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Doc could tell that Chris wanted some seclusion and he respected that.
"Come with me," he said softly and escorted him to the same conference room he had just been in with Anna. There, the two spoke, Doc offering a handshake to someone he considered a friend.
Doc sighed, his anguish of his wife's suffering hurting a bit.
"Midori is in intensive care," he explained, "how long she will be there I don't know. At sixth months of pregnancy with twins, she hemorraged and is now comatose. Both the twins are alive but will be in incubation for some time."
Doc sighed again, cracking just a little, "I can't even hold my two new children."
He then pulled himself together, "So, per agreement with the staff here, Midori and the kids are my family right now and NOT my patients."
He stopped himself, not mentioning the argument they had had before she collapsed.
"Doreen," he began, a smile of pride crossing his face, "she is now Dr. Nagger. She's grown up a lot and she has found Canaria to be her home and place of work. I think you will be impressed with the woman she has become. Professional, confident and pretty only scratch the surface. In fact, she's in surgery right now so I can't bother her. Her picture is on the entry way of the hospital with the rest of the staff."
He looked at his old friend, "Chris, you do not have to conceal yourself here. You are amongst friends."
He paused a moment, "but something tells me that you're here for more than getting re-acquainted."
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