A/N: Big thank you to Itsnotrightbutitsokay for reviewing the last three
chapters. You are the best!
A/N #2: Just a reminder; I am not a medical doctor.
Disclaimer: I do not own Will and Grace or its characters. Only a few people here and there in this story are mine.
Chapter Four Visitors
Over the next two weeks, Karen spent all the time she could in Katherine's hospital room. She would sit next to the bed, gripping her sister's hand tightly and watch for any sign that Katherine was getting better.
Jack would stay with Karen in the room for a few hours each day. When he wasn't at the hospital, he was taking care of Amber. He took her to all the tourist attractions around the city after she got out of school, trying to take the little girl's mind off of her mother.
At the office of Grace Adler designs, a number of clients Katherine had
decorated for delivered flowers and get well cards. After Katherine had been in the hospital for a week and a half, Grace, with the help of Will, took the flowers and cards to the hospital room.
During the last hour and a half of visiting hours at the hospital, Karen, Jack, Grace, Will and Amber gathered in Katherine's room. The five of them
would watch the young woman, each one hoping that she would recover.
~~~
Two weeks after Katherine had been brought to the hospital, Karen and Jack walked into the room and were surprised to find that the breathing tube had been removed from Katherine.
"Jackie, go find Doctor Stiles," Karen said quickly, turning to him.
"Be right back," Jack said, and he hurried out of the room.
Karen walked over to the bed and touched her sister's cheek with the back of her hand. The fever, which had taken over Katherine's body two weeks ago, was nearly gone, much to Karen's relief. And another happy thing she noticed, her sister was breathing on her own.
"Good morning Ms. Walker," Doctor Stiles said, walking into the room.
"Is she getting better?" Karen asked, turning to the doctor.
The doctor smiled and then said, "Her pneumonia is gone, just a light fever is left. And that should be gone by tomorrow."
"Will she come out of her coma?" Jack asked, walking over to Karen's side.
"That I don't know," Doctor Stiles said. "As I have said, her body was
weakened pretty severely, you remember we took quite a lot of fluid out of her lungs. So at this point, I can only say that it is up to her if she wakes up or not."
Karen looked down at Katherine, and brushed a piece of hair off her forehead, being careful not to touch the stitched gash. "She'll come back," Karen then said firmly.
"Doctor Stiles?" Will said, standing in the doorway of the room.
Jack and Karen looked over and saw a tall man with black hair and blue eyes standing next to Will.
"Yes?" the doctor asked.
"I'm Robert Riley," the tall man said, his voice containing a British accent, walking into the room and shaking the doctor's hand. "I grew up with Katherine and I understand you wanted to hear about her medical background."
"Well you are a little late Mr. Riley," Doctor Stiles said.
"Sir Riley, if you don't mind," Robert said irritably.
"Yes, well... I think you can help me fill in some gaps in my papers on her condition at least," the doctor said. "Follow me please Sir Riley."
When the doctor and Robert had left the room, Karen asked Will, "Was that Kath's brother?"
"Aye, that was," a soft voice said with a strong Irish accent. Following Will into the hospital room, a young woman was light brown hair and brown eyes walked up to Karen. "I'm Robert's wife Sara, Katherine's sister-in- law. And you must be Karen Walker."
"I am," Karen said. "Why did it take you and your husband so long to get here?"
Sara sighed and answered, "Robert was still debating whether or not we should come until just last night."
"I called you yesterday afternoon though, and said you didn't have to come," Will said.
"Yes, well, he thought that you meant Kat was dying," Sara said, a grimace on her face. "He said that we might as well come to pay our respects when she did die."
"Kath never mentioned that the fight between them was that bad," Karen said.
"She's always been a very quiet person," Sara said. Then she shook her
head. "Please Ms. Walker, it's best if you let the fact that we've come now instead of earlier go. Because once Kat wakes up and hears that, there will be a terrible row between the two."
"So it seems my sister is getting better Sara," Robert said, walking into the room. "You were right." He walked up to the bed and stood on Katherine's left side. "She always was a stubborn piece."
Karen suddenly blurted out in anger, "Did you want her to die?"
Robert looked across the bed and looked at Karen. "Ah, this is the Delaney woman-" he began to say.
"Walker, Robert," Sara said quickly.
"Walker woman that my sister left England to find," Robert said.
"I thought you kicked her out of England," Jack said.
"No, I don't have the authority to do that," Robert said, glaring at Jack. "I just threw her out of the Riley manor."
"What kind of brother are you?" Karen asked, looking at him with narrowed eyes.
Surprising everyone in the room, Robert started to laugh. "This coming
from Katherine's sister who led her to attempt suicide? I hardly think you
have grounds to show any animosity towards me, Ms. Walker, when you nearly caused her death earlier," he said.
