Chapter 5
As Amanda was out of the ambulance and being wheeled into the hospital drifting in and out of consciousness. The doctor was trying to get Amanda's attention.
"Julia, how far along are you?" asked her as he was checking her vital signs
"Three" she mumbled.
"3 months?" questioned the doctor
Amanda nodded.
"Julia, apart from your pregnancy do you have any other medical conditions we need know about?"
Amanda shook her head "No, my name is not Julia. It's Detective Rollins, Brooklyn Narcotics.
"You asked for a Diego Amaro. Is he the father?"
"His name is Nick Amaro, Detective, Bronx Narcotics."
Amanda reached up to grab onto the doctor's coat to tell him something but passed out before she could.
"We need to get her to the OR now!" Said the attending as they wheeled her towards the OR.
4 hours later Amanda had gotten through the surgery and was taken to the ICU to recover.
Dr Morgan checked on Amanda and then walked to his office to phone Bronx Narcotics looking for Amaro.
"Bronx Narcotics."
"Yes Hello this is Dr Morgan calling from Mercy Hospital. I'm looking for a Detective Nick Amaro."
"Yeah hang on let me get him for you. Amaro, phone call."
"This is Detective Amaro."
"Detective, this is Dr Morgan from Mercy Hospital. I have a Detective Rollins here. She's been shot 3 times in the chest. She asked for you before she was taken in for surgery. The good news is we were able to save the foetus. She is located in.."
"Wait, sorry Doctor, are you saying Rollins is pregnant."
"Yes around 3 months. You didn't know Detective."
"No I didn't. I'll be there soon. What room is she in?"
"She's in the ICU."
"Alright thanks Dr I'll be there soon."
Nick walked into his Captain's office. "Captain I need to take a couple of hours, family emergency."
"Everything okay Nick?"
"Yeah, just someone's in hospital."
"Alright, since you've got no pending cases and a tonne of overtime take a couple of days."
"Thanks Capt, will do."
Nick grabbed his jacket and headed out to Mercy Hospital. There were a million things going through his head. "Amanda was pregnant. When did she find out? What the hell happened on her undercover op?" All questions only Amanda could answer.
Cut back to the ICU
Amanda awoke from her surgery and immediately felt the pain in her chest from the bullet holes and immediately hit the pain relief button.
Dr Morgan came by about 20 minutes later. "Amanda, how are you feeling?"
"I feel like my chest is being torn apart."
"That's fairly normal Amanda. You took 3 bullets to the chest, we removed the bullets and have patched you up and have bandaged up the wounds. You'll need to stay here until the wounds have healed."
"Was everything okay with my baby?"Amanda asked in almost a whisper.
"Your baby was in foetal distress you were brought in as your blood pressure was low due to the bullet wounds and your loss blood. Once we got you in the OR and gave you a blood transfusion and the babies distress came back under control. We did some tests and everything looks good."
Amanda breathed a sigh of relief.
"Amanda, when you were brought in you asked for Diego, Amaro and before we took you to the OR, you asked us to call Detective Amaro, Bronx Narcotics. You told us he was the father. We were able to get in touch with him. He's on his way here."
"Thank you Dr."
"I'll be back to check in on you in a little while."
A short time later Nick arrived at the hospital and walked up to the ICU. He was nervous, which was not an emotion he was used to expressing. He took a breath and turned the handle and opened the door. Amanda was asleep; he breathed a sigh of relief. He took off his jacket, settled into the chair next to Amanda.
3 hours later Nick awoke to find Amanda staring at him.
"Hi" she said with a smile.
"Hi, how long have you been awake?" He said as he stretched out.
"About an hour."
"Why didn't you wake me?" said Nick
"You looked like you needed the rest." She said.
"How are you doing? I've been thinking about you since you left for op" He asked
"Really, I thought you would have forgotten about me and went back to your life. I'm doing alright, well apart from the 3 bullet holes in my chest" she said as she tried to sit up.
Nic chucked. "Come here, let me help you. Are you really doing okay?"
"I'm doing okay. I'm just not the biggest fan of hospitals is all."
"Yeah me either." Said Nick
"Amanda, I know about the baby. Why didn't you tell me?"
Amanda knew she couldn't get away from this conversation, damn hospital bed she thought!
"I was undercover Nick. I couldn't risk anything going wrong. I couldn't break my cover."
Nick tried to stay calm.
"Alright I can understand that." When your op was done or when you became too far along to continue. Were you going to tell me?"
"I have to be honest I hadn't thought that far along Nick. I wasn't sure what I was going to do. I was still getting my head around. How I was going to tell you. How you would even respond to this." Said Amanda as she started to breath heavily.
"Amanda, are you okay."
"I'm fine" she snapped. "It's just my chest hurts from the bullet holes. Can we talk about this later?" She said
"Yeah of course." He said
Nick sat back down in the chair.
"What are you doing?" Said Amanda
"I'm staying here, one to make sure your okay and that you don't try and over exert yourself and two because we need to talk about all this."
Amanda nodded. "I'm a little tired. Do you mind if I try and get some sleep."
"Go ahead. I'll be here when you wake up."
Amanda closed her eyes. She was not looking forward to the next conversation with Nick. She knew he wanted answers, but she wasn't sure if she could or was ready to give them.
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