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"What right do you have to come into my home looking for my wife?" Nathan yelled loudly in the hospital parking lot.

Chris wasn't scared of Nathan; he hadn't been around to hear about all the bar fights and car crashes he had lived through. The only thing intimidating about him was his size, and what was the chance Nathan would kill him? At least if anything happens, I'm at a hospital… Chris glanced at the entrance to the hospital, thinking only of Haley. "She was my wife, too." Chris said casually, his hands stuffed in his pockets, not prepared for the right hook Nathan threw at his face. The punch sent Chris barreling backwards, scuffing his pants against the pavement. He gripped his face where he had been hit. "What the hell was that for?"

"Be glad it wasn't worse." Nathan turned away, his heart pumping with adrenaline.

Chris stared after Nathan, not feeling any anger towards him. Haley, please be ok. He thought, his desperation spreading like pain.

While Chris remained on the ground, Nathan stalked into the hospital, needing to see Haley. He needed to touch her hand, to feel her pulse; her pulse was his reminder that there was still hope she would wake up. When a machine in the room started beeping like crazy, Nathan jumped up and immediately started screaming, "Help me! Help!" A doctor with two nurses at his heels ran in, all going straight to Haley. Every time they glanced over at the machine that had been beeping, he grew a little bit more nervous, but when their actions finally halted and they looked at him with despair clouding their eyes, Nathan's heart dropped to the lowest part of him.

The braver nurse of the two stepped forward and set her hand in the crook of Nathan's elbow. "Good thing's come to those who wait."

"I don't want to be alone!" Nathan's voice broke on the last word, his hands quivering. He took a seat in the chair next to Haley's bed. "Hails, you gotta pull through." He closed his eyes and pressed his lips to her hand. "How am I gonna raise our baby girl all on my own?" Hot tears seeped out from under his dark lashes. He looked up to the ceiling. "Please, God, save her." He begged to the higher power he had never put much faith into. "I'm nothing without her." He closed his eyes again, feeling like his head and heart would explode in unison. Please. He silently pleaded with whatever force it was that could bring Haley back to the lives of the living.

The doctor cleared his throat. "This isn't an easy choice to make, or an easy question to ask, but do you want to pull the plug?"

Nathan's eyes flew open and his blood shot eyes were angry. "Are you really asking me if I want to take away the only chance my wife has of living?" His voice was steadily rising in volume. "You're out of your mind if you think I am ever giving up on her! We have children!" That's when he thought of Jamie not knowing what had happened to his mother. "Jamie…" He stood. "I have to make a call." He left the dumbfounded nurses and doctor standing there while he went into a hall with payphones. He pulled out his cellphone and dialed Brooke. "Brooke?" His voice was sad and Brooke could tell right away.

"Nathan, what is it?" She waited on the other end for his reply, but all she heard was the crushed cries of a full grown man. "Where is she?" She knew it had to be Haley. Other than Nathan's kids, nothing could make him break down like this.

"We're at the hospital, room H28." Nathan finally got out. Without ending the call, he dropped his cellphone, letting it smack against the floor. "Haley…" He sobbed.

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