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The Valley of the Shadow by: Rhiannon & AJ
Abbey was tossing and turning in her sleep when she began to hear a ringing noise run through her head. That ringing noise was very persistent, and ended up waking her up. It was the telephone. Abbey waited for Jed to come over and answer the phone. But it kept ringing and ringing. This is how she knew he wasn't in the room. She swung her arm out at the fifth ring and patted it all around until it finally found the phone. After a little bit more patting around, she was able to find the receiver part of it, and hold it up to her ear. "Hello." She said into the phone. "Mrs. Bartlet, this is Dr. Tyler. I have the test results." Abbey took a big gulp as she answered with a very shaky voice, "Well?" "After carefully studying the results several times, I believe that it would be possible, and in your best interest, to have surgery." Abbey breathed a sigh of relief. Not a big one, there was still a 70% chance that the surgery would not work, but at least she was going to be given the 30% chance. "Thank you, doctor. When can it be done?" "Like I said earlier when you were in my office, it can be done tomorrow. What's a good time for you?" "What about the first thing in the morning?" Abbey wanted to get it done as soon as possible. The sooner she got into surgery, the sooner she got out of surgery. The sooner she got out, the sooner she got the results. "That is not a problem, Mrs. Bartlet. How about you be here at eight in the morning?" "I'll be there, doctor. And thank you." Abbey stuck her arm out and began to reach for the other part of the phone so she could hang it up. After a couple of failed attempts, she got it right. There is a chance. A small chance. A 30% chance… But still, that's a chance. Nervously happy over the news she received from the phone call, Abbey laid back down on the bed. As she did so, Jed finally walked back into the room. He knew he couldn't hide forever. He also knew that they should be getting a phone call from the doctor soon. What he didn't know was that he was too late. He was too late. The phone call already came in. And he missed it. Seeing Abbey in the process of laying down, he knew she was awake. But did he want to speak with her? Would she want to speak with him? "Is that you Jed?" Abbey said as she finally made it into a laying position. "Yeah, it's me." Jed walked over and sat down on the couch. "Has the doctor called yet?" Abbey knew she should tell him the truth. It was the right thing to do. But for some unexplained reason, she answered, "No, he hasn't." She felt bad for lying to him. No she didn't. Yes she did. But she didn't set him straight either. "Okay." Jed picked up some work that he had sitting near the couch, and began to slowly, but surely work through it. TBC...
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