Chapter 3
Avera McKennan hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2:11am
Dean locked eyes on Jody returning with someone who looked like a doctor trailing behind her.
"This is Sam and Dean." She introduced the doctor to them. "This is Dr. Harrison. He was on call when you brought your sister in."
Sam and Dean didn't react when referred to as Charlie's brothers. Nice move, Dean thought. It was nice to know that they could depend on her.
"Well, how is she?" Dean blurted out.
"Your sister sustained multiple stab wounds to the abdomen along with deep cuts on her wrists. As a result there was a considerable amount of blood loss."
The doctor shook his head. "By all accounts I'm surprised she's even alive. But with emergency surgery we were able to repair some of the damage and stop the internal bleeding. She's currently in ICU." The doctor looked to Jody. "These stab wounds appear to be self inflicted." All three of them looked at the doctor as if he had suddenly sprouted an extra head.
"No. No, that's not what this is." Dean adamently defended. "She would never.. "
Jody placed her hand on Dean's shoulder interrupting him. "Dean.. " She warned. "The doctor here is only trying to do his job." Jody looked back to the doctor with a small obligatory smile. "We will consider the possibility in our investigation, thank you."
The doctor nodded.
"Can we see her?" Dean asked anxiously.
The doctor looked to Jody and then back to the Winchesters as he debated the question.
"Five minutes tops. Her current condition is precarious at best. And I warn you, she has been given a sedative to sleep so she won't be doing much talking. These next 24 hours will be telling. She needs all the rest she can get meanwhile." The doctor took a step back and then motioned for them to follow.