[Sam is sorting supplies in an empty trauma room. Luka enters]
The detective is still here.
You shouldn’t have been so dismissive of me in front of him.
You didn’t need to discuss the details of Louise’s condition. She deserves some privacy.
Yeah, and she deserves a chance to help. We have an option we haven’t even talked about.
And that is?
If we deflate the crike balloon Louise could whisper.
You want to take her off the vent?
Just for a few moments at a time.
She is requiring 100% oxygen
I take her off the vent every time I suction her and she’s fine. Come on, we both know it’s possible.
Technically, yes, but why risk it?
Because she wants to help.
She does or you do?
What is that supposed to mean?
[a beat, softer] You’re sensitive about these kinds of cases.
What?
You always want to stand up for women who’ve been assaulted.
And you don’t?
Of course I do. Maybe because of when you were with Steve?
Steve never raped me.
Physical abuse? Hitting you?
Oh, this has nothing to do with that.
Are you sure?
Yeah. There’s a violent rapist out there. How are you going to feel in two days, two weeks, a month from now when we get another woman like Louise in here.
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