***In Courtney's Car- the same day***

Emma: Mommy?

Courtney: What Emma?

Emma: I wanna go play wif Morgan.

Courtney: I know. that's where were going right now.

Emma: Yay!

Emma started clapping and Courtney adjusted her mirror so she could look at her daughter. Even Courtney laughed at the sight of her excited face. Just then her cell phone rang.

Courtney: Hello?

Jason: Hey.

Courtney: Hi. What's up?

Jason: I just wanted to see how you were. Are you still at the park?

Courtney: No. Emma and I are on our way over to Carly's.

Jason: Alright. I'll see you at home.

Courtney: Okay.

Emma: Oops.

Courtney: What babe?

Jason: Were you talking to me?

Emma: I dwoped(dropped) my juicy.

Courtney: No, hold on Jase. I have to pick up Emma's juice. She dropped it.

Jason: Okay.

Courtney: Hold on, I'll get it. Courtney said, taking her eyes off the road to pick up her daughter's sippy cup. Courtney was about to turn back around when she heard the screeching of tires.

Courtney: Oh my God!

Jason: What? What's going on?

Courtney and Emma were screaming. That was the last sound Jason heard as the line went dead.

Jason: Courtney? Courtney!! Hey. Answer me! Courtney???!

He yelled. They got in a car crash. That was why Courtney was yelling, he could hear Emma in the background.

Jason: I have to help them, but I don't know where the hell they are.

***The car wreck***

Paramedic: We have a woman and her child. They're probably around 26 and 4 Mr. Lansing.

Ric: Do we know who they are? Have their families been notified?

Paramedic: Hold on, we have the woman's purse right here… her name is Courtney Morgan.

Ric: Courtney Morgan? As in wife of Jason Morgan?

Paramedic: Yes sir.

Ric: You said her daughter was also in the car?

Paramedic: That is correct.

Ric: Have you gotten them out of the car yet?

Paramedic: The girl is out, but unconscious. We haven't been able to get the mother out yet. She wrecked the car pretty bad.

Ric: Get her out! You better get that woman out alive. Have someone call Morgan, now!

Paramedic: Yes sir.

Andy Capelli: I'll call Morgan.

Paramedic: Thank you.

Capelli dialed Jason's cell number.

Jason: What?

Capelli: Mr. Morgan this is Andy Capelli from the PCPD. Your wife and daughter have been involved in a car accident.

Jason: Where are they?

Capelli: Your daughter is on the way to GH. Your wife is still in the car.

Jason: You haven't gotten her out? Where the hell is my wife Capelli? Jason yelled, angry.

Capelli: Meet your daughter at the hospital. We will get Courtney out of the car.

Jason: I want to be with her Capelli. Where is she?

Capelli: 145 Treemont Road.

Jason: I'll be right there. Jason said slapping his cell phone shut. Before he went, he had to call Monica and tell her to be the one to examine his daughter.

Monica: Hello?

Jason: Monica? Its Jason.

Monica: What a surprise. What can I do for you?

Jason: I don't have a lot of time. Emma has been in an accident. She's on her way to GH. I need you to make sure she's okay.

Monica: Of course Jason. Ill make sure she's okay.

Jason: Thank you so much. I have to go.

Monica: Okay be safe.

Jason hung up the phone and ran to his car.



***Scene of the accident***

Jason: Courtney? Where the hell is my wife? He yelled, at no one in particular. Jason looked at the car, Oh my God, he thought. She's still in there? No. She's okay. Courtney will be fine. She has to be.

Ric: Why aren't you at the hospital with your daughter?

Jason: Is Courtney still in there?

Ric: No. we were able to get her out.

Jason: Well where is she? Is she okay?

Ric: All I know is that she's unconscious. She has severe wounds, well at least it looks like it.

Jason: Where is she? Jason asked again.

Ric: Over there on that stretcher. They're examining her I don't this- Jason walked away from him before he could say anymore. He couldn't understand this. It just wasn't registering in his brain. Courtney. His Courtney, she was lying lifeless on a stretcher with tons of paramedics huddled over her. He ran over, he made several men move so he could see the extent of her injuries. He could barely see her face. He couldn't believe how much blood she had lost. Jason couldn't stand to look at her like that. He just wanted to take away all of her pain, and put it on himself. Then it occurred to him, why the hell were all these people examining her here? They had to get her to GH.

Jason: What the hell are you doing? Put my wife in the damn ambulance and let's go. She needs to get to the hospital.

Of course no one was going to argue with Jason Morgan, certified killer. They lifted her up into the ambulance.

Jason watched as the did so.

Jason: Careful…

Paramedic: You cannot be in the ambulance sir.

Jason: I'm going with her.

Paramedic: I'm sorry sir, that's against regu-

Jason: I don't give a damn about regulations. I don't have time for this.

