A doctor was in her office looking at an x-ray of an arm that was sent to her, when her partner came in.
"Wow! That is some x-ray. It that the arm." The Partner said.
"Oh, hi Tenisha. I didn't hear you come in." Dr. Maxwell said.
"What are you doing here today? We are supposed to be closed." Tenisha said.
"I have a patient coming in. This is her x-ray of her arm." Dr. Maxwell said.
"What happened to her arm?" Tenisha asked.
"An accident while anemic left her arm shattered. Now, I am just seeing if I can restore the nerves in her arm." Dr. Maxwell said.
"How did she suffer nerve damage, if she seeked therapy right away after the break?" Tenisha asked her partner.
"The girl was pregnant when she broke her arm, so she didn't have surgery until after the baby was born. This is a bad break and I don't know if I can help her, and it has been almost 7 years since she did break it. Now, she is unable to move her arm due to the nerve damage, which is why she is here to see me." Dr. Maxwell explained.
Tenisha listened to her, she feels really bad for this girl and everything she has been through. Tenisha doesn't know who this girl is, but will be shocked when she finds out.
"Kimberly, are you ready to go?" Tommy asked as Kim was still in her room trying to get dressed.
"NO!" Kim shouted angry. Kim was angrier at herself then anyone else.
Tommy came in the room and saw that Kim wasn't even dressed because she couldn't get her nightgown off.
"Here let me help you. Will it hurt if I touch your arm?" Tommy said.
Kim shook her head in tears.
"I can't even feel my arm." Kimberly said.
Tommy lifted her nightgown off and helped her to get dressed. Tommy put the splint on Kimberly's left arm and helped her to get the sling on. Kim didn't want his help, but she can't do it on her own. Jason is the one who usually helps her out.
"So Kim, are you ready to go?" Tommy asked again.
This time Kim nodded.
Tommy and Jason were taking Kimberly to her doctor's appointment. The twins were also coming.
"So you and Jason are taking the girls to the park while I am at my appointment." Kim said to Tommy in the car.
"Beautiful, I am coming with you." Tommy said.
"No, spend time with your daughters. This is something I have to do on my own. The park is just across the street. I will see you afterwards." Kimberly said to him as she got out of the car at the doctors.
Kim watched as they left for the park. She would much rather see her daughters playing then seeing a doctor that may not be able to fix her arm. This is her last option, if it doesn't work. She will never get better. Kim took the elevator to the fourth floor and walked up to the open door. Kim walked into the office.
"You must be Kimberly, I am Dr. Maxwell." Dr. Maxwell said.
Tenisha came into the waiting room; she was shocked to see Kimberly. She wasn't sure if it was Kimberly since it had been almost 7 years.
"Kimberly?" Tenisha said.
Kim turned around and saw Tenisha standing there.
"Hi Dr. Oliver." Kimberly said.
"You two know each other?" Dr. Maxwell asked.
"Yeah, she used to date my son. Kimberly, Dr. Maxwell told me that her patient was pregnant at the time of the accident, so I have to ask." Tenisha said.
"Yes, I had Tommy's baby. In fact I had twins." Kimberly admitted as she reached into her purse and took out a small photo album that she always keeps with her and handed the album to Tenisha.
Tenisha looked through the albums and saw identical twin girls at various ages.
"Wow! They look exactly like Tommy did at that age. What are their names? How old are they?" Tenisha asked.
"They are 5 almost 6 and their names are Star and Diamond. They are a handful though. They had been in twin groups where they met other sets of identical twins who taught them how to work the twin things. So they switch names whenever they meet someone new." Kim explained.
"Has Tommy seen the girls?" Tenisha asked.
"Actually, Tommy and Jason are at the park across the street with them." Kim said.
"Kimberly, how did the accident happen? All I know is that you were anemic at the time." Tenisha asked.
"Yeah, I have had been anemic off and on since I was their age actually. A 5-year-old gymnast who had become anemic, it would drive my mother crazy that I was willing to compete in competition during the times that I was anemic. I being stupid and thought I could handle the anemia during very intense practice sessions. I was wrong though, I went flying off the uneven bars." Kim said.
"About the letter?" Tenisha said.
"That was me still being stupid and feeling sorry for myself. If I had just been pregnant and anemic, I would have called him and told him. But when I shattered my arm, I shattered my dreams and everything I worked so hard for. In that moment I became completely helpless and dependant. I didn't want Tommy to see me as helpless; I didn't want him to give his life and his future to take care of me. So I thought that I would let him go and let him live his life as he sees fit." Kim went on.
