Chapter 2
"It was Lucy." Roxanne stated.
Kevin sat in shock for a minute, until Roxanne broke the silence.
"Kevin?" she asked.
"Is she okay?" he whispered.
Roxanne sighed, how do you tell someone, how do you tell your partner that his wife is lying unconscious on a stretcher, "I.um.I don't know, the ambulance just left."
"How are the others?"
Roxanne had completely forgotten about the others, quickly she turned around and gasped in horror as Ruthie's limp body was pulled from the car, closely followed by those of Annie and Mary, "Just meet me at the hospital."
Something in Roxanne's tone told Kevin that this moment would forever change his life, quickly he jumped from his chair, and for the first time since the conversation with Roxanne had began, Ben spoke, "Kev, what's going on? Was it them."
Kevin nodded in response as he hung up the phone, and together they quickly left the pool hall.
~
Roxanne stared at the bodies of the family she had become so close to, "how could this happen?', she whispered allowed, "how could this happen?"
"I don't know," a voice answered from behind her.
Roxanne spun around, "Detective Michaels, I, I didn't see you there."
"Why don't you go to the hospital, I know that's where you want to be."
Roxanne smiled slightly, "thanks."
~
Kevin, Eric, Ben, and Simon sat in silence as they waited for a doctor, a nurse, someone, anyone, to tell them the fate of those they loved. Across the hospital, the atmosphere was much different.
"I want icecream!," David exclaimed pointing to large variety of Popsicles offered by the hospital.
"Me too!" Sam added.
Roxanne smiled at the boys, secretly she loved the idea of having children, "which one do you want?" she asked.
Sam and David quickly pointed out their choices.
After the icecream was paid for the three sat down at a nearby table.
"Why are we here?" David asked.
Roxanne sighed, she knew this question was inevitable, but still she wished Eric or one of the Camdens was here to talk to the twins.
"You're mommy, and Lucy, and Ruthie, and Mary had a pretty bad car accident."
"Oh." Sam and David replied monotonously, as if this were a regular occurrence.
Roxanne laughed at their total lack of understanding.
~
"Hi, I'm Doctor Jill McCarther."
"How are they?" Ben asked immediately, the usually cheer gone from his voice.
Dr. McCarther sighed, "Annie Camden suffered internal bleeding and a severe concussion, she is in surgery. Mary Camden broke both her legs in several places, she too has a severe concussion. Lucy Kinkirk has a broken wrist and is in a coma."
"And Ruthie?" Simon asked, when the doctor paused.
"Ruthie Camden didn't make it, I'm sorry."
"Can we see Lucy or Mary?" Ben asked his tone showing very little of the emotion he felt.
"Not yet." The doctor answered sadly.
After a moment of uncomfortable silence, Simon asked the question they all wanted to know, "what are their chances of.of."
Dr. McCarther nodded, showing that she understood the question, "Annie has about a fifty-fifty chance, if they can stop the bleeding she should make it. Mary may never walk again, but her chances of survival are good, and as for Lucy, we never know with comas."
"I, I think I'll go find Roxanne and the twins," Simon said, quickly walking out of the room.
Eric stood up to follow, "I'll go call Matt."
Once they were gone the doctor turned to Kevin and Ben, "which one of you is Mrs. Kinkirk's husband?"
"I am," Kevin replied fearing that more bad news was coming.
"Would you mind coming into my office for a minute?" she asked motioning toward a nearby door.
Kevin quickly stood up, eager to know what this was about.
"Did you know your wife was pregnant?"
Kevin's jaw dropped, as he stared at the doctor in horror.
"Evidently not."
"Is the baby okay?" Kevin asked, his mind filling with questions.
"So far, yes."
"And if."
"Babies have been delivered to comatose mothers, it's not impossible."
"But she'll wake up before then?"
"I don't know, coma's are completely unpredictable."
"Do you know how far along she was.is?"
"An OB-GYN will need to examine her for us to know that."
"Okay, um, thanks for telling me."
The doctor smiled slightly, "you're welcome.and Mr. Kinkirk," she commanded as Kevin stood to leave, "don't give up hope."
"What was that about?" Ben asked as Kevin sat down next to his brother.
"Lucy's pregnant." Kevin whispered leaning his head against the wall, "she's pregnant and in a coma."
~
Simon wandered through the hospital, just an hour before he and Cecilia had been making out on his bed and now he was in a hospital waiting to see how many more of his family members would die before the night ended.
"You okay." A voice said from in front of him.
Simon jumped at the voice and looked up to see an old man if front of him.
"I'm, yes, I'm fine," he lied.
"You don't look fine."
Simon sighed, "one of my sisters is dead, one is in a coma, one may never walk again, and my mom's in surgery."
"Tough day?"
Simon nodded in response.
"Let's talk."
Before Simon knew it, he was sitting in a fairly dark, empty hospital room, pouring out his feelings to someone he had never even seen before.
"She was the only one I could always talk to, we were all really close, but she was always there. I never told her that she was my favorite, and now, now I'll never get to see her again."
