As they ran into the hospital, they followed the signs and got to the ICU. They walked over to the nurse at the reception. “Where’s Caitlin Harrison? I’m her mother, I need to see her” Natalie said, crying and her voice cracking. The nurse pointed at one of the rooms and said “Room six, I’m sorry to hear that Doctor Anderson, I hope she gets better soon” Natalie grabbed her handbag off the desk saying “Thanks, Cherry” and she ran over to the room.

She and James walked in and they saw Caitlin on the ventilator. Natalie burst out crying and an “Oh God” came out through all the tears, “My baby…” and she fell into James’s arms for support.



The woman that saved Caitlin got home and sat on the sofa. “Hope she’s alright, ” she said. Suddenly Jenna popped her head around the door, “Everything alright, Lauren?” she said. Lauren looked up and said “Just saw a girl nearly die in the road…” and Jenna put her hand on the sofa, “oh my god… who?” Lauren shrugged, “I don’t know, never met her before. Name was… erm… Caitlin or something…”



“What did you say?” Jenna suddenly said. Lauren looked up and said “Caitlin… or something. Why?” and Jenna grabbed her purse off the sofa, “Where is she?” she panicked, “Calm down, Jen, she’s in intensive care, they’re looking after her, what’s wrong?” Jenna looked into Lauren’s eyes and said “My friend’s called Caitlin, and she suddenly stopped texting me earlier”

Then realisation hit them both…

Back at the hospital, Caitlin was in a critical state, they were monitoring her 24/7. Natalie stayed by her side at all times. Julie walked in. “Oh my God. I just heard. What on earth happened to her” she muttered, trying to keep her tears in. Natalie looked up saying “Oh… hit and run,” then she let out a crying sigh, “The doctors say she might not make it” and she burst into tears, as did Julie.



As they cried, the door slowly opened, two police officers appeared. “May we talk?” one said. Natalie took a sniff and said “What? Why?” and the police officers stood there saying, “We have suspicions to believe that her father Brian Harrison did this. We’ve looked through and he seems to be wanted for robbery, trespassing, and domestic abuse.” and Natalie looked at them angrily and snapped, “What?”

“I’m sorry. The woman who saved her at the crash found a letter which states that he will kill her” and Natalie got up, “What letter? I didn’t see a letter! What’s going on? Someone saved her? Please, someone, tell me what the f*** is going on here!” she yelled. The one policewoman looked at her and said “You didn’t see any letter? At all?” and Natalie shook her head in confusion. “The letter states that he’s found her and he will kill her” and Julie suddenly had an idea of when she got it…



“Hang on,” Julie said, “She was acting weird the other night, well nights. She went to the door to get some post and she acted weird then, saying it was just leaflets but she was stuttering pretty bad and looked a little spooked... and then she was having nightmares in the nights that passed” and Natalie looked at her “You didn’t tell me?” and she sat down again, “Don’t you think you should have?” and Julie looked guilty, “I’m sorry, I thought she was just nervous over the house being trashed” The officers asked the details, then went out to leave them to look after Caitlin. Natalie whispered to Caitlin, “If I have to kill that b****** myself, I’ll make him pay for this, Cait”



James came in with a drink for Natalie and she was just sitting there, tired, worn out and unhappy. She wanted her child to get better but she knew that this was just the beginning. James walked over, “Go home, Nat, I’ll look after her for now,” and Natalie said “No… I’m not… leaving her” he sat down next to her and passed her a drink. “How did the tests go?” he said. “They’re looking now,” she said, “I just hope to God they find some brain activity” he grabbed her and hugged her, because she needed it.



As they stared at the machine. She was still, too still. Suddenly all they heard was BEEP BEEP BEEP… BEEP BEEP BEEP from the monitor and Natalie hit the emergency button screaming “Help!” in which a doctor rushed in and took her onto a bed for taking to operating theaters. Natalie got up shouting “What? What are you doing? Where’s she going?” and the doctor said, “Doctor Anderson, there’s no time to wait, she’s got an internal bleed in her abdomen” and they rushed her out the room in seconds, down to the theater.



Now it was just a long wait to see if she’d be alright...