Chapter 11: I Won't Give Up
He started to chase me and I started to walk faster. He was almost reaching me when…
"People shot by guns. We need you"
He looked at Gillian and then to the shadow of me not sure if he would go after me or stay to help.
"You fought again?"
"I don't blame her. She saw Kem almost naked in my room"
"She god upset"
"Yeah" – He put the stethoscope on the patient's chest – "I didn't do anything with her, I swear. I could, but I resisted. I care a lot about her and kissing Kem would be something so unfaithful. I have to be faithful if I really want Abby. And I do"
"Go"
"What?"
"Go before she runs away"
He hesitated.
"Is she leaving?"
"If you don't go after her, yes. We take care of everything. Go after your true love. Go before it's too late"
"Ok. Thanks"
And with that he ran over my room, but I wasn't there anymore. But he wouldn't let me go this easily. He was willing to have me in his arms, no matter what. He'd do whatever it takes to have my love. So, he decided to act.
"County"
"I need to talk to Susan"
"Speaking"
"Susan, I'm desperate"
"Carter, what happened?"
"I can't find Abby"
"Why? What happened? You're scaring me, Carter"
"She saw Kem almost naked on my bed"
"You had sex with Kem?"
"No"
Susan let out a sob of relief.
"I need to talk to her"
"I know"
"If you talk to her, tell her that I'm looking for her and I won't stop until I find her"
Tears fell from his eyes.
"You got it"
There was a long silence.
"Carter?"
"What?"
"She's coming back here"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I talked to her earlier and she said it"
"Thank you so much for telling me, Susan. I'll be catching the next flight to Chicago.Susan?"
"Yeah?"
"I love her so much"
"I know. Fight for her, Carter. Run after her, don't give up so easily. You can't. She'll end up taking you back"
"I know. I need to go. See you later"
"See ya. Bye"
Carter hung up the phone and placed it against his chest. He missed me so much. He knew he had enough stupid things. But he was willing to stop messing up all the time and pushing me away from him even more. He looked through the window and remembered that time.
Eric's plane was missing.
"Did you get anything?"
"No, the FAA said nothing"
"Did you page Carter?"
"No"
"Well, you should"
"I don't wanna ruin his vacation"
"I can stay with you"
"No, go on your blind date. I'll be fine, I promise"
"Call me if you need"
"I will. Thanks"
I went home to see if Eric had left any message. But there wasn't any. I took shower and then tried to sleep but I couldn't. So, I got up and went to the kitchen, where I grabbed a glass and took a bottle from a bag. I filled the glass and drank it. Then I went back to my room and laid on the bed. And soon I fell asleep. John arrived at my apartment and called for me, but there was no answer. Then he headed to my room and saw me lying on the bed. He took a bruise away from my face and then caressed my face. He wrapped his arms around me and then fell asleep.
Hours later, he was making coffee and got scared when he turned and saw me.
"You scared me. You ok?"
"When'd you get here?"
"Couple hours ago. You were still sleeping. Any news? How 'bout some breakfast? Can you eat?"
"Did the phone ring?"
"I thought I heard the phone ring"
"No"
"You can just leave that stuff, I'll clean up later"
"You want some aspirin?"
"Call me if they call here"
"Where you going?"
"I took a shift"
"You're going in?"
"I gotta keep busy"
"Well let's go do something"
"You must be exhausted"
"Don't go to work"
"I can't drop it now"
"I'll call for you"
"I'm going to work"
"Hey! Hey hey hey…"
" They're gonna find him"
"Thank you for coming back"
He hated himself because of that day. He should have proposed to me for real. Things would be totally different. We'd live as a happy family and he wouldn't have gone to Africa and met Kem.
I decided to go straight to Minnesota, I was sure Carter was going after me and Susan probably told him I'd come to County. I arrive in my hometown and a few minutes later, in my house. I knock on the door and I'm greeted by Eric.