Lu has been working longer hours at the clinic and trying to

get lost in her work so living in Rapeland won't be so extreme.

When Lu goes to see Marska she surprises Corina by asking

Corina to join her.

(Four days later)

(Lu's office)

"Claire I won't lie to you Natalie is getting worse again."

"Lu please help her."

"Aisha I'm doing everything I can."

"Well she's not going to die. Mama I don't want her to die."

"Aisha Lu will take care of her."

"I promise I will do everything I can."

--Exam room 1--

"Lu what am I gonna do if it's cancer?"

"Carrie you know you have options."

"Lu I don't know what to do. What about my baby boy Nickel?"

"Your gonna be fine. I will make sure of that okay."

"I'm scared Lu."

"I know."

"Let's get you set up for a mamogram and some other tests."

"Alright."

(Lana's desk)

"Doctor Stowe, Kat Bower is in your exam room with a high fever."

"Thanks."

"Kat let's take your tempature and see if we can see what's going on with you."

"I think I just have the flu, but my fever was 102 so I wanted to come in."

"Well right now you have a temp of 103 so I'm going to admit you and keep a close eye on your fever."

"Okay."

"It seems like you do have the flu, let's watch your fever though."

--Later that afternoon--

"Lu her vitals are really low."

"Nurse lets give her something to get these pressures up."

"Claire do you want me to bring her back if something would happen?"

"Lu won't this medicine help her, please help my sister."

"Aisha I'm gonna try to save your sister."

"Yes."

(Two hours later)

"Damnit she's going right now."

"No, Lu."

"Oh my God Natalie don't leave us..."

"Claire I need to know for sure if you want me to bring her back she's going right now."

"Lu she had asema so bad."

"I just need to be alone with her for a while so I can think."

"Mama Natalie was really sick."

"She's my baby, my little Nat."

"You don't have to make any desions right now."

"Could you put her on a vent until I decide?"

"Yeah sure."

(Lu's office)

"Lu I thought about it and I wanna let her go."

"I watched her suffer long enough."

"I'm sorry Claire, I really am."

"I have got leave work early today to go to an appointment of my own."

"It's alright Lu thank you for everything you did."

--Lu's apartment--

"Corina I want you to come to my appointment today."

"What kind of appointment?"

"It's with Mariska."

"And you want me to come with?"

"Yeah please."

"I guess."

(Mariska's office)

"So Lu what's up?"

"Is it normal to feel like it just happened? Like after a nightmare or something."

"Yeah it's not pleasant, but it's normal."

"Lu calls me sometimes in the middle of the night, she writes and writes and writes."

"What has been going on since the last time we talked?"

"I've been working none stop lately."

"Lu you need to slow down and take care of yourself."

"Just been trying to continue life as normal as I can other than the RTS (rape trauma syndrome) and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)."

"I keep telling Lu that she's a strong one, but she needs to take care of herself."

"You and I both Corina."

"Guys I do."

"Lu..."

"Not all the time I know."

"How much have you had this in your face?"

"No rape kits in a little while."

"Corina is Lu doing alright that you can see?"

"Hello I am in the room."

"She's holding up alright."

"Just checking up on you Lu."

"Funny."

"Do you talk openly with Corina?"

"Well yeah."

"Honestly Mariska I haven't been doing that good."

"Uhuh, what's been going on lately?"

"Work, work, spending time with Corina, trying to stay in touch with the neighborhood."

"Isn't that what you said you never wanted to do Lu, lose touch with the neighborhood?"

"Yeah I have lived here most of my life and I treat a lot of the women at my free clinic."

"How many survivors do you see or have you seen?"

"I have done to many rape exams, and I'm not proud to say that over eighty percent of the women I see are survivors of sexual assault."

--The next day--

"Lana is Carrie here yet?"

"Yeah is just went in your exam room."

"How you doing Carrie?"

"Lu what did the tests show?"

"Am I going to be alright?"

"You had a mass, not cancer and your gonna be fine."

"Thank the lord."