Chapter 7…
The next day shane was having breakfast with his wife when shawn came into the kitchen;"Goodmorning."
"Goodmorning,honey."said his mother looking up;"Is your sister awake yet,shawn?"
"No,I don't think so."started he hesitating and turned towards his father;"Have you thought so more about my idea yet?"
"I thought I was pretty clear on that subject yesterday!"answered shane annoyed;"I already told you that it was out of the question!"
"But if it can get us a lead in the case then why not try it?"asked his son;"You're stuck right now and this might get you a break in your case,dad."
"First of all you have no experience in undercover-work and second of all there's no way that I'm gonna risk your life for this case!"said he;"Do you have any idea how dangerous undercover work is?"
"What undercover-work?"began Nicole worried as she looked at both her husband and her son;"What are you two talking about?"
"Nothing,Nicole,nothing at all!"answered her husband quickly;"It's just policework and it's not important,because it's not gonna happen!"
At the cory's adam was about to leave for work when devon walked into the kitchen;"Goodmorning,dad."
"Goodmorning,honey."answered he,turning around towards his daughter;"I was just about to leave for the policestation."
"Could you wait for a second?"asked devon softly;"Please?"
"Sure."said her father surprised as he closed the backdoor again and sat down at the kitchentable with devon;"What is it,devon?"
"I was thinking about going to mom's grave today and i was wondering if you'd go with me."started she hesitating;"Would you come with me?"
"I have to work."answered adam uncomfortable;"Maybe later today."
"Working yourself to the ground isn't gonna make you forget,dad,it won't work!"said his daughter;"When was the last time that you took some time off from work?"
"I'm not trying to forget anything,devon,there's no way I could even if I wanted to."began he tired while he got up and walked out the backdoor;"I'm not trying to work myself to the ground and I don't need some time off or anything."
Alex was running along the beach,trying to clear her mind from all the bad and upsetting memories,when she suddenly came face to face with her ex-boyfriend,who seemed to be running there too.
"Hi,alex."said Darren a bit uncomfortable;"How have you been?"
"Fine."answered she,as uncomfortable as Darren was;"And you?"
"Fine too."started her ex-boyfriend hesitating;"Are you here on vacation or are you back forgood?"
"I'm on vacation."said alex;"I saw you at the club sundaynight,darren."
"Oh."began he with a guilty look;"Then you saw me with…."
"Yes,with your new girlfriend."answered his ex-girlfriend;"There's no need to look so guilty,Darren,we broke up months ago and you had every right to move on."
"I didn't want to."started Darren with a sad look as he grabbed alex's hand;"But I had to,alex."
"Let's not do this!"said she uncomfortable and pulled away from Darren as she turned around and walked away;"What happened is in the past and let's keep it there!"
Around lunchtime lisa was talking to her head-waiter when she saw a woman coming out of the elevator and was surprised when she saw who it was as she walked up to her;"Susan?"
"Hi,lisa."answered she;"How have you been?"
"I've been doing great and how about you?"asked her friend still surprised to see her there;"What are you doing here?"
"I got called in for a case at the hospital."started susan slowly;"I've doing pretty good,lisa."
"It has been such a long time since you were here and I've missed you."said she happy to see her old friend as they hugged;"What have you been up to in Washington?"
"Not long after I left here all those years ago I married david and i have a daughter,Kayla."answered her friend;"How is adam doing,lisa,he and m.j. broke up again,didn't they?"
"No,they didn't break up,susan,he married her and they had two more kids,but adam's alone now because m.j. died about 2,5 years ago."said lisa softly;"Adam is still taking it pretty hard."
"M.j.'s dead?"asked she shocked;"But I thought…."
"You thought what?"started her friend confused;"Whatever gave you the idea that adam and m.j. had broken up again when you haven't been back here since you left baycity a long time ago?"
"I thought I saw m.j. in Washington a few months ago,but I must have been mistaken."answered susan;"Sorry to hear about her death,because I know how much she meant to all of you."
Mandy was sitting at tops with devlin,waiting for sister and todd to show up,when alison came out of the elevator and up to them;"Hi,guys,sorry that I'm late."
"No worries,ali,you're here now."said her sister as alison sat down;"Where's todd?"
"He's the reason why I'm late."answered she;"I was waiting for todd in my office when he called that he couldn't make it and told me to go ahead without him."
"Why?"asked mandy surprised;"Why did he cancel at the last minute?"
"I don't know,mandy,he said that he had some meeting that he couldn't cancel."started her sister slowly;"Todd has been so busy at work lately and I hardly get to see him anymore except for at home late at night when he gets home or early in the morning before he leaves for work."
"I think it's stupid that he would stand you up like that for some meeting that suddenly comes up out of the blue."said she;"That sucks."
"Calm down,mandy,maybe todd really had a meeting at the last minute."answered todd quickly when he saw the upset look on alison's face;"Let's just have lunch and todd can join us another time."
At the beach Courtney was sitting in the sand with devon;"I'm so happy that you're back again."
"So am i."said devon;"It's been way too long since I was here."
"Have you talked to my brother yet?"asked her friend hesitating;"He has missed you too,devon,even though he probably won't admit it."
"I know and I've missed him too."started she with a faint smile;"To be honest I have been avoiding contacting him because I'm not sure what to say to him."
"Why?"answered Courtney surprised;"How can you not know what to say after being away for so long?"
"You know why."said her friend;"Just before parker and my mom died we were getting closer again,court,then everything got so messed up and I took off to tour around the country in a band,with my music,and I've hardly been home eversince,so things kind of were left up in the air between us."
"Then maybe this is your chance to talk about all of that,devon,maybe now you guys can sort everything out again."answered she;"Do you still love him?"
"What kind of a question is that?"asked devon annoyed;"Ofcourse I still love your brother,but there's still some stuff that stands in between us and so much is going on in my life right now that I can't deal with all of that yet."
To be continued….
