by family on the floor with pain and vaginal bleeding. We've got her on oxygen and an IV has been established. Vital signs are as follows...," Bosco heard as he moved out of earshot to show Doc where he'd found her.
Doc looked and found only a small amount of blood on the floor. "Do you know how long she's been like this?" he asked Bosco.
"Uh..., no," Bosco replied. "I knocked on the door and she didn't answer. I thought she wasn't home, but when I turned to leave I heard something crash against the wall," he said, indicating the broken dish near the front door. "I guess she threw it to get me to know that she needed help," he said. "Is she gonna be okay, Doc?" he asked him.
"We're gonna do everything we can, but I'm not gonna lie. I'm not sure about the baby, Bos," Doc said, as he walked back into where Kim and Trisha were.
"I didn't know until just last night," he said quietly, not loud enough for Doc to hear, as Faith came through the door.
"Bos?" she said, walking in and over to her partner. She looked at him and saw a lost look in his eye. "What happened? I was at the House and I heard the ambulance get sent to this address."
"I don't know. I found her like this. I think she's losing the baby," he said, looking at his partner.
"The baby?! I didn't know she was pregnant?" Faith said, looking over at Trisha.
"I didn't either - until last night," he said, bewildered.
"Is that what your fight was about?" Faith asked as they watched Doc and Kim prepare Trisha for transport to the hospital.
"What...? No. It was something else. Oh God, Faith. I didn't know," he said and Faith put an arm on his back, rubbing his back in comfort.
"It's okay. They'll get her to the hospital, Bos. It'll be okay," she encouraged. "What about you?" she asked, seeing some blood on his side.
"I'm okay," he said, not taking his eyes off of Trisha.
"No. You're bleeding, Bos," she said, pulling at the side of his shirt to show him.
"Um..., I'm okay," he said absently, as he saw Trisha's eyes flutter open momentarily. He moved over to her side.
"Trisha?" he said quietly next to her ear. "I'm here. You're gonna be okay, you hear me?" he said to her. "Just hand on. I'm right here with you," he said.
"We've got to move, Bos," Kim said, starting to move the stretcher toward the door. "You riding with us or Faith?"
"You," he said, looking over at Faith.
"Go. I'll lock up and meet you at the hospital," Faith told him. "Doc, he's bleeding too. Have someone check him over when you get to Mercy," she said.
"What?" Doc said, looking at Bosco for the first time and seeing the growing stain on his side and one on his shoulder. "Yeah, okay. Bos, let's go," Doc said, pulling up Bosco's shirt to take a quick look as they walked toward the door.. "Looks like you just pulled some stitches loose," he told him, but Bosco didn't really hear him. He was busy concentrating on Trisha and the fact that he might very well be losing his unborn child.
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TBC...
Chapter 59
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"Maurice," Trisha said in almost a whisper. "It hurts so bad."
"What? What is it? Is it the baby?" Bosco said, kneeling down on the floor next to her. He'd just called for an ambulance and they were waiting for someone to arrive. He took off his jacket and put it under her head as a pillow.
Trisha nodded. "I think so. I'm so sorry, Maurice. Please...," she said, grabbing onto his arm and squeezing as another pain ripped through her and she passed out.
"Trisha!" Bosco said, more as an order to wake up than anything else. He leaned over and gathered her up, ignoring the pain that lifting her caused him. He carried her to the couch and laid her down as he heard the ambulance approaching from outside. As he stood upright and reached for the blanket that was on the back of the couch, he saw the blood on his arms. "My God," he said, not knowing where the blood was coming from until he looked back at her and saw the stain on the lower part of her nightgown. "No, no, no," he said, more to himself than out loud as he heard a knock at the doorway.
"Fire Department Paramedics," Doc announced as he and Kim looked and realized it was Bosco standing in front of them.
Bosco turned to see Kim and Doc standing in the doorway. "Bos?" Doc said as they entered the apartment.
