Nate paced in the emergency room, unable to stop. Some of the other people there gave him annoyed looks, an old lady even told him to stop but he just ignored them all. What was Cody doing here? Didn't she move to Ontario a few years back? How was she going to react when she saw him? She hated him! Well, she did have a reason, but still . . .
He decided he wasn't going to wait patiently anymore. He raced down the hallway to where Cody's room was and barged in. The nurse looked up in surprise but it quickly turned to anger.
"What do you think you're doing in here? Didn't we tell you to wait?"
"What's wrong with her?" he asked ignoring her questions.
"We don't exactly know yet. We need to do a few more tests and then we'll know. I know you're worried but be patient and there might be a chance," she said gently.
"A chance? What chance?"
"A chance of everything being the same as it was before the accident."
"What are you talking about?" he asked, confused.
The nurse raised her eyebrows at the man. He was acting awfully strange for someone who should know the patient. Before she could say anything, the doctor rushed in.
"Sir, I'm very sorry but you have to leave now," she said urgently and ushered him out of the room.
Once again, Nate found himself in the waiting room, except this time, he sat down and wondered what the nurse had said. There was a chance of everything being the way it was before she got into the accident? But he didn't want it to be like it was before! He hoped that the chance was gone.
Little did he know that what he was wishing for would partially come true . . . the downside of his wish was that he was unknowingly hoping for the death of someone that hadn't even been born yet.
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"Squib, would you stop pacing already!" Cameron said, irritated. He had also been chosen to come to the tournament.
"No," he said without stopping his pacing.
"Will you stop worrying? It's just a phone call!"
"Yes, but it's a phone call that hasn't happened yet!"
"Cody's probably busy," Cameron said trying to reason with his friend.
"Too busy to call me?"
"You're over reacting."
"I am not!"
"She and Adena haven't met up for months. They probably got caught up talking and unpacking."
Squib finally seemed to calm down a little. "Fine, but if she doesn't call within the next two hours, then I'm calling."
"Whatever, man."
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Meanwhile back in the waiting room of the hospital, a nurse came and told Nate that he could see Cody now. He walked down the hall again and entered. The doctor looked up when he came in and smiled, half sadly, half happily.
"Come in, Mr. Bates" she said.
"Just Nate is fine," Nate said. He hated being called Mr. Bates because it always reminded him of his dad.
"Okay then, Nate. I have some good news and some bad news for you. I'll start off with the bad news so that you'll have something to look forward to."
"Yes . . ." Nate was getting impatient.
"It seems that Cody hit her head against the car door during the accident. We think that memory loss may have happened so don't be surprised if she wakes up not remembering anything."
"She might have amnesia," Nate acknowledged. Inside he was smiling widely because now he could make things go his way.
"The good news is that the baby survived," she said smiling once more
"The . . . baby?" Nate could not have been more shocked.
"Yes. Didn't you know? She is showing since it's been more than four months now." The doctor looked at him curiously.
How could he not have seen that bump? Yes, everything happened so quickly that he didn't have time to notice all the details but how could he not have noticed that little bump? Nate walked over to Cody's side and looked at her left hand. She had a wedding band on her ring finger. This was not good. He was going to have to get rid of it so he slipped it off her finger. He also had to get rid of the evidence. Thinking quickly, he answered the doctor.
"Yes, I knew she had gotten pregnant but I didn't know she kept It," he replied smoothly.
"Excuse me?"
"She was going to have an abortion but it seems she didn't. But since we are at the hospital, I would like her to have it now," he said looking the doctor directly in the eye, seeing her face take on a shocked look.
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