[glow=red,2,300] Part 3 -Final Dramatic update[/glow]
Carter nods as Mr lewis heads to the elevator and signals that he will be up soon.
"I'll give you some time and then I'll come up.."
Abby rocks back and forth on her heels as hesitates as she wonders whether to stop and talk to Carter or catch up to Luka and his father....she turns and smiles at Carter.
"Long time no see....."Carter pulls her into an embrace
"I wish it was under better circumstances...."
Abby pulls back and studies his appearance
"You got old Carter.....you have smatterings of grey hair..."
Carter laughs and then studies her ..
"You gained weight....."
Abby throws her head back "Touche'"
Carter rubs his eyes
"I spoke with Susan this morning and told her I would be flying in from Costa Rica and we would have a meeting in the morning...I told her I was done travelling for a while and she could slow down a gear and think about early maternity leave now that I'm back I could over see the project she has been working on for me........I never expected this to happen...."
Abby puts her hand on his shoulder and for a moment he thinks about what her touch use to feel like...but that was so long ago and it just doesn't feel the same..she doesn't have any hold over him anymore.
"Carter ..I need to go and be with Luka..his father is here with chest pains and Luka is probably frantic...."
Abby takes his hand and smiles
'It is good to see you and maybe we can catch up later..?"
Carter release her hand and waves.
"Sure...that would be great....oh and hey congrats on the baby..Susan told me and I couldn't be happier for you guys..."
Abby frowns and looks to the elevator.
"Will you tell us how she is doin...?" Carter slowly nods and sighs.
"Yeah....I 'll do that as soon as we know....."
Abby walks over to the drawn curtain and calls out to Luka
'Can I come in..?"Luka pulls the curtain back
'Where were you...the cardiologist has already been...."
Abby swallows and looks to the ground..she can see Luka is already worked up.
"I uh ..ran in to Mr Lewis and Carter...they were on their way up to see Susan in ICU.."
Luka 's eyes suddenly seem fiery and his expression hardens
"
Carter....my father is here with chest pains and you were hanging around to talk to
Carter...?
Abby's mouth drops open as she realises Luka is angry with her.
"Hey ..I was gone like twenty minutes and Pratt was looking after Tata and I thought you would want to see him and make a fuss and ...god Luka ....I can't believe you still freak out over Carter..."
Luka stands with his hands on his hips and shakes his head he looks at her and stares...
Abby wonders what he is looking at and tries to see for herself.
"Oh great now I'm leaking....."
Self consciously she tries to cover her chest
"Damn it....." she sighs
Luka feeling guilty tries to console her
"I'm sorry..I shouldn't have yelled at you...I will get you some scrubs to put on..."
Abby shakes her head
'I'll go upstairs and use a pump......just tell me first how your father is..."
Luka reaches out and touches her face
"He is gonna be fine......you just need to stop your mother cooking for him or she is gonna kill him... the angiogram showed his artery is almost fully blocked...he needs a bypass and hopefully Cardiology are going to it before he flies home..."
Abby smiles a little "Well at least it's not a heart attack ..I don't think we need anymore bad news today..."
Luka stretches his arm out and she walks into his embrace and they remain silent for a moment and then Luka sees Carter come out of the elevator...he is smiling as he walks toward them.
'Susan is awake and causing one hell of a commotion upstairs.."
Abby gasps and shakes her head
"Oh my god that's great..."
Luka remains silent for a moment.
'Does she know about Chuck and the babies...?"
Carter nods and raises his eyebrows.
"She was distraught when they removed her interbation tube and took a while to accept that Chuck was gone and that one of the babies didn't make it....but then she got all pushy and demanded to see her baby ..."
Abby laughs as she wipes a tear
'Way to go Suasn..."
Carter scratches his head .."She is still in pretty serious shape..they had to remove her spleen and she has a lot of bruising and facial scarring....she has a broken arm and a disclocated collarbone...but she is all fired up about seeing the baby....in the end her father convinced her that he would go and take a peek and make sure she was alright...they named her
"Charli.."Luka puts his arm around Abby and squeezes her shoulder.
"Do you want to go up and see her..?"Abby thinks about it for a minute...
"No ...truth be told ..I am going to go and pump and check in on your father and then I am going home to my baby....."
Luka nods and kisses her on the head.
"I'll tell Susan ..you will see her tomorrow..."
Abby contemplates her decision and wrestles with her conscience.
"
No wait......Joseph will understand if I'm a little late...Susan needs us now...
all of us...."
To be continued......
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