EPISODE 10

At the hospital --

With that Zander flipped closed his cell phone and walked back inside the hospital. He met Alan and Monica at the nurse's station on Emily's floor and stopped to talk with them before going back to sit with his wife.

"What the hell happened, Zander?" Alan barked wanting to know the details about why Emily was back in the hospital.

"I don't know Alan, I wasn't there ...." Zander began but Alan interrupted him.

"You promised you would protect our daughter! And now this?! And this isn't the first time ...." Alan replied with anger and Monica stepped in wanting to trying to take control before Alan's temper got the better of him.

"Alan ... I'm sure Zander did all he could to protect Emily ..." Monica said and then eyed Zander for confirmation.

"Of course I did! Look, Thomas was there, I stayed back here in town, I had no reason to believe that there was any danger! You want to know what happened at the house, you can ask Emily or ask Thomas. Right now I am going to sit with my wife!" Zander stepped forward to leave and Alan put his hand up against Zander's chest and stopped him.

"I'm not finished with you just yet .... Emily will wait." Alan said sternly and Zander looked down at Alan's hand that laid heavy on his chest.

The tension was high between Zander and Alan while Monica looked on not knowing how to stop the crash that was about to happen.

As Alan and Zander stood face to face with each other, tension was building between two the of them, as Monica looked on. She noticed Dr. Meadows step off the elevator and walk towards them, the concern on her face worried Monica.

"Zander, can we talk?" Dr. Meadows said as she came up behind him.

Zander turned around when he heard someone speaking to him. The look on the doctor's face worried him. "Yeah sure." he said to her, but before leaving Monica and Alan he added ..."We'll continue this later." Zander walked away with Dr. Meadows and Monica and Alan both concerned about Emily wanted to know what was going on too and followed.

"What's wrong, Dr. Meadows?" Zander worried.

"I can see now that the 48 hours I gave Emily isn't going to be enough, she's in need of more time for rest and I don't think she's going to get that at home."

"What are you saying?" Zander asked wanting the doctor to be more clear on Emily's condition.

"What I am saying is that the baby's heart beat isn't quickening like I want it to, though it has increased since Emily was admitted. I feel she needs to stay here a little longer then 48 hours. I'd like to keep an eye on her."

"Is she going to lose the baby?" Monica spoke up and Dr. Meadows turned around towards her.

Dr. Meadows hung her head in doubt. "I don't know. Only time will tell."