He said as he jumped into the ambulance and grabbed hold of his wife's bloody hand.

Jason: Courtney. Emma is with Monica. They are already at the hospital, she'll take good care of our baby okay? He gave her hand a squeeze. Emma will be fine.

***GH***

Bobbie: Jason! Bobbie said as she ran up to him.

Jason: How's Emma?

Bobbie: Jason, I don't know how to tell you this. Jason's heart dropped. His eyes burning with the tears that were threatening to fall.

Jason: She's okay. She has to be.

Bobbie: Her heart.

Jason: Oh my God. The hole in her heart. What's going on Bobbie? You gotta tell me.

Bobbie: Little Emma's heart couldn't keep going regularly with all the blood loss she sustained. Jason, her heart is no good. She's going to need a transplant.

Jason looked over at Courtney, who was being rushed away by the doctors, then he turned back to Bobbie.

Jason: What do I need to do?

Bobbie: Be with her. Jason if she doesn't get a heart transplant within the next 72 hours, she won't make it.

Jason: Is she awake?

Bobbie: No. Jason I have to warn you, when you walk into her room, she is going to look terrible. Emma is hooked up to so many machines. Her little body is so fragile, just be strong for her okay?

Jason: Thanks Bobbie. Could you call Sonny and Carly for me?

Bobbie: Of course. And I'll let you know when Courtney is out of surgery.

Jason: Thank you. What room is she in?

Bobbie: Emma is in 211. ICU.

Jason walked away. The two most important people in his life were fighting for their lives. He couldn't handle this. But he had to be strong on the outside. For Emma and Courtney. They would live. Emma, she will get her heart. She had such a good one already. Jason was just wondering how he was going to tell his wife this. How could he tell the woman he loved that their daughter needed a heart transplant when she was only four years old?

He came up on Emma's room. He opened the door and saw his little girl. Bobbie was right. She was hooked up to so many machines. She had tubes up her nose and IV's everywhere. Once again Jason wished that was him. He wished he could be the one with the heart defect, not her. Not his only daughter. Not his baby. This little girl brought so much life into everyone's lives. And all of a sudden, that light had burnt out. She was lying in a hospital bed, fighting for her life.

Jason put his head down on the side of her bed and stroked her hair.

Jason: Emma, I love you so so much. You have to fight okay? You have to be strong like your Mommy is. You are gonna get your new heart sweetie. I promise. Nothing is gonna keep you away from me and Mom. You're gonna come home and sleep in the bed with us. You and your new heart. Emma, you're my miracle.

Sonny and Carly walked into her room.

Carly: Oh my Gosh. She started crying and had to excuse herself.

Sonny went over to his niece and sat on the opposite side of the bed across from Jason. His best friend's only daughter, his only little girl was sick, deathly sick.

Sonny: What's going on?

Jason: It's her heart. She needs a transplant.

Sonny touched his niece's face.

Sonny: We'll make sure she gets it Jase. don't worry about it. Carly and I will take care of everything.

Jason: Thanks.

Sonny: Where's my sister? She must be pretty upset.

Jason began to let the tears stream down his face.

Jason: She, she uhh she, well they uhh got in a car crash. Courtney, she's in surgery. Bobbie promised to tell me when she was out.

Sonny: You're falling apart.

Jason: If you were me and your wife and daughter were in the hospital fighting for their lives, you would be too.

Sonny: I know. I know Jase.

Jason tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

Sonny: She looks just like Courtney.

Jason: Yeah. I'm lucky. My wife is beautiful and my daughter is just like her. I couldn't ask for more. Emma and Courtney are my whole life Sonny. I won't lose them.

Tony Jones entered the room as soon as Jason had finished her sentence.

Tony: Mr. Morgan, I am both your daughter's and your wife's doctor.

Jason: How's Courtney?

Tony: Let's talk about Emma first. Jason looked at his daughter then back to Tony.

Tony: As you know, Emma needs a heart transplant. She suffered severe internal injuries, causing her heart to have to work overtime and the hole prevented her from doing that.

Jason: Is she going to be able to get the transplant?

Tony: We do have a donor lined up. A little girl with lung disease who has a perfectly healthy heart's family agreed to give Emma their daughter's heart.

Jason: Okay, then what are we waiting for?

Tony: This is an extremely difficult surgery Jason. Emma's odds are against her.

Jason: Well if she needs the surgery to live Tony, she obviously has to have it.

Tony: I just wanted you to know her odds of living aren't good either way. If we perform surgery on her now, she could die because her body is too hurt and sensitive. If we wait three days we could lose her at any given time, but if she lives and we perform the surgery it will make her odds much better.

Jason: I need to speak to Courtney about this. I can't make any decisions regarding my daughter's life until my wife agrees with me.

Tony: You will have to make this decision on your own Jason. Courtney is in a coma. End.