Carly's trouble with men part 7
The next morning jack woke up in
the chair next to carly's hospitalbed after falling asleep there the
night before when he saw that carly was awake and looking at
him;"Hi."
"Hi."said jack as he saw that carly
looked much better then she did the day before;"How are you
feeling?"
"Good enough to go home."answered she
with a faint smile;"Did you stay here all night?"
"I
guess so."started her ex slowly when he heard margo's voice in
the hallway,together with chris's voice,so he got up and left the
room;"I'll be right back."
Outside of carly's room margo
was talking to chris;"I really do need to talk to carly!"
"No,i
can't let you do that!"said her brother-in-law;"Carly can't
be questioned yet!"
"Can you two keep it down!"warned
jack the both of them as he pulled margo away from carly's room;"What
are you doing here,margo,can't you wait with this untill carly's a
bit better?"
"Come on,jack,you know as well as i do that
i need to question her about sam and it might give us the break that
we've been waiting for to catch him!"said she;"Don't you
want us to catch him before he goes after carly again?"
"Ofcourse
i want him caught,but i don't think that you should question carly
right now because she's been through enough and she doesn't need the
added stress!"answered her friend;"There's no way that you
can question her right now!"
"Question me about
what?"asked carly as she suddenly appear in the doorway,leaning
up against the door;"I thought that sam was in jail."
"What
are you doing out of bed!"said her doctor while he quickly
grabbed carly before she fell and helped her back into bed,with the
help of jack;"You really need to stay in bed,carly,you're not
well enough to get up yet!"
"I'm fine!"answered she
lying and looked at margo,who'd come into the room as well;"Why
do i need to be questioned if sam is allready in jail?"
"Margo
just wants to question you about a few things to tie up this
case,carly,that's all."started jack quickly before margo had a
chance to say anything;"But i allready told her that you're in
no condition to be questioned right now."
"You make it
sound like i'm laying on my death-bed or something."said she a
bit annoyed;"I'm fine now that i've had a good nights sleep and
to be honest i'm well enough to go home too."
"Jack's
right,carly,i can come back and question you some other
time."answered margo quickly as she turned around and left;"Get
well soon."
"You're not well enough to go home
yet,carly,you've got a mild concussion and you need bedrest."said
the young doctor and walked away too;"I can't let you leave the
hospital yet!"
"Stop looking at me like that!"warned
she her ex when she saw the worried look in his eyes;"I'm
fine!"
"No,you're not and nobody expects you to be after
what you've been through."started jack hesitating and took her
hand into his;"If you need to talk about it..."
"I'm
kind of tired,jack,so if you don't mind..."answered his ex
quickly,pulling back her hand,as she turned around and closed her
eyes;"Go home to our kids."
"I'll be back
later."said he a bit stuned by her strange reaction and left the
room;"Bye,carly."
"Bye,jack."whispered carly
softly with tears in her eyes as she heard the door beeing closed.
Back at the farm jack was still confused about carly's strange
reaction at the hospital as he walked into the
kitchen;"Hi,guys."
"Daddy!"smiled his little
girl happy to see her father again;"Why didn't you come home
lastnight?"
"They kind of picked up on that when they
came downstairs this morning and didn't see your car
outside,jack."said brad;"I didn't know what to tell them,so
i told them that you'd explain it as soon as you got home."
"It's
okay,brad,thanks for looking after things downhere."started he
tired and sat down at the table while he looked at his kids;"I
should have told you guys this before,but i had hoped that i didn't
have to."
"Tell us what,dad,does this have anything to
do with mom?"asked j.j. worried;"Did she run off
again?"
"Ofcourse not,stupid!"answered his brother
angry and punched j.j. against his arm;"Shut up!"
"You
shut up!"said he back to parker as he hit him too;"What's
the matters with you lately?"
"Stop it,guys,that's
enough!"warned jack his boys;"Ofcourse your mother didn't
run off because she wouldn't do that to you guys
again."
"Hey,guys,why don't you just listen to your dad
first before jumping to any conclusions?"said his brother as he
looked at the kids and turned back towards jack;"Just tell them
the truth,jack!"
"Thanks,brad."started he softly as
he looked at his kids;"Your mother isn't away on business or
anything,guys,she's in the hospital."
