Carly went to take a shower to rid her of the thoughts. The dream was vivid, but could never be true. She killed her one true love and now she would never experience that again and that thought caused her to sink to the ground and cry. She didn't know how long she'd been in there but the water was ice cold. When she emerged from the bathroom she got dressed and left to go get some breakfast for Melanie. She returned around 5:20 am and put it on the table for when she woke and left for the hospital. On her way there she stopped by the docks to take in the sight. It always calmed her and made her worries seem so small. She pictured the life she would've had if Lawrence was accepting of Melanie and before he got sick. Dinners with the four of them, Melanie visiting her Daniel in the summers, taking Melanie shopping, but that was too much to ask for. She heard footsteps coming down the steps and decided to take that as her queue to leave. Carly began to head towards the hospital not noticing the eyes that were watching her. She arrived at the hospital at 7 am even though her shift didn't start until 9 am, so she went to her office. Later on that day she ran into Daniel and Melanie in the lobby no matter how much she wanted to avoid them.

"Hey mom," Melanie said which stopped Daniel from talking since his back was to Carly.

"Hey baby, afternoon Daniel," she replies awkwardly as if she knew they were discussing her.

"How's your day going?" Daniel asks.

"Going okay, getting ready for surgery in an hour, I have to go read, I'll see you guys later."

"That was weird right?" Melanie asked.

"Yeah, but you know your mom, she's always focused," Daniel covered.

"Yeah that's true," Melanie said although she didn't tell him about her mother's nightmare.

"What time does your shift end?" Daniel asks.

"At 8, why?"

"Want to go to the pub for dinner?"

"Yeah that would be great, do you know what time mom gets off?" she asks.

"No." he says and walks off to do paperwork.

Around 5 Melanie goes into her mother's office, but comes face to face with a man.

"Hello, can I help you?" she asks.

"No, just waiting for Katerina," he says.

"Who are you?" Melanie asks a bit rudely.

"None of you concern," he replies.

"Actually it is since she's my mother," she replies with an edge.

"Oh right, the one she's recently reconnected with," he says creepily. "I'll just go and see Katerina another time." The man brushes past her and Melanie looks confused in the office. Minutes later Carly comes behind her.

"Hey sweetie what are you doing here?"

"I was coming to see what time your shift was over but a man was in here," Melanie says.

"In here doing what?" Carly asks.

"Waiting for you".

"Do you know who he was and where he went?" Carly asked while dropping charts onto her desk.

"No he refused to tell me, he just said he was looking for Katerina," Melanie states and Carly the office phone onto the desk and it looks as if she's seen a ghost. "What is it mom?"

"Only Lawrence called me Katerina," she said with new tears coming to life. "What did he look like?"

"Dark hair, brown eyes, around 6 feet, deep voice," Melanie states.

"No it can't be," Carly gasps for air.

"What can't be mom?"

"Nothing sweetie, I have to go," Carly says and rushes off to the docks.

At the docks she tries to clear her mind. It was impossible and reckless to think such things. She wish badly that he would come back somehow, come on it's Salem, the town where people practically rise from the dead, but unfortunately, his death was set in stone. Their love stood the tests of time, went through ups and downs and it was gone in less than a minute. She wished she had the courage to leave instead of killing him, but this was a hard bed and she was getting neck pains from lying in it. She honestly didn't know if she could ever forgive him for all the things he put her through, or if he could ever forgive her for stabbing him, but it was no point in thinking what ifs, if the man was dead. Her mind began to wander about the man who came to look for her. She needed to find out who it was and hoped that they came back. Carly couldn't see the person in the shadows watch her as all the emotions played across her face. When she came to, the sun and water started to meet, and realized she'd walked out on her shift. She began to walk towards the Pub for dinner. Once there she came in the sight of her daughter and Daniel.

"What's wrong with mom?" Melanie asked her father.

"What do you mean?" He says while eating his fries and checking his phone.

"She looks so lost, look dad," Melanie said grabbing his attention to see Carly walking in a zombie like state. He got up and walked towards her.

"Carly are you okay?" Daniel asked while checking her pupils.

"Yeah I'm fine," she whispered before going weak in the knees and falling into his arms.

"Whoa, I'm taking you to the hospital," Daniel said not expecting much of a debate.

"Mom!" Melanie all but yelled.

"No, no hospital," she said before slipping into unconsciousness.

"Mom wake up," Melanie said in a panic. She and Daniel ran towards his car with Carly in his arms to go towards the hospital. Once they're in the main lobby.

"We need a gurney. Female, 45 fainted and is unresponsive," Daniel yelled orders. "We need to set up an IV drip and take blood".

A few hours passed and Carly was still unconscious. Melanie was parked beside her while Daniel went to solve the mystery of Carly fainting. He walked through the door with a sad look on his face that Melanie dreaded to see.

"Dad what's wrong with mom?" she asks worriedly.

"I have to take her to get an MRI," he says

"MRI? Why, what do you think she has?" she asks.

"I don't know just yet. I want to confirm what it is before I worry you," he reasons.

"It's too late for that dad," she says with a final tone that signifies that the conversation is over. They are distracted by the sound of the flat line signaling coming from Carly's machine. "No mom, you can't leave me".

"Step back Melanie," he says in a fatherly tone and goes to resuscitate Carly with CPR, but it doesn't work after a minute and other nurses surround him waiting for orders. "Come on Carly, stay with me. I need a defibrillator charged at 250 stat!" He warms the tongues up and places one in between her chest and the other by her ribs. It causes her body to rise a few inches off the bed, but the sound of the flat line continues. "Give me 300". He tries again and nothing happens.

"Mommy, I need you, please come back to us," Melanie yells as tears pour onto the floor. "Please dad you have to save her".

"Give her a shot of atropine!" he says and sighs when it doesn't work. Carly's been out for three minutes and nothing's working. "Give me 350"

"But sir, it's not safe" a nurse says.

"She's the mother of my child so give me 350". Daniel shocks Carly one more time and after ten seconds a heart beat comes and Melanie breaths out a heavy breath.

"Oh my God Mom, please don't do that again," she says with relief while Daniel is checking for air pupil reactions and breathing.

"Her pupils are reacting properly, but she's not breathing on her own, she'll need a ventilator.

"What does that mean?"

"Melanie, your mom is on life support," he says with a heavy heart.