WHO: Clio, Will Stutely WHEN: Christmas Eve, just after they get to the hospital WHERE: St Peter's University Hospital in NJ WHAT: Reunions WARNINGS: TBA
The moment Much had texted Clio to let her know the men had been found, she had shoved her feet into some shoes and gotten herself ready to run out the door. Then she had waited what felt like an excruciatingly long time (though it was only about an hour) for a follow up text to tell her where they were headed-
St Peter's University Hospital in New Jersey.
Clio was in the car in seconds, peeling away from the curb. It was a good forty minute drive, so she tried to distract herself by singing Christmas Carols and shouting at terrible holiday drivers, though mostly she was trying not to cry. That horrid man had hurt her darling Will enough he was in hospital. She could only imagine the terrible state she was going to find him in-
By the time she arrived, she had imagined all manner of injuries. She walked into the waiting room, expecting him to be missing a limb, or at the very least, some of his fingers. She liked his fingers, and he was a wood-worker, it would be debilitating-
She had to pull herself out of her swirling thoughts to give his name, and then she was allowed into the ER - he hadn't been admitted to a room quite yet, though Clio didn't know it was about insurance - and shown to his bedside. "Will!" she cried out, the tears starting immediately. She ran to drop herself into a chair beside his bed, and she reached out for his arm. "Oh my gods!" He looked dreadful, but - she noted - he seemed to have all his limbs and appendages.