Pepper Hills

Pepper Hills was born and raised in the town of Sebour, during the events of Sebour, Sebour Rising and Sebour the last chapter. Pepper was the daughter of Terese Hills and Paul Hills

Sebour- Quinton's Arrival (Season 1)
It was a quiet day in the town of Sebour, it was overcast, but people where out and about, people were running around and cars going past. As a car pulled up in to the hospital parking lot,  Karl Kennedy was walking with a sandwich, when he stopped and saw who was getting out of the car. Karl walked over to the car and said "Hi there. You must be the new Orthopaedic Doc.", Quinton looked up as he locked the car and said "Yes, I am Quinton.." Karl said snidely "Indeed. I know who you are Mr Philips." Quinton put his keys in his pocket and said "Of course,  the past never leaves you behind does it.." Karl said "Yes.. Those years in prision, helped you a bit.." Quinton shook his head and said "I came out a different man." Karl then said "No one fully changes when they go to prision." "They don't but I can try, and I have tried for years after.." Karl looked at his watch and said "You better get going. The head of Emergency Medicine is expecting you. Don't delay her either." "I was supposed to be meeting someone from the board here, outside." Karl took offense and said "I am on the board, and so is the head of Emergency Medicine. Watch it." Quinton swallowed and said "How long has she been in medicine for?" Karl said "I'll let her tell you that. But one thing is, she is a true professional. She saves lives for a living and so do I." Karl looked at his watch again and said "I have to go. Don't be late." As Karl walked away he made sure he was some distance before he grabbed his phone and dialed the Emergency Medicine Director, as the phone rang, there was an answer, "Newton, speak." said Peggy, "Quinton's here Peggy." "What?" "He's about to come in to the hospital, your brother is here." "For work? or what?" "Peggy, he is the new doctor." "Shit.." "He's going to take his time finding your office, dig up his files and meet him in there." "Of course.." Karl hung up as he walked into the opposite building which was the Hospital Apartment Block. Quinton took his briefcase out of his boot and he closed it. As he did he walked into the hospital. Quinton was walking around until he found the 3rd floor until he found a door. The door said "HEAD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, PEGGY NEWTON", Quinton knocked on the door, Quinton didn't hear anyone so he opened the door, and walked into the office. He saw her office that had bachleors degrees and her doctor coat sitting on a coat rack. Quinton smiled as he sat down in the chair in front of the desk. The door opened as Peggy walked in with a folder. "You're finally here Dr Philips." Peggy said as she stood behind Quinton and opened the file. "This is your file by the way Dr Quinton Philips.." "Of course it is.." Peggy walked over to the other side of her desk and sat down in her chair. "I will tell you one thing Dr Philips, is that while you are working in this hospital and in my department, you work with my doctors and nurses as a team, none of this macho business." Peggy looked up from the file and Quinton said "What is my position, I mean I am an ortho doctor." "With a history of dabbling, I assume? You couldn't find what type of medicine to go into, and from your file here, you are triple board certified, which is good in a way, but provides a little competition.." "General Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery and a little bit of neurology." Peggy nodded and said "Well, if you are going to make it in this hospital, you will have to drop one or maybe two and stick with ortho." Quinton looking on said "I have worked 15 years in Begs doing three types of medicine, I could never bring it down to just one." Peggy getting annoyed said "Then I am giving you a year to make up your mind, you drop one or your out." "That's not fair.." "It is fair Dr Philips, since you have a criminal record, you're very lucky to even be in this hospital." Quinton sighed as Peggy continued "I read your file twice this morning, and then I got a phone call from a very angry member of the board, Dr Kennedy seems to like you, he was angry because you are a convicted criminal, but he seems to think you can get over that fact, and be a bloody good doctor." Quinton nodded as Peggy continued, "As well as that, your file shows you have a sister." Quinton nodded and said "Yes, she went missing the day I was arrested, haven't heard from her since, why do you ask?" "She's not missing. She works here has been for 32 years." Quinton elated said "So she wasn't missing?" "She never went missing, Quinton at all." Quinton getting a clue said "You? You're my sister?" Peggy nodded and said "Yes. I am. Quinton." Quinton sighing with relief said "Then why didn't I know about you?" "You knew alright. You knew her as Helena." "She was a fruit vendor, and was 29.." "That was made up, so the press wouldn't dig into your past and find me. Quinton, believe me, you are lucky that I haven't thrown you out of the hospital yet, because I know personally you are a damn good doctor, but you have a temper." "But why? Why now are you telling me this?" Peggy looked at Quinton and said "Because, you may be blood but I refuse to get along with you. I signed paperwork letting the hospital remove me from