Chapter 25

5 hours later

After a combination of sitting down and pacing for the last five hours, the doctor finally walked out toward the waiting area and said. "Family of Ms. Sarah Parker."

Elizabeth, Horatio, and Calleigh all walked up to him, then Elizabeth said. "I'm her cousin and her emergency contact, and this is Horatio Caine, the father of her child."

The doctor nodded, then after shaking hands with everybody, he informed them that she had sustained a concussion, a broken arm and a few cuts and bruises that would heal over time. They nodded, feeling relived about that, but then Horatio cleared his throat as he squeezed Calleigh's hand for support. "What about the baby? Is the baby alright?"

The doctor looked at Calleigh, then Elizabeth before looking Horatio, he cleared his throat and said. "I'm sorry Mr. Caine, but we couldn't save the baby, it was dead before she even arrived at the hospital." Elizabeth gasped as Calleigh puts her free hand up to her mouth while Horatio felt like his knees were going to buckle so he held on tighter to Calleigh's hand, and Calleigh didn't mind.

After the doctor paused so they could absorb the news he told them he had to perform an emergency D and C (Dilation and Curettage) to prevent infection.

When the doctor stopped talking again, Horatio released Caleigh's hand and spoke in a sad tone. "Excuse me, I have to get some air."

Calleigh puts her hand on his arm before he could leave and asked in a soft tone. "You want me to come with you?"

He looks at her, grateful for the offer, but then shook his head and replied. "I need to be alone for a few minutes."

Calleigh nodded in understanding, then after he leaned down and kissed her forehead, she removed her hand and he started walking toward the exit of the building while Calleigh watched him until she couldn't see him as the doctor told them what room Sarah was in and that they could see her in a few minutes.

Once the doctor had left, Elizabeth looked at Calleigh and asked. "You want to come with me to see Sarah?" Calleigh wasn't sure if that was a good idea and she was going to voice that, but Elizabeth puts her hand on her shoulder and said. "Come on, she spoke very fondly of you too."

After Elizabeth removed her hand from Calleigh's shoulder, and as they started walking toward the elevator, Calleigh asked. "Really?"

Once they walked into the elevator when it opened it, and after pushing the floor number they needed, Elizabeth looked over at the blond and gave her a little smile. "Yes, in fact I think she admired you."

Calleigh looked at her a little shocked. "Admired me?"

"Yeah, she knew the situation couldn't have been easy on you, you know being with a man while he is having a child with another woman, it takes a strong woman to stick around and be supportive."

"Well I love him, through anything." Elizabeth nodded then as the elevator doors opened, Calleigh continued. "But it couldn't have be easy for her either, being in love with the man she was having a child with and not be with him."

She saw Sarah have a few looks at Horatio and her eyes were a give away that she actually loved him, but she knew that she had nothing to worry about because Sarah even told her that nothing was going to happen because Horatio was madly in love with her. And so that was one of the reasons it was getting better between them because Calleigh knew they were both in tough situation and what was the point in making it hard for everybody, especially for Horatio. But now things were different.

Calleigh mentally shook her head as her and Elizabeth walked toward Sarah's room number 325, and just as they got there Elizabeth looked at Calleigh and finished. "Now she won't even have a piece of the man she loved with her."

Calleigh nodded sadly, and as Elizabeth put her hand on the door knob, Calleigh spoke in a sad tone. "Elizabeth, I'm sorry on what happened to your cousin, and not only because it affected Horatio, I can only imagine what this will do to her."

Elizabeth nodded with a sniffle. "Thank you."

Calleigh nodded again, then after a moment's pause, Elizabeth opens the door and the women stepped into the room.

As the door was closing behind them, they saw Sarah move, then heard her groaning a little so Elizabeth started walking toward her bed while Calleigh stayed by the door.

When she got there, she placed her hand on her cousin's shoulder and soothingly woke her up, and when her eyes finally fluttered open, she gives her a little smile and asked softly. "Hey cuz, how are you doing?"

She winced and said. "A little sore." Elizabeth nodded, and before she opened her mouth to say something else, Sarah looked at her cousin with wide-eyes and asked. "My baby?"

Elizabeth tried to keep her tears from coming into her eyes so Sarah couldn't see them, but the sound of her voice was full emotion that the moment she said something Sarah knew. "Sarah I'm so sor..." Sarah cuts her off when she started crying and Elizabeth moved her body down closer to her so she could put her arms around her cousin as they grieved for the loss of the baby while Calleigh looked down with a few tears falling down her cheek, she didn't even bother wiping them away.

When Horatio walked into the room a little while later, Elizabeth was still comforting her crying cousin, then as the door was closing behind him, he cleared his throat. Elizabeth moved away from her cousin and looked back toward the door before looking back down at Sarah. "Horatio is here." She nodded as she wiped a few tears away.

Horatio and Calleigh share a look before he started walking to the left side of the bed with Sarah watching his every move.

After he stopped at her bedside, she started to have tears again, then said while shaking her head. "I'm so sorry Horatio, I only looked away for a second. I shouldn't have worried about my stupid phone...I'm so..so..Sorry." Then she started to cry again, and this time Horatio was the one comforting her and reassuring her that accidents happen, while his own heart was still breaking.

After comforting her a little bit and making sure she was going to be ok, or at least the best she could be under these circumstances, Calleigh and Horatio left the hospital so they could go home for the night, but had promised they would come back tomorrow. As they were walking toward the vehicle, Horatio had given Calleigh the keys, knowing he wasn't in the best condition to drive them home and she understood.

All through the ride home he was silent, and when they got home and had walked into the house he went right toward the bedroom, leaving Calleigh to lock up, and after she did, she headed straight for the bedroom herself and toward the bed the moment she was in the room.

When she laid down on her side, Horatio was laying on his side too so they were facing each other, then she cupped his cheek, ran her thumb up and down and spoke softly. "I'm so sorry, I know you are completely devastated, and I'm devastated for you, but don't shut me out ok? I'm here for you, always, so if you need to cry, scream, yell, I'm here, ok?"

At first it didn't seem like he heard her, but then he nodded and as one tear came down his cheek then another one followed, and before she knew it, a flood was coming out and Calleigh immediately moved closer to him and wrapped her arms around her shoulders and brought him towards her. Then he wrapped his arms around the woman he loved and cried like he hadn't cried in a long time, or ever before, because he's never experienced this type of heartache.