"Why?"asked
sage shocked;"Was she in an accident?""
"Kind
of."answered her father;"According to the doctor she's
gonna be just fine.""
"What happened?"said
j.j. just as shocked as his sister;"What kind of accident was
she in,dad,when did this happen?"
"Why don't we talk
about that later,because you guys have to go to school."answered
he quickly,hoping to avoid to tell the kids how carly really ended up
in the hospital;"You should all get ready."
"But...""started
his son confused;"Why don't you just tell us what happened
now?"
"Hey,j.j,your dad is really tired now from staying
with your mom at the hospital and all,so why don't we give him a
break and let him catch up on some sleep while i get you guys ready
for school."said brad quickly and turned towards jack;"Go
to bed for a while,jack,i can handle things
downhere."
"Thanks,brad,you're a real
lifesaver."answered he with a faint smile while he got up and
went upstairs;"I mean that."
"I know,i know."smiled
his brother;"I'm a great guy."
Later that day Carly was laying in her hospitalbed when gwen
walked in and gave her a big hug;"Hi,i'm so glad that they found
you again,carly,how are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling
fine."said she with a faint smile when she saw the disbelief on
gwen's face;"I really am."
"I was so scared when i
heard that sam had kidnapped you and i thought that i'd never see you
again."started her sister hesitating;"I'm sorry."
"Sorry
about what?"asked carly surprised;"It wasn't your fault
that i got kidnapped,gwen,that was my own stupid fault because i was
too stubborn to listen to my son or my ex who both told me not to get
mixed with sam."
"Don't say that!"answered she
softly;"You couldn't have known what he was going to do."
"I
know that,but if i had listened to them before then sam wouldn't have
had the chance to kidnap me."said her sister;"But you still
haven't answered my question,so why should you be sorry?"
"After
you told us about the doctors beeing wrong and we found out that
you'd known about not dying for a while i was beeing too judgemental
towards you,carly,i shouldn't have pushed you away and i should have
stood by you no matter what."started gwen softly;"I'm sorry
and i hope that you can forgive me for beeing so harsh.""
"You
had every right to be mad at me just like everybody else and it was a
stupid thing to do."said she;"I don't blame you for that,so
there's nothing for you to be sorry about it.""
"I
wish that i was more like you."answered her sister happy as she
gave carly another hug;"I really do."
"More like
me?"asked carly suprised;"Do you have any idea how many
times i have screwed up in my life and what a mess i have made of
things once again,gwen,i'm far from perfect and i'm certainly no
role-model."
"You may have made your share of mistakes
in your life,but you always find a way to make up for them and you're
the most forgiving person that i've ever met,no matter what somebody
else does to you.""said she;"Your kids can be proud
with a great mom like you,carly,i really mean that!"
"Thanks,gwen,but
that's more credit then i deserve because i've hurt my kids so many
times and i'm so scared of hurting them again."started her
sister with tears in her eyes;"I almost ended up hurting them
once again by giving sam the chance to kidnap me and they would have
been devasted if anything had happened to me."
"What
happened with sam wasn't your fault,carly,you can't blame yourself
for that!"said gwen;"It's all over now and i'm sure that
jack won't give sam another chance to get anywhere near you
again."
"But it's not jack's job to protect me
anymore!"answered she with a sad smile;"Do you mind going
because i'm a bit tired now."
"Are you okay?"asked
her sister worried;"Do you want me to call jack or
something?"
"No,please don't call jack!"said carly
quickly;"I'm fine,gwen,i'm just tired and that's
all."
"Okay,i'll be back tonight."answered she and
walked away after giving carly another hug;"It'll all be okay
again."
Out at the farm jack had finally woken
up after sleeping for hours and had just made himself something to
eat when margo walked into the kitchen;"Hi,jack."
"If
you're here to tell me how wrong it was of me to stop you from
questioning carly then please just turn around and go away because
i'm not in the mood for that right now."warned he his friend;"I
know that she should be questioned about what happened with sam,but
she doesn't need this right now and she's been through enough
allready!"
"I know that you're worried about carly and
that you want to protect her,but you're not helping her by lying or
by getting in our way."started margo slowly;"Do you know
what i think that you need?"