any of your records and make up a person, I seem to be more professional then you anyway." "I have always been professional Dr Newton, that is me.." "No again, fail to realise that this isn't a good idea. These files show you can be unhinged and angry, but you make the right calls when needed. Can I trust you?" "Excuse me?" "Easy question, if you are in the ER can I trust you? Can I trust you not to burst out in anger or mistreat a patient?" "You can trust me Peggy, I am not that man who got arrested all those years ago." "Oh of course.." said Peggy sarcastically. "I basically ran the Begs Trauma Hospital, we had 350 trauma cases a year." Peggy laughed and said "This isn't Begs. We are a larger town, and we have over 4300 trauma calls, and over 20,000 emergency call outs every month. This is a busy hospital, you're not in Begs anymore." Quinton chuckled as he said "You are joking right?" "Not to mention, non surgical, urgent and surgical patients from the Doctors Surgery's around town, I am serious. If you can't handle this, then maybe go back to Begs." "I love a challange." "This is not just any challange, its a mission." Peggy looked into the file some more and said "Your injuries wont prevent you from doing any of this yes?" "Body is good right now." "Very surprised to see someone who was crushed by a tree branch the size of a garbage truck is still alive.." "That..surprises even me to this day.." as Peggy and Quinton finished up talking, Peggy said "We'll get you suited in, here is your coat, a locker key and a room key to your office." Quinton took them and put the coat on so he could put the keys in the pockets. "I'll show you around.." as Peggy stood Quinton said "Look Peggy." "Look I know what you are going to ask, and it's no. I am furious with you, but we have to remain professional. I will not pursue a family relationship with you. I can't do it." Quinton nodded and said "That's fine with me." As Peggy and Quinton walked out she grabbed a whole heap of files and said "These files are for current patients here. Some need to be released, another one here is 12 weeks post pelvic fracture surgery, Been a difficult case so far." "Which type of fracture of the pelvis?" "The most difficult one possible. She had major bleeding, crashed twice, and right now, she's with physios, but managing the pain has been hard." as they got to the room, Peggy gave Quinton the folder and and said "This one is yours. You jump in the deep end now. Welcome To Sebour." Peggy walked away as she gave nurses folders. Quinton chuckled as he knocked on the door. "Come in.." Quinton went into the room and he introduced himself. "Hi there, I'm Dr Philips." "I'm Terese and this is Pepper." Quinton shook both their hands and he said "Now, if you don't mind me asking, how did this happen?" Pepper laughed and said "This.. This was from a trampoline.." "Say what?" "I was doing stuff on the trampoline and I fell of it and as I landed I landed on my front, I rolled over and the thing fell on me." Terese rolled her eyes and said "Yes, we've been here for like 3 months.." Quinton looked in the file and saw the xray from the other day, it was clear and the report was ok. "These reports are great.  Pain management is the main concern, but reading this file shows me one thing. If you can get around with a pelvic brace and possibly the use of the crutches that can take a lot of pressure off the pelvis, using the crutches as walking aides is a massive help, and that means you don't have to use a walker." Terese nodded as Pepper said "Alright." Quinton said "It breaks up the scar tissue and can help relieve some pain, not all the pain though. I went to see how you go on crutches before I give you release forms." As a nurse brought in crutches, Pepper got out of bed and used them to walk up and down the hall way, Terese looked on as Quinton signed off on the release forms. Quinton passed Terese the form with pain relief. "There is no reason to keep her here anymore. If something happens, come in dont waste time." Terese hugged Quinton, as Pepper walked back into the room and the crutches. Quinton said to Pepper "Today, you go home, but remember to take pain relief every 6 hours until the relief is gone, and when that happens go to one crutch, then try walking unaided." Quinton explained why and he gave instructions on pelvic health and future trouble. Pepper and Terese thanked Quinton as Terese packed everything from Pepper's room up. Quinton smiled as he said "Good luck." Quinton opened the door and walked out. Quinton let out a heavy sigh as he held the folder. Quinton looked up and he saw Karl standing next to him, "That was well handled." "Just something you learn in 15 years of medicine." Quinton gave Karl the file as the two walked around. As they did that Mark Michaels walked to Karl. "Officer Michaels, what brings you here?" "Oh you know... criminals, cons getting themselves bashed in jail, and a waste of police resources being here." Quinton nodded and said "I was one of them at one point." "Yeah, I know all about you. still got alcohol issues?" "None that I know of, but if you catch me drinking, just shove me in a taxi." the door opened as Terese and Pepper walked out to Mark's surprise. "You're leaving?" "Yes, got the okay to go home." "Then, I'll tell Tyler, he'll be stoked." "To late, already have.." said Terese. Mark nodded as Terese and Pepper walked away. Mark looked