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- Sirens were heard in the distance while Mary cried upon her lover's body. This was how the rescue and ambulance crew found her. This was how she remained until she was pried away from his body.-
Lights of Las Vegas
By Cat
Chapter: five
Mary...
Mary sobbed in the plastic chair in the waiting room. Her knees hugged up to her chest. Ed sat next to her and patted her back. He hugged her after a moment. Despite the fact that she was covered in so much of Danny's blood.
"Hey, Danny is strong." Ed whispered gently. "He'll make it through. He'll recover."
Suddenly a bang filled the room and Larry McCoy and his wife-to-be ran through the door with worry plastered upon their faces. Or at least Larry's face had a look of worry, Mary, nor Ed, was able to tell what the look on Jennifer's face was. It seemed to be a mixture of happiness and utter confusion.
After a couple of hours, a doctor came out of a door leading to the emergency room with a grave look on his face.
"Ms McCoy?" He asked as he looked around the room at the many family members and friends of Danny.
"Um, it's Connell." Mary corrected the doctor in a barely inaudible voice. She stood up quietly and looked at the doctor with a sympathetic look meant for Danny.
The doctor looked at the blood covered girl who had just stood up. She was very tearful and streaks of mascara and dirt covered her face. The doctor mentally sighed, everyday he had hundreds of wives and girlfriends claim the dead bodies of their partners and he usually had the bad news of telling them. He had the terrible job of telling hundreds of partners that their lover was in very bad shape and would not likely survive the trauma.
"Well, Ms Connell." The doctor said taking a deep breath; it was never easy to break the news to the victims' acquaintances. "Mr McCoy has suffered major injuries; he was shot a total of three times. Only one of them was fatal though. He was hit by the bullets once in the leg, the second time in the arm. He was then shot in the spine, which only just missed the spinal cord. It may have missed the spinal cord but sometimes during such cases it may have because some trauma to the spinal cord which sometimes leads to the victims becoming paralysed. At the very least he will have to remain in hospital for a month or so, under our supervision and then in bed for another couple of weeks."
Mary looked away with a frightened look. Danny had suffered many injuries throughout his life, some as minimal as scratches and cuts and he had also been shot multiple times before. He had always recovered though. He had always hated hospitals though, he hated them because of their blatant disregard for taking care of his mother when she was ill. Danny hadn't exactly been the most trusting person when he was younger, even later in life he hadn't really trusted many people.
Mary knew Danny would be upset when and if he woke up. If he became paralysed Mary didn't even know how upset he would be! Danny had always loved to run about and have fun, he often complained about having to walk around and chase after criminals and people who put the casino to harm but he'd rather be out and about than sitting at a desk.
"So will he be paralysed?" Ed asked, breaking the silence among the group.
The doctor took a brief look at the notepad he held and took a deep breath. "There is a fifty percent possibility that he may be paralysed. We will have to do a few some exams and we need to wait for young Mr McCoy to wake up to find out." The doctor looked at his notes once more before looking around at the crowd. "He's fine at the moment, it will be a little while before the effects of the anaesthetics wear out."
"May I see him?" Mary asked a little tentatively. The room went silent for a moment and the group looked at her.
The doctor looked at her for a moment, studying her. She seemed like the average housewife that he mistook her for at the beginning of the conversation. "Yes, follow me." The doctor said to her and led her to a room at the end of a hallway.
Mary entered the room cautiously and sat down in a chair next to Danny's bed. Taking his hand, she hugged it to her and began to sob. "Oh god, Danny!" She cried. "I love you so much!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
AN: Sorries that I haven't updated in a long time but I've been busy with the transcript for my site and many other things... I'm gonna do the next chapter for "Turn back Time" next...