Hey, I hope everyone liked the last chapter. I now know how to finish the story, but it will not be for a while. Enjoy this chapter.

She opened her eyes when she saw the Indian woman walk into her room holding her son. "Hey." It was audible, but in a whisper.

"Hey. Joe, can you say hi to mommy?" The woman in the bed smiled at her son. "Ready to get out of here?" The woman nodded and smiled again. She couldn't wait to get out of that hospital bed. "Hey Abby, someone wants to see you before you leave." The woman in the bed looked confused.

"Who?"

"Dr. Carter." Abby was shocked and confused. The last time he came they got into a verbal fight over the accident that she was trying desperately to push to the back of her head. The man stepped into the room.

"Hey Abby. Ready to get out of here?" She nodded, but looked at him confused. She could tell he was trying to forget about the fight two days before. "Neela, can you take Joe for a moment. I want to speak with Abby." Neela quietly left the room and took Joe to the waiting room.

Abby tilted her head. "What's going on Carter?" She knew what he wanted to tell her, she just didn't want to face the truth."

"Abby, you and I both know why I'm here." Her smile fell, and she shamefully looked down. He sat down on the side of her bed. "Listen. I talked to Susan yesterday. But, before you say anything, or I continue, I want you to know that we are not going to force you to do anything. However, we will if Joe and other innocent people are at risk along with yourself." She kept her head down knowing what was coming next.

"Susan and I, we really care about you. You are a really good friend to both of us. We don't want you to hurt yourself, Joe and Luka. Luka is already damaged enough. Don't make it worse. He loves you Abby." She looked at him hurt.

"He loves me? Do you see him here right now? Did you see him here when Joe was hurt? Well Carter? Do you see him?" He knew she was right, but he knew the truth.

"He isn't here Abby because his dad is dying! His dad is actually dying, and you are here dying. If he came back home, he would have to deal with you trying to kill yourself." She hated how he was always right, but she wasn't going to let him win.

"I'm not killing myself." She said it so plain. Carter had trapped her just when she thought she had trapped him. How was he going to make her admit that she needed help? He needed Susan's help. Somehow she always knew what the right thing to say was.

He spoke more calmly now. With a sigh, he said, "Look at your self Abby. Just look into a mirror and see the person whom you become. When they discharge you later, you are going to go home with your son, until you realize that Luka is still not going to be there. Yet, when he does come home, that hole you keep digging is going to be bigger until you can't come out. Don't do that to him or your son." She was getting nervous, and she knew that the corner she was reaching in this conversation was coming too close. She needed to get out of it quickly.

He sighed again. "I can see it in your eyes." She gave him a confused look. "That fear of being discovered. That dread of the conversation never ending is there. These eyes do not belong to the Abby I know. These eyes, they don't belong to the Abby Luka knows. These eyes, they are not your eyes. What do I have to tell you to make you admit that you need help?" He sighed again reaching for his phone.

"I have know idea what you are taking about." She really did know. She didn't want to know the real truth.

"It's ok to ask for help Abby. It takes more will to ask for help, but it will only make you stronger." With that he took his phone out and walked out of her room. Abby still felt like she was trapped in the corner knowing the truth in everything he said.

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