"Dr. Abigail Lockhart was a really wonderful woman who had a lot of problems in life. She had a dysfunctional family, her mother and brother both bipolar and constantly off their medicine, and then to top it off she never had a father figure in her life. As a young child she was forced into maturity by her mother who constantly left her alone with her younger brother Eric, she never had a childhood, only a glimpse of what was to come. As she got older she began to rely on cigarettes and alcohol as a crutch, something to help her get through the day and her life. She became an alcoholic. Her first marriage was a mess, a partner who was constantly at work, and then it took a turn for a worse when she found out she was pregnant. Abby was afraid of what might happen to this child, and just decided she was not ready. She aborted it, and just allowed the marriage to slip through the cracks. Her husband never found out about the abortion, and never will.
Abby came to County General Hospital as an OB nurse, and was kind of in between a rock and a hard place in life. She had been down here in the ER, and found Dr. Carter shooting up on some left over pain medicine. Abby immediately notified some of the attendings, and action was taken. John had been stabbed that year by the same man who had killed his med student on Valentines Day, he got to watch in pain as his med student slowly bled to death. He became dependent on the pain medicine for his back, but Abby had finally made it clear that John was way over his head. All of the attendings pushed John to go to Atlanta to a place for doctors addicted to pain medicine. It straightened him out and Abby and he became good friends. That's when Abby told John about her drinking problem and that she had been sober for a few years. They helped each other through each others problems.
After one of our best doctors had passed away, we had a small pox outbreak here. John and Abby were stuck together in the ER for two weeks, where they fell in love. Their relationship was rocky, but still a lot of fun to watch. John had wanted to propose to Abby, but decided in the end that he and she were not ready. During that year Abby's brother had been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, and basically ran off. Finally when there had been a break in the case John's grandmother had passed away. He got pissed at her that she would put her own brother in front of their relationship. The relationship just dissolved from there. John went to Kisagani, Africa, and basically broke up with Abby in a letter, that one of the clerks found and read to everyone. Before John and Abby could ever talk again John brought his new girl friend home with him.
While John was in Africa Abby decided to go back to med school to become a doctor just like she had intended. She started off in the rough, and eventually became a diamond. She was great, all of her nursing skills being put to the test, she had a leg up on all of the other students. She graduated, the day John and his girlfriend lost their son. Abby was always there for him. She became an excellent doctor in emergency medicine; she saved a lot of lives.
After that John and Abby just didn't get along, and after a few months John went chasing back after his girlfriend to Africa. John later found out his girlfriend had been cheating on him, and came back here. From then on Abby and John became good friends. It was kind of nice to see them together, but it was still sad to see that after a beautiful relationship all they could be was friends." Susan said, she could feel the tears welling up in her eyes as she spoke of her dearest friend. "So what happened to her? How did she die?" Steven asked, he was very intrigued with this tale of romance.
"She was struck and killed by a car, nothing more than that. Her body was broken beyond repair. We tried all that we could, but we couldn't fix her like we fix everyone else who walks through these damn doors. Every time something happens to a staff member they either end up dead from the start, or are dying." Susan said, her face flushing, embarrassed of how she spoke of her work place. "I'm sorry; I still miss her so much." Susan said. "That's alright, it is only natural. It sounds like you two were friends. She shared a lot with you." Steven said looking into Susan's eyes, noticing how they were brimming with tears. "We were great friends; we went through a lot together." Susan said smiling. "Well, how about I start working tomorrow since you shift is over with." Steven said looking down at his watch. "Your right." Susan said checking her watch.