at Quinton and said "The beard thing. who you going for?" "No one in particular." "I like it, looks good.." Mark looked at his phone and said "I gotta run. Protecting a dead beat in ICU, not like he can go anywhere either..." Mark walked off. Quinton smiled as Karl said "He's a good one. How are you settling in?" Quinton nodded and said "I am fast finding my feet.". The day had ended for Quinton in surgery, where he was fixing someone's shoulder. After Quinton finished he went back into his office. Quinton finished off paperwork and as he left the hospital he bumped into Linda. "You must be Quinton?" "Yes I am." "Done a great job today mate. Welcome aboard." "What is your position here Dr?" "Dr Kennedy. Karl's wife. I work in cardio as well as neuro, goes hand in hand for me. But you know we all do something." "You dabble?" "No, No I Don't. I'm double board certified for them two and have been for 25 years. Cardio and Neuro, trauma and everything else. I can do. I'm not cocky in what I do, I just chose what to do." "I was told being triple certed was dangerous.." "It is mate. And Dr Newton was right. She is right, she only has your best interests at heart. Makes it easier, how long she give you?" "A year." "A year, that's a long time in medicine. As they say someone can come out of a coma fine, others spend their life in a chair, but now it's a chance to give up something you haven't needed the skills for." "Yeah but.." "No buts. This is your arrival. Don't screw it up. Newton is a wonderful leader for the emergency guys, she holds the fort well. But right now you can't push buttons. You push and you go. Trust me, I have seen wonderful doctors in the ER crack and Newton does everything she can to help out. She's an emergency surgeon for godsake as well as the head of medicine in the ER." "Well.." "No well. Don't fuck this up." Linda tapped Quinton on the shoulder and left. Quinton had his welcome. His Welcome To Sebour.

Sebour- Another Controversial Episode (Season 7)
"Your results confirm you are pregnant Ms Hills." "How far along am I?" said Pepper. "Currently you are 8 weeks, meaning you will start showing in maybe 5-6 weeks, you need to tell someone, family or another person maybe " Pepper put her head down as Dr Babcock continued. "But we will run some more tests. I will call you if anything comes in. In the mean time, please tell your mother. She may understand what you are going through.." "Oh she'll be understanding alright.." Pepper stood up and opened the door, as she walked out Babcock said "Better be soon Pep. Because you can't hide this for long.." Pepper closed the door and she made her way home. She got into the house, where Terese was doing the washing up. "Hey honey. How are you?" "I'm okay. How are you?" "Good. I am good." Pepper sat down on the lounge and she put her head down on the pillow that was there. Terese stopped washing the dishes and went over to her. She knelt down beside her daughter and said "Is everything alright dear? Did you and Tyler have a fight? Are you in trouble?" Pepper looked into her mothers eyes and said "I'm in trouble..." "What sort.. I can help you out. Please just nothing illegal.." Pepper had a tear roll down her cheek as Terese said "Honey..What is the matter? What happened?" "I'm...I'm pregnant.." she said as Terese put her arms around her daughter comforting her. "But are you okay yourself? Everything is fine with you is it not?" "I don't know, i was talking with Dr Babcock earlier and he was doing more tests. We have a family history don't we mum? " "Of heart conditions, but that was on Paul's side, the women have been fine so far. Look tell me, how far along are you?" "8 weeks." Terese nodded and said "Does Tyler know?" Pepper shook her head. "No, we broke up before he left for New York.. I found who he really was." "Scum?" "An imposter, he was a criminal. Claimed he still loved me after everything he did. He lied to me." Terese then hugged her daughter tighter and said "Whatever you chose to do, I will be here for you.." Pepper smiled as there was a knock on the door. "Come in.." said Terese. Terese stood up as Dr Kennedy walked into the lounge room. Pepper looked up and said "What are you doing here Dr Kennedy?" "Please, call me Linda." "Sit down please." Linda sat down on the other lounge and said "Dr Babcock got the results back from your tests." "Then why hasn't he called?" "I'm not here on business, I am here as a friend, not as a cardiologist, as a family friend." "What would you know about being pregnant Dr Kennedy.." said Terese snidely.. "I fell pregnant 3 times...All three times I lost 3 beautiful babies. I've been there. The decision for me to be pregnant a third time was not an easy one. I suffered from post depression because of it. I had names picked out for all three of them. Lucy, Timothy and Heath. The world was very cruel. It was. I didn't have a choice. It  was one of the hardest things I could do.." "Did you try to get pregnant a 4th time?" said Pepper, "I couldn't.. I almost died with the third one. It was my lifes dream to be a mother, watch my kids grow up and go to school, graduate and see where life took them.  