"Is Rock okay?"
Blinking, she looked up at him and swallowed.
"Okay, okay." Kaleo put his arm around her shoulders and walked her to the waiting area away from the other officers and the people they had in custody. "Tell me what's going on."
Her head snapped to the side, fixed on the police. "I should be working."
The automatic doors opened up and a man who looked a lot like Doctor Ashley crossed over the threshold and into the Emergency Room.
"Kate!"
He called out into the room.
"Kate?"
Kaleo lifted his hand and called back to the man wearing a detective shield around his neck. "Over here."
"Kate, hey..."
The man stepped in and Kaleo backed away.
The detective pulled her into his arms and held her tight.
Looking over her shoulder, the detective looked at him. "I'm Walker Ashley. Kate's my sister."
Kaleo nodded.
There wasn't a resemblance that he could see, but Kate melted into the detective's embrace, holding onto him like a lifeline.
"Duke! Hey... you're here."
Kaleo turned his head and saw Halo pushing through the crowd.
Halo put a gentle hand on Kate's shoulder. "Kate? How are you doing?"
Before she could answer, Doctor Roan Ashley walked up and stood next to Kate.
Kaleo felt a little taken aback by the resemblance between the Trauma Surgeon and the Center City Police Detective.
Halo leaned in to explain. "They're not twins, but they're damn close to it, aren't they?"
Kaleo would have agreed out loud, but Doctor Ashley started to speak.
"We sent Rock over for a CAT scan."
Roan put his hands on Kate's shoulders. "Sis, breathe."
Maybe it was his words.
Or maybe it was the sound of his voice, but Kate locked her eyes on his face and nodded.
"The injury on the back of his thigh is deep. The CAT scan showed some damage that we're going to go in and fix. They're going to bring him back here for a few minutes while we clear out an O.R. So, let's get you some water and a wet towel for your face, okay?"
Roan turned and reached to put his arm around his sister, but she stopped, putting her hand on his chest. "Shouldn't you... shouldn't you be scrubbing in or... whatever it's called?"
There was an aching look in the doctor's eyes before he answered her.
"Kay's primary in the surgery. I'll be secondary in the O.R."
