Author Notes: I know, once again, it's been awhile since I've updated. I'm sorry. What else can I say? A lot of things have been slammed on my plate lately and I've had to deal with every one of them. And now I'm finally getting to do what I want, write. Here's the next chapter.
Dedication: None.
Disclaimers: I don't own anything.
The next few days rolled by slowly. Andy tried her hardest to concentrate on work but her mind kept focusing on Milo. That morning, Wednesday, would be the fourth day of him not speaking to her. She told herself that he was the one that needed to apologize first for overreacting. Les was just a friend of hers, nothing more. Milo had never acted so jealous before and according to Kayla who returned his car that next morning, he had never seemed more angry then he was then. Angry that Andy was doing what she was doing and angry that she took his car. Angry about everything that had happened after they had had sex that night. He felt has if something wasn't right. A bad feeling had overcome him and his gut told him that it was because of Les.
Les, however, wasn't panicked or worried those four days. He knew his plan would work and in the end he would get what he wanted, Andy and his family back, Milo out of the picture. All he had to do was tell himself that everything was falling into place and for his benefit.
That Wednesday, near noon, Andy stood at Lana's receptionist desk looking through a patient's file. Lana was talking to Lu about some date she had had the night before. Andy ignored the two until Milo came around the corner and headed for Lu.
"Dr. Delgado?"
Lu turned around to face him. "It's Lu. Always Lu. Now, what do you want Milo?" She asked sarcastically.
"You're patient." He handed her a file. "Cindy Cooper. She's out of surgery if you would like to go see her later on."
"How'd the procedure go?"
"Wonderful. She's as good as new." He said with a wink and then looked at Lana. "Ms. Hawkins." He acknowledged. Andy stared in their direction hoping he would come talk to her. He met her gaze and his smile turned to a frown. After a few seconds of silence, with Lu and Lana looking back and forth between the two knowing something was going on, he turned back around and headed down the hall. Andy kept staring after him sadly until Lana broke her concentration.
"Dr. Campbell?"
"Yes Hawkins?"
"Everything all right?"
Andy hesitated but then faked a smile. "Yeah. Everything's fine." She said before heading back into her office.
"She's a bad liar."
Lu nodded and looked sadly into Andy's office, wondering what was up with her friend. "I'll talk to her about it at lunch." She stated.
Andy sat in the hospitals outside cafeteria barely eating her food. People around knew something was bothering her but nobody asked about it, until Lu.
"Andy?" She said while sitting down with her food at the table her partner was at.
"Delgado." She said back while stirring her soup with the spoon in her hand.
"What happened?" Lu asked with the sincere voice she always had in times of need.
"What do you mean?" Andy asked innocently.
"Something happened right? People are noticing that you've been...off...since the beginning of the week."
"No one said anything."
"Yeah, well, I'm not no one." Lu stated.
Andy tried to laugh but it didn't come out. "Yeah, you're definitely far from no one Delgado."
"Andy, what happened?"
She hesitated while looking her colleague and friend in the eyes. "It was a fight."
Lu shook her head, telling her it was ok to go on and that she would listen to every word.
Andy continued. "Les asked me to go to dinner so we could talk about some things that have been on his mind lately. I said ok, but Milo wasn't..ok with it."
"Well, Les and you are just friends, right?"
"Right. We're just friends." Andy stated. "And Milo go so angry and jealous. The last time a man got angry and jealous at me, I ended up with a big bruise on my face remember?" She added. "So of course I responded some what scared but I know Milo would never do that."
"He's a good man."
"Which is why I'm trying to figure out if I should risk our relationship buy going to dinner with Les or not."
"Everybody gets jealous once in awhile Andy. Upset as well. Milo is probably just a little worried that you'll chose Les over him in the end." Lu reasoned.
Andy took in the comment and nodded.
"And you should just remind him that he has nothing to worry about." They fell silent. "He does have nothing to worry about...right?"
Andy looked at her in disbelief. "Of course Delgado!" She said. "I wouldn't do that to him. I couldn't."
"Then tell him that."
"How can I if he won't even speak to me?"
"Give him some time to cool off. Meanwhile, you should go to dinner with Les and talk to him about...whatever. Even though he did stuff to you in the past, I know that you know he wasn't always such a bad guy and he's your friend now. Not to mention the father of your children." Lu said.
Andy smiled, glad she had someone like Lu to talk to. "Thanks Delgado." She said and stood up to leave.
"Are you ever going to call me Lu?" She asked on a happier note.
"Mmm...maybe." Andy responded and walked away. Lu smiled after her and glad she could help.
That night Andy dressed in jeans and a nice T-shirt. She thought getting all beautiful would be crossing the line. A line that she didn't even want to get near in fear of losing Milo because of it. Les picked her up at the house around seven and took her to a little restaurant in town. They sat down at a small table near the bar before a waiter came over to them.
"What can I get you to drink?"
"I'll just have a beer." Les said and looked at Andy.
"The same please." She told the waiter. He nodded and walked away to another table. Andy turned to Les. "I have to use the restroom. I'll be right back."
