Sorry this took so long to update but I went away for spring break.... I hope you like this chapter.
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Rachel hit the floor with a bang. She heard Sandy and Ryan yelling. She hoped that Ryan was ok. She heard John say 'oh shit' then she heard him leave the house. Then she blacked out.
Sandy watched as John pulled the trigger. He had covered Ryan instinctively but then he saw Rachel jump in and try and stop John. The gun went off as she fell in front of him. It took a minute to realize that Rachel was hit. She didn't cry out or yell. She just lost consciousness. He then saw John panic, grab the money and run. Sandy looked at Ryan who was in shock.
"Shit." Sandy mumbled and noticed the knife left on the table. He grabbed it and cut himself free then cut Ryan free. Sandy grabbed his phone and called for an ambulance. After the shock wore off he saw Ryan go to Rachel and cut the tape from her. He rolled her on her back and saw she was hit in the upper chest. Ryan gasped and put his hand over the wound to try and stop bleeding. As soon as Sandy got off the phone with 911, he called Kirsten and told her to drive straight to the hospital. With in minutes the paramedics were they're loading Rachel on to a gurney. The also had one there for Ryan and forced him on it. He insisted that he was ok but they still wanted to check him out.
Ryan and Sandy watched as Rachel was loaded into the first ambulance. Oxygen mask and IV already attached to her. She was still breathing which was a good sign. Then Ryan was loaded into the second ambulance. Sandy hopped in Ryan's ambulance. And they rushed off to the hospital.
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Once at the hospital sandy watched as both Ryan and Rachel were wheeled in to the ER. He had to stay behind but wasn't left alone for long. Kirsten and Seth came up to him.
"Sandy!" Kristen said and hugged him. Seth followed with a quick hug after his mom let go.
"What happened? How are they?" She asked. Sandy led them in to the waiting room and told them everything that had happened.
"He was her father?" Seth said dumbfounded. Sandy nodded his head.
"I still don't know exactly what happened before Ryan called me either." Sandy said. "But I know Rachel is going to blame herself for this." Sandy said looking at Seth and Kristen sadly.
"Why?" Seth asked. "It wasn't her fault."
"Maybe not. But it was her father so she feels responsible. I saw it in her expression when he made her tell us who he was." Sandy sighed. They were interrupted when the doctor came in.
"I was told you are Ryan's parents?" The doctor said coming up to them. Kristen and Sandy nodded. "Ok well Ryan has some bruised and a cracked rib, he has a bruised kidney and a fractured wrist along with a stitched up gash on the side of his head. He said he got it from being hit with the butt of a gun. It also caused a mild concussion. He also had some bruises and cuts on his face and arms. He should make a full recovery." The doctor stated and the three sighed with relief that Ryan was going to be ok. "Are you also the girl's guardians?" The doctor asked.
"No. She is a friend of Ryan's." Sandy said realizing he never called Nick and his parents.
"Oh I see. I can't discuss her condition with you but we do need to operate but can't do so until we get a parent or guardians consent for a minor. Do you know how do get a hold of her guardians?" The doctor asked and Sandy nodded.
"I will call them right away." Sandy said taking out his cell phone and going outside. He dialed the number Rachel gave to him just incase Ryan was over her house and something happened.
"Hello?" Nick asked picking up the phone.
"Hi Nick. It's Sandy Cohen." He said.
"Hey. Ryan and Rachel aren't here." Nick said thinking that's why he was calling.
"Oh I know that. I'm calling cause I need you and your parents to come to HOAG right now." Sandy said back.
"What happened?" Nick said worried.
"Ryan and Rachel were hurt. I will explain when you guys get here." Sandy said urgency in his voice.
"Ok we will be there in about 30 minutes." Nick said and hung up. Sandy hoped they would get here soon.
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Nick hung up the phone and ran out back to get his mom.
"Mom! We have to go to the hospital now!" Nick said urgently. Jane looked up confused.
"Why?" She asked.
"Rachel and Ryan were hurt and they need us at HOAG." He stated and with out another word she grabbed her keys and her and Nick got in the car and rushed to the hospital. Jane would call Jim at the hospital.
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Sandy walked back in to the waiting room and over to Seth and Kristen.
"They are on their way." Sandy stated and then he remembered that he didn't ask the doctor when they could see Ryan. "Did the doctor say when we could see Ryan?"
"He said in a few minutes. They want to move him in to a room and out of the ER." Kristen stated.
"I wish we knew how Rachel is." Seth said suddenly.
