About forty-five minutes later Sandy's BMW screeched into the hospital parking lot. Ryan, Sandy and Marissa jumped out of the car and Ryan sprinted through the hospital doors. Ryan found Theresa's mom sitting in the waiting room.

Ryan: Hey.

Theresa's Mom: Ryan.

Ryan gave her a hug; he could tell she was worried. A few seconds later, Sandy and Marissa caught up with Ryan in the waiting room.

Ryan: What happened, what's going on?

Theresa's Mom: Eddie.

Ryan: What did he do to her?

Theresa's Mom: Eddie came to the house to see her, she was upset because you had left. They got into a fight…they were screaming at each other, Eddie hit her and she hit her stomach on the footboard of the bed and fell to the floor.

Ryan: The baby.

Theresa's Mom: She's really scared, I finally got her to come to the hospital; I knew she had to be checked out.

Ryan: Can I see her?

Theresa's Mom: Not yet, I've been waiting for the doctors to come out.

Ryan looked down at the floor, and in the process noticed a bruise forming on Theresa's mom's arm.

Ryan: Did Eddie do that to you?

Theresa's Mom: I tried to pull him back, he grabbed me and pushed he into the wall…I'm okay though.

Ryan: I can't believe this…I'm going to kill him.

Sandy: Ryan, calm down.

Ryan: Would you be calm?

Sandy: No, I guess I wouldn't.

Sandy walked over to Theresa's mom and tried to comfort her, while Ryan stepped back and stood next to Marissa, Marissa reached over held his hand.

Sandy: Have you called the police?

Theresa's Mom: Yes, I called and gave them his description, and his address.

Sandy: Any word?

Theresa's Mom: No, nothing yet.

Sandy and Theresa's mom went over to the couch and sat down, while Ryan and Marissa stood. None of them spoke. Theresa's mom looked over at Ryan and Marissa together, she knew her daughter would not be happy to know Marissa was at the hospital, but she also know she couldn't do anything about.

Theresa's Mom: I was sorry to hear about your son.

Sandy: Oh, thank you.

Theresa's Mom: Do you know where he is?

Sandy: No, we think he might have sailed to Tahiti.

Theresa's Mom: Is that where rich kids run away too?

Sandy was taken aback by her statement, and just looked at Theresa's mom.

Theresa's Mom: I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that…I was out of line.

Sandy: It's okay…I'm sure you have a lot on your mind.

Sandy got up from the couch and walked over to Ryan and Marissa.

Sandy: How you holding up kid?

Ryan: I'm okay.

The waiting room was silent once again, until a doctor suddenly walked in. The doctor looked down at his paperwork and then up at Theresa's mom. Theresa's mom immediately stood up and walked over to the doctor.

Doctor: I'm sorry ma'am, we did all we could, but it wasn't enough.

Theresa's Mom: The baby?

Doctor: We couldn't save it, I'm sorry.

Theresa's Mom: How is Theresa doing?

Doctor: I think she's in shock a bit, but other than that, she's fine.

Theresa's Mom: Can I see her now?

Doctor: Yes, of course, she's in room 214.

Theresa's mom turned toward Ryan, who looked like he was in shock.

Theresa's Mom: Do you want to come Ryan?

Ryan: Uh…no…yeah…you go ahead, I'll be in, in a few minutes.

Theresa's mom nodded and turned to walk down the hall towards Theresa's room. Ryan stepped away from Sandy and Marissa and went and sat down on the couch. Sandy and Marissa just looked at each other and then went over to the couch to be with Ryan. Sandy sat down next to him and put his arm around Ryan's shoulders.

Sandy: It's going to be okay kid.

Ryan just nodded and stared at the floor. The three sat in silence; neither Sandy nor Marissa knew what to say. After a few minutes Ryan stood up.

Ryan: I should go see her.

Sandy: Yeah, we'll wait here.

Ryan nodded and walked down the hall towards Theresa's room. Ryan stopped in front of room 214, he slowly opened the door and saw Theresa and her mom sitting on the hospital bed. Ryan walked into the room, and Theresa and her mother looked over at him.

Theresa's Mom: I'll give the two of you a minute.

Theresa: Thanks.

Theresa's mom exited the room and Ryan walked over to the bed and sat down next to Theresa.

Ryan: You okay?

Theresa didn't say anything; she just grabbed Ryan and hugged him, and then started crying. Ryan hugged her back, and stared out the window.

Ryan: I'm sorry.

Theresa: I just can't believe this is happening.

Theresa and Ryan stopped hugging and Theresa sat back in bed. Ryan didn't know what to say and apparently neither did Theresa. A few seconds later, Theresa's mom entered the room again.

Theresa's Mom: How are you doing honey?

Theresa: I'm…I'm really not sure, I think I just want to go home.

Ryan stood up from the bed and walked across the room and leaned against the wall.

Theresa's Mom: Okay honey, let me go talk to your doctors and make sure it's okay.

Theresa's mom left the room once again and Theresa turned towards Ryan.

Theresa: You can come with us, stay…in Chino.

Ryan, who had been looking down at the floor immediately looked up at Theresa.

Ryan: I can't.

Theresa: Why?

Ryan: I'm sorry Theresa, but there is nothing left for me in Chino.

Theresa shifted her glance away from Ryan. Ryan stood up straight and began walking towards the door. Suddenly he stopped and turned around.

Ryan: Goodbye Theresa.

Ryan turned again and walked out the door. As he was leaving, he ran into Theresa's Mom in the hall. He gave her a quick hug and they said their goodbyes. Ryan walked back into the waiting room and found Sandy and Marissa sitting on the couch. They both stood up when they saw him walk in.

Ryan: Let's go home.