"Wait… What?" Robin replied in a hurry. "Are you sure you've got the right number?"
"You are Miss Robin Scherbatsky, aren't you?" The voice replied.
Stuttering, she was confused as ever. "Yes… I am."
"Then I'm pretty sure we've not got the wrong number." Not allowing for a peep from her, the staff at the end of the line continued speaking. "The patient you checked in… Luke Fielding. He's awoken from his coma. The hospital needed to contact you immediately and we've only got you on our emergency contact list."
"WHAT?" She hollered, unable to focus on anything other than the fact that Luke had suddenly become relevant in her life again. "How did you…" Her voice trailed off, shocked.
"Please don't shout into the phone. We could not contact you via your local number and we've found this one on my patient's cell. You need you to be here as soon as possible because you are the only person we have in contact right now and you need to sign some legal documents."
"I'm… I can't."
"What do you mean by that?" The voice responded once again, yet this time sounding irritated and impatient.
"I'm not in England. I'm… I'm in New York. I can't go." She rambled frantically, feeling sick in the stomach.
It was not like she never wanted to see Luke again. She simply felt bad for making the decision she had made previously and she was not sure she could deal with the tremendous feeling of guilt. She had felt like a coward then and still, now, she was feeling the same upon the mention of his name. She thought the feeling of shame would fade, but it had obviously not.
"Well, I'm afraid there is not an option here. You will have to schedule a flight given you are the only person of contact we have here. You've also signed him in, so only you are authorised to sign him out."
Her mind felt woozy and she shook her head to clear her thoughts. Not wanting to cause trouble or further complications, she muttered a simple 'I understand' before proceeding to think about the options she really had now.
"Good. Meanwhile we will keep him company, but I hope you contact us immediately and in person."
"Of course."
"Thank you for understanding. We will see you very soon, I hope."
"Yep."
And with that, the nurse hung up.
Why now?
The more she thought about that phone call, the more Robin felt her head spin.