All Fall Down

Chapter 7

Abigail's POV

I had seen alot of different ceilings since being put in the ambulance. No one had told us anything and my eyes were struggling to stay open. I felt dizzy and sick, Ryan had kept my hand tightly inside of his since we left the venue "Okay Abi, we are almost at the hospital now. You are doing so well, but you need to try and stay awake for us okay?" I saw Ryan's head look up.

"Stay awake baby" he stroked my hair "It's going to be okay, you're gonna be okay"

The ambulance stilled and the doors opened. Ryan stood up quickly and followed me out into the hospital "Abigail Jenson-Tedder 36 years old and how many weeks pregnant sir?"

"16 weeks" I hear Ryan say "She was awake all the way here, that's a good thing right?"

"She's losing alot of blood" a medic called out, suddenly I couldn't see Ryan anymore "Wait out here please sir"

Things are starting to blend together and even the voices were growing fuzzy "Abigail can you hear me?" I heard a man's voice, then it all went black.

×-×-×

Ryan's POV

I sat where I stood, with my back against the wall just outside of the operating theatre. I could hear them all rushing around behind the door "RYAN" Leroy ran towards me, I looked up but didn't have the energy to stand "Is she?"

"She was still conscious when they brought her in...that's gotta be a good sign right" I say hoping for Leroy to agree "I can't lose her man, I just..."

"You won't" Leroy put his hand on my shoulder "Listen there is a gathering outside what shall I do?"

"Nothing, let them gather" I reply, right now the press are the least of my concerns "Just call Harry and tell her to release something, erm...no details just that Abi has collapsed and she's in hospital. I don't want the press coming out in force, not until we've told our family the truth"

"Alright I'll take care of it" Leroy stands up right walks away from me a little and takes his cell phone from out of his pocket.

"Ryan Tedder?" A man in police uniform approaches me. I nod "I'm Detective Lawler and this is my colleague Detective Rupert, we're here to ask you some questions about what happened...we believe we have the person responsible on cctv footage"

"Was it her?" I ask without thinking "Sarah Hendley?"

"We can't say for sure Mr Tedder, but it's important we ask you some questions" Detective Lawler added. I nod again.

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The questions seemed irrelevant, but I had to do something to pass time. They told me they would keep in touch and that someone from the victim liason team would contact us. Hearing them use the word victim made it seem more real, somebody had deliberately done this to my wife. It wasn't just am assault, the person who did this to Abi intended to kill her.

"Mr Tedder" a doctor came out of theatre and came straight to me. I manage to pull myself off the floor, Leroy has just come back from calling Harriet.

"Is she alright?" I ask, Leroy is now standing behind me.

"She's going to be fine, the wound was more flesh than fatal..." My heart skips, then I see the doctors face and feel a but coming "There were some complications however...the knife caused some trauma to the uterus. The baby seems okay for now, but I'm afraid there is a strong possibility Abigail will miscarry"

"Shit" I exhale deeply, running my hand through my hair "How strong is the possibility?"

"It's hard to say Mr Tedder..." my temper wears thin at his lack of knowledge.

"THEN TAKE A GUESS" I yell.

"Ryan" Leroy steps in quickly.

"I'm sorry it's just...after Jacob I..." My heart is racing and I keep imagining the look on Abi's face when they told us how sick Jake was.

"I completely understand, I'm sorry I can't give you any reassurances. But there's just no way of knowing" the doctor sighed.

"Is there anything we can do, If she rests or..." i am clutching at straws in the hope we don't have to go through it all again.

"Rest, bed rest will help increase the chances"

"For 5 months?" Leroy speaks up.

"If it'll help" I snap "I can't walk into that room and tell her we might lose another one, it'll break her and I don't think she can cope with another blow...I'm not sure I can either, I don't know if I can watch her fall apart again"

Leroy doesn't speak he just nods and puts a hand on my shoulder "Ryan...?" A desperate sounding Stella rushes towards me "Is she...?"

"She's going to be fine" I tell her quickly.

"And the baby?" Stella catches her breath.

"For now" I try to sound optimistic.

"What do you mean for now?" Stella replied.

"There was some trauma, the baby is fine at the moment but the doctor said there is a strong possibility she could misscarry" i feel the tears in my eyes as I explain.

"Oh honey I'm so sorry" Stella hugs me for a few moments "Does Abi know?"

"I don't think so, I haven't been allowed in to see her yet" I look over Stella's shoulder and see some journalists "How did they get in?"

"I've got it" Leroy rushes towards them and makes them leave.

"And how about you honey? Are you okay?" Stella looks at me.

"Why would she do this? Hasn't she been through enough? It's like everytime she gets back up, some bastard is ready to knock her down again. I don't know how much more she can take...what if this is the last time. What if she goes back to that again...?"

"Then it's up to us to make sure she doesn't" Stella took my hand "We make sure she knows we love her and that were here to look after her"

I look up and see that Leroy is back, he looks very uneasy "What is it?"

"They want to hear from you" Leroy exhaled cautiously "The fans are pissed off that you left mid show..."

"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK" I lash out furiously.

"We can talk to them" Zachs voice comes from behind me, I hadn't even seen him arrive. I look around and see Eddie, Drew, Brian and Brent all standing with him "Tell us what you want them to know..."

"Thanks man" I look back at the doctor who has come back out of Theatre again.

"Abi is being moved to intensive care" he spoke gently "You can come and see her if you wish"

"What about Stella?" I ask instinctively, Stella smiles weakly.

"You go first" She whispers "I'll come along soon, be alone with her for a while"

×-×-×

I hadn't expected so many tubes, one of them I assumed to be for the blood transfusion she had been given. The  there were fluids and pain relief and a small tube going up her nose for oxygen. She was wearing a hospital gown, her hair was loose around her shoulders. There was no sign of the internal trauma she had suffered. I picked her hand up in mine and kissed it gently, her eyes flickered "Hey" she spoke coarsely.

"Hey baby" I whisper, tears sting my eyes as I realise how close I came to losing her "How do you feel?"

"Sore" she smiles then starts to cry "Did I lose it? The baby, it's gone isn't it?"

"No" I lean forwards "No the baby's okay" she laughs in between sobs, her hand lifts up to her face and I find myself hugging her head "Shh, it's okay baby. You're gonna be okay"

"But I don't understand, the knife..." she sniffs.

"Didn't cause any internal injury, just flesh wounds" I reply, knowing I wasn't being entirely honest. I guess you could say I bottled it, but seeing her relief when I told her the baby was okay. I couldn't upset her again with the truth...I would tell her, just not yet...