Karen turned and was about to walk over to him when Jack held her back.
"Get the hell out of here," she hissed.
Robert nodded and then looked over at his wife. "Let's go Sara," he said.
"No," Sara said carefully.
"What?" Robert asked, sounding shocked.
"I wish to remain here, if it's alright with Ms. Walker of course, and spend some time with Kat," Sara said.
"You can stay," Karen said quickly, obviously glad to see that Robert was getting angry at the fact his wife wasn't going to go with him.
"Very well," Robert said stiffly. He turned from the bed and walked towards the door.
When he had gone, Sara sighed and said, "I apologize for him. He can be a real wanker at times."
"I need to get going," Will suddenly said. "I'll see you guys at four." With that he left the room quickly.
"She's getting better then?" Sara said, walking to the side of the bed that Robert had been standing at.
"Yes, her pneumonia is almost gone," Jack answered.
"Poor thing," Sara said softly, putting her hand above the brace on Katherine's left wrist. "When she was a child, she suffered often from pneumonia in the winter months. And the sickness would always attack her lungs. She has asthma you know."
"She does?" Karen asked, looking over at Sara. "I've never seen her use an inhaler or anything like that."
"Kat takes a special type of medication for her asthma," Sara said.
"Why didn't she tell me about all this stuff?" Karen said out loud, more to herself than to Sara or Jack.
"Would you like me to tell you all I know about Kat Ms. Walker," Sara suggested.
"Sure," Karen said. "And call me Karen, but your husband can call me Ms. Walker like before."
Sara laughed softly and said, "I quite understand the sentiment Karen.
Very well then, I suppose I should start at the beginning, when she was a young child."
Jack left the room quickly, bringing back a chair for Sara so she could
sit next to the bed, as he and Karen were as she talked.
An hour later, after going over Katherine's life up to the point where the former Lord and Lady Riley had died, Sara stopped talking. She paused a moment and then said, "I won't go into details, but the Lord and Lady died in a car accident in London. A month after that, Robert and I were instated as the new Lord and Lady. When we returned to York, Robert threw Katherine out of
the manor." Sara paused again, this time longer than before.
"What happened to her between then and when she came here?" Karen asked, leaning forward slightly. She was holding Katherine's right hand in her own.
"From what I can gather," Sara said, continuing. "Is that for two years, she searched all over the continent for you before she got to this city."
"I should think that Jackie-boy and Kare can finish the rest of the story on their own," a hoarse voice suddenly whispered.
A/N #2: Just a reminder; I am not a medical doctor.
Disclaimer: I do not own Will and Grace or its characters. Only a few people here and there in this story are mine.
Chapter Four Visitors
Over the next two weeks, Karen spent all the time she could in Katherine's hospital room. She would sit next to the bed, gripping her sister's hand tightly and watch for any sign that Katherine was getting better.
Jack would stay with Karen in the room for a few hours each day. When he wasn't at the hospital, he was taking care of Amber. He took her to all the tourist attractions around the city after she got out of school, trying to take the little girl's mind off of her mother.
At the office of Grace Adler designs, a number of clients Katherine had
decorated for delivered flowers and get well cards. After Katherine had been in the hospital for a week and a half, Grace, with the help of Will, took the flowers and cards to the hospital room.
During the last hour and a half of visiting hours at the hospital, Karen, Jack, Grace, Will and Amber gathered in Katherine's room. The five of them
would watch the young woman, each one hoping that she would recover.
~~~
Two weeks after Katherine had been brought to the hospital, Karen and Jack walked into the room and were surprised to find that the breathing tube had been removed from Katherine.
"Jackie, go find Doctor Stiles," Karen said quickly, turning to him.
"Be right back," Jack said, and he hurried out of the room.
Karen walked over to the bed and touched her sister's cheek with the back of her hand. The fever, which had taken over Katherine's body two weeks ago, was nearly gone, much to Karen's relief. And another happy thing she noticed, her sister was breathing on her own.
"Good morning Ms. Walker," Doctor Stiles said, walking into the room.
"Is she getting better?" Karen asked, turning to the doctor.
The doctor smiled and then said, "Her pneumonia is gone, just a light fever is left. And that should be gone by tomorrow."
"Will she come out of her coma?" Jack asked, walking over to Karen's side.
"That I don't know," Doctor Stiles said. "As I have said, her body was
weakened pretty severely, you remember we took quite a lot of fluid out of her lungs. So at this point, I can only say that it is up to her if she wakes up or not."
Karen looked down at Katherine, and brushed a piece of hair off her forehead, being careful not to touch the stitched gash. "She'll come back," Karen then said firmly.
"Doctor Stiles?" Will said, standing in the doorway of the room.
Jack and Karen looked over and saw a tall man with black hair and blue eyes standing next to Will.
"Yes?" the doctor asked.
