Cosmo and Bobby both stared at Sam in shock, unable to believe that he was taking the side of this impostor over them. Cosmo shook his head slowly. They all knew what Noah's death had done to Sam but for him to fall for something like this.... He had to be in seriously bad shape.
"Sam...."
"Leave him be or get out, Cosmo, That simple," Sam said quietly as he glared at Cosmo, hating that it had come to this but not seeing any other way to handle the situation. He wasn't letting Cosmo drive Noah off, wasn't letting Catherine.... Catherine? Sam turned as the frantic beeping of the heart monitor finally sank in, hurrying back to Catherine's side. "Cath? Catherine? It's okay, baby," he spoke softly to the quiet form. "I swear, it's gonna be okay." If anything happened to her because of this....
"What's wrong with her?" 'Vannah asked Noah quietly as she moved over to Catherine's bedside as well, ignoring the look Cosmo gave her for actually speaking to the boy. She still wasn't one hundred percent sure that this actually was Noah returned to them somehow but if there was any chance.... There was something about him, definitely something about him that was achingly familiar. She chose not to think about at that at the moment though. If it were really Noah.... Well, there would be time to deal with that later. 'Vannah looked down at Catherine worriedly, surprised to note small lines of tension on the other woman's face. The truth dawned on her. "She can hear us?" They had just assumed that Catherine was so deeply unconscious that she couldn't hear when they came in.
Noah nodded, reaching out and gently putting his hand over Catherine's, a worried look on his face. "Catherine, it's okay, honey. It's okay." Where in the world was a nurse? If they couldn't calm her fast.... He was going to kill Cos for this one.
"Bobby, go get a nurse in here now," 'Vannah said, shooting a look at Cosmo as she spoke. He had an angry scowl on his face and was shooting daggers at Noah as he spoke to Catherine, trying to calm her. "Cos, she can hear us. If you can't behave do what Sam said and leave. You're making her worse."
Sam let himself smile slightly at 'Vannah's words. Least one of his kids seemed like they might trust Noah. Sam reached out, gently stroking the bit of skin on Catherine's cheek that he could touch safely, leaning down to whisper in her ear. "It's okay, baby. It's going to be okay. Don't you worry about a thing right now. Just relax and let us help you. Everything's gonna be fine."
"Cath?" 'Vannah reached out, gently patting Catherine's other hand, being careful not to disturb the monitor clipped to one finger. "Hey, it's okay. You know what Cos is like. Don't pay any attention to him. No one else does. Well, maybe the fashion police. Had to go by his place before we caught our flight and.... Wonder the turkey isn't an endangered animal with how many seem to have died for his wardrobe."
"That's it, honey. Just calm down now," Noah whispered, grinning slightly at 'Vannah's comment, not having to look to know the expression on Cosmo's face over the comment about his clothes. He glanced up at the heart monitor, sighing slightly in relief as he noted that Catherine's heartrate had slowed back almost to normal again.
"What's going on in here?" the nurse said as she came in followed by Bobby, glancing at the monitors with a worried expression before turning to glare around the room. "If you can't keep quiet and let her rest, then all of you will have to leave. She can't be put through any stress right now."
"No one's going to be doing anything," Sam said quietly, staring at Cosmo with a stern expression.
"See that you don't. If there's another incident...." The nurse looked at Sam and Noah with a gentler expression now. "I'm very sorry but your wife can't take much more strain. If anything else happens, it could very well prove fatal."