I suffered a massive heart attack carrying my third child and had to have emergency surgery, and that was the last I heard of my chances for having children. They had to perform both heart surgery and a radical hysterectomy. No one ever said a heart attack would lead to losing your reproductive organs. But I was medically dead for 11 minutes, they tried everything on me." "That's when they made the decision to save you.." "Yes, and that's why I know what you are going through, I just finished up my 2nd year of med school when I fell pregnant the 3rd time. I was planning to actually be a mid-wife. Then I found my love for cardio." "Ah of course." "Look, you may want to do some soul searching. But it is up for you to decide. It's nobody else's business." Terese and Pepper nodded as Linda went to the door to leave, she said "People used to die in childbirth it was messy and violent. But nowadays they have everything." Linda opened the door and said "I will see you later. Take some time for this decision a week or two." Linda then left. As Terese let out a sigh she closed the door. Pepepr was sitting upright and feeling better. "What about you mother? Did you ever lose a child?" "I, lost a friend of mine. She died while birthing her son Felix, her blood pressure dropped so quickly doctors couldn't do anything to save her, you are my little miracle." Pepper smiled as she rubbed her face. Terese stood behind her and said "You've already made your choice haven't you?" "I've had 8 weeks to think about it. I will take control of this situation, I am just not ready to have a baby.." Terese hugged Pepper and said "Everything is going to be okay.." The next day Pepper got a call from Babcock's office in the the Sebour Pregnancy and Fracture Clinic (SPFC), telling her to come in immediately. As Pepper and Terese got into Babcock's office he had files on hand and said "We need to get you into surgery as soon as possible. We got the results back and they aren't good." "What do they indicate.." said Terese "They indicate something isn't right and we need to get in there. What these results show us is that, we need to perform an emergency hysterectomy." Pepper's eyes raised as she said "What did those tests find?" "Tennis ball sized tumours growing on your ovaries." "We don't have a family history of reproductive cancers in our family.." "But on the women's side of the family you have cardiovasucular issues, stemming from 1920 to now. I'm afraid the outlook right now is not negotiable." "Do we have to do surgery today?" said Pepper. "ASAP. As I said, we cannot wait, every moment we wait, is a chance these tumours grow." Pepper nodded as she was handed forms from Babcock. Babcock signed and went outside for a minute, before coming back in with a nurse. "The nurse will take you to pre-op, Terese, you need to wait in the surgical waiting room for guests. This operation will take awhile.." Terese was directed to the waiting room and Pepper was taken into surgery.

As Terese was sitting down on a chair waiting for news on her daughter she saw Quinton in scrubs walking her way. "Terese.." "Quinton, you good in scrubs. Gotta be somewhere?" "No, I just have rounds. I did have a suit on before, but a pregnant lady vomited on me." Terese chuckled as she said "I still hate you." "I know you do.. But why are you here in the waiting room.." "It's Pepper.." "Is she ok?" "Right now? I don't know, the last thing I was told is that she had tennis ball sized tumors on both ovaries. On top of that, she was 8 weeks pregnant." Quinton's eyebrow's raised and said "That's a lot to take in.." "Oh believe it is.." Quinton sat down next to Terese and said "We may have our issues, but I will be here now.." as hours past on, Terese had fallen asleep and Quinton was looking down the hallway. 10 minutes later Babcock walked down the hallway. Quinton stood up and said "What's the go on Pepper?" as Terese woke up she joined Quinton with Babcock.. "She's in recovery now.. But it will be a long recovery..We performed the surgery to remove the tumors, both came back as benign, but she's not out of the woods yet.." as Babcock was about to continue an ICU nurse came running down the hallway. "Nurse what is the matter?" "We have a problem. If I could speak in private with you two.." Babcock and Quinton nodded as they went into a quiet room. "What happened, why didn't you page me?" "Because..I want to say this infront of you.. She needs to go to the Cardiac Ward at Sebour General." "You can't be serious.." said Quinton. "Heart conditions run in the family.. I mean I am sorry but we keep her here there is nothing but bad press." all of a sudden Babcock's and Quinton's pagers went off. The nurse nodding and said "That could be her heart." as the door flung open, Quinton and Babcock ran to the recovery unit with Terese not far behind. In the recovery unit, Pepper was being shocked with the paddles. "What happened?" said Quinton. "She went into cardiac arrest. We only just got her heart back." Quinton rubbed his beard and said "Were are the forms to move her? We need to get her to the Cardiac Unit now. She needs another surgery..." "More! More surgery!" said Terese. "Oh I can't believe this.." "Oh believe it." a nurse gave Quinton the forms and he signed them. "Page Dr Kennedy, tell them we have incoming from the SPFC, cardiac arrest post surgery." Terese looked at Quinton and said "Where is she going?" "To the unit at Sebour Cardiac Ward. She'll need immediate surgery as soon as she gets there. I have to go.." as Quinton and the others rushed Pepper to the roof, Terese stood there shocked and said "Who goes into cardiac arrest after a simple operation.."

