Chapter 13
The next morning, Kim is getting released from the hospital and Vanessa checks on her. Kim's boyfriend Lorenzo comes in the hospital room to help Kim get ready to leave the hospital. The doctor comes in to see how everything is and he gives Lorenzo a business card for a therapist that Kim can see about her depression and he tells him that he had the liberty of making an appointment for him and Lorenzo thanks him. The doctor and Vanessa leave the hospital room so that Kim can have some privacy. Lorenzo grabs Kim's things and he packs her overnight bag for her.
"The doctor made an appointment with Dr. Peter Lindstrom for tomorrow, Kim." Lorenzo says.
"I have work." Kim replies.
"You need to go and I thought that it might be a good idea for you to take it easy for a little while. I talked to your father and he says you can have as much time off as you need. You can go back to work when you're ready. He says that it's not a big deal if you decide not to come back." Lorenzo responds.
Vanessa comes back into Kim's hospital room with a wheelchair and Kim asks what's going on. She tells Kim that the hospital policy is that she gets to leave in a wheelchair. Lorenzo and Vanessa help Kim sit in the wheelchair and they get ready to go into the lobby. He grabs her overnight bag and they leave the hospital room. As they enter the hospital lobby, they see Amanda and Declan waiting for them with baby Jesse.
"Hi, Kim. Are you feeling better?" Amanda asks.
"Yeah, I am. Are you going to have breakfast with Daddy at his house too?" Kim asks.
"We are because Daddy makes good face pancakes. Let's go to his house." Amanda replies.
Amanda strokes Kim's hair and she sits Jesse on her lap. Kim whispers to Jesse that she missed her because she was in the hospital. Lorenzo tells Kim that he'll pull the car up and he kisses Kim on her cheek and then he leaves to get the car. Amanda takes Jesse and she carries her and Vanessa wheels Kim out of the hospital. She helps Kim out of the wheelchair and hugs her goodbye. They get in the car and drive to Tony Rollins' house. A few minutes later, they arrive and he answers the door.
"My girls!" Tony says.
"Good morning, Daddy." Amanda and Kim say, excitedly.
"Come inside. I'm making my famous face pancakes." Tony replies.
The sisters laugh and they go inside Tony's house with Jesse, Declan and Lorenzo. They come into the house and say hello to Christina and they put their things away. Everyone goes into the kitchen and Tony starts making the pancakes while they set the table and put everything on the table. As Tony makes the pancakes, he remembers making face pancakes for his girls before school. They sit down after setting the table and then they talk. A few minutes later, the pancakes are done and ready to eat. Tony puts the plate of face pancakes, scrambled eggs and breakfast sausage on the table.
"That's nice, Daddy. Aren't we are little old for these?" Kim asks.
"No." Tony replies.
"Good, because I love them." Kim replies.
Everyone at the table takes some pancakes, eggs and sausage to eat. They eat the food and they talk about Amanda and Declan's upcoming wedding. Amanda says that she has been dreaming about her wedding day since she got engaged. Everyone is excited for the wedding day to come. Kim is worried about what will happen during the trial.
"Barba has set a trial date for tomorrow and they might do sentencing the next day or in a few days." Amanda says.
"He knows that I put him in jail. What if he comes after me?" Kim says.
"If he does, we'll charge him with stalking." Amanda responds.
Amanda few minutes later, breakfast is over and Amanda gets a phone call. She goes into a bedroom that would have been hers and it's her mother calling. She picks up the phone and everyone clears the table. Amanda asks her mother what she wants and she tells her that she's sorry for slapping her and she asks her what's new.
"Declan got me two tickets to Jamaica for my birthday and he's taking me to the Iberostart Rose Hall Suites for our honeymoon and it's after the wedding." Amanda says.
"Are you taking Jesse with you?" Beth asks.
"No, I'm not taking Jesse with me. It's for my honeymoon." Amanda replies.
Beth says that Amanda shouldn't leave Jesse just so that she can have a vacation away from being a mother. Amanda says that she's a better mother than her own mother. She is getting fed up and feels like hanging up the phone. Jesse crawls into the bedroom and she sits by her mother.
"It was a surprise. You act like I booked the tickets. Everytime I talk to you, it's all negativity. I can't take it anymore." Amanda complains.
"Who's watching Jesse?" Beth asks.
"Listen. Declan's parents. His mom said that it was okay." Amanda replies.
Amanda starts to get annoyed at Beth and feels like hanging up the phone. She tells Amanda that marriages because of children don't last long. Amanda tells her mother that her marriage is going to last forever. She has reached her breaking point with her mother.
"I'm hurt because I wasn't invited to your bridal shower and now I didn't get invited to your wedding." Beth complains.
"Can you close your mouth so that I can freaking talk?" Amanda asks.
Beth continues to interrupt Amanda and she hangs up the phone on her mother. Amanda enters the kitchen to help clean up and she decides that her mother shouldn't be involved with her wedding. Lorenzo asks to speak to Amanda and Tony alone.
"Kim doesn't know, but I bought a ring in Chicago and I want to propose to her. She has a birthday coming up soon and I was thinking that we can go to Benihana Restaurant and we can have hibachi. We'll sing happy birthday, have cake and open presents. After presents, I'll make a toast and get down on one knee." Lorenzo says.
"We want Kim to have a good birthday. What's the surprise?" Amanda asks.
"I'm going to ask Kim to marry me." Lorenzo replies.
Amanda and Tony say that they'll help plan the surprise for Kim. Soon, they leave Tony and Christina's house and they head back to their homes. Kim doesn't know about the surprise that her boyfriend is going to have for her.