Chapter 12…
Kristy was sitting outside in the garden when carol showed up;"My dad isn't home yet,carol,he's still at the office and I don't know when he will be home."
"I know and I didn't come downhere for your father."started she hesitating;"I came to talk to you."
"To me?"asked kristy;"Why,carol,what about?"
"Your father told me that you're angry at him for not telling you everything about what is going on at the office lately."answered her father's girlfriend as she sat down next to kristy;"You have every right to be angry with him about that,kris,but I don't think you realize why your father is keeping things from you or why he can sometimes act so overprotective towards you."
"He still thinks of me as his little girl,but I'm not that little girl anymore and he doesn't have to hide the truth from me!"said she irritated;"I'm a grown woman!"
"I know that,honey,but to your father you will always be his little girl and he just doesn't want anything to happen to you because he has already lost so much in his life."started carol slowly;"He's scared to death of losing you too,kristy,especially since you're a diabetic and you could end up in a coma or even worse if something were to go wrong."
"Maybe you're right."answered her boyfriend's daughter with a faint smile;"I guess that I never stopped to think about what my illness meant to my dad,especially since he has already lost my mom and my sister,carol,thanks for reminding me."
"You're welcome."smiled she and gave kristy a hug;"I love your father a lot and you're like a daughter to me,kris,I hope that you know that."
"Ofcourse I do."said kristy;"I'm glad that dad has got you now."
That night adam was sitting at tops,where he'd been drinking for hours and getting pretty drunk,when his son came out of the elevator and walked up to him;"What are you doing here,dad,why aren't you at home with mom?"
"I'm having a drink,justin,sit down and have one with me."said his father;"There's nothing for me at home anymore."
"You have a wife that needs you!"started he angry;"Mom has locked herself up in the bedroom since you left this morning and she won't come out of there,so you have to come with me!"
"To do what?"asked adam;"To go back to a wife that keeps lying to me over and over again?"
"Don't talk about mom like that!"warned his son and pushed him,causing adam to fall out his barseat and on to the ground;"Mom made a mistake,dad,that's all!"
"That's what your mother keeps doing and I've had enough,so I'm not coming back!"answered he and slowly got up again;"I'm going to divorce her!"
"You can't do that!"yelled justin furious as he wanted to attack his father again when somebody suddenly grabbed him from behind;"Hey!"
"Calm down!"said his father's cousin while he pushed justin far enough away from adam;"This isn't the answer,justin,it really isn't!"
"Did you hear what he just said?"asked he still angry;"He wants to divorce mom!"
"Your father is drunk and still upset about what has happened,so he doesn't mean any of that!"answered Jamie as he gently pushed justin towards the elevator;"Go home and I will try to talk to your father,justin,okay?"
Alison was about to go out to meet todd for dinner at tops when her mother came home from the office;"Hi,mom."
"Do you know what your father has done?"asked Amanda annoyed;"He came to my office today to tell me that he's letting mandy stay with him at his hotelroom at tops for a while because he's afraid that she will run away again if he brings her home."
"Maybe that's a good idea,mom,because that gives mandy a chance to calm down a bit and for you two to sort out your problems."answered her daughter;"You don't want mandy to run away again,do you?"
"Ofcourse not,Alison,but letting her stay with sam is a bad idea because it makes mandy think that she can get out from under her punishment now."said she;"I told your father to bring your sister home and go back to Chicago,but he just refused and got angry with me."
"Let mandy stay with dad for a few days,mom,what harm could that do?"asked Alison surprised about her mother's reaction;"She'll be back soon enough."
At cass and kathleen's Cheryl was sitting out in the yard when Kathleen came back out after answering the door;"That was chad again."
"So?"said her sister angry;"Did you make it clear to him that he shouldn't bother to come back again?"
"How am I suppose to do that,Cheryl,do you really think that chad is just going to give up on you like that?"asked Kathleen as she sat down too;"He was stupid not to tell you about m.j. getting pregnant while they were together in Chicago and about them having a baby-boy that was stillborn or atleast they thought he was,but a part of me can understand why neither of them ever told anybody about it after they were lead to believe that their baby was still-born."
"Kathleen does have a point."started her husband slowly;"Chad told you about everything else when you guys began dating,didn't he?"
"I guess so,but that still doesn't make it right that he never told me about this,does it?"asked Cheryl softly;"He should have told me!"
"I know and I'm sorry about that."answered a voice behind her and when Cheryl turned around she saw chad standing there in the doorway;"Can we please talk about this?"
"Maybe this is a good time to go for a walk or something."said cass as he pulled his wife away with him;"See you guys later."
"Thanks,guys."started his brother-in-law with a faint smile while they left and turned towards his wife;"I know that I should have told you about having a baby with m.j. and that I hurt you so much by keeping that from you,Cheryl,but please try to understand how we felt at the time after we thought that our son was stillborn and that day we promised eachother never to talk about it ever,not to eachother or anybody else."
"But I'm your wife,chad,you should have told me."answered she in tears;"Do you have any idea how I felt when I found out about it?"
"It must have hurt like hell and I'm sorry about that,but there's nothing that I can do or say to change that now and I don't want to lose you over this,because I love you and I can't bare the thought of having to live without you!"begged chad while he took her hands into his;"Please come home with me,Cheryl,I will do whatever you want to make this right again,but please come back!"
"I need some time to think about this."said his wife and pulled away from him;"I will call you in the morning and we can talk then,but right now I can't deal with this!"
The following morning shane was about to leave the house pretty early when his wife came into the kitchen;"Where are you going at this hour?"
"To the station."said shane;"With both adam and m.j. being unable to come to work I'm pretty shorthanded right now and there's a serial-rapist on the loose."
"It's not like you have to solve this case on your own."started his wife slowly;"It's not even seven o'clock yet,shane,you don't normally start untill nine."
"I'm the captain,Nicole,so I have to run things down at the station and this is an important case!"answered he annoyed;"We have to catch this guy before he does it again and the last girl that he raped was just 17."
"Do you have to be so graphic?"asked Nicole tired;"I can understand why you'd be worried about this case,but that doesn't mean that you have to handle everything yourself."
"I don't have time to stand here and fight with you about this,Nicole,I have to get down to the station."said her husband as he walked out of the backdoor;"I'll be home for lunch."
At the cory's justin was sitting at the breakfast table with his brother when devon came back,after trying to get their mother to open up the bedroomdoor again;"And?"
"No luck."answered his sister and sat down;"She doesn't say anything and she sure won't open the damn door."
"This is all dad's fault!"said justin angry;"If he had stayed here then mom wouldn't have locked herself up in their bedroom."
"Are they going to get a divorce?"asked his younger brother worried;"Are they going to split up now,justin?"
"Ofcourse not,stupid!"yelled he even more angry and got up;"Mom makes one mistake and dad just runs out on her as if she didn't mean a damn thing to him!"
"Calm down and don't yell at ryan,because this isn't his fault!"started devon with tears in her eyes;"We have to find a way to get mom out of there!"
"We will!"promised her older brother as he calmed down again;"Even if it means that I have to break down the door!"
To be continued…..