"Me too." Sandy said. A few minutes later the doctor came in and said it was ok for them to see Ryan. He lead them up to his room then left them alone.
"Hey Ryan. How ya feeling?" Sandy asked and they gathered around Ryan's bed.
"I've been better. How's Rachel?" Ryan asked. Sandy and Kristen looked at each other.
"They won't tell us since we aren't her legal guardians." Sandy said. "But Nick and his folks are on their way here right now." Sandy finished. Ryan put his head back and looked at the ceiling.
"Did the cops catch him?" Ryan asked after a few moments of silence.
"No. Not yet." Sandy said softly. "But they will." He added to try and ease everyone's mind including his own but he knew and Ryan knew until he was caught, the threat was still out there. "Ryan can you tell me what happened before you called me?" Ryan looked at him and sighed. He was going to have to tell eventually.
"We were walking up the driveway just talking when he came up from behind me and grabbed me. He pulled me back against his body and I struggled to get away at first until I heard the click of the gun." Ryan started and the others waited for him to continue. "Rachel looked at him and said 'dad?' which surprised me. Then he made me give her the key to get in the house. He asked where the good stuff was and told her to go look for it. She refused at first but then he hit me." Ryan said pointing to the bandage on his head "Then Rachel said she would if he left me alone. He pushed me to the ground, pointed the gun at me and told me to stay there. I guess Rachel was taking to long cause he got mad and with out warning he dragged me up to my feet hit me again and threw me down to the ground again." Ryan said and looked around the room. He saw Kirsten holding he mouth in shock, tears threatening to fall and Seth looked terrified. Sandy just watched him with furrowed eyebrows. Looking at that almost made Ryan chuckle a little. The eyebrows always made him laugh a little but he held the chuckle back. "I broke your vase." Ryan said out of the blue.
"What?" Kirsten asked confused.
"When he pushed me, I fell into the vase and broke it. I'm sorry." Ryan said.
"Don't worry about that sweetheart. It is just a vase. It can be replaced." Kirsten said smiling a little. Just like Ryan to worry about something like that.
"What else happened?' Sandy asked knowing that more happened after that.
"Rachel came down with some money she found and hoped it would be enough to get rid of him. It wasn't so he told me to call you. Then he tied us up. I guess he got bored after a while and he roughed me up a bit. Then you came." Ryan said looking at Sandy. Sandy knew there was more to that last part but didn't push it.
"I will be right back. I want to be there when Rachel's family gets here. Fill them in." Sandy said and Ryan nodded. Sandy left the room and went out to the front of the hospital. After a few minutes of waiting, Nick and Jane came running up to the front of the hospital.
"Hey Sandy." Nick said. "This is my mom."
"Nice to meet you but there is no time to talk. Rachel needs surgery but they need your consent first." Sandy said leading them into the hospital.
"Oh my God! What happened?" Jane asked as they waked to the desk.
"She was shot." Sandy said and they both gasped. They reached the desk and the nurse paged the doctor over. With in two minutes the doctor came up to them.
"Hi. Your Rachel's mother?" The doctor asked and with out hesitation Jane answered.
"Yes. How is she?" She asked worried.
"Well she was shot in the upper left chest, which cause a lung to collapse. We need to perform surgery to fix it and we need your consent." Jane interrupted.
"Of course go ahead fix it!" She said urgently. The doctor told the nurse to call down to the O.R. to prepare Rachel for surgery.
"She also has a gash on her head that was fixed but it caused a mild concussion. The surgery should take about two to three hours." The doctor finished. Jane, Nick, and Sandy looked at the doctor for a few moments before he excused himself to prepare of the surgery. Jane and Nick looked at Sandy.
"How did this happen?" Jane asked.
"Let's go sit in the waiting room and I will tell you everything." Sandy said and led the two into the waiting room.
"I need to call Jim." Jane said before sandy started. Sandy handed Jane the phone and Jane called up Jim and he said he would be right over. Once she hung up, Sandy told her the whole story.
"But I thought he was in jail!" Nick exclaimed.
"He escaped. The police are out looking for him now." Sandy stated. Jane was silent. Not really sure of what to say. It was going to be a long few hours.
"We should go talk to Ryan. He must be wondering what happened to her." Nick said.
"Yea. he is. The doctors wouldn't tell us anything since we weren't her guardians." Sandy said. "Come on. I will take you to see him." He said. They got up and walked towards Ryan's room.
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I know a bad place to leave off....lol but I have to think about what to write next....again sorry for the delay lol....please review!!!
