ericisacutie
Lab Technician
Chapter 1
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Stella was sitting behind the front desk going through some paper work when a teenage girl walked in the front doors.
She had a small cut above her eye and what looked like an old sock on her hand covered in blood. Stella watched her as she approached, then she smiled and said, "May I help you?"
The girl then smiled slightly and said softly, "I hope so, Mac Taylor works hear doesn't he?"
Stella nodded and said, "He sure does."
The girl smiled again as she asked, "Is he in today?"
Stella once more nodded and said, "Yes he is, would you like me to give him a message?"
The girl looked down, and then as she looked back up she said, "I don't mean to be a pain, but do you think there's anyway I can see him, it's important, just tell him Sam's here."
Stella shook her head as she stood up. Then she walked out from around the desk and said, "I'll go try and find him for you, have a seat."
The young girl smiled and said, "Thank you Ms. Bonosara."
Stella froze for a second, she wasn't sure how that girl knew her name, but she was going to go get Mac first and see if he knew her first before she asked any more questions.
So the girl took a seat and Stella walked out of sight. Mac was sitting in the breakroom reading the paper when Stella knocked on the door. He motioned for her to come in, so she did. When she walked in she looked back as she said, "There's a teenage girl out in the lobby asking for you, she said her name was Sam."
Mac sat the paper down at once and looked up at Stella. Stella then shrugged and said, "She didn't say what she wanted, she just was asking for you. She looks like she's been in a fight or something though Mac."
Mac stood up and started to leave the room, and as he was doing that Stella followed him and said, "Do you think you know her?"
Mac looked back at Stella and said, "Yea, I think I do."
He sped his steps up and walked around the corner. Once the girl came into his veiw he stopped in his tracks.
The girl wasn't looking his way, but he could tell who she was, and that's all that mattered.
He looked at Stella for a second, then he looked back toward the girl and said softly, "Sam?"
The girl whipped her head around and looked at Mac, once she saw his face she smiled real big and stood up. She started a light jog toward him and Mac started walking quickly toward her.
Once they got within a foot of each other they both stopped.
Sam's smile died down a little as she stared Mac in his eyes. Neither one of them said anything, but Mac looked at her head and then down at her hand. He finally reached his arm out and gently touched her hand. She then looked down.
He could tell she was in pain by just the gentle touch he gave her. He then took his other hand and placed it under her chin to make her look back up at him. Once she did, her eyes filled with tears and she slowly put her arms around Mac's waist.
Mac put his arms around her shoulders and rested his head on hers, just as he did that he opened his mouth slightly and said, "What happened honey?"
Stella was trying to take all of this in, she wasn't sure yet who this girl was or how she knew Mac, but she figured she would find out soon enough..........
Mac slowly pulled out of the hug after the girl didn't say anything. She still had hold of his arms, it was like she couldn't let go, it looked as if she were glued to him.
She had one of the most worried looks on her face either Mac or Stella either one had seen in a long time.
Mac finally looked back to Stella and said, "Stell, this is my neice from Austin. Samantha Taylor."
Samantha looked over at Stella and Stella just smiled. She wasn't sure what she should say, or if she should say anything at all, so she just stayed quiet.
Mac then looked back down at Sam and said, "Come on, come up to my office with me."
Sam finally let go of Mac's arms as he grasped her hand. He then looked at Stella once more as he said, "Can you get Don to come up to my office in twenty minutes please, I need to talk to him about something."
Stella nodded and said, "Sure Mac."
Mac nodded and said, "Thank you." Then him and his neice headed upstaires to his office. Once they got in Mac released her hand and closed his office door. She sat down in a chair next to Mac's desk just waiting for all the questions about to come her way, she for sure didn't feel like answering any of them, but she knew with Mac she would really have no choice.
Mac walked over slowly toward her with a kit in his hand. He pulled up his desk chair and sat down right in front of her. She closed her eyes, and then five seconds later Mac started to speak slowly and softly.
"Sam."
She opened her eyes and stared at her Uncle, then he said, "You look like you're in a lot of pain."
Sam took a minute, but then she nodded her head.
Mac then looked down at her hand and said, "I know you don't feel like talking right now Sam, but I need you to be honest with me...... did your dad do this to you?"
Sam closed her eyes again as she took a deep breath and said, "He used a knife."
Mac then closed his eyes too as he took a deep breath. He then sat his kit down and took some medicince out of it along with a small bandage and a large bandage. He took a cloth out as well, then he reached up to Sam's forehead and wiped the blood away. That cut was minor compared to the one on her hand.
So he covered that one up with the smal bandage and then sowly took the sock off her hand. It was deeper than he thought, but from the way it looked he could handle it himself. So he took the rag and started wiping the blood away. She pulled her hand back with a shock, he hit a nerve and it hurt really badly.
He then looked in her eyes and said, "I'm sorry."
Sam looked up at him too as she said, "So am I."
Mac then looked down and finished wrapping her hand, then he turned around and Sam said, "Uncle Mac, you know I would never lie to you, so I have to tell you this."
He looked back at her just as she said, "I really need you right now, and I'm sorry."
Mac stood up and then hugged her once more as he said, "You have nothing to be sorry for, I promise you that. None of this was your fault, and I'm going to find out why this happened to you, if it's the last thing I do."
Mac would have never imagined saying something like that about his little brother, but when it came to children, especially his family, he was always going to protect them, no matter what price in the end he would have to pay..........