"Doc! Help her. I think it's the baby," Bosco said, desperation in his voice. "Please," he added.
"She's pregnant? How pregnant?" Doc asked him.
"I don't know. I just found out. I don't know how far along she is," Bosco said, pacing back and forth behind Kim and Doc. He looked on as Kim began to get a set of vitals and Doc started an IV.
"How long has she been unconscious?" Kim asked him.
"What?" Bosco asked, suddenly feeling a little weak.
"Bosco! How long has she been unconscious?" Kim repeated, getting his attention again as he sat down in the chair across from them.
"Um..., just a couple of minutes. Right before you got here. I moved her from the floor in the kitchen. Was that the wrong thing to do?" he asked standing up, unsure if he'd caused more harm to her.
"No, it's fine. But, show me where she was. I want to see if there's any blood on the floor so I can get an idea of how much blood she's lost," Doc said, standing up after securing the IV and oxygen mask. Kim was calling into the hospital for orders for medications and Bosco listened as he showed Doc to where Trisha was.
"Mercy, we have an approximately 28 year old, unconscious, pregnant female, unknown gestation, but within the first trimester. Patient was found by family on the floor with pain and vaginal bleeding. We've got her on oxygen and an IV has been established. Vital signs are as follows...," Bosco heard as he moved out of earshot to show Doc where he'd found her.
Doc looked and found only a small amount of blood on the floor. "Do you know how long she's been like this?" he asked Bosco.
"Uh..., no," Bosco replied. "I knocked on the door and she didn't answer. I thought she wasn't home, but when I turned to leave I heard something crash against the wall," he said, indicating the broken dish near the front door. "I guess she threw it to get me to know that she needed help," he said. "Is she gonna be okay, Doc?" he asked him.
"We're gonna do everything we can, but I'm not gonna lie. I'm not sure about the baby, Bos," Doc said, as he walked back into where Kim and Trisha were.
"I didn't know until just last night," he said quietly, not loud enough for Doc to hear, as Faith came through the door.
"Bos?" she said, walking in and over to her partner. She looked at him and saw a lost look in his eye. "What happened? I was at the House and I heard the ambulance get sent to this address."
"I don't know. I found her like this. I think she's losing the baby," he said, looking at his partner.
"The baby?! I didn't know she was pregnant?" Faith said, looking over at Trisha.
"I didn't either - until last night," he said, bewildered.
"Is that what your fight was about?" Faith asked as they watched Doc and Kim prepare Trisha for transport to the hospital.
"What...? No. It was something else. Oh God, Faith. I didn't know," he said and Faith put an arm on his back, rubbing his back in comfort.
"It's okay. They'll get her to the hospital, Bos. It'll be okay," she encouraged. "What about you?" she asked, seeing some blood on his side.
"I'm okay," he said, not taking his eyes off of Trisha.
"No. You're bleeding, Bos," she said, pulling at the side of his shirt to show him.
"Um..., I'm okay," he said absently, as he saw Trisha's eyes flutter open momentarily. He moved over to her side.
"Trisha?" he said quietly next to her ear. "I'm here. You're gonna be okay, you hear me?" he said to her. "Just hand on. I'm right here with you," he said.
"We've got to move, Bos," Kim said, starting to move the stretcher toward the door. "You riding with us or Faith?"
"You," he said, looking over at Faith.
"Go. I'll lock up and meet you at the hospital," Faith told him. "Doc, he's bleeding too. Have someone check him over when you get to Mercy," she said.
"What?" Doc said, looking at Bosco for the first time and seeing the growing stain on his side and one on his shoulder. "Yeah, okay. Bos, let's go," Doc said, pulling up Bosco's shirt to take a quick look as they walked toward the door.. "Looks like you just pulled some stitches loose," he told him, but Bosco didn't really hear him. He was busy concentrating on Trisha and the fact that he might very well be losing his unborn child.
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TBC...