Brittany looked up at the sound of footsteps.
"Jordi, how'd it go?"
"It didn't."
"Oh," Brittany didn't know how to respond to his matter of fact reply. He'd been working on his application for weeks, shouldn't he be upset. Then again Nurse Jackson had been with him. Despite her reputation as a 'scary bitch' and 'bad ass', she wouldn't begrudge him an emotional tantrum. Let him get it out so he could put on a brave face in front of everyone else. 100% WWNJD.
"Well you have a visitor."
"Tell her to go away."
"I don't think I can do that." She glanced down the hall.
Jordi followed her glance and saw the woman standing outside of his room.
"Abuela?" He hurried down the hall towards her.
"Can I talk to you?" Brittany said before Dena could walk away. She motioned to a quiet corner.
"What's happened?"
"Hunter. He coded in the ICU."
"Good lord." Dena gasped.
"Dr McAndrew and Dr Grace were talking in the hall when it happened. They rushed him to surgery."
"Did his body reject the liver?"
"No, one of the surgical nurses said there was a rupture." Brittany paused. "He didn't make it."
"That poor boy." Dena shook her head. "Does Kara know?"
Brittany nodded, "She was with the family. Apparently she and Hunter's sister got friendly."
"What about the others"
"Emma was asleep. Leo and Dash are MIA. I think they are up on the roof. One last hurrah before Leo goes home."
"Are you okay?"
"Me?"
"This is the first patient's death you've been through."
"I'm kind of numb. I keep thinking I really want to go have a good cry, but I can't because I need to be here for the kids."
Dena nodded. Brittany had started as an annoying ditz but she was a quick learner. "I need to check in with Dr McAndrew."
"Last time I saw him was in the MRI lab."
"Okay then." Dena walked away, choking back tears of her own. She understood about wanting to have a cry. But there was work to be done first.