When he got the call from Maggie, Ren didn’t wait a second to rush there. That was surprising for Ren, especially when it had to do with hospitals. He had his own traumas there, his diagnosis with diabetes, a few injuries from work, and even an overdose. That wasn’t why he hated hospitals, he remembers the smells of the hospital the day he brought his son in and never left, he remembers walking in after hearing about his ex-girlfriend. Every sight and sound of a hospital made Ren go rigid, and the thought of Maggie hurt, her daughter even more made him feel cursed. Ren didn’t do good losing people, and it made him crave for a fix albeit being clean for so long.
Ren didn’t care though, the only thoughts running through his head was to make sure Maggie was okay. He was panicked, he knew they were talking, but he needed to make sure, he thought maybe it was the firefighter in him that made him feel that way. Ren pulled to loosen his tie when he walked in, going up to the front desk. “Hi, I’m looking for Maggie Drakos, she and another girl came in a few hours ago?” the lady working the front desk pointed down the hall and he rushed that way, looking for her. “Maggie?” he said, gasping lightly when he saw her, “Oh my God, Maggie.” He wanted to hug her, but he was scared to hurt her more. So he refrained to check her out, with what looked like burns. “What happened?”