When Trouble Strikes
Part Three
By Amanda
amanda_miller33@hotmail.com

This is a Carter/Anna fic.

I think that this will have to be an on going series. I think I actually like this series. I got some response. Which is good. I NEED feedback. Please! I will disappear if I never get any. Send all comments/feedback to amanda_miller33@hotmail.com.
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Carter awoke the next morning without a problem. He noticed Anna was sleeping beside him in a
very uncomfortable chair. He shivered. It felt really cold in the room. He looked over and
noticed that the window was open. He tried to stand and fell. Anna woke up at the noise. She
noticed Carter had fallen. She rushed over to help him up. He was shaking so she closed the
window. She helped him into bed and explained to him that he couldn't stand for a little bit.
He wasn't happy but he complied. She said she'd go get Mark. When Mark came in he checked over
Carter and made sure he wasn't injured. He then told Carter he needed to know who he wanted to
talk to. Carter thought, maybe Anna, but the problem was she had not listened before. He sat
thinking and decided Maggie would listen. She usually had. Especially when he was ranting about
Anspagh. He told Mark his decision and Mark agreed to it. He went to find Maggie.



Maggie came in and sat by his bedside. He opened his eyes. Maggie smiled at him. He smiled back.
For a moment they just sat there. Carter asked Maggie a question. " Am I in trouble?"

" I don't know Carter. I know I am though."

" Why?" Carter asked confused. Maggie didn't do anything.

" Because I let you dispence the drug." she sighed. " I should have insisted on the consult."

" Oh." he paused. " Do you want to know about yesterday?"

" Yeah. Go ahead. I'll listen."

" Well, we had paramedics coming in and I spotted Chaney in the hall. He just stood there. I
went over to him and he pointed his gun. I panicked. I tried to talk him out of it. When he
jabbed it up my ribs, it hurt and my mind started to cloud. I couldn't think straight. And when
he put it to my temple..........my mind filled with flashbacks and family & friends. When it
was all over, I shook. I was so scared, and Anna helped me. I still am afraid that one day,
someone will come and getr revenge. Blame me for his suicide."

" John, you know that won't happen. But it doesn't mean that you aren't allowed to be scared.
When you feel like this again, you can call me, or someone else, and I'm sure that they
wouldn't mind talking."

" Thank you Maggie. I hope you aren't in too much trouble."

" Me too. See ya, John."

" Bye Maggie." He lay back. it was going to be a long day. He was left with his thoughts.

Anna snuck in after finishing a six hour shift. Carter was asleep and Anna had to wake him. "
Carter?"

" Yeah. Anna?"

" It's me." she sighed with exhaustion " Dr. Anspaugh is coming to talk to you."

" So I am in trouble." he asked worriedly.

" Yeah. Hope he lets you off easy............" Anna trailed off as the door opened and Dr.
Anspaugh walked in. " A moment please Dr. Del Amico." Anna leaves. " Dr. Carter....are you
feeling better?"

" Yes thank you."

" That's good. You will be discharged tomorrow. The case is pending investigation and you are
suspended until it is over and a punishment can be determined."

Carter sighed. " What about Maggie Doyle?"

" She is suspended for three weeks. She will not be included in the investigation." Dr.
Anspaugh turned and left. Carter sighed again. It would be awhile before he got to go back to
work. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. When Anna came in he was sleeping once again.
She sat beside his bed and did not wake him. He looked tired to her. Tomorrow he would be
discharged and she could take care of him.



TO BE CONTINUED
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