CHAPTER 22

Doctor Olivier entered the theatre. He was curious to know how the operation was going. he also wanted to be able to give some good news for a change today as all he seemed to be doing was comforting grieving relatives.

"How is it going in here?" He asks one of the theatre nurses.

"Everything is going smoothly. Doctor Duncan is about to start attaching the new liver in place. we should know how things will look in a couple of hours once everything has been completed. We thought we had lost her just before 9pm but she seems to be a fighter. Doesn't want to leave yet!" The nurse replied.

Doctor Olivier smiled, he liked it when things went well. He was a rarity in the Healthcare profession he wanted results but he wanted them to be in favour. He wanted people to recover with no complications. He genuinely cared for his patients. His office a testament to that with all the Thank You cards and gifts he had recieved over the years.

Dr. Olivier walked out of the theatre, he wanted to speak to Cosima let her know how things were going. He liked the dreadlocked girl. She reminded him of himself when he first started out as a doctor, passionate and driven by emotion. He was still like this today but a bit more jaded by the politics of the National Health Service.

Dr. Olivier stopped outside the relatives room that Cosima was in. He heard voices, he moved closer to the door and listened carefully. He heard Cosima clearly, she was not happy. He then heard whoever was in there with her say about Delphine being arrested again once she was fit. He took a step back and thought about what was going on, he then remembered the article in the paper he had seen about the support worker getting into a relationship with the person they were supporting.

"Shit!" He said to himself quietly, just as the door opened and a man walked out.

"Hey!" The man said as he walked away.

"Hi!" Dr. Olivier responded.

Moving towards the reception desk he smiled at the girl beind it.

"Hi there Danielle, who was that in with Cosima Neihaus just then?" He asked her.

"Oh hello Dr. Olivier, it was Detective Bell. he was asking Cosima about the shooting, well that is what he told me. I know that there is more to this than meets the eye though." She replied happy that she could say something and not get into trouble.

"Yes I do too Danielle. I am going to speak with Cosima now but if the Detective comes back can you beep me please?" He smiled as he asked her.

"Of couse Dr. Olivier!" Danielle said and went back to her duties.

Taking a step away, Olivier took a deep breath. He knew he would get into so much trouble for what he was going to do, but he felt he had to do something to help the two women. he just couldn't understand why this case was getting to him so much. He knew he had to ask Cosima.

He knocked twice on the door before entering.

"Hi Cosima I have an update for you on Delphine. I have just come out of theatre and they are in the process of putting the new liver in. i do have to ask you some questions though!" He started.

When Cosima heard that the surgery was going well the smile filled her face. Then she remembered Detective Bell's words and the tears started again.

"Hey I thought this would be good news for you?" Olivier said as he moved closer to the girl.

"It is. It's just that when she gets better I won't be able to see her." Cosima admitted/

"Cosima look at me! I am going to make you a deal. this could cost me my job but I want to help. in return you have to tell me what is going on. I have already worked out that you are the couple that were in the paper recently. I'm guessing that Delphine is the Support Worker and you were her client."

Cosima's nod was all he needed to see before he carried on.

"OK in return for me helping you, i want you to tell me everything about your situation. I need to know!"

Cosima looked at the man in front in disbelief. She couldn't believe that someone actually wanted to help her. Most people would run a mile.

Cosima's phone beeped breaking her chain of thought. She took it out of her pocket and opened up the text she had received.

We are on the M1 by Toddington. we will be with you in around an hour. how is Delphine? Beth x

Delphine is still in theatre, just spoke to doc he said it is going well. I am just about to talk to police so will text you soon. Cx

Cosima felt bad about lying in the last part of the message but she couldn't deal with being asked loads of questions.

"So what do you want to know?" Cosima asked.

"I want you to explain to me, someone that only knows what the press have released. I want to know how this all started. How you and Delphine got together. It sounded so sordid in the papers, so let me here your side and i will tell you how i will help you." Olivier said honestly.

Cosima sat stock still her hands moving about in her lap. She was considering what the doctor said. It would be good to get her side out there, to someone who was actually willing to listen.

Leaning forward on the table Cosima picked up her water and took a long drink. Putting the bottle down after she took a deep breath.

"I hope you have the time to spare this is going to take a while!"

A/N So this is just a filler chapter to get us into the flashback chapters. The one flashback I will not be writing about in the next couple of chapters is the one in the Park. that has it's own place in the final part of the story. It will be glossed over in the coming chapters but it has meaning in part three.

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