Loss 5/7


Chapter Five:

When Terry came around next she felt heavy inside. 'It's the grief,' she thought to herself. She'd felt the same way when her beloved grandmother had died suddenly. She carried her loss as a weight in her chest that pulled her down, making everything harder.

"Well hello there..." a quiet voice came from the doorway. Terry opened her eyes to find David standing there. "I was wondering when you were going to wake up."

"David... Hi..." Terry managed to get out.

He came and sat next to her. "It's okay, you don't have to talk. I'm just glad to see you awake is all."

Terry had to ask him something though. "Alan and Charlie... How did... How did they take the news about Don?"

"Well, you can imagine," David said. "Charlie pretty much lost it, I mean you saw him after Don only got grazed by a bullet and now this? Alan took it really hard too, of course, Don's his son so yeah..." David shook his head.

Terry fought back the tears welling up in her eyes. "We never saw it coming."

David nodded. "We're still looking for Wilbur. The sedan he carjacked turned up but there's no sign of him."

"He carjacked someone?"

"You didn't know? Sorry, I just figured someone told you already. I've been busy working the case and couldn't come until today."

"I've been out most of the time," Terry explained.

"Well, he stopped a sedan driving down Haller Lane, pulled the driver out of the car, shot him, took the car and disappeared before the police arrived on the scene. They found the poor guy laying in the street and you and Don in the front yard when they arrived. The hospital told us the carjack victim didn't make it so now Wilbur's up for Homicide, not just firing on federal officers."

Something clicked in Terry's head. "The carjack victim died? Was he shot in the chest?"

"Yeah, he died here at the hospital right after they brought you three in."

Terry felt like she could kiss David she was so happy. "And Don?"

"Well, he hasn't woken up yet but the doctors think he will soon. He just had a lot more shot in him than you did. He lost a lot of blood, Terry. It's going to take him a lot longer to recover from this."

Terry grabbed David and pulled him down to her so she could kiss his cheek. "Thank you!" she exclaimed.

"Any time." David was confused but didn't protest. "Glad I could help."