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Rachel hit the floor with a bang. She heard Sandy and Ryan yelling. She hoped that Ryan was ok. She heard John say 'oh shit' then she heard him leave the house. Then she blacked out.
Sandy watched as John pulled the trigger. He had covered Ryan instinctively but then he saw Rachel jump in and try and stop John. The gun went off as she fell in front of him. It took a minute to realize that Rachel was hit. She didn't cry out or yell. She just lost consciousness. He then saw John panic, grab the money and run. Sandy looked at Ryan who was in shock.
"Shit." Sandy mumbled and noticed the knife left on the table. He grabbed it and cut himself free then cut Ryan free. Sandy grabbed his phone and called for an ambulance. After the shock wore off he saw Ryan go to Rachel and cut the tape from her. He rolled her on her back and saw she was hit in the upper chest. Ryan gasped and put his hand over the wound to try and stop bleeding. As soon as Sandy got off the phone with 911, he called Kirsten and told her to drive straight to the hospital. With in minutes the paramedics were they're loading Rachel on to a gurney. The also had one there for Ryan and forced him on it. He insisted that he was ok but they still wanted to check him out.
Ryan and Sandy watched as Rachel was loaded into the first ambulance. Oxygen mask and IV already attached to her. She was still breathing which was a good sign. Then Ryan was loaded into the second ambulance. Sandy hopped in Ryan's ambulance. And they rushed off to the hospital.
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Once at the hospital sandy watched as both Ryan and Rachel were wheeled in to the ER. He had to stay behind but wasn't left alone for long. Kirsten and Seth came up to him.
"Sandy!" Kristen said and hugged him. Seth followed with a quick hug after his mom let go.
"What happened? How are they?" She asked. Sandy led them in to the waiting room and told them everything that had happened.
"He was her father?" Seth said dumbfounded. Sandy nodded his head.
"I still don't know exactly what happened before Ryan called me either." Sandy said. "But I know Rachel is going to blame herself for this." Sandy said looking at Seth and Kristen sadly.
"Why?" Seth asked. "It wasn't her fault."
"Maybe not. But it was her father so she feels responsible. I saw it in her expression when he made her tell us who he was." Sandy sighed. They were interrupted when the doctor came in.
"I was told you are Ryan's parents?" The doctor said coming up to them. Kristen and Sandy nodded. "Ok well Ryan has some bruised and a cracked rib, he has a bruised kidney and a fractured wrist along with a stitched up gash on the side of his head. He said he got it from being hit with the butt of a gun. It also caused a mild concussion. He also had some bruises and cuts on his face and arms. He should make a full recovery." The doctor stated and the three sighed with relief that Ryan was going to be ok. "Are you also the girl's guardians?" The doctor asked.
"No. She is a friend of Ryan's." Sandy said realizing he never called Nick and his parents.
"Oh I see. I can't discuss her condition with you but we do need to operate but can't do so until we get a parent or guardians consent for a minor. Do you know how do get a hold of her guardians?" The doctor asked and Sandy nodded.
"I will call them right away." Sandy said taking out his cell phone and going outside. He dialed the number Rachel gave to him just incase Ryan was over her house and something happened.
"Hello?" Nick asked picking up the phone.
"Hi Nick. It's Sandy Cohen." He said.
"Hey. Ryan and Rachel aren't here." Nick said thinking that's why he was calling.
"Oh I know that. I'm calling cause I need you and your parents to come to HOAG right now." Sandy said back.
"What happened?" Nick said worried.
"Ryan and Rachel were hurt. I will explain when you guys get here." Sandy said urgency in his voice.
"Ok we will be there in about 30 minutes." Nick said and hung up. Sandy hoped they would get here soon.
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Nick hung up the phone and ran out back to get his mom.
"Mom! We have to go to the hospital now!" Nick said urgently. Jane looked up confused.
"Why?" She asked.
"Rachel and Ryan were hurt and they need us at HOAG." He stated and with out another word she grabbed her keys and her and Nick got in the car and rushed to the hospital. Jane would call Jim at the hospital.
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Sandy walked back in to the waiting room and over to Seth and Kristen.
"They are on their way." Sandy stated and then he remembered that he didn't ask the doctor when they could see Ryan. "Did the doctor say when we could see Ryan?"
"He said in a few minutes. They want to move him in to a room and out of the ER." Kristen stated.
"I wish we knew how Rachel is." Seth said suddenly.