"I'm Robert Riley," the tall man said, his voice containing a British accent, walking into the room and shaking the doctor's hand. "I grew up with Katherine and I understand you wanted to hear about her medical background."
"Well you are a little late Mr. Riley," Doctor Stiles said.
"Sir Riley, if you don't mind," Robert said irritably.
"Yes, well... I think you can help me fill in some gaps in my papers on her condition at least," the doctor said. "Follow me please Sir Riley."
When the doctor and Robert had left the room, Karen asked Will, "Was that Kath's brother?"
"Aye, that was," a soft voice said with a strong Irish accent. Following Will into the hospital room, a young woman was light brown hair and brown eyes walked up to Karen. "I'm Robert's wife Sara, Katherine's sister-in- law. And you must be Karen Walker."
"I am," Karen said. "Why did it take you and your husband so long to get here?"
Sara sighed and answered, "Robert was still debating whether or not we should come until just last night."
"I called you yesterday afternoon though, and said you didn't have to come," Will said.
"Yes, well, he thought that you meant Kat was dying," Sara said, a grimace on her face. "He said that we might as well come to pay our respects when she did die."
"Kath never mentioned that the fight between them was that bad," Karen said.
"She's always been a very quiet person," Sara said. Then she shook her
head. "Please Ms. Walker, it's best if you let the fact that we've come now instead of earlier go. Because once Kat wakes up and hears that, there will be a terrible row between the two."
"So it seems my sister is getting better Sara," Robert said, walking into the room. "You were right." He walked up to the bed and stood on Katherine's left side. "She always was a stubborn piece."
Karen suddenly blurted out in anger, "Did you want her to die?"
Robert looked across the bed and looked at Karen. "Ah, this is the Delaney woman-" he began to say.
"Walker, Robert," Sara said quickly.
"Walker woman that my sister left England to find," Robert said.
"I thought you kicked her out of England," Jack said.
"No, I don't have the authority to do that," Robert said, glaring at Jack. "I just threw her out of the Riley manor."
"What kind of brother are you?" Karen asked, looking at him with narrowed eyes.
Surprising everyone in the room, Robert started to laugh. "This coming
from Katherine's sister who led her to attempt suicide? I hardly think you
have grounds to show any animosity towards me, Ms. Walker, when you nearly caused her death earlier," he said.
Karen turned and was about to walk over to him when Jack held her back.
"Get the hell out of here," she hissed.
Robert nodded and then looked over at his wife. "Let's go Sara," he said.
"No," Sara said carefully.
"What?" Robert asked, sounding shocked.
"I wish to remain here, if it's alright with Ms. Walker of course, and spend some time with Kat," Sara said.
"You can stay," Karen said quickly, obviously glad to see that Robert was getting angry at the fact his wife wasn't going to go with him.
"Very well," Robert said stiffly. He turned from the bed and walked towards the door.
When he had gone, Sara sighed and said, "I apologize for him. He can be a real wanker at times."
"I need to get going," Will suddenly said. "I'll see you guys at four." With that he left the room quickly.
"She's getting better then?" Sara said, walking to the side of the bed that Robert had been standing at.
"Yes, her pneumonia is almost gone," Jack answered.
"Poor thing," Sara said softly, putting her hand above the brace on Katherine's left wrist. "When she was a child, she suffered often from pneumonia in the winter months. And the sickness would always attack her lungs. She has asthma you know."
"She does?" Karen asked, looking over at Sara. "I've never seen her use an inhaler or anything like that."
"Kat takes a special type of medication for her asthma," Sara said.
"Why didn't she tell me about all this stuff?" Karen said out loud, more to herself than to Sara or Jack.
"Would you like me to tell you all I know about Kat Ms. Walker," Sara suggested.
"Sure," Karen said. "And call me Karen, but your husband can call me Ms. Walker like before."
Sara laughed softly and said, "I quite understand the sentiment Karen.
Very well then, I suppose I should start at the beginning, when she was a young child."
Jack left the room quickly, bringing back a chair for Sara so she could
sit next to the bed, as he and Karen were as she talked.
An hour later, after going over Katherine's life up to the point where the former Lord and Lady Riley had died, Sara stopped talking. She paused a moment and then said, "I won't go into details, but the Lord and Lady died in a car accident in London. A month after that, Robert and I were instated as the new Lord and Lady. When we returned to York, Robert threw Katherine out of
the manor." Sara paused again, this time longer than before.
"What happened to her between then and when she came here?" Karen asked, leaning forward slightly. She was holding Katherine's right hand in her own.
"From what I can gather," Sara said, continuing. "Is that for two years, she searched all over the continent for you before she got to this city."
"I should think that Jackie-boy and Kare can finish the rest of the story on their own," a hoarse voice suddenly whispered.
