“Morning.” He said smiling before punching the young driver
in the face.

“They had the same color pants so he only needed to switch
shirts and put the cap on.”  Stuffing the
driver under a mound of linens, he quickly walked around back and started
unloading.  “He was getting in and nothing was going to stop him from killing those
two dykes.”

Pushing the delivery cart, he walked past the officer posted
inside at the exit.  He smiled as he
turned the corner and abandoned the cart.
Walking down the service hallway, he found what he was looking for, the
sign on the door read “MECHANICAL ROOM”

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The surgeon came into the waiting room, surprised when six
people rose at his entry.

“Rizzoli?”

“Yes,” standing, they replied in unison.

“Uhm…immediate family only…” he was surprised when he was
interrupted.

“This is her family, I’m her mother, please…how is she?”

“Alive.” He let that sink in before continuing, “her
injuries were severe. Two of her ribs punctured her left lung and the location
of one break resulted in a myocardial contusion.”

Maura’s gasp frightened Angela more than the doctor’s words,
“contusion, a bruise, but myocardial?”

“Doctor I’m sorry what does that mean?”  Angela asked.
Maura took her hand as the doctor explained.

“Mrs. Rizzoli, her heart is bruised, the amount of force
that was delivered was enough to drive the flat of a rib into her heart.  We’ve been able to relieve the pressure for
now.  The internal bleeding was from the
ribs and bruising rupturing blood vessels.
Those have been repaired.  We had
Detective Rizzoli intubated and on a ventilator but with the repairs she’s breathing
on her own again.  She’ll be on oxygen
for a while and right now we have her sedated.
The bruise to her heart will take time to heal and if and when she wakes
up she will have to be kept calm.”

“If?” Maura asked what Angela couldn’t.

Nodding the doctor responded, “If, the pressure and bruising
to her heart resulted in her going into cardiac arrest two times before the
pressure was relieved.  That’s a lot of
stress.  She’s young and strong and while
I expect her to wake I can’t guarantee it, I’m sorry.” He looked at them sadly
knowing that was not what they wanted to hear.

When…when can we see her?” Maura asked with tears in her
eyes.

“She’s being moved to CICU so one visitor at a time please
and not for too long.  I’ll send the
nurse out when we have her situated.”