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Chapter 10: A Heartless Lover

Jude paced their bedroom as Tommy looked down at the floor. He was fiddling with his fingers. Jude ran her hand through her blonde hair and sighed. Stephanie was coming home from a day of hanging out with her friends, Amanda and Patricia. Jude and Tommy had been talking about telling her what was going to happen in about two weeks. She had called about thirty minutes ago, and they were waiting. That's all they could possibly do. Jude suddenly stopped and turned her fearful gaze to Tommy. He kept his eye on the red carpet of their bedroom. "I can't do this," Jude whispered. "I can't tell her. How do I even start?" Tommy simply shrugged and laid back on the bed. "I would like a little help here."

"What do you want me to say?" Tommy asked. His tone sounded completely bored and uninterested. Jude sighed again and sat down next to Tommy. She kissed him lightly and then kissed his cheek.

"We have to tell her, you know," she whispered again.

Tommy looked at her. His face was completely emotionless. "And you'll do a great job," he whispered back.

She gave him a confused look. "What?"

He got up from the bed and grabbed his jacket. "I need to get down to the studio."

"Are you kidding me!?" Tommy walked out of their bedroom and Jude hurriedly followed. Was he really just going to leave her alone to do this? Just as he grabbed his car keys Jude stopped him by standing in front of the door. Tommy rolled his eyes. He seemed like he knew this was going to happen, but hoping she would just let it go. She gave him another incredulous look. 'What's wrong with him,' she asked herself. "You're not leaving me to do this on my own. This is your fault in this first place!" she yelled in his face.

He rolled his eyes again. "Yea, yea, yea, of course it is. You know, I'm just going to get that tattooed across my forehead. Now, will you please move at least three steps to the left and get out of my way?" She couldn't believe what he was saying. What the hell made him so damn heartless? These were the times she wished Kwest was there holding her hand. Jude just stood there not moving an inch. Tommy tapped his foot as he looked at her in annoyance. "I'm waiting," he said in a sing-song voice.

She didn't know what came over her, but suddenly her hand made contact with Tommy's face. Tommy felt his face all of sudden sting. He grabbed his face and turned his head to Jude in anger. "What the hell Jude!?" he asked. Did he really not know what that was for?

"How can you just leave me like you don't even care?" she whispered. She wasn't just talking about walking out on her with the Stephanie situation. "All those times…do they mean nothing to you? Do I mean nothing to you?"

Tommy looked at her with disbelief. "Jude…" he tried.

"Just forget it," Jude groaned. She stepped aside. "If you want to go, then just leave." She pointed to the door with her index finger. Tommy stood there a minute looking at her. Jude looked up and noticed he was still there. "Go already! That's what you want, right? So go, just go and leave me." Tears were starting to pour down her face.

Tommy just stared at her tears and followed their trail down her face. Something was wrong. She wasn't crying over the Stephanie situation anymore. This was something else that was haunting her, but he didn't know what it was. He was so lost at to what she was crying about. He put down his keys on the coffee table and started to walk towards. Just as he was about to wrap his arms around his wife Stephanie walked in. "I'm home," she yelled just now noticing her parents in the living. She saw Jude crying her eyes out. "Mom? Mommy, what's wrong?"

Jude looked at her and then looked at Tommy. "Daddy and I have to tell you something, sweetie," Jude said as she took a seat on the love seat. Stephanie followed her. Her eyebrows furrowed as she looked between her mom and dad.

"You aren't getting a divorce, are you?" she asked with a little panic in her voice. Jude looked down at her and tried to smile, but failed miserably. She shook her head no, though Jude knew in her heart it was a lie. "Then what is it? Why are you so sad?"

"Sweetie, did you know about your other grandparents? You're real mom's parents?" Jude asked. It hurt Jude to say 'real mom'. Stephanie nodded as she climbed on Jude's lap. "Well, we found them not too long ago. They moved back to Montana."

"That's good. Am I going to meet them?" Stephanie asked innocently. Jude was about to start crying again. She couldn't do this. Why wasn't Tommy helping her out?

"Yes, honey, you're going to meet them. You have to. You see…you're mom, put in her will, that they were supposed to take care of you."

"But…you and daddy take care of me now. They don't have to."

Jude held her daughter in a tight hug. Once they pulled away she looked at her loving daughter's face. "I'm sorry, honey. It was in your mom's will. There's nothing we can do. They're coming, t-to pick you up at the end of the month."

