C3: Bruises

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Cameron studied the symptoms on the board and shrugged at House.

"I don't know." She said, still staring at the board. "Nothing fits." She was cut off by House almost as soon as she spoke.

"Something fits!" He yelled at her, exasperated. "It has to! There's always an answer!" He started pacing the width of the room in concentration.

"Intracranial pressure on the brain could cause psychotic symptoms." Foreman suggested. Chase shook his head at the man, dismissing his theory.

"What about the cardiac arrest?" He asked, quick to shoot down ideas of others but coming up empty handed himself. Foreman was eager to argue his case, mainly to avoid the tension that would become more obvious and uncomfortable when him and Chase stopped arguing, but also because he knew it could save their patient.

"Clots travelling throughout the body could be the cause. One gets lodged in one of the heart valves and another partially blocks the path to the brain. It explains everything." He smiled, secretly pleased with himself for resolving the mystery.

A light tap at the door interrupted Foreman's silent gloat. Cameron gasped in horror and House smiled to himself whilst the other two looked confused at the reactions the visitor had on the two.

The man was tall and muscular. He was good-looking but in a not-so-obvious way. He wasn't very well kept, his face needed washing, as did his clothes, his stubble needed shaving and his hair needed cutting. He was wearing a dark red jumpsuit; the colour of dried blood. He seemed to stare at Cameron like he was seeing a ghost and she returned the look.

Chase spotted the nametag. Rowan Michaels. Shit. He remembered the name from the articles he had read the day before. Only Foreman seemed oblivious to the thoughts about the man that his peers were thinking and he smiled at the man.

"Dee? Is that you?" Allison Cameron swallowed.

"No, I'm sorry. You must have the wrong person." She broke eye contact.

"No, it is you! I thought you were dead. How could you do that to us?" Ally seemed furious at his comment and started screaming at the man.

"YOU? YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED ME IF I HADN'T LEFT! I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE! YOU DIDN'T REPORT ME UNTIL A MONTH LATER! YOU DIDN'T REALISE I WAS MISSING! HOW CAN YOU EVEN SAY THAT?" She screamed; red in the face. Rowan frowned at her angrily.

"SHUT UP BITCH!" He yelled over her continuous ranting, clearly fed up with her already. When she didn't stop he punched her in the face. She flinched and screamed in agony.

"You fucking bitch! Get here NOW!" Dee looked into the face of her uncle. He wasn't even drunk! Why was he acting so mean?

A fist brought her back to reality. Rowan had gotten fed up with her and hit her... again. She just stayed standing as long as she could whilst her father watched her been beaten from the doorway.

House's smile disappeared immediately as he watched Cameron's face swell around her eye.

"What's going on here? Oh my god! Cameron are you okay?" Rowan looked confused.

"Cameron? You changed your name to Dee Cameron?!" He laughed at her. Cuddy stood and watched the scene unfold feeling confused and in desperate need of answers to some of the questions she was asking herself.

"No, I'm Allison Cameron. Dr. Allison Cameron." She said, taking a step away from Rowan.

"Dee, I... I don't understand..."

"Leave, Rowan. Go back home." Rowan shook his head at the woman.

"I was in jail! They thought I killed you. You're alive and you did that to me? You allowed that to happen!" Rowan became suddenly aware of the people watching him and Cameron. "I'll see you tonight." Cameron went pale and watched Rowan leave the room.

She could hear the distant buzz of voices coming from House, Cuddy, Foreman and Chase, but she couldn't hear what they were seeing. The only thing that she could concentrate on was Rowan.

He was staying. And he was going to get her tonight.

Duh Duh Duh!!! Cliff hanger! I know it's short but I'm updating again in a few hours so I'll make up for it. I'll probably add two more chapters tonight (UK time).

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