Chapter 15

Amy had been driving the rental car behind me and saw the whole thing do down…she nearly had a wreck herself…a drunk semi driver, crossed over the medium so fast that the tracker jumped over the hood of the limo, and by the time the limo driver stopped, the back of the limo was pinned under the trailer that the semi was pulling…Amy was in hysterical tears when she called Matt cell-phone…

All of them were still sitting in the dressing room trying to talk with Mark, and help him remember what had done down that night, but were interrupted by Matt's cell phone ringing…When Matt answered the phone, he could hear Amy sobbing hysterically on the other end…Matt jumped up and said, "AMY…what's wrong…baby…what happened…where are you…" Everyone stopped and noticed the urgent tone in Matt's voice…Mark said, "What's going on?" Matt said, "I don't know, she's crying so hard she can't talk…" Mark took the phone and said, "Amy, its Mark, what's going on?" She managed to get out 'Nyla…car accident…St. Luke's hospital'…and that was about it."

Mark jumped up and said, "Amy, said something about Nyla and a car accident…and St. Luke's hospital…" Once it all finally sank in they all took off to the hospital…Matt found Amy, sitting in the ER waiting room, still crying…They all rushed over to her…Matt said, "Amy, what the hell happened?" Amy calmed down enough to tell them what happened…every single one of them had this stunned look on their face…they couldn't believe something like that had happened…cause stuff like that just doesn't happen…

Mark said, "What about Nyla and the baby?" Amy said, "I don't know Mark…the last thing they said was that she was pinned in the car by the roof…and they could see her coughing up blood…they thought she might have a punctured lung from a couple of broken ribs, but they wouldn't be able to tell, until they got her in there…" Mark closed his eyes and thought 'this is a dream and only a dream'…but of course he was brought back down to reality, when the doctor walked out into the waiting room…

The doctor said, "I'm guessing you're all here for Nyla Hill…" They all nodded…and he continued and said, "I'm Dr. Alexander…I've been working on Nyla since she came in here…she's extremely lucky to even be alive…the way that roof had her pinned in there…if it would have been any heavier or if the trailer would of tilted a degree either way she could have been either paralyzed or crushed to death…right now, she's up in surgery to repair two puncture holes from two of her ribs being broken and pushed through her lung…but the most serious thing is that she lost the baby…we weren't able to save it as hard as we tried…being injured is never nearly as hard to come back from, then it is for a mother to miscarriage. I recommend all of you rally around her and support her if she needs it…don't baby her or coddle her…but support her…let her know you're there if she needs anything…"

Matt said, "Thanks doc…" Amy said, "I should call Vanessa…she'd want to know…" Jeff said, "I'll call her, I don't mind…"

As soon as Jeff called Vanessa, her and Jakie were on the first flight out…by the time they got to the hospital, I was out of surgery and in a room…They were all waiting for me to wake up, before they went in to see me…Jakie immediately went to Amy, she held him, while Vanessa didn't wait and come down to see me…I was just starting to wake up when I saw her walk in the room…

Vanessa walked over and took my hand and said, "Girl, are you trying to make me have a heart attack?" I smiled a little and said, "No…I'm not the one who wrecked the limo…I wasn't driving…" Vanna said, "Well, thank goodness for that…how are you feeling sweetie…did they tell you about the baby?"

I said, "Yea, they told me about the baby before I went into surgery…I'm okay with it…I realize I wasn't ready to do the whole motherhood thing…I'm not feeling too bad, I have enough drugs in me to kill a small village, but I'm feeling okay." Vanessa said, "Well, if you need to talk you know I'm here…You do have some visitors out in the lobby, who'd like to come in here and see that you're alright…do you mind?" I said, "Yes, I know…go ahead and tell them to come on back…"

Vanessa gave me a careful hug and then took off down the hall…when she walked in everyone stood up…She said, "She's awake…she's feeling okay from all the medicine they have her on…they told her about the baby before they took her into surgery…she's okay with it, cause she said she wasn't really ready for it…but she also said she'd like to see you, so go ahead and go down to see her…"