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TBC
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Stella was sitting behind the front desk going through some paper work when a teenage girl walked in the front doors.
She had a small cut above her eye and what looked like an old sock on her hand covered in blood. Stella watched her as she approached, then she smiled and said, "May I help you?"
The girl then smiled slightly and said softly, "I hope so, Mac Taylor works hear doesn't he?"
Stella nodded and said, "He sure does."
The girl smiled again as she asked, "Is he in today?"
Stella once more nodded and said, "Yes he is, would you like me to give him a message?"
The girl looked down, and then as she looked back up she said, "I don't mean to be a pain, but do you think there's anyway I can see him, it's important, just tell him Sam's here."
Stella shook her head as she stood up. Then she walked out from around the desk and said, "I'll go try and find him for you, have a seat."
The young girl smiled and said, "Thank you Ms. Bonosara."
Stella froze for a second, she wasn't sure how that girl knew her name, but she was going to go get Mac first and see if he knew her first before she asked any more questions.
So the girl took a seat and Stella walked out of sight. Mac was sitting in the breakroom reading the paper when Stella knocked on the door. He motioned for her to come in, so she did. When she walked in she looked back as she said, "There's a teenage girl out in the lobby asking for you, she said her name was Sam."
Mac sat the paper down at once and looked up at Stella. Stella then shrugged and said, "She didn't say what she wanted, she just was asking for you. She looks like she's been in a fight or something though Mac."
Mac stood up and started to leave the room, and as he was doing that Stella followed him and said, "Do you think you know her?"
Mac looked back at Stella and said, "Yea, I think I do."
He sped his steps up and walked around the corner. Once the girl came into his veiw he stopped in his tracks.
The girl wasn't looking his way, but he could tell who she was, and that's all that mattered.
He looked at Stella for a second, then he looked back toward the girl and said softly, "Sam?"
The girl whipped her head around and looked at Mac, once she saw his face she smiled real big and stood up. She started a light jog toward him and Mac started walking quickly toward her.
Once they got within a foot of each other they both stopped.
Sam's smile died down a little as she stared Mac in his eyes. Neither one of them said anything, but Mac looked at her head and then down at her hand. He finally reached his arm out and gently touched her hand. She then looked down.
He could tell she was in pain by just the gentle touch he gave her. He then took his other hand and placed it under her chin to make her look back up at him. Once she did, her eyes filled with tears and she slowly put her arms around Mac's waist.
Mac put his arms around her shoulders and rested his head on hers, just as he did that he opened his mouth slightly and said, "What happened honey?"
Stella was trying to take all of this in, she wasn't sure yet who this girl was or how she knew Mac, but she figured she would find out soon enough..........
Mac slowly pulled out of the hug after the girl didn't say anything. She still had hold of his arms, it was like she couldn't let go, it looked as if she were glued to him.
She had one of the most worried looks on her face either Mac or Stella either one had seen in a long time.
Mac finally looked back to Stella and said, "Stell, this is my neice from Austin. Samantha Taylor."
Samantha looked over at Stella and Stella just smiled. She wasn't sure what she should say, or if she should say anything at all, so she just stayed quiet.
Mac then looked back down at Sam and said, "Come on, come up to my office with me."
Sam finally let go of Mac's arms as he grasped her hand. He then looked at Stella once more as he said, "Can you get Don to come up to my office in twenty minutes please, I need to talk to him about something."
Stella nodded and said, "Sure Mac."
Mac nodded and said, "Thank you." Then him and his neice headed upstaires to his office. Once they got in Mac released her hand and closed his office door. She sat down in a chair next to Mac's desk just waiting for all the questions about to come her way, she for sure didn't feel like answering any of them, but she knew with Mac she would really have no choice.
Mac walked over slowly toward her with a kit in his hand. He pulled up his desk chair and sat down right in front of her. She closed her eyes, and then five seconds later Mac started to speak slowly and softly.
"Sam."
She opened her eyes and stared at her Uncle, then he said, "You look like you're in a lot of pain."
Sam took a minute, but then she nodded her head.
Mac then looked down at her hand and said, "I know you don't feel like talking right now Sam, but I need you to be honest with me...... did your dad do this to you?"
Sam closed her eyes again as she took a deep breath and said, "He used a knife."
Mac then closed his eyes too as he took a deep breath. He then sat his kit down and took some medicince out of it along with a small bandage and a large bandage. He took a cloth out as well, then he reached up to Sam's forehead and wiped the blood away. That cut was minor compared to the one on her hand.
So he covered that one up with the smal bandage and then sowly took the sock off her hand. It was deeper than he thought, but from the way it looked he could handle it himself. So he took the rag and started wiping the blood away. She pulled her hand back with a shock, he hit a nerve and it hurt really badly.
He then looked in her eyes and said, "I'm sorry."
Sam looked up at him too as she said, "So am I."
Mac then looked down and finished wrapping her hand, then he turned around and Sam said, "Uncle Mac, you know I would never lie to you, so I have to tell you this."
He looked back at her just as she said, "I really need you right now, and I'm sorry."
Mac stood up and then hugged her once more as he said, "You have nothing to be sorry for, I promise you that. None of this was your fault, and I'm going to find out why this happened to you, if it's the last thing I do."
Mac would have never imagined saying something like that about his little brother, but when it came to children, especially his family, he was always going to protect them, no matter what price in the end he would have to pay..........
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TBC