Nick sat in the waiting room his shirt covered in blood his coat sitting over the back of the chair. Kevin came running in with Lisa at his side. Brian Howie and AJ coming in behind him.
" How is she?" Lisa asked dropping down next to him.
" I don’t know they took her into the ER and haven’t come to get me." Nick said tears running down his cheeks.
" She will be fine Nick we know she will." Lisa said putting her hand on his shoulder.
" Excuse me who is here with Sandy Hawke?" A female doctor asked.
" I am her fiancée is she?" Nick asked standing.
" The bullet went threw her back and has snapped her spinal cord." She said calmly.
" Oh my god." Nick said nearly falling down.
" We have taken x-rays and ct scans and found that she is paralyzed from the waist down. We are waiting for her to wake to tell her. I am sorry." The doctor said looking at the group.
Nick sat crying in the waiting room after the doctor had left them. Kevin tried to calm his friend.
" She will be ok." Kevin said.
" But she wont be able to walk." Nick sobbed.
" Mr. Carter?"
" Yes." Nick said
" Miss Hawke is awake and is asking for you." A nice nurse said.
" Thank you." Nick said looking at the others.
" Go we will wait here. Tell Sandy we love her." AJ said pulling out his cell phone to call Sarah. Nick nodded and followed the nurse down the hall and stopped at Sandy’s room. He stopped and looked towards the nurse that still stood there.
" Go on. She is waiting for you." The nurse said pushing him towards the door. Nick lowered his head and walked inside.
" Nicky don’t cry." Sandy said reaching out for him.
" He shot you. I could have lost you." He said as tears ran down his cheeks.
" I know. I should have had him arrested sooner. I didn’t think he would go this far." She said as tears ran down her own cheeks.
" Miss Hawke?" The doctor interrupted as she came in.
" Yes Doctor." Sandy said looking past Nick.
" I have some news"
" What?"
" We have seen the x-rays and ran some tests and we have to tell that you are paralyzed." She said looking at Sandy’s expression.
" I..I am what?"
" Paralyzed from the waist down. The bullet snapped your spinal cord."
" Oh my god." Sandy said as tears began to flow again. Nick tried to calm her.
" I am sorry." The doctor said as she left the room. Nick held Sandy’s body close as she cried. He reached over and buzzed the nurse.
" Yes?" The nurse asked.
" Can you get my friends?" He asked
" Yea are they in the waiting room?"
" Yes they are."
" Ok." She said leaving the room to retrieve his friends. A few minuets later Kevin and Lisa entered the room followed by Brian Howie and AJ.
" Hey girl how’s it going?" Lisa asked coming towards her. Sandy looked up at her, her eyes red from crying
" I hate him." She said tears running down her cheeks.
" We know honey." Lisa said hugging her friend.
" He was arrested. And with this he will be put away for a very long time." Kevin said looking at Sandy and Nick. Nick looked up at Kevin, and then quickly spoke.
" Uh Kev can I talk to you guys for a sec." Nick said as Sandy held his hand tighter.
" Nick?"
" It’s ok baby I will be right back. Here you might want this." He said holding out her necklace.
" Here let me put that back on for you San." Sarah said taking the necklace from Nick. Sandy moved her hair and allowed Sarah to up the necklace on her as Nick and the others left the room.
" What is wrong Nick?" Kevin asked after they had left the room.
" We go back on tour in three weeks I don’t want to leave her alone." Nick said looking at them.
" We know Nick. But what are we going to do with so little time?" Brian asked his friend.
" I want someone on equipping my bus for wheelchair access." Nick said looking at them a new determination had replaced the look of loss in his eyes.
" Who is going to tell Sandy?" AJ asked looking at them. " And what about Management. I mean they aren’t going to be happy."
" I don’t care what they think. Had we gotten rid of that man before she wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place." Nick shouted looking at them all.
" Nick calm down. We know that this will be done. I will make some calls. Make sure everything is set up, but are you sure that she is going to be released that soon?" Kevin asked
" I will get her a nurse if need be I don’t want to leave her alone here." Nick said looking at them.
" All right Nick I will make the calls why don’t you go back in there and talk to her."
" And I will talk the doctor and see what we can do." Brian said watching Nick.
" All right." Nick said going back into the room where Sandy was. She looked up and smiled at him. He knew she was going home soon and wanted her to be happy.
Chapter 8