Switched At Birth-Ch 5

Derek was now out in the waiting room with Penelope and the rest of their family waiting on news of Jamie, they looked up to see Sarah and Desi running into hospital. Derek motioned for them to come over, Sarah said, "what happened, we flew out as soon as we got the call from Dave"?, Penelope said, "she's got cuts and bruises and 3 cracked ribs and a sprained wrist but she's going to be okay".

Desi said, "what about Jamie, how's she"?, Derek said, "still in surgery, we're waiting on word now", Sarah said, "can we see momma"?, Derek said, "Dave's with her now, she's in room 2 right around the corner". The girls hugged their brother and Penelope before turning around and walking across to where their mother was.

Penelope got up and started pacing back and forth and when she turned around and started walking back across she saw Anna walking over to them. She ran over and said, "please tell me that she's alright, please tell me she isn't dead", Anna said, "Mrs. Morgan we need to talk", she then said, "please come with me" and they all got up and followed her down the hall toward a conference room.

Once they were all inside Anna said, "Penelope, Jamie is stable and she's in recovery", Derek said, "that's great news", Anna said, "but", Penelopes knees got weak and gave out on her and just before she hit the ground Derek picked her up and put her in the chair. He said, "just stay calm baby girl, just stay calm" as he gently squeezed her hand"

Hotch said, "but what doctor"?, Anna said, "this is one of our lab techs, this is Marie", Reid said, "what aren't you telling us"?, Anna said, "well you all know that you donated blood before surgery, right"?, they all nodded their heads yes in agreement. Anna said, "right after I walked out of the OR Marie paged me to come to the lab STAT".

Penelope said, "please just tell us about our daughter"?, Marie said, "Mrs. Morgan I can't fathom what you're going through right now, my heart is breaking for you and your family". Derek said, "thank you Marie", she said, "you're very welcome", Penelope said, "I'm sorry Marie", Marie said, "you have nothing to be sorry for honey, nothing at all".

Everybody listened as Marie said, "it was up to me to type and cross match the blood so that Jamie would have some in OR with her", Penelope said, "okay", Marie said, "I got a result that I shouldn't have so I redid the test several times and got the same result". Derek said, "and what result was that"?, Marie looked at Anna and then at the family and said, "the blood doesn't match".

Derek said, "who's blood doesn't match"?, Marie said, "neither you or your wife", Penelope said, "that's not possible, our daughter has to have one of our blood types, doesn't she"?, Reid said, "yes, yes she does". Hotch said, "what are you saying"?, Anna said, "according to the blood work Jamie isn't your daughter, Jamie doesn't belong to you".

Penelope stood up and then collapsed in Dereks arms