Chapter 12
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Kate opened her eyes slowly, looking over to see the sunlight shining thorough the window, she turned her head slowly and saw Abigail asleep in the chair beside her bed, her head felt as though it was going to explode, pain radiating all over. She made a pained noise as she tried to sit up, causing Abigail to open her eyes. The younger woman was on her feet in seconds, urging Kate to lie back down.
"Mr Kaplan, try not to move. The doctor said you need to rest."
"Pain…" She muttered softly under her breath.
"Hang on, I'll get the doctor."
Kate watched as Abigail pressed the button beside her bed before her focus returned to Kate, she looked down when she felt Abigail take hold of her hand, the fear in her eyes.
"I'm alright dearie."
"I caused all of this, I'm so sorry."
"You don't have to be…"
Kate stopped talking when the nurse came in to check on Kate.
"Ms Nemec, how are you feeling today?"
"She needs painkillers for head." Abigail replied.
"Before you can have anything, Doctor Monroe will need to check you over."
"She needs them now."
The nurse looked up at Abigail, Kate gripping the young woman's hand.
"It's alright dearie, they're just doing their job. I'm sorry, I can wait."
"I'll go and get the doctor for you."
The nurse offered a warm smile before she left the room to find the doctor, Kate looked up at Abigail, seeing tears in her eyes.
"It's not the nurse's fault, don't yell at her like that."
"I'm sorry, I just…I don't like seeing you like this."
"Then perhaps you shouldn't have hit me so hard."
Abigail picked up the anger in Kate's voice as she saw the older woman turn away, a pained look crossing her face as she did. She was about to speak when Doctor Munroe came in to the room, a smile on her face.
"Ms Nemec, it's nice to see you awake. I'm Doctor Munroe, Victoria. How are you feeling?"
"My head…"
"It will be sore for the next few days, this button here…when ever you feel pain, just give the button a push and it will give you a quick burst of morphine."
"What happened?"
"When you fell, the fall cause a small blood clot which was why you were experiencing so much pain. It would have been a good idea to come in right away after your fall, any bump to the head is a concern, often than not it turns out to be nothing or…in your case."
"I see."
"We managed to remove the clot but as I said, you will experience some pain over the next few days."
"How long do I have to stay in here for?"
"If you've improved in the next few days, then I might consider letting you go at the end of the week."
"Is a week really necessary?"
"I'm not taking any chances, I want to be absolutely sure that you're 100%, I would never forgive myself if something else happened if I sent you home too early, and your daughter here would be on the warpath…she was frantic." She smiled.
"Was she?"
Victoria saw the way Kate looked at Abigail before turning away again. Abigail could only look down as Victoria tried to make eye contact.
"Right then…I'll let you rest for now, and remember, just press the button to help your pain, and I'll be back later to check on you."
"Thank you doctor, for all your help."
"It's my job, but you're more than welcome."
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Red and Elizabeth stood by Aram's desk as he rang around all the hospitals for a second time, this time using the name Nemec. Elizabeth glanced over at Red, who looked lost.
"Hey, you okay?" She asked.
"I just need you to find her, nothing can happen to her Lizzie."
"We're doing all we can, I know this is hard but we will find her. She's at one of those hospitals, she has to be."
"Ssssh, are you absolutely sure about that…yeah, okay thank you…bye."
Red straightened up as Aram hung up the phone, Elizabeth finally asking the obvious question.
"Well…have you found her."
"I can do better that, I can even tell you what room number she's in."
"Aram…where is she?" Red asked.
"She's at St Catherine's, she was under the name Kathryn Nemec."
"Oh thank god for that, okay…we better get down there and then we need to trace Abigail Sanders."
"No we don't, she's still there."
"Huh."
"Apparently Mr Kaplan's daughter never left her side."
"So…this girl obviously has a death wish, she'll certainly regret staying." Red said, as he turned to walk out of the building.
"Hang on, you're not going to hurt this girl."
"Lizzie, she killed Molly, she's injured Kate so badly she had to go to hospital…what do you expect me to do?"
"Oh my god…this is your daughter you're talking about."
Elizabeth could see Red was beginning to get frustrated by the entire situation.
"Lizzie I don't know what to do…you know how I deal with people who go after the people I lo…care about."
Elizabeth pretended not to hear what he was about to say and instead tried to keep him focused.
"You said you wanted to make things right with Mr Kaplan, killing her daughter will not do that, your daughter, you'd never forgive yourself. You're angry right now and that's to be expected, but don't do something you'll regret, let me take the lead on this…please, for Mr Kaplan's sake?"
Red could only nod his head in agreement as Elizabeth released a breath she'd been holding.
"Good, now let's go get Mr Kaplan."
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To Be Continued…