Spencer Needs A New Heart
Chapter 20
Dr. Greene takes a deep breath, "if the person who picked this combination of poisons purpose was to make you suffer they knew what they were doing. These poison's damage the body's organs very slowly. In your case Spencer, it's your heart. Once it's injected into the body, it starts to weaken the heart. It can take you out in a month, maybe a year depending on how healthy the body is."
"Spencer it's been in your system for three months and you're just now feeling the effects working. That's a plus for us. Unfortunately you're going to need a heart transplant. Your heart needs to be replaced, the one you have is being damaged slowly and it's only going to get worse. It's already weaken the muscles of your heart which is why it has to be replaced. If we don't replace it, your heart will just grow weaker than eventually stop for good. We don't have any medicines to reverse the damage. I've put you on the organ transplant waiting list."
"Waiting list Dr. Greene, I thought you said she…"
"Spencer is fine right now, she can continue with her normal activities as before. You need to keep a defibrillator in your home and keep your body healthy. You can still run, work, have sex with no restrictions. Keep your heart pumping, it will be good in the long run until we can get that heart for you."
Spencer and her family said nothing they were too shocked by what Dr. Greene had just told them to utter any words.
Spencer's mind was reeling as she thought, well I guess my mother got what she wanted, my eventual death. One tear fell down her cheek, which did not go unnoticed by Ashley.
"Ashley you and your family need to take a class on how to use the defibrillator. I've already set that up the nurse will give you the details." Ashley nodded still holding on to Spencer's hand.
Dr. Greene left Spencer's room so the family could absorb what he had just told them. "Spencer everything is going to be alright," Arthur said trying to reassure his daughter but also trying to reassure himself, he was scared. "Spencer… Heather and I are going to leave you and Ashley alone now. We're going to go home, I'm going to call your brother and tell him the news. We'll see you tomorrow, goodnight sweetheart."
"Goodnight dad, Heather thanks for keeping Ashley company," Spencer said.
Ashley continued to look at Spencer trying to read her thoughts. She took off her shoes and climbed onto the hospital bed with Spencer. Neither one spoke any words they just laid in the warmth of each other arms for the remainder of the evening.
The time grew late so Spencer told Ashley to go home and take care of their little munchkin. "Spencer I want to stay here with you tonight." "I'll be alright Ashley, please go home I'll see you in the morning." "Alright Spencer I'll call you when I get home."
Arthur called Glen and Chelsea to tell them about Spencer. "Dad are they sure there is no medicine to cure her." "No Glen she needs a new heart. She'll be released from the hospital in a day or two." "Okay I'll talk to her when she gets out." Arthur got off the phone and looked over at Heather who went to him and held him tightly as he began crying in his wife's arms.
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Paula found out that Spencer was in the hospital and went to visit her after visiting hours. Posing as a nurse, Paula stopped by one of the nurse's station to pull up Spencer's room number. "Hmm, room 212," she said. She gets to the second floor stops at another nurse's station to find Spencer's chart. "Here we go Spencer Carlin-Davies." Reading Paula sees the words heart transplant… waiting. She smiles to herself.
Yes I see my poison is working, a little slow but nevertheless it is working. She'll never get that transplant in time, she'll be dead first.
Paula walks into Spencer's room, opens the door to find Spencer alone. She walks over to her sleeping daughter staring at her sleeping still form. I could just take that pillow her head is resting on and just smother her to death but that would be no fun, Paula thought smirking to herself. But as she continued to look at her daughter sleep Paula starts to feel something she thought was long since gone. Love for her child. What's going on with me, I have no love for this woman anymore.
Spencer feels a presence in her room and opens her eyes to see her mother standing over her with love in her eyes. Then their eyes meet ocean blue to ocean blue, but then Paula turns cold and evil again.
"Spencer you're not surprise to see me? I thought you would be hysterical seeing me here in this room since I'm supposed to be dead after you shot me in the chest. Maybe you can try again and get my heart."
