A Heavy Heart 5/20
Chapter Five:
When Don can't reach Larry on his cell phone, he starts calling hospitals. He hangs up mid-sentence when his caller ID shows a call from L. Wilson. He's only met Laurel once but he's got a good memory for names and recognizes Larry's girlfriend's last name immediately.
"Laurel? Where's Charlie?" Don doesn't even let her get a word out before he asks about his brother.
"Huntington Memorial," she replies without hesitation. "I'm on my way to pick up your father now."
"What's his condition?" Don asks.
"I don't know. The doctors haven't said anything to Larry yet. Larry only said it looks like it's his heart."
Don freezes, phone still to his ear. Charlie's heart. Not a fainting spell, not exhaustion, not even a bump on the head. His heart...
"Don? Don? Are you there?" Laurel is talking but Don can't respond.
Terry sees Don paralyzed with fear and grabs the phone from him. Don doesn't protest.
"Laurel? It's Terry. We're on our way. Go get Alan and let him know we'll meet you there. Call us if you get any updates from Larry." Terry closes the phone and speeds up. Pasadena is still a ways away and now they're both anxious to get there as soon as possible.
Before it's too late, each of them thinks, not wanting to share that thought with the other...