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Isabella frantically glances at Wilton as he waits to hear what she has to say. She stalls so that she can collect her thoughts, because her lies have caught up with her. Everything she used to cover up her past is crumbling like the toppling walls Tyne saw, and she definitely doesn't want Wilton to see what the walls were hiding after the rubble settles and the dust clears. Wilton tries his best to be understanding and patient, but he is beyond concerned now, and starts to assume the worst. He just wanted to know what was going on at work, but he didn't realize he had opened Mercy's gallery of shame. His phone begins to ring and Isabella is relieved but he ignores the call. His phone rings again and he ignores it because he wants to give Isabella his full attention, because he loves her, more than his art, more than his career, more than anything in his life, and he thought she knew that, but apparently she didn't because she is hiding something. Wilton's phone rings a third time and Isabella persuades him to answer it. He stays focused in on Mercy as he takes the call, but she doesn't care, because she is given another moment to figure out what she is going to do and say! She has hidden these secrets for so long, in her mind, even Wilton is exempt from knowing the truth, but she knows she has to do something! Isabella looks into Wilton's eyes and his entire face turns into a startled, sorrowful canvas! He jumps up from the table and grabs a coat and screams, "Something happened to my brother, lets go!" Isabella tells him to go, hurry, and they can just talk later. Wilton desperately wanted her to go with him; he needed her, but she is so consumed with her own fears; he didn't want to be alone, but she isn't even aware that he has left. Wilton gets to the ICU where he is told, his brother tried to kill himself! He angrily screams in denial, "That is not possible!" He is amazed, because his older brother has always been the strong, disciplined, joyful one. He looks up to him for everything! Wilton cannot believe it. The nurses assure Wilton they will let him know any information as soon as they can. He paces in the waiting room and then punches a wall! A security guard quickly comes over to kick him out, but a doctor explains the details. He is warned if he does anything he will be kicked out. Wilton hears and sees no one, and his thoughts and memories flood in and he falls to the ground and weeps! His brother is his hero and not just to him, but to everyone. He remembers all the lives he has saved, and Wilton fears that no one can save Antonio's life! The doctor comes back out to share the news with Wilton, but it takes several times before Wilton even hears his voice. The doctor signals to a nurse to get him something to drink immediately. Wilton looks up like a four year old little boy who has seen something traumatic. They let him know that Antonio will be alright and that they have transferred him to the second floor where his wife works. He forgot all about Isabella, and becomes irritated because too many things are caving in on him at the same time! He runs to the elevator to go to the second floor. The nurses on shift give Wilton a look of pity, but he knows it isn't because of his brother. "What is it? What?! Why is everyone looking at me this way?!" One nurse gets the courage to go up to Wilton and apologize for everything that has happened to Isabella, and he hates that he is the last to know, but he really doesn't care at this point, and will forgive her of anything, because his brother is his biggest concern! He tells the nurse, "I don't care. I don't need to hear anything! I don't need your pity!" Wilton runs up to the door, ironically where Aiden-Tyne used to be, and enters slowly! The beeping of the monitors sounds like the beating of his heart! Wilton feels so many emotions at once, he just wishes he had his canvas, so he doesn't implode! He grabs his brother's hand and waits... "Ramah, Ramah, what happened man?" Wilton whispered! Their mother used to call Antonio by his middle name, no one else knew that except Wilton. The doctor knocks on the door and Wilton looks up hoping for some good news. He tells him that he is sorry, but his brother is in stable condition which is outstanding, but that they had to induce a coma in order to save his life and that he signed off on this procedure when! "No! No!" Wilton's furrowed brow and features crumpled... Isabella ran in the door, and the doctors gave her a peculiar look but welcomed her. She was more astonished by the room number than Wilton's face, but quickly acknowledged Wilton. He was surprised she came, but so thankful, because he didn't want to face it alone! The nurses whispered indistinctly at their station, and one came over and said, "She is coming back, so you guys need to get over it. She has worked her for a long time and cares about these patients more than we could ever try to, and just because she had a little breakdown doesn't mean we need to put a stigma on her! We have all made mistakes that we are embarrassed about, so we need to give her more respect and privacy!" Some of the nurses rolled their eyes because this nurse was the same nurse who pulled Mercy out of Tyne's room, while others reflected on the truth spoken and became silent. They all got back to work even though the tension was awkward. Wilton told Isabella everything the doctor and nurses said and she tried to listen but her thoughts blared like sirens, so she got up and closed the door, and told Wilton, "I know this isn't the best time and this seems selfish, but I have to tell you everything right now or I will never tell you! I feel like the thoughts in my head are going to explode, erupt!" Wilton looks up at her more fearfully than when he heard the news about Ramah! Firefighters frantically rush to the second floor to see Antonio! They can't believe it! He is like a brother to them! The guys anxiously wait because the nurses tell them, it will have to be one moment, because Wilton and Mercy shut the door! The firefighters look at each other and all wonder the same haunting thought, it is because all those children died and they couldn't save any of them, not one!
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