Chapter 14…

Just before seven that evening shane was still working in his office when adam came in;"Why are you still here?"

"I need to finish this."said his friend;"Why are you still here?"

"I have the same excuse."answered adam with a faint smile;"So,shane,what are you gonna do now with shawn?"

"I'm not going to let him go undercover."started he slowly;"I have already found somebody else to go undercover."

"Who?"asked his friend surprised;"Who are you sending in undercover?"

"I can't tell you that yet,adam,but I will soon and with any luck we'll have a break in this case."said shane tired;"Hopefully in time before it wrecks my marriage."

"Is it that bad again?"began he worried;"Are you and Nicole fighting again?"

"Yes,she doesn't understand what kind of pressure I'm under with this case and she's furious with me about even considering letting shawn go undercover."answered his friend;"I never wanted to let our son go undercover,but after shawn's little stunt I had to consider the option and I'm glad that I found another way to get a break in this case."

Sharlene walked into ginny's hospitalroom and was surprised to find her patient just about to leave;"Where do you think that you're going?"

"I'm going home,sharlene,I feel fine now and I can rest at home too."answered ginny;"There's no reason for me to stay the night."

"Don't you think that I should be the one to determine that?"asked she;"I'd rather have you stay here a night just to be on the safe side."

"I'd rather go home."said her patient;"I feel fine and I promise that I will do what you told me to do."

"I just operated on you this morning and your painkillers are still working,so ofcourse you feel fine now,ginny,but once they wear off you won't feel fine."started sharlene worried;"What if you need anything or if you're in trouble?"

"I have painkillers at home too and if anything happens I can call you,so don't worry."answered she;"I just want to go home."

"Is anybody picking you up?"asked her doctor still not convinced;"You need somebody to take care of you!"

"Yes,sharlene,my boss is picking me up after I called him a little while ago and he's probably waiting outside as we speak."said ginny lying;"Can I go home now?"

"Allright,but I want you to call me if there's anything wrong and I want to see you first thing Monday-morning for your chemo-therapy and a check-up."answered she;"Be sure to get lots of rest and don't strain yourself!"

In alex's room at the hospital Lindsay was sitting next to her sister's bed with her parents;"When is she gonna wake up again?"

"We don't know,sweety,but Jamie says that everything's okay and that she will wake up again."said her mother as she put her arms around Lindsay;"It's gonna be okay."

"How can it be okay?"asked Lindsay with tears in her eyes;"Alex is drinking,mom,so things aren't okay!"

"We will find out why she's drinking and we'll solve whatever problem there is."promised she;"As a family."

"I need to call her school in the morning and let them know that she won't be back for a while or maybe not ever again."started chad slowly;"I'm starting to think that letting alex go to that school in new York was a bad idea and that it was wrong for us to let her move downthere,especially for such a long time."

"You're overreacting,chad,you don't know what really happened or for how long alex has been drinking and maybe she didn't start untill she came home again."answered his wife;"Let's not rush into any decisions untill we know all the facts."

The next morning courtney walked into the kitchen and found her brother and her father yelling at eachother;"Can you guys please cut it out for once?"

"I have to go to the policestation."said shane as he gave his son an angry look;"Remember what I said,shawn!"

"Whatever!"answered he annoyed while his father walked out the backdoor;"Fine!"

"What was that all about?"asked his sister worried;"If it isn't mom and dad fighting,shawn,it's you and dad!"

"Dad's still mad at me for putting him on the spot at the policestation about me going undercover last time at that meeting of his and now he suddenly has somebody who will go undercover,courtney,but dad won't tell me who it is!"started shawn slowly;"I'm good enough to go undercover,but dad just won't give me a chance."

"It's too dangerous and dad is right for not letting you go undercover."said she;"You were really mean to devon yesterday!"

"Did she complain to you?"asked her brother angry;"I have every right to be mad at her after what she did and atleast I now know I mean nothing to her!"

"That isn't true and if you weren't acting like such a big baby you'd realize that,shawn,that girl loves you and the only reason why she didn't call you that she was back yet was because she wasn't sure of how to tell you."answered courtney;"Can't you swallow your pride for once and just call devon up?"

"She sure as hell knew how to call you,courtney,so don't give me that crap!"said he as he walked out the backdoor;"I'm done with her!"

At the hospital Darren was sitting next to alex's bed,where he'd been since late the night before after everybody had left,when nick came in with Lindsay,while their mother was talking to Jamie and their father was calling alex's school;"What the hell are you doing in here with my sister?"

"Calm down and don't yell at Darren!"said his sister softly and grabbed nick's arm when he wanted to pull Darren away from alex's bed;"Nick!"

"He's got no right being here!"answered he angry as he turned back towards Darren;"Get out of here now!"

"Allright,I'll go and I'm sorry!"started Darren tired while he got up and walked out of the room;"I was just worried about her."

"You should have thought about that before you dumped her just before Christmas last year!"yelled his friend on after him as Darren left the room;"Stay away from her!"

"What's going on in here?"asked Cheryl worried and came into the room just after Darren had left;"I just ran into Darren and he looked pretty upset,nick!"

"He doesn't deserve to be here,mom,he's got no right after what he did to alex!"said he;"He will make only make things worse!"

"You don't know that and no matter what might have happened between your sister and him Darren still cares about alex."answered his mother softly when chad walked in with an upset look on his face;"What's wrong,honey?"
"I just called alex's school in new York."started chad slowly;"Alex wasn't here on vacation,Cheryl,they kicked her off the music-academy a week ago."

"But why?"said she shocked;"And why would she lie to us about that?"

"I don't know why she didn't tell us,honey,that is something that alex will have to explain to us when she's awake again."answered her husband;"But according to the person that I spoke at that school alex has been failing her courses for over six months now and she's been caught drinking at school more then thirty times over the last year or so as well as showing up drunk and missing classes without a good excuse a lot,so finally they had no choice but to dismiss her and kick her out of there."

"Oh,my god,this is worse then we thought."began Cheryl with tears in her eyes;"This is terrible."

Ashley was getting ready leave for her shift at the hospital when cathy came out of her bedroom and she saw how pail her roommate was looking;"Hey,are you okay?"

"I'm fine."answered cathy with a faint smile;"I just have a bit of a cold,ash,that's all."

"Are you sure?"asked she not convinced and felt cathy's forhead;"You feel a bit warm."

"I'm fine,nurse Ashley,just fine."answered her roommate;"It's nothing,so don't look so worried and go to work."

"I'll be back before you have to go to work,cathy,but if you don't feel better later on then maybe you should call in sick."said Ashley;"Are you sure you're gonna be okay here alone with carly?"

"Hey,don't worry because I'm fine."answered she and gently pushed Ashley towards the frontdoor;"Go to work and I'll see you when you get back."

"Promise me that you'll go back to bed when carly is down for her nap!"started her roommate still worried;"Promise me!"

"I promise."said cathy;"See you later."

To be continued….