"It was Lucy." Roxanne stated.
Kevin sat in shock for a minute, until Roxanne broke the silence.
"Kevin?" she asked.
"Is she okay?" he whispered.
Roxanne sighed, how do you tell someone, how do you tell your partner that his wife is lying unconscious on a stretcher, "I.um.I don't know, the ambulance just left."
"How are the others?"
Roxanne had completely forgotten about the others, quickly she turned around and gasped in horror as Ruthie's limp body was pulled from the car, closely followed by those of Annie and Mary, "Just meet me at the hospital."
Something in Roxanne's tone told Kevin that this moment would forever change his life, quickly he jumped from his chair, and for the first time since the conversation with Roxanne had began, Ben spoke, "Kev, what's going on? Was it them."
Kevin nodded in response as he hung up the phone, and together they quickly left the pool hall.
~
Roxanne stared at the bodies of the family she had become so close to, "how could this happen?', she whispered allowed, "how could this happen?"
"I don't know," a voice answered from behind her.
Roxanne spun around, "Detective Michaels, I, I didn't see you there."
"Why don't you go to the hospital, I know that's where you want to be."
Roxanne smiled slightly, "thanks."
~
Kevin, Eric, Ben, and Simon sat in silence as they waited for a doctor, a nurse, someone, anyone, to tell them the fate of those they loved. Across the hospital, the atmosphere was much different.
"I want icecream!," David exclaimed pointing to large variety of Popsicles offered by the hospital.
"Me too!" Sam added.
Roxanne smiled at the boys, secretly she loved the idea of having children, "which one do you want?" she asked.
Sam and David quickly pointed out their choices.
After the icecream was paid for the three sat down at a nearby table.
"Why are we here?" David asked.
Roxanne sighed, she knew this question was inevitable, but still she wished Eric or one of the Camdens was here to talk to the twins.
"You're mommy, and Lucy, and Ruthie, and Mary had a pretty bad car accident."
"Oh." Sam and David replied monotonously, as if this were a regular occurrence.
Roxanne laughed at their total lack of understanding.
~
"Hi, I'm Doctor Jill McCarther."
"How are they?" Ben asked immediately, the usually cheer gone from his voice.
Dr. McCarther sighed, "Annie Camden suffered internal bleeding and a severe concussion, she is in surgery. Mary Camden broke both her legs in several places, she too has a severe concussion. Lucy Kinkirk has a broken wrist and is in a coma."
"And Ruthie?" Simon asked, when the doctor paused.
"Ruthie Camden didn't make it, I'm sorry."
"Can we see Lucy or Mary?" Ben asked his tone showing very little of the emotion he felt.
"Not yet." The doctor answered sadly.
After a moment of uncomfortable silence, Simon asked the question they all wanted to know, "what are their chances of.of."
Dr. McCarther nodded, showing that she understood the question, "Annie has about a fifty-fifty chance, if they can stop the bleeding she should make it. Mary may never walk again, but her chances of survival are good, and as for Lucy, we never know with comas."
"I, I think I'll go find Roxanne and the twins," Simon said, quickly walking out of the room.
Eric stood up to follow, "I'll go call Matt."
Once they were gone the doctor turned to Kevin and Ben, "which one of you is Mrs. Kinkirk's husband?"
"I am," Kevin replied fearing that more bad news was coming.
"Would you mind coming into my office for a minute?" she asked motioning toward a nearby door.
Kevin quickly stood up, eager to know what this was about.
"Did you know your wife was pregnant?"
Kevin's jaw dropped, as he stared at the doctor in horror.
"Evidently not."
"Is the baby okay?" Kevin asked, his mind filling with questions.
"So far, yes."
"And if."
"Babies have been delivered to comatose mothers, it's not impossible."
"But she'll wake up before then?"
"I don't know, coma's are completely unpredictable."
"Do you know how far along she was.is?"
"An OB-GYN will need to examine her for us to know that."
"Okay, um, thanks for telling me."
The doctor smiled slightly, "you're welcome.and Mr. Kinkirk," she commanded as Kevin stood to leave, "don't give up hope."
"What was that about?" Ben asked as Kevin sat down next to his brother.
"Lucy's pregnant." Kevin whispered leaning his head against the wall, "she's pregnant and in a coma."
~
Simon wandered through the hospital, just an hour before he and Cecilia had been making out on his bed and now he was in a hospital waiting to see how many more of his family members would die before the night ended.
"You okay." A voice said from in front of him.
Simon jumped at the voice and looked up to see an old man if front of him.
"I'm, yes, I'm fine," he lied.
"You don't look fine."
Simon sighed, "one of my sisters is dead, one is in a coma, one may never walk again, and my mom's in surgery."
"Tough day?"
Simon nodded in response.
"Let's talk."
Before Simon knew it, he was sitting in a fairly dark, empty hospital room, pouring out his feelings to someone he had never even seen before.
"She was the only one I could always talk to, we were all really close, but she was always there. I never told her that she was my favorite, and now, now I'll never get to see her again."