So what are you going to do now asks frank
No idea but I do now I can't termination because it is the only thing that keeps Sean's memory alive says Zoe through sobs.
Well let's start taking care of Sean junior by letting me take you home so that you can sleep orders frank talking to Zoe.
Thank you frank I will call myself a cab see ya frank says Zoe
No you won't ill give you a lift home to pick up a few things for yourself then you are coming to my place to stay over says frank.
Oh frank you don't need to says Zoe
I don't but I am and I've known you from when you were an intern and I know sometimes that you don't take care of yourself says frank.
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The next morning
Zoe's pov
I wake up on a cold Wednesday feeling a little home sick since I slept in a different bed which wasn't my own, then I remembered yesterday and all the events leading up to me waking up in a double bed in a medium size room, I remembering telling frank that I am pregnant and I think he already figured it out before I did.
Oh great frank knows am pregnant and last night he decided to play a surrogate father to me like the father I never had and he also pulled rank on me and told me that I need looking after and then he told me to go home with him I think to myself that frank is like a father figure and is cuddly but then I am snapped out of my thoughts when I feel my stomach start to turn, and now I feel bile creeping up the back of my throat so I leap out of bed and head to the bathroom, once I am in the bathroom I instantly kneel in front of the toilet and heave down the toilet. After the first round finished I hear a loud knock on the door and then a voice speaks and it says.
Zoe you ok in their shouts frank
Come in frank shouts Zoe in a sickly voice
Nearly finished asks frank in a caring voice.
Yeah I hope says Zoe before she vomits again into the toilet while frank is knelt behind her rubbing her back in slow and comforting way.
Well if you don't stop vomiting in ten minutes then I am pulling rank and making you stay home all day sick says frank.
No I'll be fine in a few but before she can continue she vomits again.
Ok that's it Gallagher you're staying here and it's not up for discussion says frank
Oh frank I am fine it's just morning sickness says Zoe
Yeah your fine says the one vomiting at god knows what time in the early hours of the morning rants frank.
Look frank I am fine please let me go to work if I get sick during work then you can send me home. says Zoe begging him to let her work.
Ok fine but on one condition you take a step when a case gets to tough or you get sick orders frank.
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All saints emergency department
Frank walks into the ED with a face like the back end of a bus and as soon as he steps one foot in the door he soon bites someone's head off. The first person he comes into contact with happens to be Gabrielle.
Good morning frank says Gabrielle happily.
Is it replies frank angrily?
Ok what's rattled your cage this morning says Gabrielle
What's up with frank asks Gabrielle speaking to Zoe.
He is angry says Zoe
Yeah I can see that but why says Gabrielle in an investigative tone.
His anger is aimed at me because of this morning says Zoe.
Ok why is he mad at you, your like his top doctor explains Gabrielle.
He told me to stay at his house and to take a sick day today and I disobeyed and went in work instead hence the reason why he is angry explains Zoe
Ok why does he want you to take a sick day asks Gabrielle in a intrigued voice.
I had bad morning sickness this morning says Zoe.
Oh are you alright now asks Gabrielle.
Yeah I am just tired that's all says Zoe.
Ok well let me know if you need a break ok but let's get on because our patient from yesterday is back now with more bruises explains Gabrielle.
Gabrielle's pov
I stand at the nurses station waiting for one of the ED doctors to arrive when I see frank enter the department by the ambulance entrance, I see the look he has on his face which is the don't get on the wrong side of frank look which is the look he has on at most of the time so I decide to not approach him about a patient who has been brought in again with the same symptoms, then I see Zoe enter the ED about five paces behind him like she is avoiding him so I go to her to tell her about the patient and maybe take her mind of things.
As I approach Zoe I see the pale look in her cheeks the same colour she had in her cheeks yesterday which proves to me that she should not be in work when she is sick or in her case pregnant, because when a lady is pregnant stress is not good for them so I decided to ask her why frank is a bit more cranky than usual, then I got my answer and she told me about her bad morning sickness and that she and frank had a disagreement about her staying at home sick and she disobeying frank now I understand why frank is angry, everyone who knows frank knows that he doesn't like to be disobeyed and when he is he is angry.
Right well our patient from yesterday is here again explains Gabrielle.
Ok let's go and talk to the father says Zoe
Mr Smith hello again I am doctor Gallagher I treated your son yesterday so what brings you here again today asks Zoe in a suspicious voice.
Err well my wife told me he has been having nose bleeds and then he has these bruises on him. Says Mr Smith
Well we tested your son yesterday for blood clotting disorders and diseases which cause severe bleeding and they were all negative replies Zoe.
Well he had another nose bleed today and he was passed out while he was having it says Mr Smith.
Ok well I will examine him again and do bloods but I need to ask is there any problems at home that we need to know about asks Zoe.
Like domestic problems between you and your wife asks Gabrielle.
No there is not you see me and my wife are divorced says Mr Smith.
How long ago did you divorce? Asks Zoe.
Err 3 years ago answers Mr Smith
Does your wife have full custody of your son? Asks Zoe
Yes she does, she told the courts that I am an unfit parent and made other accusations up. Replies Mr Smith
And are you unfit and do you hurt your son asks Zoe sternly.
No what you getting at bitch shouts Mr Smith waving his hands around while getting mad at the accusations Zoe just made against him.
Dr Zoe Gallagher is like most doctors who like to diagnose the patients then get them on their way but they get upset when a patient they seen the day before comes back In with their other parent with the same symptoms, she thinks to herself there is something going on and it is not a blood clotting disorder, so she speaks to the father going for the gentle approach but when the answers he provides show more interesting facts about his son she starts asking more difficult questions and now she has got the father rattled and now he has just called her and kicked off at her because she has just accused him of abusing his son.
Right calm down Mr Smith shouts Gabrielle we just want to know what happened to your son ok.
Yeah I know but I didn't hurt my son replies Mr Smith.
Well how did he get his bruises asks Zoe
I don't know says Mr Smith
Well your wife did accuse you of neglecting your son maybe she is right .says Zoe.
After Zoe's latest comment towards Mr Smith about his son being abused does not go down well with him and he starts going wild and flinging his arms around, wild he flings his arms he gets angry again when he sees Zoe comforting his son who has got front row seats watching his father go wild and in a temper, so he retaliates by going for Zoe and punching her straight in the face and knocking her to the ground.