"Me too." Sandy said. A few minutes later the doctor came in and said it was ok for them to see Ryan. He lead them up to his room then left them alone.
"Hey Ryan. How ya feeling?" Sandy asked and they gathered around Ryan's bed.
"I've been better. How's Rachel?" Ryan asked. Sandy and Kristen looked at each other.
"They won't tell us since we aren't her legal guardians." Sandy said. "But Nick and his folks are on their way here right now." Sandy finished. Ryan put his head back and looked at the ceiling.
"Did the cops catch him?" Ryan asked after a few moments of silence.
"No. Not yet." Sandy said softly. "But they will." He added to try and ease everyone's mind including his own but he knew and Ryan knew until he was caught, the threat was still out there. "Ryan can you tell me what happened before you called me?" Ryan looked at him and sighed. He was going to have to tell eventually.
"We were walking up the driveway just talking when he came up from behind me and grabbed me. He pulled me back against his body and I struggled to get away at first until I heard the click of the gun." Ryan started and the others waited for him to continue. "Rachel looked at him and said 'dad?' which surprised me. Then he made me give her the key to get in the house. He asked where the good stuff was and told her to go look for it. She refused at first but then he hit me." Ryan said pointing to the bandage on his head "Then Rachel said she would if he left me alone. He pushed me to the ground, pointed the gun at me and told me to stay there. I guess Rachel was taking to long cause he got mad and with out warning he dragged me up to my feet hit me again and threw me down to the ground again." Ryan said and looked around the room. He saw Kirsten holding he mouth in shock, tears threatening to fall and Seth looked terrified. Sandy just watched him with furrowed eyebrows. Looking at that almost made Ryan chuckle a little. The eyebrows always made him laugh a little but he held the chuckle back. "I broke your vase." Ryan said out of the blue.
"What?" Kirsten asked confused.
"When he pushed me, I fell into the vase and broke it. I'm sorry." Ryan said.
"Don't worry about that sweetheart. It is just a vase. It can be replaced." Kirsten said smiling a little. Just like Ryan to worry about something like that.
"What else happened?' Sandy asked knowing that more happened after that.
"Rachel came down with some money she found and hoped it would be enough to get rid of him. It wasn't so he told me to call you. Then he tied us up. I guess he got bored after a while and he roughed me up a bit. Then you came." Ryan said looking at Sandy. Sandy knew there was more to that last part but didn't push it.
"I will be right back. I want to be there when Rachel's family gets here. Fill them in." Sandy said and Ryan nodded. Sandy left the room and went out to the front of the hospital. After a few minutes of waiting, Nick and Jane came running up to the front of the hospital.
"Hey Sandy." Nick said. "This is my mom."
"Nice to meet you but there is no time to talk. Rachel needs surgery but they need your consent first." Sandy said leading them into the hospital.
"Oh my God! What happened?" Jane asked as they waked to the desk.
"She was shot." Sandy said and they both gasped. They reached the desk and the nurse paged the doctor over. With in two minutes the doctor came up to them.
"Hi. Your Rachel's mother?" The doctor asked and with out hesitation Jane answered.
"Yes. How is she?" She asked worried.
"Well she was shot in the upper left chest, which cause a lung to collapse. We need to perform surgery to fix it and we need your consent." Jane interrupted.
"Of course go ahead fix it!" She said urgently. The doctor told the nurse to call down to the O.R. to prepare Rachel for surgery.
"She also has a gash on her head that was fixed but it caused a mild concussion. The surgery should take about two to three hours." The doctor finished. Jane, Nick, and Sandy looked at the doctor for a few moments before he excused himself to prepare of the surgery. Jane and Nick looked at Sandy.
"How did this happen?" Jane asked.
"Let's go sit in the waiting room and I will tell you everything." Sandy said and led the two into the waiting room.
"I need to call Jim." Jane said before sandy started. Sandy handed Jane the phone and Jane called up Jim and he said he would be right over. Once she hung up, Sandy told her the whole story.
"But I thought he was in jail!" Nick exclaimed.
"He escaped. The police are out looking for him now." Sandy stated. Jane was silent. Not really sure of what to say. It was going to be a long few hours.
"We should go talk to Ryan. He must be wondering what happened to her." Nick said.
"Yea. he is. The doctors wouldn't tell us anything since we weren't her guardians." Sandy said. "Come on. I will take you to see him." He said. They got up and walked towards Ryan's room.
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I know a bad place to leave off....lol but I have to think about what to write next....again sorry for the delay lol....please review!!!