daughter’s father. She’d never met Alicia in person but she’d seen pictures of her in the papers. The newspapers didn’t do her justice because she was a beautiful woman. She had raven colored hair and her eyes looked almost violet. At the moment, she couldn’t keep her eyes off of Angel. Vicky was so overwhelmed with relief that she just started to cry uncontrollably. She stood from her seat and almost ran over to Alicia and hugged her. It was that moment that Jason re-entered the hospital room. He was somewhat bewildered with all the commotion. Alicia on the other hand just stood stoically during the embrace. Vicky was so grateful “Oh my god. Thank you, Alicia. Thank you so much for coming and getting Ryan here.” After a few moments Vicky lifted her head from Alicia’s shoulder “Where is he? Is he talking to the doctors?”
Alicia cleared her throat as everyone in the room was so clearly focused on her response. “Vicky, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I’m still trying to locate Ryan. I have all of my people on it but I haven’t been able to find him. He’s not answering his phone. It is going straight to voice-mail.”
Vicky couldn’t believe her ears. Ryan wasn’t at the hospital. Vicky looked over at Jason with pleading eyes. “Jason, please tell me you were able to locate him?” He had no idea how to tell her that he hadn’t. He’d called in ever favor and everyone he could think of to help him locate the bastard. But, at the end of the day he wasn’t able to locate him. They had about an hour left before they went live with the press conference.
All of a sudden everything seemed to happen in slow motion. The monitors started going haywire. The machines started screaming with beeps and chirps. The doctors and nurses all rushed into the hospital room all descending upon little Angel pushing Vicky and Alicia away from the bed.
The doctors seemed to be pulling and pricking Angel every which way. Vicky stood there watching in silent horror not knowing what to do. Everyone was stunned that these could be Angel’s last moments on earth. A nurse tried to get the family to go into the waiting room so the doctors could work on her. Dr. Franks was barking orders “It’s too many people in here.”
A nurse who was sympathetic but firm tried to usher everyone out of the room. “I’m sorry you all will need to go into the waiting room and let the doctors take care of Angel. They’ll do the best they can for her.”
“No, No, NO!! I can’t leave. I can’t leave her” Vicky started to panic. She couldn’t leave her little girl. She had to stay in the room with her daughter. “She NEEDS me. She needs to know I’m here. “Mommy’s here Angel. Mommy’s right here!” Jason had to grab Vicky and almost carry her out of the room.
As they were crossing the threshold they heard Dr. Franks bark out “Her pressure is dropping too low! We’re losing her. We need to do that blood transfusions STAT! Then, prep her for surgery!”
The last words they heard before the door closed was “Dr. Franks we don’t have a blood match for her!”
Jason, Vicky, The Rutherford ’s, Aunt Shirley, Franklin, and Sandra couldn’t believe what was happening. Vicky started screaming and crying uncontrollably. Everyone was in tears. Angel was going to die.
Jason held onto Vicky tightly as he finally let his own tears flow. Word was getting around the hospital quickly that Angel was dying. Doctors and nurses from all over the hospital started to come and stand around Angel’s hospital room. Angel had endeared herself to everyone who’d had any contact with her since she’d been admitted. The entire hospital staff had been going the extra mile to try and find a match for her. Despair was written over everyone’s face as they tried to console each other. Jason in all of this time never thought for one
Alicia cleared her throat as everyone in the room was so clearly focused on her response. “Vicky, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I’m still trying to locate Ryan. I have all of my people on it but I haven’t been able to find him. He’s not answering his phone. It is going straight to voice-mail.”
Vicky couldn’t believe her ears. Ryan wasn’t at the hospital. Vicky looked over at Jason with pleading eyes. “Jason, please tell me you were able to locate him?” He had no idea how to tell her that he hadn’t. He’d called in ever favor and everyone he could think of to help him locate the bastard. But, at the end of the day he wasn’t able to locate him. They had about an hour left before they went live with the press conference.
All of a sudden everything seemed to happen in slow motion. The monitors started going haywire. The machines started screaming with beeps and chirps. The doctors and nurses all rushed into the hospital room all descending upon little Angel pushing Vicky and Alicia away from the bed.
The doctors seemed to be pulling and pricking Angel every which way. Vicky stood there watching in silent horror not knowing what to do. Everyone was stunned that these could be Angel’s last moments on earth. A nurse tried to get the family to go into the waiting room so the doctors could work on her. Dr. Franks was barking orders “It’s too many people in here.”
A nurse who was sympathetic but firm tried to usher everyone out of the room. “I’m sorry you all will need to go into the waiting room and let the doctors take care of Angel. They’ll do the best they can for her.”
“No, No, NO!! I can’t leave. I can’t leave her” Vicky started to panic. She couldn’t leave her little girl. She had to stay in the room with her daughter. “She NEEDS me. She needs to know I’m here. “Mommy’s here Angel. Mommy’s right here!” Jason had to grab Vicky and almost carry her out of the room.
As they were crossing the threshold they heard Dr. Franks bark out “Her pressure is dropping too low! We’re losing her. We need to do that blood transfusions STAT! Then, prep her for surgery!”
The last words they heard before the door closed was “Dr. Franks we don’t have a blood match for her!”
Jason, Vicky, The Rutherford ’s, Aunt Shirley, Franklin, and Sandra couldn’t believe what was happening. Vicky started screaming and crying uncontrollably. Everyone was in tears. Angel was going to die.
Jason held onto Vicky tightly as he finally let his own tears flow. Word was getting around the hospital quickly that Angel was dying. Doctors and nurses from all over the hospital started to come and stand around Angel’s hospital room. Angel had endeared herself to everyone who’d had any contact with her since she’d been admitted. The entire hospital staff had been going the extra mile to try and find a match for her. Despair was written over everyone’s face as they tried to console each other. Jason in all of this time never thought for one
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