48 hours that was how long Steve had been at the hospital. 48 hours to think about how everything had gone to the dogs. Danny had been in surgery for 12 hours of those. Now he was laying wrapped in wires and tubes.
Both his legs were pinned and casted, his arm was set and plastered to his shoulder the bone had been shattered by the impact, he had to have a drain inserted into his skull due to pressure build up, his rib cage had been cracked along with the sternum, both lungs had collapsed the list of injuries were endless.
But the one that played on Steve's mind with the small tear in his stomach lining at first he thought it was another result of the accident but the doctor confirmed the injury was at least 24 hours old and would have resulted in Danny passing out most likely the reason why he survived the impact his body would have been like a rag doll. But it also meant that it had happened the night he had come to him, it made the guilt burrow deeper into his heart.
Duke had come in 24 hours ago, asking Steve a number of questions before putting Danny under arrest. It had taken a lot to convince him to not place him in hand cuffs, it wasn't like he was in any condition to make a runner.
Steve walked across to the window and watched the rain trace crazy patterns down the glass. He brushed away the tears when he heard the nurse enter the room picking up Danny's chart and start to do her checks, she fiddled with several of the machines, scribbling notes she replaced the chart giving Steve a sweet smile.
He had Danny's nurse changed after the last one had decided that she disliked the situation she was in. Steve understood that Danny had taken two lives whilst under the influence but he wasn't going to allow his medical care to suffer because of it.
He stood for a moment looking down at the man he thought he knew. He felt like he had failed him and that had been a fatal mistake. Squeezing his shoulder he stepped out in the hunt of more coffee and work out the kinks in his muscles.
It suddenly hit him when he was sitting in the canteen. There was camara at every set of traffic lights he had no idea what he was hoping for but he had to do something if only to understand how the accident happened. He flipped open his phone and texted Chin he requested they continue the daily running of the office, follow up several leads he knew the governer would never authorise leave for this, If anything he would most likely have Danny's badge.
He hadn't called Rachel he didn't want the woman to have any more ammunition to hold against him. Luckily she was off the island taking Grace to see her Grandparents in England so the news report hadn't caused any damaged to his little girl.
After half an hour he felt ready for another round of silent watching and thinking. He stepped out the lift to shouting and screaming. Puzzled he moved quickly toward Danny's room where he found a very angry family fighting with the medical staff, screaming about harbouring a murder and they have rights to access.
Steve was not standing for the aggression for a start the medical staff didn't deserve it and Danny was in no fit state for verbal or at this rate physical abuse. Stepping forward he narrowly missed a flying fist this was spiraling out of hand and Steve was becoming more angry he understood they were morning but this was no way to handle things.
Luckily HPD and security turned up at the same time escorting the family away leaving several of the staff shaken. But the blaring of Danny's heart monitor changed the whole situation it was like a well oiled machine. Steve couldn't believe what was happening he had only gone for a coffee, he watched in horror as Danny arched from the bed.
4 minutes everything was about time it had taken 4 minutes to get him back it felt longer then the 12 hours he had waited during the surgery. Now everything was quite again, Steve sat starting at the monitors intensely making sure Danny wasn't going anywhere.
His phone vibrated in his pocket. He knew he couldn't use his phone in the ICU room but he was reluctant to leave. He sat for a while longer before curiosity got the better of him, reaching forward he threatened to kick Danny up the arse if he pulled another stunt like early. Leaving the room he nodded at the assigned guard.
Standing outside the ICU unit he unlocked his phone, he noticed the missed calls, six from Rachel cursing himself for forgetting that Grace called every night, she must have realised something was wrong by now. Mentally kicking himself he hit speed dial, Rachel was on the ball questions tumbling from the phone the woman may have been a rattle snake ready to strike at any moment but she cared a great deal about her daughter and knew the relationship she had with her dad.
After a rather heated conversation he hit disconnect scrubbing his hands over his face. Scrolling through the numbers he noticed that Chin had tried to contact him several times too, hitting the second speed dial he listened intently to the information unbelievable this last few days of hell suddenly had a light at the end of the tunnel.