"No,i don't,margo,what do i
need?"asked her friend annoyed;"Tell me!"
"I
think that you need to get your problems sorted out."answered
she;"You need to sort out what it is that you want because right
now you're saying one thing and doing another!"
"What's
that suppose to mean?"said jack surprised;"Are you saying
that i'm not doing my job as a cop or something?"
"No,i
was talking about what you want with carly!"answered his
friend;"You've said that you're through with her,jack,but then
when something like this happens then you're suddenly all over her
again and you act all protective of her."
"So
what?"asked he furious;"Even do we're not together she's
still the mother of my kids and i just want to look out for
her!"
"No,jack,i think you're lying to me and to
yourself because your actions speak louder then your words!"said
margo;"If you don't want to be with carly then fine,but you
can't go acting like this each time she's in trouble if that's what
you want and you need to let her move on too because this must be
really confusing for her!"
"You don't know what you're
talking about!"answered her friend when gwen walked
in;"Hi,gwen,what brings you downhere?"
"I'm worried
about carly."started she softly;"I was just at the hospital
and even do she was acting as if everything's fine i know that she
isn't fine."
"What happened?"asked jack worried and
saw margo looking at him with him;"Don't you dare say
anything!"
"I think that i just made my point,jack,so
it's up to you what you do with it."answered his friend and
walked away;"I will talk to carly about what happened with sam
tomorrow!"
"No,you won't!"yelled he on after margo
and turned back towards gwen;"What did carly say when you were
there?"
"She really blames herself for what sam did and
when i tried talking to her about it she suddenly asked me to go
because she was tired."said gwen;"She didn't want me to
call you,but i had to come downhere and talk to you because i'm
really worried about her!"
"So am i and i'm glad that
you told me about this,gwen,i really am."started her friend
slowly as he gave her a hug;"I will go and talk to carly about
this,so don't worry."
"Please don't tell her that i told
you this because i know she wouldn't like it if she knew."answered
she;"She really didn't want you to know."
"I won't
tell her,gwen,i promise."said jack;"It'll be okay and i
will make sure that nothing bad will happen to your sister again!"
While jack and gwen were talking about carly at the farm she'd
just put on her clothes at the hospital and was on her way out of
her room when chris walked in;"Where do you think that you're
going?"
"Home!"answered carly;"Get out of my
way,chris,i mean it!"
"What are you going to do if i
don't?"asked he with a faint smile while he saw that carly was
holding on to the door in order to stay standing up;"Push me out
of the way?"
"This isn't funny!"said his patient
angry;"You can't keep me here against my will!"
"You're
not well enough to go home yet,carly,you know that and i can't let
you go!"started chris slowly as he gently brought her back to
bed;"You need bedrest!"
"I can stay in bed at home
too!"answered she;"I want to go home!"
"Maybe
if you were staying at the farm with jack i'd be willing to let you
leave the hospital tomorrow if i'm satisfied with the
testresults."said her doctor;"But i can't let you go home
to an empty house where there's nobody to look after you."
"No
way that i'm staying at the farm!"yelled carly furious;"I'm
going home,chris,to my own house!"
"Calm down,carly,you
need bedrest,so somebody has to look after you and there's always
somebody at the farm!"answered he suprised about her
reaction;"Why don't you want to stay at the farm?"
"I
just want to go home!"said his patient;"Please just let me
go home!"
"I'm sorry,but i can't let you go home
yet."started chris worried as he show how worked up carly was
getting;"You really need to calm down now because this isn't
doing your health any good!"
"I will calm down if you'd
just let me go home!"answered she;"I don't want to stay
here anymore!"
"I will let you go tomorrow if you agree
to stay at the farm with jack."said her doctor;"Either you
stay at the farm or you can stay here at the hospital for a little
while longer."
"Are you deaf or something?"asked
carly angry;"I'm not going to the farm and i'm not going to stay
here,chris,i'm going home!""
"No,you're not and if
i catch you sneaking out of here again i will get the nurse to
restrain you!"warned he his patient as he walked away;"I'll
be back in a little while to see if you've calmed down enough to talk
about this again."
to be continued....
