To Everything, There Is A Season

Chapter 29

"What in the HELL are you about to do to MY WIFE?!"

"Don?" Meryl woke up when she heard her husband yelling, and she was shocked at who she saw standing near her IV in a nurses uniform and syringe. Don looked like he could kill the woman he was trying to get away from his wife; and after what she had done, Meryl couldn't blame him. She knew she would feel exactly the same way if she were in his position, and she prayed that she never would be. "What...Sigourney?"

Don didn't take his eyes off Sigourney as he tried to pull her away from Meryl's IV. "Baby, stay there I've got it." Don said as he was dragging Sigourney to the door but she kept lunging for the IV. Through his haze of anger and fear, he could hear Sigourney yelling at his wife, which only upset him more, and then he heard Meryl screaming for help as he was trying to get the syringe away from Sigourney. "You bitch! You are going to pay for trying to kill my wi..."

"DON!" Meryl screamed as she saw Sigourney jam the syringe into Don's shoulder. Meryl tried to get up but was too weak and couldn't walk so she crawled over to Don, somehow managing to put Don's head in her lap. "What in the hell did you stab him with?" Meryl cried as she saw Dr. Abbott literally run into Sigourney as she tried to make her way out of the room. "Hal that's her, that's the woman that tried to kill me she just injected something into Don. He collapsed immediately and his head is bleeding."

Dr. Abbott couldn't believe what was happening; this was his hospital and this should NOT have happened. He surveyed the woman he immediately grabbed by the arms and noticed she was dressed as a nurse. He just shook his head as he had this sudden and immediate need to beef up safety protocols in the hospital. He kept hold of the woman as he looked at Meryl. "I'm going to go take her to security and have them call the police. Is he breathing, Meryl?"

"I can't tell." Meryl sobbed as she managed to bend down and kiss his lips. "I don't know what the hell is happening to him, Hal."

Dr. Abbott nodded. "You stay with him and as soon as I get her to security I will be right back to check him out."

"Wait!" Meryl screamed not even registering that Dr. Abbott should be checking Don out before taking Sigourney to the security; at the moment she didn't care what the hell happened to that psychotic woman, all that. "What in the fuck did you inject him with?"

This did not go how Sigourney had planned. She had looked in and Meryl was alone so she thought it was the perfect opportunity to take care of her competition. Don wasn't supposed to be there, and he sure as hell wasn't supposed to be injected. It was an accident. "I didn't mean to hurt Don. I was trying to help him by taking care of you and getting you out of his life. I didn't mean to hurt him."

"Just what did you think would happen when you fucking framed him?!" Meryl was hysterical as she kissed all over Don's face. "I'm here, baby, I'm right here. I love you so much."

Dr. Abbott looked at Sigourney. "What was in the syringe? This wouldn't have happened if you gave him the penicillin you put in the chocolates."

"Mixture of Dilaudid, Fentanyl, and Morphine." Sigourney said just above a whisper. "If Meryl's breathing was shallow then that was supposed to push her over the edge."

Dr. Abbott shook his head as he pushed Sigourney out the door and looked back at Meryl. "They are very strong narcotics, but he should be fine. Just make sure he keeps breathing and I will be right back."

"Hal!" Meryl screamed as Don's body went limp and she felt him slip away from her. "He's gone....HE'S NOT BREATHING. YOU BITCH...YOU KILLED MY HUSBAND!!!!!!!

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"DOOOOONNNNN!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!" Meryl screamed from deep in her soul. "COME BACK!"

Don and Meryl had fallen asleep quickly once they had some time to themselves, but then they soon fell asleep together. Something they were both afraid earlier in the day would never happen again, and they relished in it. Don woke up when he heard his wife screaming his name deep from her soul and felt her thrashing in the hospital bed next to his. He moved as much as he could and held her head in his hands, trying to still her. "Baby, wake up. I'm right here, sweetheart. Wake up."