​Sebour- Pepper in ICU (Season 7)
As Quinton and the team of nurses got onto the roof a chopper was waiting for them. Pepper had suffered a cardiac arrest after recovering from surgery and needed to go to Sebour General's Cardiac Ward, which was the largest heart ward in the state. The nurses got Pepper into the chopper and Quinton got in the chopper. "Let Sebour General know we're coming." as the chopper took off, Pepper's stats weren't improving this worried Quinton. Quinton had his phone in his pocket and he called Linda. "Quinton, what's that noise?" "I'm in the chopper, we're sending a patient to the cardiac ward." "Alright. Thank you." Quinton hung up the phone and turned to look at Pepper's stats again. "Oh Pepper, what's happening.." Quinton looked at the pilot and said "Can you fly a little lower please. I think I know what is wrong." the pilot nodded as Quinton got a torch from his pocket. He opened Pepper's eyes and saw one pupil was blown. "Shit. Oh Pepper don't do this. Don't do this Pepper." The piilot aid turned around and said "Why, what's happening?" "Her pupil is blown, we need to get the the hospital as fast as we can. Otherwise she'll bleed out." the pilots nodded. Five minutes later the chopper landed on the helipad of the Cardiac Unit. There was people waiting for her arrival. Quinton got out of the chopper to help the pilots get her out of the chopper. Quinton pulled aside Linda and said "In mid flight her pupil blew. Her pressure and stats are not good." "They haven't improved at all in that time?" "No." Linda shook her head as they went inside. "I'm calling in Rogers, and Vinton, they're the best for this." "What about you? Linda you're neuro." Linda stopped and so did Quinton. "I haven't the ability to do that" "What evac a brain bleed?" "Of course I can do that, its just that i'm not trained in traumatic brain bleeds. I will be honest with you I never trained for that. They never let me anywhere near the trauma bleeds, just the regular walk in ones." "Why not consult with Vinton on this? I mean it wouldn't hurt." as Quinton was handed the files from the pilot, he said "These resutls are getting worse not better.. What happened in that surgery?" said Linda.Quinton looked and said "I wasn't in that surgery.." "Then why were you at the SPFC?" "Rounds Linda rounds!" "Wait.. That was Pepper you brought in yes?" Quinton nodded and said "Babcock is on his way, and I hope to god Terese comes soon." as the conversation headed toward Cardio ICU, Quinton and Linda were greeted by Dr Rogers. Quinton handed Rogers the file as Rogers read aloud. "Had two tennis ball shaped tumours removed from both ovaries, and a pregnancy.." Linda looked at Quinton and said "Both ovaries? Jesus..." Quinton looked up at Linda and said "It got worse.. They were benign.." Linda rubbed her face and said in shock "Basically ruining her chances if she wanted children later in life. Oh how cruel life is.." Rogers continued. "Was fine post op, until pressure dropped and suffered cardiac arrest, brought back after several shocks, decision made to bring to Sebour Cardiac Unit." Rogers closed the file and he sat it next to the bed. In that moment there was an "Excuse me.." from behind. It was Dr Drexia Vinton. "What happened here? Why was I paged to the Cardiac Unit?" Quinton said "her pressure went so low in the chopper I asked them to fly lower. I checked her eyes and one pupil had blown." Drexia nodded and got the torch out of her pocket and shone it in both of Pepper's eyes. She put the torch back in her pocket and said "Surgery for both." "Both what?" "Heart and brain. We need to do it and urgently. Dr Rogers join me please." the two told a nurse to prep her for more surgery as Linda went over to Drexia, Drexia allowed for Linda to consult on the case and asked her to scrub in. Quinton took a walk and went outside.