Stephanie looked at her mom in disbelief. "No!" she yelled. "No, it's not true!" Jude hugged her again crying. Stephanie started to go right along with her. "But I don't want to go. Don't let them take me, please."

Jude turned to Tommy hoping he would do something to calm his daughter down. But he just stood there watching them in shame. "Do something," Jude mouthed at him. Tommy walked over and put Stephanie in his arms.

"Daddy, please no. Tell me it's not true," Stephanie begged him. Tommy closed his eyes, willing his tears not to fall.

"I'm sorry Steph. I wish there was something we could do. I tried everything. I promise you I have, but there's no way around it." Tommy kissed her cheek.

Later that night, Jude was in the bedroom looking at the pictures from two years ago. There were pictures of her when she was pregnant. She came across pictures where she, Kwest, Tommy, Sadie, and Stephanie were all hanging out at the park. One of them was Tommy pushing Stephanie on the swing. Another was Stephanie putting her head on Jude's stomach to see if she could hear the baby talk. Her favorite though, was the one where she and Tommy were on the swings and there were just looking at each other. They both had a smile on. She remembered that time. That was when they were both happy, and in love. She was still so in love with Tommy, but now she felt herself falling for Kwest. And Tommy; Tommy was not the Tommy she fell in love with. He had changed in so many ways, and it killed her.

Tommy didn't love Jude, and she knew it. She knew it all too well. She just wondered what was taking him so long to actually leave. Didn't he care that it was just slowly eating her away the longer he pretended? Of course he didn't care. He didn't care about her at all. All he wanted was Cathy Richards. Jude put the album away and wrapped her arms around herself. She felt so cold. She was afraid she was going to freeze to death. She flopped into bed and pulled the covers over her. No matter what, Jude couldn't get herself warm. She needed Tommy's arms around her. Where was Tommy? He was at least doing something right. He was in Stephanie's bedroom looking after her. Jude finally got to shut her eyes and sleep captivated her.

Tommy woke up to screaming. At first he thought it was Stephanie but found out it was coming from down the hall. He bolted from the rocking chair and ran to find Jude tossing and turning. She was screaming so loud that it was ear piercing. She was crying and her face was red. Tommy ran to her and felt her forehead. She was burning up. He tried to wake her up but it didn't work. She kept on screaming. He tried everything. He called her name, shook her, and even took the covers off and kissed her. It was like she was in some other world. He was getting scared now. Tommy heard little footsteps coming down the hall. Stephanie came into view and her eyes went wide. Tommy shouted at her to go back to bed. He didn't want Stephanie to see Jude like this. Finally, Stephanie went back to her bed in tears. What was wrong with her? Why couldn't he wake her up? He felt her forehead again and it burnt his hand.

He rushed to the phone and dialed 911. "Toronto police station; what is your emergency?" A guy with a husky voice answered.

"It's my wife," Tommy panted. "She's screaming and I can't wake her up. She's burning up too."

"Calm down, sir. Now, is she sweating?" he asked trying to calm Tommy down.

Tommy looked at his wife screaming and crying. He felt her face and nodded his head. "Yes, sir, she is," Tommy answered.

"Okay, just give me your address and we'll send an ambulance right away. Does she have a specific doctor?"

Tommy thought for a minute. "Yes, Dr. Turner at Toronto Memorial Hospital. Please hurry!"

"We're on our way."

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The hospital doors opened and Tommy and Stephanie saw Sadie and Kwest come in. "Did you call Vin?" Tommy asked them.

"He's coming from Montreal right now," Sadie answered as she took a seat next to her brother-in-law.

"Any news?" Kwest asked.

"No, nothing," Tommy answered, tears threatening to fall.

"What exactly happened?" Sadie questioned.

Tommy sighed. "I woke up to her screaming. I thought she was having another nightmare, but I couldn't wake her up. She was burning up and tossing and turning. She was crying violently too. I didn't know what to do. Everything I did, she just wouldn't wake up. The ambulance came and she had a fever of 104.2."

They all sat back in their seats and waited with worry expressions on their faces. Two hours later Spiederman came rushing in. "What's happened to Lisa?" They all explained what happened as he sat down. Finally, Dr. Turner came in.

"Mr. Quincy," Dr. Turner called for him.

Tommy looked up and rushed to her. "Dr. Turner, what's wrong with her?" He asked frantically.

