One Shots 'The nursery nurse'

Two voices in silence

Reece rummaged through the documents he had stolen from his father's safe.

He had waited until the end of the working day to start. The documents had been hidden in his desk for several months. So much had happened, that he hadn't had time to go through them in detail.

But the next meeting of the Board of Directors was getting closer and closer. And now with the knowledge that there was a spy in their own ranks. It was now time to take action.

To Reece's surprise, he wasn't completely alone after all, the office door opened and Deliah entered.

"Hi Reecey. Still here?"

" Deliah..."

" What are you doing?"

" I could ask you the same thing."

The woman smiled slightly. Reece knew she wasn't as dangerous as he thought, but he still didn't feel comfortable with her.

Deliah still lingered in the room. She also seemed reluctant to go home.

Reece tried to ignore her and concentrate on the pile of documents again.

It was getting dark and they were still in the office.

Deliah was typing on her computer, Reece had no idea what exactly she was doing.

The silence was interrupted when something caught Reece's nose.

He glanced at the office door, smoke was coming from underneath it.

He was quickly on his feet, shouting to Deliah to call the fire brigade.

When he opened the door, their where greeted by a large cloud of smoke.

Flames had also already broken out. Fortunately, there was no one left in the building. But they had to get out of here as quickly as possible. The flames came dangerously close to them.

Fighting their way through the smoke was not easy. Halfway through, Deliah lost consciousness and Reece had to carry her. He barely made it out of the door, luckily the fire brigade was already there.

What happened next was all a blur to Reece. He and Deliah were taken away in an ambulance. He couldn't remember the rest of the night.

Not even how he actually got home.

He was so shocked by the events of the previous evening, it was like movie. The next morning he went to the Nursery.

He wanted to speak to his sister and Marjorie to see if they had heard anything about Deliah.

Marjorie met him on his way and simply ran past him.

"Marjorie, I know you're angry that I've put myself in danger. But can we talk!" he called after her.

But his girlfriend just shouted "Not now!" as she ran past Charlotte, who looked like she wanted to ask her something too.

Reece sighed, he seemed to have a lot to make up for.

When he entered the office, he saw his sister. She was working away. But she seemed to be in thought.

"Is Marjorie really that upset?"

Autumn stopped typing and rubbed her eyes. "My God, Reece! You had to play the hero!"

Reece was about to say something, when Charlotte came into the room.

" Are you coming? We told the last parents that the Nursery is closed today. The others are already at the hospital. Do you want me to drive?"

Autumn nodded.

At the hospital? Deliah is worse than he thought.

He ran after the two women.

When they arrived at Charlotte's car, Autumn opened the passenger door and started rummaging in her bag.

Enough time for Reece to sit down on the back seat, his sister seem not as angry after all. Autumn throws her bag in the back seat and closed the door. The journey to the hospital was silent.

Reece walked after the two women just before they reached the door to the patient's room. A voice rang out.

"Hey!" Mia ran down the corridor.

" Mia? I thought you were in Bali?" asked Reece.

But Mia quickly ran to Charlotte. " Are you all right sweetheart?"

" Its ok...thanks."

Mia gave Autumn also a sympathetic look.

Autumn opened the door. The group entered.

The first thing Reece saw was Carly crying and being held by Winter. He stepped closer and his heart sank.

He saw himself in the hospital bed. Marjorie next to him, just holding his hand.

"What's going on?" he whispered.

"You're in a coma."

Reece looked behind him, there in the corner of the room was Deliah. "And I'm dead."

" What? No, that can't be!" He wanted to reach for Charlotte, who was standing near him, but he reached through her.

"They can't see or hear you," Deliah said.

"Am I dying...?"

"I don't know... I just know that you see me and I see you."