Chapter 13
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Effie was just cleaning up the kitchen when she was startled by Davey rushing in and grabbing the phone.
"Sneddon…what on earth."
"Oh be quiet woman, will you."
She complained to herself as he quickly dialled the phone. She stood watching him, wondering what was going on.
"Yeah I need an ambulance please…now." He ordered.
"An ambulance…what on earth's going on…Sneddon?" Effie asked, suddenly concerned.
"Yeah, I have a woman here, she's about 8 weeks pregnant I think. She's having stomach pains, she seems in a lot of pain….yeah okay…thanks."
He slammed the phone down and was about to rush off when Effie grabbed hold of his arm.
"Sneddon, what is going on here. I am housekeeper and I should at least know what…."
"Look you heard what I said on the phone, Sam's having pains…the ambulance is on its way. Wait down here for them to arrive will you, I'm going to check on Sam."
Davey rushed off, leaving Effie looking very concerned. He made his way upstairs and could hear Sam crying from the other side of the door. He walked in and over to her side, rubbing soothing circles on her back as he knelt down beside her.
"Sam, the ambulance is on it's way okay."
"I'm scared David, this can't be good can it."
"There's no point worrying about this until we know for sure okay."
"I don't want to lose this baby David, I know I said I didn't want it when I first found out about it but now….knowing I have you and Dominic by my side…David I…"
"You're going to be okay, stop worrying woman." He assured her as he sat down beside her and wrapped his arm around her.
They both looked up as Effie came rushing in 10 minutes later.
"The ambulance is here Miss Hagen."
"Right, come on Sam, let's get you down stairs."
Davey put his arm around her waist as he helped her to stand. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes, as he leaned in and kissed her softly, causing Effie to look away.
"You'll be alright Sam, come on."
"I'll eh…let the others know what's happened Miss Hagen, we'll look after things here."
"Thank you Effie."
Effie followed them downstairs and watched as Davey and one of the ambulance men helped Sam into the back of the ambulance and drive off.
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Effie was in the kitchen clearing up when Jockie came rushing in.
"Boots Jockie."
"What…oh sorry love."
He bent down and removed his muddy boots before walking over to stand beside her.
"So come on then, what was going on with the ambulance before…what's happened?"
"Oh Jockie, poor Miss Hagen, she's having stomach pains. Sneddon called an ambulance and they've taken her to Hospital."
"Jesus, well after today's events it's no wonder. Has anyone thought to call Dominic to let him know about…"
"Oh my lord Dominic….I didn't even think."
"I'll do it, you finish up here."
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Dominic was up in his room, trying his best to keep out of Sheila's way when he heard the phone. He could hear Sheila and concern that was suddenly etched in her voice. He got up and made his way down stairs as Sheila placed the phone down. She looked up at him, with worry on her face.
"Sheila….what is it?"
"That was Jockie on the phone."
"Has something happened?"
"Dominic…its Sam."
"Sam, what's happened."
"Davey's taking her to Hospital…she was having stomach pains."
"The baby, I need to get over there."
"Dominic please, I really think that…"
"Sheila don't alright, I think you've done enough."
"Excuse me, you can't honestly think this is my fault."
"You were the one having a go at her, yelling at her…you hit her for god sake. If anyone's to blame for Sam's current state it's you."
"Dominic get back here….DOMINIC."
He slammed the door behind him as he rushed off in search of someone to give him a life to the Hospital. He saw Chick Cherry standing outside his garage and rushed over to him.
"Hey pal, you okay…..you look like you've just had bad news?" Chick asked, his Scottish accent as raw as it ever was.
"Could you do me a huge favour and give me a life to the Hospital Chick."
"The Hospital….what the hell's happened."
"A Friend's been taken ill, I really need to get there right now."
"Of course pal, get in."
Dominic jumped into Chick's car and the pair set off for the Hospital.
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Davey had gone into the Hospital room with Sam when they had arrived, partly due to the fact the she had a death grip on his hand. The pain had gotten worse the more Sam worried and her cries came harder. Davey couldn't stand to see her like this, she'd never let anyone see her weak in the years he'd known her since she'd arrived in Glendarroch but now she was falling apart and it was killing him. He himself was becoming more anxious as the Doctor assigned to Sam and two Nurses attended to her, he tried to help but in the end the Doctor asked him to wait outside as he was just getting in the way. He'd argued over the Doctor's advice but in the end did as he was asked to avoid anymore stress to Sam. He was sitting outside when he looked up to see Dominic rushing towards him, panic clear on his face.
"Sneddon, what the hell happened? Where is she, where's Sam?"
"She's in there." Davey replied, pointing to the room across from them.
Dominic was about to rush in when Davey pulled him back, stopping him.
"I need to be in there with her."
"You need to wait here lad."
"That's my baby in there, I should be in there with her…Sam needs me."
"I SAID NO."
"Dominic released himself from Davey's grip and pouted as he sat down.
"Look, the Doc thought it was best if it was just the medical team in there for now, Sam was getting to stressed out."
"What the hell happened?"
"I went to take her some tea in her room and found her hovering over her bed, she was having stomach pains."
"This is all Sheila's fault, if she hadn't hit her like that…"
"You can't just blame her, the group of men that were at the house when you and Sheila arrived, they were big clients…big money."
"They pulled out?"
"After having her private life aired for everyone to hear….they decided out estate wasn't for them. So you can't just blame Sheila for what's happened."
"She won't lose the baby will she?"
"I don't know lad…we just have to wait…all we can do is wait."
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To Be Continued…