Kyle. Carter is giving him a spinal tap; he thinks what happened is that the kid got a sinus infection that spread to his brain. Oh my God. Sinus infections can do that?!? This show is bad for hypochondriacs. BAD. Carter pulls some cloudy fluid and sends Sam up to the lab to watch over it as it's tested. Hmm. Thought she was so slammed. Carter helps Kyle get settled on his bed and advises him to sleep. "Can't sleep," Kyle says. Carter tries to convince him to try, but Kyle says that nothing helps. "In my dreams, I'm still the guy I used to be," Kyle says sadly. "But I always wake up." I'm sure there are some pills he can try. Carter looks at him emptily as the scar tissue on Kyle's face morphs into the shape of an anvil. Hope they have a salve for that.
Abby, Howard, and Penny scramble through Marta's paperwork to see if there's any more information about her. Unsurprisingly, there is none. Abby begins to open the door and hears Marta's aunt immediately saying, "She's better, now we go." Abby whispers to Penny to get a guard over there. Then she enters the room as calmly as she can and completely ignores the aunt, who is barking at her to let them leave. She leans down to begin an examination. "Hermanos?" she asks Marta, grinning. "Sisters," Marta says slowly. "Three." Abby points to the cut, and the aunt interjects that the girls play crazy sometimes. This woman is the least convincing liar in the world. Malarkey could out-lie her, and he's a raving idiot. Abby notices bruises and possibly burn marks on Marta's back, and as Marta tries not to react, Abby orders her to remove her pants for the complete examination. Here, the aunt explodes and drags Marta out of the room by her arm. Ouch. "We don't have time!" screams the aunt. Abby yells for the guards to stop them; they corral the aunt, but Marta runs. Abby gives chase, but it doesn't matter, because Marta hit a dead end, and collapses onto the stairwell in an effort to scramble away from Abby. "I don't want you to touch me, slut, puta!" Marta screams. "Tranquila," Abby urges her. "I'm not going to hurt you! I'm not going to hurt you." Marta cries quietly, and we fade to black sort of feeling like we're leaving in the middle of a thought.













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