Save Me: A Chenford Love Story

8: We Found Her

8: We Found Her

"Lucy?" Tim answered back frantically.

Gunshots rang in his ear. More worry filled his body. He was sweating. Nolan saw that Tim was becoming pale and asked "Hey Tim, you okay?"

Tim shook his head no, muted the phone and said, "Go get everybody! It's Lucy and she's in trouble."

Nolan took off. Within seconds everyone had surrounded Tim. Nyla and Angela were working on a trace so that they could track the phone that she was using. The phone call was still active so they could get an accurate location. Gunshots were still being exchanged back and forth. Nothing was heard but the gunshots until they heard someone scream. It made all of them jump.

"AHHHHH!" Lucy screamed out in agony.

The screaming continued. It seemed like no one was breathing. Nyla then said, "We have her location. We're sending local PD there now. We got her."

It was seen that everyone had taken a deep breath as a sign of relief, except Tim. He still wasn't moving or hardly breathing. The gun shots had now ceased, but that didn't mean anything because he knew that Lucy was hurt. Waiting to hear the sirens, the phone was shaking in his hand. It had only been a few minutes, but it felt like an eternity. But then the calvary finally arrived. It was in that moment that Tim finally began to breathe.

"Ma'am, Ma'am!" They heard the officer say. The officer was trying to get Lucy to wake up. "Go get the EMT's she's not responding."

All of this commotion started and then it was silent. Lucy was on her way to the hospital. Tim hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket. Now more worried than before, Tim asked "So what's next? What do we do now?"

"I text June to let her know what happened and to let us know what hospital Lucy would be in when she found out."

"Okay, that's good." He said with a head nod.

No one had left the station. They all sat and waited to hear word that Lucy was going to be okay.

Ashley then popped up out of nowhere, this time in nicer clothing. Tim didn't even notice her coming in to the station because his focus was somewhere else. Grey had to call his name for him to notice. Ashley was the furthest person from his mind and it would stay that way until he knew that Lucy was okay.

Ashley walked over and said hello to everyone and they all responded by giving her a wave or a half smile. So, she decided to ask "Why is everyone so down? Who died?"

They all snapped their heads in her direction. Faces filled with anger and disgust. The way they were all looking at her was so telling. Every single one of them was giving her a death stare. Her cheeks were turning cherry tomato red. Then she asked "Did I say something wrong?"

Angela snapped and said "Well you didn't say anything right."

Ashley began to back up slowly. She sensed that she hit a nerve. She felt embarrassed. Tim grabbed her hand and walked her away from everyone. "It's not a goof time right now. One of our own is in a lot of trouble and everyone is on edge. All of us are stressed out." Tim said gently.

Ashley nodded her head. Still feeling completely embarrassed, she tugged Tim's arm a little and said "Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend anyone."

"I know Ash. It's okay."

" I know this isn't the best time to remind you of this, but we had a special dinner planned for tonight."

"Ash, I know but my time-" Tim was interrupted mid sentence.

"TIM!" Aaron yelled.

"Sorry Ash, I have to go." And with that he sped off.

Making his way over to the group, "What's up? What happened? Is she okay? Did we find out where she is?" He asked looking around.

"Tim slow down and take a deep breath." Grey says as he's placing a hand on Tim's shoulder.

Tim took the advice and took a deep breath. Nyla looks at him and says "Okay, I just spoke with June. She found out what medical facility Lucy was in and asked were they willing to transfer her to Shaw Memorial."

"Okay and?" Tim asked.

"So they're going to transfer her right now."

"Okay, so why are we still standing here? Shouldn't we be on our way to the hospital?" He asked confused.

"We were waiting on you." Angela replied.

"Well let's go!" Tim exclaimed.

He rushes over to Ashely and says "Sorry Ashley, I have to take a rain check on our date tonight."

"What? Why?" She asked with a dampened spirit.

"We found out where Lucy is so we're all doing to go over there now. I'm sorry."

"This dinner was important to me Tim." She said even more saddened.

"Okay and I'll make it up to you. I promise."

"Well this mattered to me. You're always gone now. We never have time for each other anymore."

"Tim you coming?" Angela yelled to him.

"Yeah!" He yelled back. "Look Ashely, I don't have time for this right now. I need to go. Again, I'm sorry."

"This mattered. I want to feel as if I matter." She said with her head hanging low.

"Tim, come on!" Nyla yelled.

"Coming!" He said. Looking at them file out the door. He looked back at Ashley and said, "Well some thing matter more." And then he shot off to join the others.

Ashley stood there, disappointed, with her head hanging low and tear stained cheeks, wondering if she would ever be as important to Tim as his job, but especially as important as Lucy. In the back of her head, she just wished she mattered just as much.