falling for you [m.s.]

twenty

gwen was pushing rina through the e.r entrance with burke. walter and joe close behind them.

"ready? one, two, three." burke says as they carry rina on a gurney. "get me a stat ekg and portable chest."

"she's 34 weeks pregnant with twins." gwen informs him. "why don't you go to the waiting room?" she asks walter and joe.

"we're not leaving her." walter insisted.

aa gwen looked behind the two she saw adele in the e.r. so she walked over to her.

"what happened?" she asks richard who stood next to adele.

"i don't know. i found her unconscious." richard tells her. "she's lost blood. a lot of blood. i didn't know she was in the hospital. what was she doing?"

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"you don't think it could be uterine cancer, do you? it runs in the family." richard informs gwen still in adele's room.

"no. it's not." gwen dismisses. "she was in earlier. she was in a fender-bender." confesses to him.

"my wife came into my hospital and you neglected to tell me?" richard asks.

"doctor/patient confidentiality."

"we're still married." he reminded her. "she's unconscious. there are medical decisions to be made. legally, i have the right to know. i have a right..."

"she might be having a miscarriage." she finally tells him. "she's pregnant."

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"how's rina?" gwen asks burke in the e.r.

"i need to get a ct angio, but i'm pretty sure it's a tear in her aorta. her heart is about to blow." he explaines to her.

"most dissecting aortas burst within 48 hours." gwen says.

"wich means we have less than 12 hours to fix it before she's dead." burke says.

"so you need me to get the babies out."

"so i can save her life." burke agrees.

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"what happened?" adele asks as gwen and richard where in her room again.

"you've been unconscious for a while." gwen explaines to her.

"what about...?" adele whispers to gwen.

"he knows." gwen says nodding to richard. "adele, you lost a lot of blood. i'm going to try to find a heartbeat. but you should prepare yourself." gwen then moved the wand around her stomach. "heartbeat."

"oh god." richard sighs relieved.

"it's a little slower than i'd like, but once we tank you with liquids and a transfusion, it might get stronger." gwen explaines. "i got to rush off to surgery. i'll be back with you the minute i'm done."

"thank you." adele said.

gwen nodded and left the room.

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"i don't understand." gwen says to richard in his office.

"it's not you." he dismisses her.

"i understand that part. what i don't understand is why?" she asks. "i need this job, richard. i need it more than the others."

"gwendolyn."