She sat there in the waiting remembering the hurt she felt from Jack reacting the way he did. She tried to brush it off, but working with him didn't make that possible. He continued to be just as cold, if not more so, after a few weeks of trying she made her mind it would be best just to leave. Now she sat here in this waiting room hoping that the man she did love was going to make it, but then feeling guilty as well because she may love Landon, she would never love anyone as much as she loved Jack even still.
"Mrs. Stephens?" A nurse said as she approached Sam.
"Yes" Sam said intently hoping she was coming to give her good news.
"Your husband is out of surgery, he had several injuries, it is a miracle that he has came this far, we have done everything we can it's just waiting to see we honestly don't know if he will make through the night. If you will come with me I will take you to him"
Sam was speechless she tried to be strong fight back tears, as she followed the nurse to the ICU room where the image of Landon was of nothing she had seen. He was on life support and his body was so beaten up and bruised, then there was the bandages from surgery on his head, he looked so helpless. She thanked the nurse and took a seat beside him and just there in silence.
Jack just stepped off the his plane made his way through the airport grabbed his baggage and headed out to hail a cab. Once he was on his way it was time to call Sam and let her know he would be there soon.
"Hello" Sam answered
"Hey I've got a taxi, and on the way to the hospital."
"Ok I will meet you out front" Sam said she was starting to getting a nervous feeling about seeing him again.
"ok see you then" Jack hung up and was feeling the same way hoping that things could work out at least to have her as a friend again if nothing more.
When he arrived there she was standing there, looking so sad, he was wondering as to what had happened that she would be hanging out at the hospital. As he walked toward her, she felt the tears welling up in her eyes.
"hey there" Jack looked at her intently studying her eyes to try and understand what to do next he wanted to take her in his arms and just hold her.
"hi…" Sam said looking in to his eyes just made her hear melt, then she just let the tears fall, and fell against his chest, Jack wrapped his arms around and just held her while she let it all go the pain she had kept in all these years.
"hey hey Sam what has happened talk to me"
"I'm married….and my husband is in ICU fighting for his life. I don't know what to do"
"C'mere " Jack took her in his arms
"You get through this, I'm your friend always and I will always be here, how about you go on back in let me go check into a hotel around here and I will be right back, ok?"
Sam nodded and turned to back in to sit with her husband, as she gets off the elevator and makes her way down the hall back toward Landon's room. When she hears a lot of commotion then nurses run pass her.
"I need a crash cart STAT, we have a code blue!!" One of the nurses yells.
Sam's heart sank as she sees where they are headed, into Landon's room, she ran to the door, seen them working on him.
"CLEAR!!" They shocked again and again, but he wasn't responding. Then Sam heard the words she never wanted to hear.
"I'm calling it, time of death, 8:52 pm. " The nurse said then she seen Sam at the door white as a ghost, she went to her and lead her out into the hall.
"I'm truly sorry, we done everything we could."
"I know thank you " Sam said softly
"If you will give them just a few minutes, you can go in and have a few minutes with him." The nurse said as she touched Sam's shoulder as to comfort her.
"Thank you" Sam said she stood there and waited for the nurses to come out of the room, and she slowly made her way in.
Meanwhile:
Jack was making his way back to the hospital, as he rode in the taxi he looked out the window just thinking of everything that had happened in the last 24 hours, he thought he had lost Sam forever and now to have her back , even though she had moved on, he was glad to have her back in his life.
He arrived at the hospital about 10 minutes later and headed back up to seen how Sam was holding up, he exited the elevator and could see Sam sitting in the floor, her knees were drawn in and she had her head down. He quicken his pace, as he approached her he glanced at one of the nurses, she returned his glance with a sad on. Then Jack realized what had happened.
"Sam?" Jack knelt down beside her, she looked up at him he face covered with tears.
"He's gone…….just like that he is gone." Sam cried
"Oh Sam I'm so sorry, come on lets get you out of here." Jack helped her up and they headed out.
"How bout we go back to the hotel, you get some rest and we order you something to eat."
Sam didn't say anything just nodded. They made their way to the hotel, once there Jack order Sam some room service. She was real quite and let her be she had been through enough today, she knew that he was here for her, and he would leave it at that. Shortly after eating she finally said something.
"Jack?"
"Yea?"
"Will just hold me?"
"Sure c'mere" Jack got on the bed and sat down leaning against the headboard Sam curled up next to him and that's the way they stayed all night.
