Cara had promised to help David; she just wasn't sure how she would go about it precisely. She was still on maternity leave so it wasn't exactly like she had access to the hospital computers. She had considered asking her brother straight out about allowing David to see Bianca's test results but Griffin got back so late last night and the next morning she could clearly see the pressure he was under. He clearly wasn't going to appreciate her even mentioning David Hayward's name. Instead Cara dropped the suggestion of popping by the hospital with Charlie.

"I miss it." she said. "It gets so boring here with just me and junior." It wasn't a lie.

Griffin nodded.

"Well if you're quick you can come in with me." said Griffin, gulping down his coffee as he got up from his chair. "I know everyone would be glad to see you… and Charlie."

Cara nodded; she already had a bag prepared by the door beside Charlie's car seat. She felt guilty about tricking Griffin like this but it was to help him out in the long run.

…

Cara arrived at the nurse's station at the Patterson Ward to be greeted by a gaggle of nurses all keen to coo over baby Charlie.

"He's gotten so big." said Brittany as she stroked his chubby cheek.

"I hear he's been keeping you up nights." said Jean, she had Charlie cradled in her arms and bounced him on her hip.

"Like clockwork at 3am he is awake and crying." said Cara, "But the rest of the time he's my sleeping, pooping angel."

Jean laughed and patted her motherly on the back.

…

"Cara. What are you doing here?"

Cara turned to see Kendal emerging from the elevator.

"I was missing this place." she said, "And I heard about Bianca."

Kendal suddenly looked very down hearted.

"Yeah, I thought I'd drop in on my lunch break…" she shook her head, looking like she wanted to cry. "God when we brought her girls in this morning it almost broke my heart… They don't understand... I don't understand!"

"Oh Kendal." sighed Cara, pulling her friend into a hug.

…

Jean and Brittany volunteered to watch Charlie while Cara went with Kendal to Bianca's room.

Kendal walked straight to her sister's bedside, smoothing back Bianca's hair and kissing her brow.

"What did David do to you." lamented Kendal quietly.

Cara picked up the chart at the foot of the bed; looking it over with a professional eye. Feeling very underhanded about using this moment to gather intel for David.

"It say's here she's on IV acetaminophen for the pain and Propofol." she said flicking through the pages to the test results. "The CT results were inconclusive, but her blood pressure, heart rate… everything else is normal."

Kendal looked up at Cara,

"I think I understood every fifth word of that."

Cara put the chart to one side.

"It basically means they are managing the pain but on all other counts your sister is fine."

"Except she can't wake up."

"Has Griff talked through the scan results with you yet?"

"No." said Kendal. "I was going to see him after…"

"Do you want me to come with you?" asked Cara. It felt like a trick but she truly wanted to be there for her friend, it was just that this was also a perfect chance for her to gain access to the records David badly needed to see.

Not knowing her ulterior motives Kendal took her hand and smiled gratefully at her.

"I would love that!"

…

They found Griffin in his office. At first Cara thought he was hard at work, with his head down going through his paperwork. She felt even guiltier when she realized he was asleep.

"Should we wake him." asked Kendal, she had an indulgent smile on her lips as she looked down at his sleeping face.

"Probably." said Cara, "If only for the sake of his neck."

"I'm not a sleep." said Griffin, sitting up suddenly.

"Well for someone wide awake that was a pretty loud snore you had going on there." said Cara teasing him.

"Ha, ha very funny." said Griffin, giving them both a sheepish, grin embarrassed about getting caught out. Cara smiled herself when she noticed his grin doubled in size when he looked at Kendal. Those two were very much in love. "So what can I do for you?" he asked.

"You were going to go through Bianca's scan results with me." said Kendal.

"And I'm here for moral support." added Cara. "Maybe give a second medical opinion if I'm not too rusty after all these months."

"Of course." said Griffin, gesturing for them both to take a seat. "That sounds like a good idea." Griff turned his attention to bringing up Bianca's file on his computer. He then turned the monitor so it could be seen by everyone. "I'll start here… this is Bianca's brain scan from before David's unauthorized treatment."

The screen showed a snapshot of Bianca's brain, the different activity indicated by different colors; the image was full of blobs of greens, yellow, whites, blues and red.

Kendal looked at the screen understanding neither heads nor tails of it.

"This is the part to focus on." said Griffin pointing at a section at the back of the brain; a small patch of yellow and orange. "This is the region of the brain that processes sensory input, most significantly pain. You can see from the hot colors that it is already quite active. Your sister must have been in significant discomfort even before the new treatment."

Cara eyes widened in surprise at the amount of activity in that part of her brain.

"This is before the treatment?" she asked.

"Yes." said Griffin. He moved to the next image. "And this is Bianca afterwards."

The patch of yellow and orange was now all red.

"Oh god!" gasped Cara. Bianca had pretty much been swamped with sensory information.

"That red patch is Bianca's pain?" asked Kendal.

"Her body began inundating her with information from her nerve endings; it was almost like an overload. Her brain didn't know how to process it as anything but pain."

"And now?" Kendal asked.

"Now with the analgesic and sedative we are managing her pain."

The last slide showed the red zone dulled to an orange with small patches of yellow dotted about it.

"This is her scan from yesterday, you can see the improvement thanks to the medication."

Kendal nodded.

"But what happens now?" she asked.

"Now I go through everything that David did to her. Every tweak and change David made to his formula. If I can understand how this happened then there is a hope that it can be reversed."

"Surely this would go faster if David was here to help." said Cara.

Both Griffin and Kendal looked at Cara like she just suggested they go out and drown kittens.

"That's not going to happen." said Griffin gravely. "I know as much about Orpheus as the next man. I will figure this out."

"Of course you will." said Kendal encouragingly. "And thank you so much for talking me through everything."

"It was my pleasure." said Griffin.

Kendal looked at her watch.

"I've got a few more minutes before I have to go back." she said. "I should sit with Bianca."

"I'll walk you." said Griffin, getting up and offering Kendal his arm. "Cara?"

"Just give me a minute. I'll catch you up." said Cara making a show of hunting for something in her purse.

Griffin gave her a grateful smile, clearly believing that his sister was scheming to allow him a moment alone with Kendal. Little did he know she had another plan entirely.

Cara waited a few moments after Griffin and Kendal left before sliding around to Griffin's side of the desk, a memory stick concealed in her palm. She felt guilty, but as much as she loved her brother she knew David was the only man who had a chance of saving Bianca. With one eye on the door Cara slotted the memory stick into her brother's computer and began transferring Bianca's medical files…

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