He nodded and watched her walk away. After she disappeared around the corner, he called the waiter back over.
"Mr. Campbell?" The man said.
Les pulled out a fifty-dollar bill and handed it to him. "You know that plan."
"Yes sir." He responded, slipping the money in his pocket and walking away. He headed behind the bar and poured beer into two icy cold mugs. Then, he placed them both on a tray and made sure no one was watching as he slipped a small bottle of clear liquid out of his pocket. The expression on his face didn't change as he poured some of it into one of the beers.
Once he was finished, he slipped the bottle back into his pocket and picked up the tray to take to his customers.
"One beer for you sir." He said and placed the non-contaminated beer in front of Les. "And one beer for you ma'am." He added and placed the contaminated beer in front of Andy. After he walked away, they each took a sip.
"So, what is it you wanted to talk about?"
"Jessie mostly." Les responded and smiled at Andy. She kept drinking the beer and he knew with each sip, she would be under his control more and more.
"What about her?"
"Who's this boy of hers?"
"Oh, Dylan." Andy laughed. "He's in her grade and they are adorable together. He's a nice boy so don't worry." She reassured him.
Les smiled again. He knew the Liquid X would take effect any minute. "I'm not worried, just curious." He said.
Andy smiled back and took another sip of her beer. She then started to fan herself. "Is it hot in here to you?"
'It's working.' He thought. "Yeah it is kind of. Why don't we go somewhere else and talk. It's too noisy here."
Andy agreed and they paid for their drinks before heading back to his apartment. "This your new place?" She asked, somewhat staggering into the room. Her balance was thrown and she caught herself in his arms. "Whoa. Sorry about that." She said and straightened back up.
Les smiled and led her to the couch in the living room. "You like it?" He asked.
"Yep." Andy said and looked around. "It's nice." She added with a slur.
He chuckled. "Want some wine or something?"
"Sure." She said.
Les headed into the kitchen and poured two glasses of White wine. He grinned at how well the drug was working. She was practically out of it.
"Here." He said and handed one glass to her.
"Thank you." She said and sipped it. "Man, I'm still kind of hot." She added and put the glass down on the table.
"Yeah you are." He said.
She looked at him surprised but smiled letting him know she didn't mind. Milo erased from her memory and she concentrated on the man she was sitting next to.
"Do you mind if I cool off?" She asked.
"Not at all."
With that said, Andy pulled off her shirt and sat there in her lace bra. Les's mouth dropped in shock but he quickly lifted it and smiled. She lay back on the couch and shut her eyes. Her body was growing weaker for some reason but she didn't care. Les kept smiling as he advanced on her. Her breathing got heavier as he unsnapped the back of her bra and took it off of her.
"I've been wanting to do this for a long time Andy."
She didn't respond. Instead, she lay still, letting him do whatever he wanted with her.
Les kissed her neck and then moved down her body. Andy didn't do anything to stop him. He pulled off his shirt and unbuttoned her pants along with his.
"You ready for this baby?" He whispered into her ear.
She still didn't respond. He noticed that her eyes were closed and she wasn't reacting.
"Andy?" He asked. "Andy?" Les moved back away from her and noticed that she wasn't breathing. "Andy!" He quickly buttoned up his pants and moved her on the floor to do CPR.
Within minutes, he got her breathing again. Panic stricken, he got her dressed back to normal and took her to his car, then headed for Rittenhouse.
Les rushed into the ER with Andy in his arms. Kayla noticed and ran to them.
"What happened?!" She said and motioned for him to put her down on one of the beds.
"I don't know Kayla. We were having a drink at a restaurant one-minute and the next she's passed out on the table. I got her here as quickly as possible!" He lied.
"What was she drinking?" Kayla asked while examining Andy.
Les acted nervous. "Um....uh a beer. It was just a beer." He responded.
"That can't be just it. You don't pass out over a beer!" She said and looked towards nurses. "I'm going to need a blood test quickly before we can treat her. We need to find out what was in that drink."
Les went home to inform the girls that Andy would be staying over night at the hospital. Lu had rushed into her hospital room after Kayla had gotten her settled. Andy was still unconscious. Milo was sitting next to her bed and holding her hand. Lu could see tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Milo?" She asked quietly.
He looked up. "Lu?"
"You ok?" She asked and slowly moved closer.
"No."
They left it at that. A few minutes later Les walked in with two cops and Kayla.
"What's going on?" Milo asked.
"We got Andy's blood test back." Kayla said.
They all stared at her for answers.
"We found GHB." She responded and Les looked at her confused. "It's Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid."
"Also known as Liquid Ecstasy, Scoop, Easy Lay, Grievous Bodily Hard, Liquid X, and Goop." Lu added to lessen the confusion.
"It's most commonly used as a date rape drug." Kayla said.
"I don't understand." Les said with anger in his tone. "She was drugged. How could she have been drugged."
"The blood test indicate that she had been out of it for less than an hour before it started attacking. Luckily, there was only enough to knock her unconscious. If there had been any more she would have most likely gone into a comma." Kayla responded.
Milo stared at Les. "It was you. You did this to her! You fucking bastard!" He said and headed for him. The two cops stopped him.