Spencer closes her eyes for a second, then opens them and tells her mother calmly "your heart is too evil. I couldn't live with that thing inside my body."
Paula pulls up a chair and sits down to talk to her daughter.
"Why are you here mother? To finish the job, is my dying too slow for you."
"I came to see how my cocktail was progressing Spencer. I want you to die a slow death. I want your wife to be so into you when you die, she won't be able to live without you and suffers a death by her own hands that your death eventually causes."
"You mean that you caused, don't you." "Does it matter Spencer as long as the results are the same… your death."
"Well I must be leaving now before someone comes. I'm surprise to see your wife is not here sleeping in your hospital bed. Where is she?"
"I sent them away so you wouldn't do any harm to them."
"Don't lie to me Spencer you're not good at it. You didn't even know I was alive until I walked through that door."
"Whatever! Get out mother."
"I'll come and see you again my darling daughter…" "the next time you see me WILL be your last Paula," Spencer said interrupting her mother, "I will fucking kill you and believe me I will not hesitate or regret it. Now GET OUT!"
"Fine Spencer I love a challenge, although this challenge won't last too long. I will see you again darling."
Paula left Spencer's room quietly, leaving Spencer deep in thought. I wonder why Janice didn't tell us my mother was still alive. Three months have gone by thinking she was dead. God! I don't know if I have the strength to go through this again with her. The knowledge of knowing I'm going to die soon isn't enough for her. Must she continue to torment me and my family. I'll have to call Nick first thing in the morning to get his security team back to the mansion, but I don't want them to say anything to Ashley as to why they are back in their protection capacity. I want to tell Ashley myself that Paula is still alive.
Morning came and Spencer was on the phone. First she called Nick's Protection Agency.
"Nick it's Spencer."
"Ms. Spencer how are you?" "I could be better," she said. "Nick… I need your services again."
"Certainly Ms. Spencer, but why?" "My mother is alive and on the loose."
"WHAT! Are you sure she's alive I saw them take her in a body bag?"
"She came to visit me in the hospital last night. So will you come back?"
"Yes, I'll organize my people and we will be out to your place in an hour." 'Nick please don't tell Ashley why you're back I will take care of that."
"Yes ma'am." "Thank you Nick."
Then Spencer call Janice Morgan, she wanted to why no one told her that her mother was still alive.
"Spencer I told your father her body was missing when you were in the hospital. He told me he would tell you. I wanted to tell you right away, but he said he would do it. I'm sorry Spencer. How did you find out if he didn't tell you?"
"She came to see me last night here in the hospital. Janice I'm going to take matters into my own hands, since the police can't seem to do it. I'm not going to go through that hell again. The next time I see her I'll make sure she doesn't get up from the next bullet."
"Spencer listen to me…" "goodbye Janice."
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Spencer gets out of the hospital still waiting for a heart, but feeling just as healthy as ever. "Spencer why are Nick and Susan back at the mansion? They showed up this morning but wouldn't answer my questions." Ashley asked nervously in the limo riding home. "They just said you would explain everything." Arthur and Heather accompanied Ashley to pick up Spencer from the hospital. Arthur was also curious as to why Nick was back at the mansion but decided to wait for Spencer to explain.
Spencer looks deeply into Ashley's eyes, then glances at the father and Heather then she looks down at the child in her arms who was sleeping before she answers Ashley's question.
Spencer looks at her father again, "you knew didn't you?" Spencer asked staring at him not really wanting an answer from him. Arthur considered himself a strong man but when his daughter asked him that question regarding her mother's body, he felt emasculated.
He looks down at his hands being held by his wife then looks directly into Spencer's ocean blue eyes the same color that mirrored his own. "Yes, Lieutenant Morgan told Glen and I three months ago. I thought maybe she would go away since her initial attempt at harming you went so badly. I had people looking for her but they had no luck finding her. I decided not mentioned it. How did you find out?"