Twisted Minds

Potage

WILL GRAHAM'S HOUSE - PATIO - EARLY MORNING -

WILL GRAHAM steps out onto his porch in boxers and a t-shirt, hair tussled from recently getting out of bed. He's followed by his PACK OF DOGS. The pooches bound down the stairs toward the driveway and Will suddenly realizes he's not alone. Dr. Caroline Bailie stepping out of her car to greet the dogs as they return the favor. She smiles at Will. "Morning." I say smiling happily at Will
"I didn't hear you drive up." Will says looking me up and down and then at my car "Hybrid. Good car for stalking." I say smirking, bending down to pet his dogs, "I'm compelled to go cover myself." Will says with a slight blush on his face, i chuckle  "I have brothers." i say laughing with a smile  "I'll put on a robe just the same. Do you want a cup of coffee? And more immediately why are you here?" Will says walking towards his front door, I follow "Yes. And Abigail Hobbs woke up." i say smiling , Will stops in his tracks. "You know how to bury the lead." he says turning towards me. "Want me to get you a cup of coffee?" I smirk walking towards him, "No, I want to get my coat." He says turning towards his door  "Let's have a cup of coffee." i chuckle.

Will and Caroline sit in his kitchen sipping coffee as Will's PHONE RINGS and RINGS and RINGS and RINGS and finally stops. "Is he going to keep calling?" Will says rolling his eyes, "Jack wants us to go see her." I say grabbing his hand in a comforting way "And you don't." He says, i shake my head "Eventually." i say, Will smiles at her bulldoggishness in his defense."I don't want to get in the middle of you and Jack, but if I can be helpful to you as a buffer..." I say kindly and gazing fondly at Will, "I like you as a buffer. I also like the way you rattle Jack. He respects you too much to yell at you no matter how much he wants to." Will chuckles, I laugh with him. "And I take advantage of that." I smirk, Will turns the subject back to what he's most concerned with.
"Abigail Hobbs doesn't have anyone." Will says taking a sip of his coffee,"We can't be her everyone. No matter how much we want to. When i said what I was going to say in my head, it sounded insulting." I say leaning forward towards the Visibly Anxious man. He leans forward too, "Say it the insulting way." He says looking me in my eyes, "Dogs keep a promise a person can't." I say lowering my head , "I'm not collecting another stray." Will says seriously i nod my head, "The first person Abigail talks to about what happened can't be anyone who was there when it happened. That means no Dr. Lecter, or Me either." I say sadly because even though I would love to see Abigail right now, its not safe for her mental health yet."Much less the guy who killed Dad. Jacks wrong about Abigail." Will says grabbing my hand and squeezing, " I know he is But Let Alana reach out to her, her own way." I say squeezing his hand back and looking in his eyes with what seems to be adoration? No Caroline! You cant do this again! Remember what happened last time!

PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL - ABIGAIL HOBBS' ROOM - DAY -

ALANA BLOOM waddles down the corridor, struggling to hold onto the SEVERAL SHOPPING BAGS she's carrying. Alana ENTERS as quietly as possible, given the circumstances, to find ABIGAIL HOBBS sitting up in bed, reading a book, exhausted, vacant, looking like she just woke up from a coma. "Hi. I'm Alana Bloom." Alana says as she unloads the shopping bags on the couch. "Are you a doctor?" Abigail asks looking over at Alana in curiosity  "Not medicine. I'm a psychiatrist." Alana says as she grabs a chair to place at Abigail's bedside and sit. "What do you specialize in?" Abigail asks while flipping a page in her book, "Among other things, family trauma." Alana says as she sits down, she feels sympathy for the girl.  "I asked the nurses if my parents were dead and they wouldn't tell me. Said I had to wait for you." Abigail says as she looks Alana in the eyes, Alana sits on the edge of Abigail's bed. "I'm sorry you had to wait." Alana says sincerely, and with kindness in her eyes and tone. "I know they're dead." Abigail says with emotion in her eyes, Alana studies her and the strange admission. Abigail's chin crumples with emotion but she fights it.