At the Stroke of Midnight
Part Three
By: Amanda
amanda_miller33@hotmail.com
This is an interactive fic.
I want to thank Katie, Leslie and someone who has remained
annonymous for voting on this fic. I think it would be great if more people voted. Nothing
like a nice difficult math problem!! To vote or to send me comments good or bad on this
series or my other one e-mail me at gibby1@cgocable.net. The next deadline is March 28th.
I hope for some good votes!!
And another thanks to Leslie for being my editor for the other series and for archiving
this one.
Carter hesitated. He knew they were his friends and would not betrey him. Would they? What
about Anna? She had betreyed him once before. He reluctantly agreed to the plan. Anna
walked cautiously up to him. " Are you okay?"
" NO! Does it look like I'm okay?"
" Is this over now?" asked Dr. Greene.
" Absolutely not! You said I had to confide in Anna. I will. But you did not say I
had to let you go."
" Well to talk to Anna you can't hold us hostage."
" Sure I can. I'm sure you all want to hear my story. If you don't stand up. I
promise not to shoot."
No one stood. " If you don't care, STAND UP!" he growled. Randi, Kerry, Chunny,
Lydia, Malik Jerry and Amanda Lee stood up. Carter just said " Anyone else? I know
you want out Benton. Go for it. Stand." He and Elizabeth stood. " The nine of
you. Come with me. The rest don't move." He led them to another room and tied them
together in the kitchen. He returned to Mark, Carol, Lucy, Doug and Anna. " Do you
want to hear this?" he asked quietly. He was looking at Doug who hated hearing about
any form of child abuse/neglect.
" We're sure." Doug replied for them.
"Okay." He took a deep breath. " I grew up in a nice white house. We had
hired help and everything our money could buy. My dad was sick of being bossed around by
Gramps. He was sure to be able to support us. When I was eight, my older brother Bobby was
diagnosed with lieukemia. We went to San Fransisco for treatment. The doctors there
ignored his needs and made him feel like an invalid. We came back to Chicago and he was
admitted to Southside. They made him feel like a person and didn't ignore me. He always
wanted me there with him. He promised me that he wouldn't die until I was there with him.
When I was ten, I was riding my bike home and I saw him. I stopped and looked again. He
waved and then was gone. I knew he had died. I guess he just could no longer wait."
Carter choked back tears and continued " My parents said that they would be going to
Europe. Barbara and I were happy because we could see a different country. But they put us
up to a boarding school and left. The next year at Christmas they never came. Chase, my
cousin, hung out with us. He's about my age. At least I saw Barb. We were at different
schools."
" I can't believe what some parents do." Doug said softly.
" I stayed at school after that. I scored high marks. Top of all my classes. I did
dressage, track adn wrestling throughout the years believing if I were good enough at
things, my parents would come back. After college I moved to my grandparent's house. I
enrolled in med school and passed my way through at the top of my class. I came to County
with very little hands-on experience. Benton tried so hard to get me to quit but I fought.
I fought for a surgical sub-I. Halfway through that year, my best friend commited suicide.
It was my fault. I had deliberately tried to stay away. He was depressed about
somthing. He needed someone to talk to. I got Anspach to allow me to switch specialties. I
had to redo my internship with no pay. That was fine. By then everyone knew I was rich
except for Anna. I told Carol if she went to see Gamma she could probably give her a
grant. Anna went with her and found out I was rich. Then I got arrested. Boy wasn't that
fun! Then Chase od'd and I lost the fund so that Carol wouldn't losse the grant. Then Anna
left. That just hurt. I found myself thinking about my luck with women. Liz the doctor
groupie who gave me an STD had dumped me. Harper cheeted on me and dumped me. Abby went to
Pakistan. Anna never gave me a chance. I had to get a job as an R.A. because I was broke.
I met Roxanne and have a relationship with her that's going nowhere. I lost my job and
possibly any money I could get. I moved in with Weaver. Roxanne stays there often. My jeep
burned down, I dislocated my shoulder and for what? A girl to die. Lucy doesn't listen and
drives me nuts. Now I have my collegues under one roof held hostage."
" Shhh. It's okay Carter. We can help you. Let us go. Please." Mark said.
" I.......I don't know."
What does he do?
a) Lets them go
b) Doesn't let him go
Here's the results from the last vote.
a) Carter agrees to the plan 66.6 %
d) None of the above 33.3 %
Carter demands fifty aardvarks and proceeds to salsa dance with them while his coworkers
slip some sedatives in his drink.
(don't ask)