"She's alright Mr. Quincy. Truthfully, we're not sure what made her temperature go up so high." Dr. Turner honestly stated. "But, we think it might be a side effect of a mixing of pills. The pills that she's taking now and any antibiotics can result into a high fever."

"But there has to be more Dr. Turner. She was screaming and crying. I couldn't even wake her up."

"She was awake the whole time, Mr. Quincy, but she couldn't reply. She told me she just felt her whole body burning up, and her muscles were out of her control. Now, we checked everything, and she was fine. I think it just might have been a delusion that she made up. I'm not sure."

Tommy nodded in understanding. "Can I go see her, please?"

"Of course," she replied. "But she said that she would like to see Kwest Taylor?"

Kwest's head shot up. Sadie, Tommy, and Speed looked at him confusingly. He just simply nodded and followed Dr. Turner to Jude's room. When he walked in, he saw Jude curled up into a ball, crying. He sighed sadly and walked over to her. He lightly placed a hand on her shoulder. Jude gasped and looked up. She sighed in relief and kissed him. He rested his forehead against hers. "I was so scared out there," Kwest admitted.

"I'm so sorry," she whispered. "My body felt like it was on fire. I couldn't move. All I could do was cry and scream. I thought I was dying."

"Shh, it's okay," Kwest whispered in her ear. He kissed her tenderly on the lips. Little did they know, Sadie was outside looking at everything.

As Kwest walked out, Spiederman walked in. "Bart?" she asked in surprise. She hadn't seen him since his last tour.

"Hey Lisa, how you feeling?" he asked with a smile. She smiled back and hugged him tightly. He kissed her cheek.

"I can't believe you're here," she said as he took a seat from the corner and sat beside her.

"Sadie called me. I was so worried."

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Tommy was finally allowed to come in after Jude saw Spiederman, Sadie, and Stephanie. He cautiously walked to her and looked at her shyly. She smiled at him and held up her arms. He ran to her and scooped her up in his arms. He sighed in relief and kissed her cheek, her temple, her nose, and finally her lips. Jude hugged him tightly again and started to cry. Why couldn't it just stay like this? "Don't ever do that to me again," Tommy whispered against her neck.

Jude was finally able to go home the next day. Dr. Turner gave her another bottle of pills as they all walked out. Sadie pulled Tommy aside as Jude got in the car. "Tom, I need to talk to you," Sadie said sternly.

"Well, can't it wait?" Tommy asked anxiously. "I want to get Jude and Steph home as quickly as possible."

"This is about Jude," she said as she looked over his shoulder making sure Jude wasn't listening. She saw her talking to Stephanie.

"Listen, whatever is I'll talk to you later, okay? I just want to get home as quick as possible."

Tommy ran to the car before Sadie even had a chance to respond. As the car pulled out into the road Sadie kept thinking about what she saw in that hospital. Jude was cheating on Tommy…with Kwest. How could she do this? Yes, Tommy was a jerk at times, but this wasn't Jude. Jude wouldn't do this. Kwest had to of manipulated her somehow. She got into her car and called a very familiar cell phone number that she wished she could forget. The phone rang three times before the person picked up. "Sadie?" the person asked on the other line. "I thought you were going to throw away my phone number? At least, that's what you said when you kicked me out."

"Shut up, Kwest!" Sadie yelled threw the phone. "What the hell are you doing to my sister?"

"Excuse me?" Kwest asked. Sadie could tell the little panic in his voice.

"Don't play dumb with me Taylor. I saw you two kiss in the hospital." She snarled.

Kwest quickly wiped the panic from his voice. "Listen, Tommy isn't good for her, and you know it. He doesn't love her."

"How can you say that? You saw how worried he was about her."

"Yea, it's called an act Sadie," he said like it was the obvious thing in the world.

"Well, you should know all about acting like your in love, wouldn't you Kwest?" Sadie laughed bitterly and hung up the phone. She had to talk to Jude, before things got worse.

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"What is wrong? Why do you keep telling me to leave?" Tommy asked her.

"Because that's what you want, isn't it?" Jude tried her hardest to keep the tears behind her eyelids.

"No! Jude, for that last time, I love you!" He shouted.

"Stop lying to me!"

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Tommy and Jude held to Stephanie as long as they could until Meredith pulled her away from them. Jude watched them as they went into the elevator. She turned around and looked at the tears going down Tommy's cheeks. She finally fell into his arms hoping that all of this was just a dream. But then she came to realize, she was never going to see Stephanie again.