Chapter 44
By the time the doctor had come in to let them know about Jordan, the team was alone in the waiting room. The other people had since left or moved to a hospital room with their love ones.
After a lot of prodding by her co-workers, Sue finally curled up on one of the sofas. Covered with a blanket Bobby had swiped from an open linen closet down the hall, she was now fast asleep oblivious to the activities around her.
While no one wanted to wake her, Jack knew he'd better let her talk to the doctor since Jordan's condition was the reason she wouldn't go home. He knelt down beside her, brushing a stray hair out of her face, gently shaking her shoulder waking her.
"The doctor's here," he said quietly when she opened her eyes. Seeing her struggle because of her soreness, Jack quickly moved to help her sit up.
Waving the doctor over, Jack made sure he understood about facing Sue when he talked so she could read his lips. Sitting beside her, Jack prepared to sign anything Sue didn't catch as the doctor began to speak.
"I'm Doctor Kotsur," he said with Jack fingerspelling his name. "Ms. Michaels came through the surgery fine. She had a ruptured spleen that we were able to repair. We set her arm and the plastic surgeon was able to wire together the broken bones in her face." He paused to see if anyone had any questions and waited while Jack signed a few things to Sue.
"Will she be okay?" Sue asked quietly.
"Ms. Michaels has a long road to recovery," Dr. Kotsur admitted. "She might need more surgeries for her face, but she should get as good as new in time."
Sue sagged against Jack in relief, all of her pent up emotions came pouring out. Jack put his arm around her letting her cry on his shoulder.
"Thank you, Doctor," Jack said as Bobby and D led him to the door asking him a few more questions. Behind Tara, who was having trouble holding in her tears of joy, Myles stood shuffling his feet at the display of emotion before reaching out to put a comforting hand on Tara's shoulder. She turned to look up at him, her smile slightly surprised at his show of sympathy.
"Jack, maybe we should get Sue home now," Myles stated quietly, looking at the blonde in the other agent's arms.
"Harvard's right for once, Sparky," Bobby said coming back to join them, earning a glare from the blonde agent. "The doctor said it will be at least morning before we can see Jordan."
"There's nothing more we can do here," D added. "They have our numbers in case they need anything."
Jack touched Sue's chin to get her to look up, he signed, HOME-GO-NOW. Fortunately, Sue was too tired now to argue anymore and just nodded her head in agreement. Jack stood with her, leaving his arm around her as six of them made their way down the now quiet hospital corridor.