Cal sat on the bench for a little while longer. Soon he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it out not bothering to look at the caller ID and placed the phone against his ear.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Cal, Connie wants to see you in her office." Noel's voice responded.
Cal didn't even end the call, he just sprinted back to the ED a knot tightening in his stomach. Why did Connie want to see? Had something happened to his patient? Then he realised, had something happened to Ethan? Bursting through the doors he didn't stop running until he reached Connie's office nor did he bother to knock.
"Connie, what is it?" He asked as he burst through the doors.
He would have thought that when he barged in Connie would be shocked. But, she wasn't. She just looked at him sympathetically. Her eyes shining with unshed tears. It was then Cal felt a lump in his throat as he tried to keep his emotions in tact.
"Cal, I'm afraid I've got some bad news…."
Cal didn't hear the rest. He collapsed onto the floor screaming. Screaming so loud that he didn't care who heard him. Charlie along with Rita, Robyn, Max and Lofty rushed in when they heard the heart-wrenching scream. They all gasped and their hearts broke as they saw Cal pouring his heart out. Lofty and Max attempted to steer Cal away from Connie's office and lead him to the staffroom. Cal wouldn't budge. He pulled away from their grasp and started lashing out at anyone and everyone standing there.
"WHY?" He screamed punching Lofty and Max. "WHY DID HE HAVE TO GO?"
Cal kept punching and punching. He was angry at himself, most of all he was angry at Ethan. Why did he have to do it? Why did he have to kill himself?
"Mate!" Lofty raised his voice as he and Max tried to stop Cal from hurting himself. "Calm down. You're going to end up hurting yourself if you're not careful!"
"I DON'T CARE!"
For a moment he stopped punching. Before anyone could stop him he ran out of the office and through reception and to cubicles.
"WHERE IS HE? I WANT TO SEE HIM." He kept yelling as he ran through RESUS. "I WANT TO SEE MY BROTHER!"
Cal just about managed to stop himself from entering RESUS when he finally arrived at the doors. Multiple pairs of feet walked down the hallway and stopped right behind him. Cal knew who they were. He didn't bother to turn around.
"Cal..." Charlie said softly. "Why don't you go in? You should say your goodbyes."
Cal just stood there frantically shaking his head in disbelief. Instead of entering RESUS he just turned and ran. Ran as far away as he could. Lofty and Max were about to go after him when Charlie shook his head.
"Charlie, he's just found out that Ethan's killed himself. You saw how heartbroken he was. He's not mentally stable at the moment, he could do something." Lofty said.
"Very well. Go after him. Make sure he's safe." Charlie told them. "I don't want to lose to friends tonight."