Chapter 9

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From the moment the paramedics arrived at Abigail's, everything else passed by her in a daze. The first thing she had done before the ambulance had arrived was get rid of the gun she had and locked the door that she had been keeping Kate captive in. She tried her best to make it look as though two people were living in the house. When she had finished, she had returned to Kate and stayed close to her while they waited for the ambulance. When they arrived ten minutes later, Abigail stood to the side as the older paramedic checked Kate, he has asked Abigail her name, which she told them and panicked when they asked Abigail about herself, all that ran through her mind was the police and what would happen if they found out just what she'd done and that Kate's current situation was all down to her.

"Ma'am, I asked your name?"

"Abbey….Abbey Nemec." She replied worried.

"Is Kate related to you?"

"She's my Mother."

"Okay, we need to get her to hospital quickly. You said she had a seizure?"

"Yeah."

"Do you have any idea what could have caused it?"

Abigail went quiet for a few moments as she tried to figure out how the hell she was going to get herself out of the mess she was obviously in.

"Ma'am, if you know anything that can help your mother then you really need to tell us."

"She…fell, a few days ago. She hit her head pretty hard on the street but she said she was okay."

"Thank you, Dave we need to get this woman to the ER and fast, get the trolley in here now."

As the younger man left, Abigail knelt down beside Kate, taking hold of her hand before looking down at her.

"Will she be okay?" She asked.

"I'm sorry but, it's too early to tell. Right now, we need to get her to the ER and let the doctors decide the best course from here, but don't worry, they're some of the best medical team we have, they'll take really good care of your mom, I can promise you that." The older man smiled to her.

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Elizabeth was in too minds whether she should call Reddington or not, regarding their recent discovery, she badly wanted to tell him she was right all along but knew "I told you so's" were the last thing he's want to hear right now.

"Liz, we got the address, you ready?" Samar asked.

"Erm yeah."

"You okay?"

"Sure I just…I don't know if I should call him, let him know what we found?"

"You want my advice, don't tell him."

"Seriously?"

"Look, we don't even know for sure if Mr Kaplan is even at this address, if it turns out she isn't then you got his hopes up for nothing."

"And if we find her there and he finds out I kept it from him?"

"You were doing your job, you are under no obligation to tell Reddington anything right now."

"If he finds out that I kept this from him, he'll never forgive me."

"Then he's a very petty man, what you're doing right now, you're doing to protect him, to protect Mr Kaplan. Do you think she'd want him to see her in what ever situation she's in right now."

"This young woman could be their daughter."

"I know that Liz, but he won't be thinking about that right now. All he'll see when he looks at this woman right now is that she took someone close to him and did god only knows what to her. He'll be angry, and you know how he'll react to her right now. You need to protect this young woman as well as Mr Kaplan, despite what she may have done…you have a duty of care, you know that."

"Yeah I know, okay come on…let's do this before I give in and call him, you're driving." Elizabeth said, handing Samar the keys.

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Abigail paced back and forth outside the room that Kate had been taken in to when they arrived, the doctors attending to her had barely said two words to Abigail other than how she had ended up like she had. The more she stood outside alone, the more nervous she became. She was going to get found out, she knew that much. All she had wanted in the beginning was to meet Kate, everything else that had taken place after that had just gone from bad to worse. She had never meant to kill the young woman in Kate's apartment but she was scared.

"Ms Nemec."

Abigail was so lost in her own little world that she wasn't aware that one of the doctors had approached her, hearing Kate's surname didn't even register with her in that moment.

"Ms Nemec?" The doctor spoke again, touching Abigail's arm.

Abigail jumped before turning around to see a brunette woman in her early forties looking back at her, concern in her eyes.

"Sorry, I was miles away."

"It's quite alright, I thought you'd like an update on your mother."

"How is she?"

The doctor's smile faded before she ushered Abigail over to a near by seat.

"It is bad."

"The fall that your mother had, it caused a blood clot and that's why she had the seizure."

"A blood clot, jesus…this is all my fault." She muttered.

"What we need to do now is take her in to surgery."

"Surgery?"

"We need to remove the clot before it causes any more damage, the clot's caused some swelling on her brain and so the sooner we can get her in to surgery the better it will be for her."

"Okay."

"We just need your signature on the forms, as her next of kin."

Abigail took the pen from the doctor and hesitated as she went to sign the form.

"It's the best option for her, it's her best chance of survival."

Abigail could only nod her head in agreement as she signed the form.

"Can I see her before you take her away?"

"Of course you can, go on in."

"Thank you."

Abigail waited for the doctor to leave before she made her way in to see tubes all around Kate, fear filling the younger woman as she approached the bed. She leaned over, moving some of Kate's hair from her face before she took hold of her hand.

"I'm so sorry I did this to you Mr Kaplan, please…you have to get through this. I know what I did was wrong, but I just wanted to know you. I know I could have gone about this differently, I'm an idiot. I'm not going anywhere, I don't care if Reddington finds me, I'm gonna be right here when you wake up, please…please wake up." She whispered as she leaned down, placing a kiss to Kate's forehead.

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To Be Continued…