"Sir there is no need for that."
Milo straightened himself back out.
"Sir, we're going to have to take you down town."
"Me?!" Milo asked surprised. "Why me?!""We have reason to believe that you were at the restaurant where Mr. Campbell took the victim tonight. We also have reason to believe you drugged her." One said and handcuffed Milo.
"I did not!"
"Wait?! What?!" Lu questioned wide-eyed. "With all do respect officer, you're crazy! He would never do that."
"Ma'am that is for us to find out." They said and led Milo out of the hospital. Les walked to Andy as Lu turned to Kayla.
"This is nuts." Kayla said.
"Tell me about it." Les said.
The two women turned to him.
"All I wanted was to talk. It wasn't that big of a deal and his jealousy gets the best of him....and he does this." Les said with sadness and anger in this tone.
They both stared at him in shock.
Milo sat in a metal chair at a metal table in a small room at the police station. There was an officer across from him.
"Why'd you do it?"
"I didn't." Milo said.
"Well, you don't seem to have an alibi doctor."
"I told you already. I had gotten a note from Andy telling me to meet her at my house tonight. I was there. When she didn't show up, I decided to see if she was at the hospital still working."
"So you have no witnesses."
Milo hesitated. "No I don't. She told me to come alone so I did."
"Do you have this note? We could use it for evidence."
"Unfortunately I threw it away after I read it." Milo responded. He knew he was being set up by Les.
"You don't seem very innocent Morton."
"I'm telling you. I didn't drug her. I wouldn't do that. You've got the wrong guy."
"Really?'
"Yeah, maybe you should be questioning that ex-husband of hers. He's hated me since the minute he found out about me and this wouldn't be his first act of violence."
"What do you mean?"
"The reason their marriage didn't work out was because he decided to be jealous and smack her around a bit." Milo stated harshly.
"He hit her?"
"Yes, he did. Ask anybody."
"Don't worry I will." The cop said. "But that still doesn't give you an alibi."
"That's all you've got though. Me with no alibi and no witnesses. What you don't have is evidence that I did it. And you know why? Because I DIDN'T!!!" Milo yelled.
"Calm down sir." The cop said.
"CALM DOWN!! I'm sitting here being interrogated by you while the woman I adore is laying in a hospital bed sick and because of that damn man!" He yelled and got up from his seat.
"Don't make me tell you twice doctor." The cop said. Milo was breathing heavily with anger.
"How could this happen?" He asked himself. "How could I let him do this to me? To her?" He added but then turned to the cop. "I want to leave. And unless I'm under arrest, that's what I'm doing."
"As of right now, yes, I don't have the evidence to make an arrest so you're free to go." The cop said.
Milo stormed out of the place, gathering his belongings and calling a cab. He headed back to Rittenhouse. 'I'm going to figure this out.' He thought. 'I'm not letting him win.'
Les spent the night at Andy's house for Jessie and Lizzy's sake. When Milo got back to the hospital, her hospital room was empty, except for her. He approached her and held her hand in his, tears streaming down his face.
"Baby?" He asked. "I'm sorry. How could I let this happen to you?" He said, blaming himself.
Andy stirred and then her eyes fluttered open. "Water." She whispered.
Milo's eyes filled with hope. "What?"
"I want water." She said more clearly, her voice sore.
He quickly handed her the cup of water next to her bed and she drank it slowly. Then she looked up at him. "Milo?"
"I'm here."
"What happened?"
"I don't know. But I'm going to figure it out. Get some rest sweetie." He said and ran his fingers through her hair.
Andy slowly closed her eyes in exhaustion and fell back to sleep almost instantly. Milo never left her side.
The next morning, Kayla walked into the room.
"Dr. Morton?!" She said surprised, waking him up.
"Thornton." He acknowledged.
She started checking Andy's status as he explained what had happened the night before. Andy woke up half way in between their conversation.
"Andy? How are you feeling?" Kayla asked.
"Like shit." She said and sat up slowly. "Good thing I heard your conversation. I was wondering what was going on."
"You were listening?"
"It's the only way anybody would tell me anyway. I can't believe this." She said. "I don't remember anything."
Seconds later, two cops walked in.
Milo sighed. "Not again." He stated under his breath.
"Can I help you?" Kayla asked.
"Dr. Milo Morton. You are under arrest for the drugging of Dr. Andy Campbell." One of them said and headed for Milo with cuffs.
"What?" Andy said. "No, wait!" She said.
"Ma'am we found the evidence we need. This man drugged you. He deserves to be in jail."
"What evidence?"
"We had a search warrant for your house and car doctor. We found this." The cop said and the other one held up a small bag. Inside was the bottle that the Liquid X had come in.
"That's not mine!" Milo said.
"Sure it isn't." He said and led Milo out. "You have the right to remain silent, anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right....." His voice faded.
Andy sat there in shock. "They can't just do that!" She yelled as tears started forming in her eyes. Kayla looked at her, shocked as well. "Milo...." Andy trailed off.
So....review!! Tell me what you think! School starts soon so I don't know when the next chapter will be up! Sorry!!!
