When the doctor's finally left the room, Ed was the one left to explain. He shut the door to Sandy's room, stepping out into the hallway.

Jeffrey and Reva both looked over to him.

"What happened?" Reva asked.

"How is he?" Jeffrey questioned.

"What happened…" Ed said. "Is that his blood pressure and heart rate both went dangerously high… We managed to stabilize him, but…"

"But what?" Jeffrey and Reva seemed to interrupt him almost simultaneously.

"I think it was brought about by the two of you. You both profess to love him so much, yet neither one of you seem to have his well-being in mind… When you're standing in there having a yelling match so loud that the people visiting in the rooms across the hall are complaining…"

"He raped my son!" Reva interrupted, only just now realizing that Jeffrey had snuck back into her son's room. "Sneaky bastard…" she turned to follow when Ed grabbed her arm.

"Reva… wait?"

"What?" She said. "Jesus, Ed, what is it that's so damn important!"

"I um… I don't think that he did it…"

"How dare you! I didn't ask for your opinion! And why the hell do you even get to have one?"

"Reva, you didn't see Jeffrey when he brought him in here. You didn't see the look on his face. You didn't see how scared… How desperate…"

"SINCE WHEN DO YOU GIVE A DAMN ABOUT JEFFREY O'NEIL?"

"I don't! Reva, I don't! But I give a damn about my patient. I mean, did it ever occur to you that maybe Sandy wants him by his bedside?"

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Jeffrey shut the door as quietly as he could and sat down by Sandy's bed. "Sandy… baby… it's me… I'm here…" he whispered. "I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry about all of this. I swore to myself that I would keep you safe… And now… You're just… You're here…" He grasped Sandy's hand in his own. "I'm so sorry. I'm so, so sorry…" He placed a soft kiss on the back of Sandy's hand, the tears that he didn't even realize he was crying falling down onto the soft skin. "Baby… I swear to you… I'm going to get whoever… Whoever did this to you I'm going to get them…" He squeezed Sandy's hand before continuing. "You can't leave me… You can't leave me, all right… Sandy please… Baby… Please just come back to me… Please…"

Sandy's eyes slowly fluttered open.

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"And what if he doesn't, Ed? What if he raped my son, and tried to kill him and is in there right now trying to finish the job? What if he unplugs the machines?"

"Reva, calm down…"

"I won't calm down!" Reva was so tired. So tired of explaining. She headed back to Sandy's hospital room and swung the door open.

Ed chased after her.

"Sandy!?!" Reva was surprised to see her son's eyes open. "Oh my God, Sandy…"

"Sandy…" Ed said. "Please don't try to say anything… There's a tube down your throat to help you breathe…"

Sandy limply squeezed Jeffrey's hand in reply.

"This means he's going to be OK? Right?" Jeffrey asked, only momentarily taking his eyes off of Sandy to look up at Ed.

"Well.. this is definitely progress…" Ed replied. "I'll need to examine him again…"

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