"That was a brave thing to do, now let's see about that arm." Tenisha said.
Dr. Maxwell took the arm out of the sling and the splint. She examined the arm and ran another x-ray.
"Well Kimberly, I am not promising anything. The surgery may fix it and then again it may not. We will just to wait and see. Now Kimberly I want you to take this prescription." Dr. Maxwell said.
"What is it for?" She asked.
"To keep you from becoming anemic, because if you do become anemic again, I can't do your surgery." Dr. Maxwell said as she left the room.
Tenisha helped Kimberly put the splint and sling back on.
"Kim, I am coming with you to the park. I can't wait to meet my granddaughters." Tenisha said.
Kimberly and Tenisha walked to the park. Tommy was shocked to see his mother with Kimberly. The twins went running up to their Mommy.
"Mommy is your arm all better now?" Star asked.
"They haven't done the surgery yet baby." Kim replied smiling.
"Are you scared?" Diamond asked.
"No, I'm use to it by now. I would like you to meet someone. This is Tommy's mother and your grandmother." Kim said introducing Tenisha to the girls.
"Mom, this is Star and this is Diamond." Tommy said placing his hands on the girl's head as he introduced them.
"Girls why don't you show grandma how well you swing." Kim said and watched the girls take off for the swings.
"They really are identical. How can you tell them apart?" Tenisha asked.
"Star has a star-shaped birthmark on her back. That is the only way to tell them apart." Kim told her.
"So where are you staying?" Tenisha asked.
"We are all staying at Tommy's." Jason said.
"9 people staying in that house, isn't it that a little crowed." Tenisha asked.
"We haven't noticed we have only been here for 2 days." Jason said.
Tenisha watched her granddaughters swing, they were smiling and laughing. This made her smile.
"You know we just bought that big house. I would love it if you all moved in with us." Tenisha offered.
"You want my teens to live at your new house?" Tommy asked.
"Why shouldn't I, they are my grandchildren. Besides I am a doctor and I can keep an eye on Kimberly and help her out." Tenisha said.
"Mom, you do have a point, but isn't a little much to have all of us around." Tommy said.
"No, Thomas, you are my son and these are your children. The mother of your children is injured and will need a great deal of physical therapy." Tenisha told them.
"You are right. I don't know about Tommy, but the twins and I, would love to move in with you." Kimberly said smiling.
Tommy didn't want Kimberly to leave him, so he agreed to it. Now all he has to do is break it to the teens that they are going to move again.
Tommy used his cell to call Haley's Café. He spoke to Trent and told them to get home. Tommy then left to talk to his kids leaving everyone else in the park with his mother.
"Dad, what is it?" Kira asked as they came running into the house.
"My mother has offered for us to move in with my parents and I took her up on the offer. So go pack we are moving." Tommy said.
"Dad, we don't want to move." Conner said.
"Mom, can take better care of Kimberly then I can. I am not going to lose her again. We are moving." Tommy commanded.
"What about the command center?" Ethan asked.
"I am not giving up the house; it will still be here if needed. It's just that we won't be living here." Tommy said.
Conner got this look in his eyes, like he could throw a party here and dad would never know.
"There will be no parties. You can use the outside entrance in to the command center and not enter the house." Tommy said.
"What makes you think we were planning to throw a party?" Conner asked.
"Because, I know you and I was 16 once you know. Back when I was 16 if given the opportunity I would have thrown a party too. In fact I did and someone showed up with alcohol, Kimberly, my friends and I all got drunk. It resulted in Kimberly and I sleeping together and her getting pregnant with the twins. So NO parties!!" Tommy said.
Tommy knew he shouldn't have told them about his love life, but he isn't going to let the same things happen to his kids if he can help it.
"Did your parents ever find out?" Trent asked.
"They did and I got grounded for a month, 2 weeks for having the party and 2 weeks for getting drunk., see I was still drunk when my parents came home and the house was completely trashed, I also had to pay for everything that got broke as well." Tommy explained.
"When are we moving?" Kira asked.
"Tonight, so go pack." Tommy told the kids and then he watched them go upstairs to pack.
Jason also showed up with a U-haul he rented to help move the stuff.
"Where are Kim and the girls?" Tommy asked.
"Already at your mother's since Kimberly can't help pack and the twins are too young and would only be in the way." Jason told him.