As Terese arrived at the Cardiac Ward she got to the entrance she saw Quinton sitting on the bench near the door. "Quinton, how is it going, how is she?" "She's being taken to surgery.." "What happened? I mean after surgery, what happened.." "She had a cardiac arrest Terese. That led to us making the choice to send her here. But I am afraid something else happened.." Terese's eyes bulged and said "What now?" "Her pupil blew in the chopper.." "Meaning?" "She has a brain bleed, Terese, you have to be prepared for what comes out of this surgery. I am assuming that the heart surgery is bypass and her brain surgery is a craniotomy." Quinton stood up as Terese said "This happened because of that surgery didn't it? Didn't it Quinton?" "No. It could've been from the drugs in surgery or her body couldn't take it. No one is to blame." Quinton was about to turn around when he got a slap in the face from Terese. Quinton holding his face after he got slapped said "What the hell was that for? I didn't do anything wrong!" "No you didn't but I needed to do that.." "Not on me you didn't." Quinton rubbed his face as the redness went down. Then his pager went off. Quinton looked at Terese and said "I gotta go." Quinton went back inside quickly to the surgery ward. Quinton got into the wash room and put a mask on and opened the door. "What happened?!" he yelled. "A stroke.. She had a stroke.." said Vinton as she removed the clot from Pepper's brain. "Oh no..." said Quinton. Up in the galley Terese got there in the end, as she didn't want to stay outside. The mic for the operating room was on and Terese could hear everything. "What about her heart?" said Quinton.. "Double bypass. Had to go up through the groin. She's lucky to be alive.." "What happened medically I mean?" Linda was standing at the head of the operating table and said "Her heart muscle was weak. And from the tests we ran she had a heart condition. She had cardiomyopathy, before we started we seen that her legs were swollen beyond anything. She lived with this for years and never noticed." "You dont do you?" "It's a chronic disease.. More common in men.." "So, she had a heart attack, which led to a stroke?" "That's the way it seems. Look Quinton you need to go and tell Terese, that no matter what happens next she's going to have to look after her daughter for a while." Quinton pointed up and said "I don't have to.. She heard everything you just said." Terese had her hand over her mouth, she then fainted as Quinton turned in time to see it. "Shit.." he said as Linda said "Go, go." Quinton ran out of the room and to the viewing room. She was still lying on the floor as Quinton rolled her over. "Terese, can you hear me? Terese!" as Terese came to Quinton helped her up into a chair and Terese broke down. Quinton held Terese in his arms and said "'Everything will be ok Terese. She'll be ok." "And what happens next?" "I don't know. I really don't I'm sorry I cant be any more help but when she wakes up, she's gonna need you, she would want you to be with her when she wakes up, never forget that." Quinton helped Terese up and lead her to a private room. As Quinton stepped out of the room, he was met by Rogers who said "Surgery went well. Smoothly in fact. Its just a fact of if and when she wakes up. We've put her into an induced coma to take the pressure off her heart." Quinton nodded and said "It's tough.. sometimes it really is.." Quinton tapped Rogers on the shoulder, and Rogers in return looked and said "She's going to be alright. Just tell Terese that. She's young and fit." Rogers smiled bleakly and walked away as Vinton came up to Quinton, and as Terese popped out for a couple of seconds. "Her brain surgery went well. As Rogers said we had to put her into an induced coma. To take pressure off the heart. The brain pressure returned to normal. All signs are looking positive right now. We need to watch and wait. So far its positive news." Quinton nodded as he said "I have to go. But look. She's young, strong and very good willed. She will recover from this." Quinton gave Terese another hug and he walked down the hallway and out the door. "Can I go and see her now?" said Terese. "Of course. Just follow us.." said Linda. As they walked down the hallway into the Cardiac ICU, Rogers was by her side and doing some tests. "All heart fuctions are now working." he signed off and he walked away without acknowledgement. Terese sat in the chair next to Pepper's and she grabbed her hand and she held it. "Fight for me... Fight for yourself Pep." as the nurses and doctors left Terese and Pepper to be alone. Terese had a tear roll down her cheek.

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