"Chris?" Hook called quietly as he entered the surgical waiting
room once more almost an hour later. He frowned when he heard the sound of
soft sobbing and looked across the room to see Lona still sitting right
where she had been since Chris had brought her up here to wait for news.
"Hasn't she stopped crying at all?" Hook crossed the room and sat down on Chris's other side, looking with concern at Lona, her head buried against Chris's shoulder as she wept.
"I thought I had her calmed down for a little while and then one of the police officers came up here to see if he could take an official statement or something. he said something about how lucky she was that Elmer had got her down when he did and she completely lost it again. Is he awake yet?" Chris asked anxiously. Okay, she knew that seeing Lona in this condition would totally freak Elmer out but maybe if Lona could see that he was actually okay, that he wasn't upset with her or anything....
"Not yet but the nurse in charge of him has my pity when he does wake up." Hook said with a slight shake of his head. Elmer could be impossible while perfectly healthy so Hook didn't even want to think of how he would be acting with minor injuries, especially since the injuries occurred in the defense of Lona. He would probably take the minor wounds as a visible sign of his love for her or something. "Do you think she might be calming down enough to go back and see him now? You know if she's not there when he wakes up, Elmer's going to freak."
"I don't know." Chris said as she looked down at Lona for a moment before looking up at Hook again. "Is Louis calmer now? He didn't say anything before but the way he was looking at Lona like he was blaming her for what happened...."
"He's still pretty upset." Hook said slowly. He had noticed the same thing that Chris had about how Louis was reacting, the mere mention of Lona's name causing his jaw to clinch tightly and this look to appear in his eyes as if he was struggling to push down rage. He shook his head slightly. Okay, he could slightly understand why Louis was reacting the way that he did. Lona was right there, after all, a visible target for the very distraught father to lash out against while the nut who shot Elmer was safely handcuffed to a bed and missing a hand. Still, though, Louis was going to have to see that this just wasn't Lona's fault and soon. If Elmer woke up and found out that his dad had blamed Lona or treated her badly....
"Hook, I don't know if it's a very good idea for her to be around Louis while he's blaming her." Chris said quietly. She was now rocking Lona back and forth, rubbing her back gently in an attempt to soothe her a bit. "Can you talk to him or something, let him know that this wasn't Lona's fault? Why doesn't he go and find Stegman? If anyone needs some blame it's him!"
"Stegman isn't here. He heard about what happened on the news while he was at lunch with Brenda and actually managed to put two and two together for a change and worked out that now might not be the best time to show his face. He invented some sick relative down in Boston and caught a plane out." Sick relative. Yeah, right. Everyone knew that Steg hadn't been born. He had just crawled out from under a rock someplace.
"That figures." Chris shook her head, anger against Stegman slowly building. He caused a disaster at the hospital and then fled rather than taking responsibility. "Hook, do you think that you can get her in to see Elmer without Louis there? I really don't think they need to be in the same room together right now, not with how freaked she is."
"They'll be taking him to a room in a few minutes. I'll see what I can do to distract Louis for awhile." Hook said as he leaned over, gently kissing Chris's forehead before standing. "Why don't I see about ordering a mild sedative for her too? Elmer really, really doesn't need to see her like this." Hook shook his head slightly as he headed down the hallway to issue the order. No, seeing Lona this freaked would definately not help matters. Here Elmer had saved her from being shot only for her to have a nervous breakdown? He didn't think there was a way for him to put a not so bad spin on that. Maybe if Lona could see Elmer though, could see that he really was okay.... That would probably be the best medicine for both of them.
"Hasn't she stopped crying at all?" Hook crossed the room and sat down on Chris's other side, looking with concern at Lona, her head buried against Chris's shoulder as she wept.
"I thought I had her calmed down for a little while and then one of the police officers came up here to see if he could take an official statement or something. he said something about how lucky she was that Elmer had got her down when he did and she completely lost it again. Is he awake yet?" Chris asked anxiously. Okay, she knew that seeing Lona in this condition would totally freak Elmer out but maybe if Lona could see that he was actually okay, that he wasn't upset with her or anything....
"Not yet but the nurse in charge of him has my pity when he does wake up." Hook said with a slight shake of his head. Elmer could be impossible while perfectly healthy so Hook didn't even want to think of how he would be acting with minor injuries, especially since the injuries occurred in the defense of Lona. He would probably take the minor wounds as a visible sign of his love for her or something. "Do you think she might be calming down enough to go back and see him now? You know if she's not there when he wakes up, Elmer's going to freak."
"I don't know." Chris said as she looked down at Lona for a moment before looking up at Hook again. "Is Louis calmer now? He didn't say anything before but the way he was looking at Lona like he was blaming her for what happened...."
"He's still pretty upset." Hook said slowly. He had noticed the same thing that Chris had about how Louis was reacting, the mere mention of Lona's name causing his jaw to clinch tightly and this look to appear in his eyes as if he was struggling to push down rage. He shook his head slightly. Okay, he could slightly understand why Louis was reacting the way that he did. Lona was right there, after all, a visible target for the very distraught father to lash out against while the nut who shot Elmer was safely handcuffed to a bed and missing a hand. Still, though, Louis was going to have to see that this just wasn't Lona's fault and soon. If Elmer woke up and found out that his dad had blamed Lona or treated her badly....
"Hook, I don't know if it's a very good idea for her to be around Louis while he's blaming her." Chris said quietly. She was now rocking Lona back and forth, rubbing her back gently in an attempt to soothe her a bit. "Can you talk to him or something, let him know that this wasn't Lona's fault? Why doesn't he go and find Stegman? If anyone needs some blame it's him!"
"Stegman isn't here. He heard about what happened on the news while he was at lunch with Brenda and actually managed to put two and two together for a change and worked out that now might not be the best time to show his face. He invented some sick relative down in Boston and caught a plane out." Sick relative. Yeah, right. Everyone knew that Steg hadn't been born. He had just crawled out from under a rock someplace.
"That figures." Chris shook her head, anger against Stegman slowly building. He caused a disaster at the hospital and then fled rather than taking responsibility. "Hook, do you think that you can get her in to see Elmer without Louis there? I really don't think they need to be in the same room together right now, not with how freaked she is."
"They'll be taking him to a room in a few minutes. I'll see what I can do to distract Louis for awhile." Hook said as he leaned over, gently kissing Chris's forehead before standing. "Why don't I see about ordering a mild sedative for her too? Elmer really, really doesn't need to see her like this." Hook shook his head slightly as he headed down the hallway to issue the order. No, seeing Lona this freaked would definately not help matters. Here Elmer had saved her from being shot only for her to have a nervous breakdown? He didn't think there was a way for him to put a not so bad spin on that. Maybe if Lona could see Elmer though, could see that he really was okay.... That would probably be the best medicine for both of them.