Grandma Grace spent the evening with me. My parents had to tend to Ava, and Aunt Kate. Clarissa was in a very bad shape from what I could understand, and her post miscarriage, got her really tangled up. Although she wasn't keen on the baby before her marriage, she still loved him. Uncle Elliot looked as if his head was cut off, especially as he never saw Clarissa that broken. I visited her for a couple of minutes, before Grandpa Carrick took me back to my room. I've never seen her that bad. She had no life in her eyes, it's like a part of her died with the baby. I still couldn't understand what exactly happened… all I knew is that in little time, many things were happening to our family.

'What are you thinking about?' Grandma Grace asked as she placed another card on the table.

'Nothing special…'

'Sera, you're losing… It's not you… Come on spill…' She joked.

'It's… I'm thinking about Clarissa…'

'What about her sweetheart?'

'I knew about her pregnancy grandma… and I knew she wasn't keen on it… you know… a kid before marriage isn't easy.'

'Sera, a kid in a marriage isn't easy! Let alone before marriage…' She said as she placed all her cards on the table. 'I win.' She smiled.

'… grandma… she looked… I don't know how to put it…'

'Depressed?'

'No… well… yeah…'

'Sera… she had maternal instinct towards the baby… You'll know someday when you'll be a mother… She loved the baby… It's exactly the same feeling when your dog died… remember? Only that feeling and ten times stronger.'

'That's…' I started when we both heard a shrieking scream coming from outside.

Both grandma and I looked at each other. She grabbed her lab coat and stethoscope from the edge of the bed and went outside to make something out of the commotion. I followed her as fast as my legs could take me. We saw nurses and doctors running towards Nancy's room.

'Maybe another patient took her room…'

I thought to myself, but as I arrived at the door and squeezed myself to see what was happening, I felt my whole body shaking. A shrill went down my spine, and my ears started ringing. She laid there lifeless with blood gushing out of her wrists. She was pale as the white tiles on the wall. Three doctors were aiding to her. My grandmother looked in shock, but soon recovered from it. She took her parameters and started CPR, while the other doctors, whom I didn't recognise, tried stopping the blood that was gushing from her wrists.

'Dammit! She's in V-tech!' I heard grandma shout while a nurse brought in the paddles, and handed them to her. 'Charge 200…. CLEAR…' She said as she shocked Nancy. 'Again!... Charge! 300! CLEAR!' She said again as she shocked her for the second time, but soon the monitor flat lined. My grandma stopped CPR, and looked at the doctor beside her.

'Time of death.' He said.

'18.45…' She finished, while the nurse wrote something down. 'Everyone… back to your room.' Grandma ordered as she tied the blooded wounds. 'Sera… you too dear…' She continued in a sad voice.

My legs couldn't take me anywhere… I felt weaker… and sadder… The only friend I made there… and she took her life… She said she was better… She told me about her plans… How could that happen? She was so keen on new experiences… she was so motivating… she…

'Sera…' one of the nurses came forward and held me from my hand. '…you need to get back to your room.'

'…but Grandma…'

'Please Sera… I'll be right with you…' She said while I saw Flynn enter the ward hurriedly.

'guess that takes guts… something you don't seem to have…' Her words kept replaying in my head. '…you could have fought… you could have pulled it right back out… I did.'

I sat down slowly still thinking. I didn't know what to do… All I knew was that I wanted to get out of there. I wanted to escape. Her words kept haunting me 'I did… I pulled it back out…'. My hands were to the tube before I even knew it. I removed the tape slowly, and in one instant move, I pulled it our as hard as I could. I felt my insides tickle and burn, but finally it was out. I grabbed my clothes, in which I was admitted in, and took them to the bathroom. Soon the needle from my arm was also removed, and I was now wearing my clothes, not the pj's I had on. I checked the nurse's station from the window… and saw that nobody was there. They were still tending to Nancy's body. Flynn was in deep conversation with my grandma. It was easy like that.

I exited my room slowly without making any sound, and made my way to the emergency exit. Usually nobody passed from there. There were plenty of stairs to the outside. I started taking them as fast as my feet could take me. My head felt fuzzy and black dots kept messing up with my vision, but I kept going. Soon I was finally out from the emergency exit, to the back of the hospital.

I kept walking, and finally realized that I had nowhere to go… I wanted to go home… I want to be there… but… if my parents knew… they would take me back… I started walking slowly. My feet were getting tiring and heavier by the second. I was about to cross the road, when a car swiftly pressed its break.

'WATCH WERE YOU'RE GOING!' The driver shouted.

It gave me a shock, but I still continued walking. I decided to take the pavement… a safer way to walk… My breath felt shorter, and my vision got blurrier… All I saw was black.

Grace's POV

'We didn't see this coming! How did we miss this?'

'Grace, we both know Nancy wasn't reliable! It was her forth admission. She got some tricks up her sleeve.'

'John, I signed her discharge papers for tomorrow!' I discussed more worried than ever. '…and were the hell did she get the blades?'

'Grace, you know as much as I do that these disorders are very tricky…'

'…but we're doctors… if patients don't have trust in us that we can cure them… make them better… than what do we have left?'

'Other patients to tend do and to not repeat our mistakes.'

'I have to represent this to the board…' I said in defeat.

'It's not your fault… nobody noticed this… not even me! And I was her therapist.' He replied as he overlooked the nurse and stared at Nancy's empty face.

'You should go talk to my niece… She saw everything… this will put more stress to her…' I replied. 'I'll take it from here.'

'Grace… if you need anything… I'm here…' He offered.

'Yes…' I continued, as I signed some more papers. 'I'll call Christian…' I told him before he left.

My mind was still racing… usually hospitals are the safest place one can be in. If she could have sneaked in blades… than what about drugs? Anything that would harm them.

'Grace?' I heard John call me again, while I turned to face him. 'Did you take Sera up for tests or something?'

'No… why?'

'She's not in her room…' He replied perplexed, while I ran to see what he was saying. Her room was empty except for her phone on the cabinet. I checked the bathroom, and there I found the tubes… her disconnected IV… She was gone.

'Dammit! She escaped. Call security Flynn, I'll check the ward… she couldn't have gone far.' I ordered. 'Tell Carrick to contact Ana and Christian…'

I ran to the emergency room, hoping at least I would find something there… There was a whole commotion some Jane Doe had been admitted to hospital… 'Jane Doe…' I kept thinking… It couldn't be…

I moved forward towards the emergency room, and there she was, my niece lying lifeless on the bed. Doctors were around her. She had a mask on for oxygen, and was being tended to… She was seizing… My heart broke at the scene… but at least we found her.

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