So as it turns out writing a synopsis for this game was harder than I thought, mainly because it's not finished. Like I mentioned Time To Heal is the second game in a series, and a lot of plot points in it get carried over to the sequel, Hospital Heat. I cheated and watched a playthrough of that to get a grasp of the plot, which answered a lot of the remaining questions but ALSO produced new ones as well.
To summarise everything as neatly as possible;
- The little girl's dad gets saved, then turns out to have another condition which seems terminal until Allison figures it out at the last minute
- The ambulance crash happens after Daniel falls off his roof, drunk as hell after his dad told him how much the new ward stank. Allison managed to save Daniel from the crash, but Joe died instead.
- After the accident Daniel cuts himself off from everyone and has to be convinced to testify about the crash. He then immediately leaves for India on a journey to discover himself, causing Allison to fall for Connor instead.
- At the very end everyone has a party for the new ward, only for Ruth to burst in and tell Allison her mother is dying and is on the way to the hospital.
This then leads into the plot of Hospital Heat, where:
- Allison's mother Mathilda is dying and needs a new kidney, which is why she came to Allison, but Allison initially rejects her
- All the illegal dealings from the last game catch up as Victor (head of the board and Mason's father) puts the hospital under audit
- The letter for Ruth was an eviction notice - she's been struggling to pay for her old home since her mother was put in a psychiatric ward (turns out she kidnapped a random girl and claimed the kid was Ruth)
- Allison helps Daniel hide the facts of his drug addiction, destroying her relationship with Connor in the process
- Sophia is pregnant with Joe's son
- It turns out Daniel's father John was partners with Victor back when the hospital started, and Victor got kicked out for disregarding the lives of patients to make more money
- Mathilda had blackouts after her husband's death, and one of these blackouts caused a fire that nearly killed Allison. She left Allison's life out of a fear she was a danger to her daughter
- Victor finally exposes Daniel's lies, getting him kicked out of his job and taking over the hospital. He then immediately plans to tear it apart to get revenge on John
- Daniel gets a new job at Queensborough and helps figure out what's wrong with Mathilda, turns out she needs super-complicated conscious brain surgery
- While the surgery's happening the hospital catches fire thanks to Victor's budget cuts, leading to Allison PERFORMING THE OP HERSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A BURNING BUILDING. She'd have died if Daniel didn't barge in to rescue her
- With Little Creek gone, all the doctors have to work at Queensborough instead, and it seems like they won't get on with the doctors there
- Connor starts a relationship with a Queensborough doctor, having moved on from Allison (note - Connor was actually 100% faithful, it was Allison who messed it up)
- Ruth's problem is solved by all the girls (Sophia, Allison and Jenny) teaming up and living with her
- Victor goes missing after the fire, and it's implied that Daniel might have
locked him inside the hospital- Daniel's also back on medication again, so I'm sure THAT will go great
- oh and
But yeah, that's where the story ends for now. Apologies it wasn't the neat concise ending people were hoping for. >_<
EDIT: I almost forgot to link this beautiful moment where
Ruth proves she's definitely the best character.
