The fifth week (part 2)

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We fell in love, despite everything that separated us. From that moment on, something rare and magical was created.

Nicholas Sparks

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-It's him, it's him!" she shouted, urging Conor into the room

-Dr. DeLuca, are you okay? He said in a confusion between astonishment and panic

- "he was her attacker!"

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- "of what?" Conor asked.

- "I need to call Lieutenant Decker."

She had gotten out of bed and retrieved her phone from the table next to Maya's bed and looked for Chloe in her contacts.

- "Hello, Lieutenant Decker?" said the sleepy voice on the phone

- "I know who the man is who assaulted her"

The lieutenant looked at the origin of the call on her phone, "Doctor DeLuca?"

- "yes sorry I don't even know what time it is!"

- "a little over four hours," Conor told her.

- "oh my god, I'm sorry Lieutenant"

- "no worries, I told you to reach me at any time of the day or night"

- "I know who the man is who assaulted Maya"

- "how so?"

-"I was approached in a bar at Joe's last night and the man gave me a strange feeling... And I just remembered, I've seen him a lot recently and that was even before Maya's assault."

- "Okay, okay, Carina I'm going to come to the hospital. I'll be there in 30 minutes, is that okay with you?"

- "yes, I'm waiting for you"

- "will you be in your office?"

- "no, in Maya's room"

-"I'll see you in a few" Lieutenant Decker replied before hanging up.

- "thank you Conor, and I'm sorry"

- "No worries Dr. DeLuca, I'll go back to the corridor, I'll wait for Lieutenant Decker's arrival"

-"thanks" she said with a sincere smile on her face.

Once the door was closed, she turned to Maya.

- "sorry love, I think I've put a serious chock in your ribs."

She lifted the sheet and Maya's blouse, she directed the light of her phone on Maya's belly.

-"shit, I'm sorry my love" A new bruise had already formed next to the others, which were now yellow-purple. She then ran her fingers over it, touching it, before placing a kiss on it and pressing the button to call the nurse.

Within seconds, Nurse Ashley Collins had arrived.

- "Is there anything I can do, Dr. DeLuca?"

- "Ashley, please call me by my first name when I'm not in pink scrub, I'm just like any other patient family here."

- "except that families of patients don't sleep and stay in the hospital all night."

-"You make a good point... Do you have an ice pack please?"

- "what happened?"

-"I... I slept with Maya and... I hit her... She already has a bruise."

-"Carina! We have already discussed this... We have to be careful... Especially since she is in this stage, she can feel pain"

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