Chapter 14

"Angel, are you ok?" Glen says as he sits Angel back upright in the seat. She opened her eyes and closed them against the harsh lighting. Glenn kept his hands on her until her balance was back then he simply pulled up a chair next to her. "Honey you went out like a prized fighter throwing a fight."

Angel didn't know what the hell had happened. One while she was sitting down for a bit. The next minute she was being picked up from the floor. "My head just went to spinning. I'll be ok."

Sophie comes over "Have you eaten anything today? You know how you get." Angel was famous for starting and finishing her day without real food.

Angel looked up at Sophie "I had a piece of toast and some grape juice I really wasn't hungry. I just got dizzy I'll pick up something later. I need to finish these tables."

Paula comes over to the table. Angel looked washed out. She was awake but from a far you wouldn't be able to tell that. "No you need to take your lethargic looking ass home before you pass out again. Damn girl what are you on? "

Angel gets to her feet and faces Paula "I'm not on anything. I just felt hot all of a sudden and the room started spinning. I'll be fine."

"I'm taking you home. You evidently need more rest." Glenn says as he grabs a hold of Angel's hand.

Angel excused herself to go the ladies room. As she reaches the back room, extreme pain shoots through her abdomen and darkness threatens to claim her once more. "Gleeeeennn" She says just above a whisper as she slides down the wall. To her the world sounded far away then it faded to black.

Out on the other side of the bar Paula tells the group about the engagement. Sophie goes into wedding fashion mode coming up with idea after idea. Glen was getting jumpy Angel hadn't returned yet. He started bouncing his knee and patting it. She looked washed out when she got up. He was happy for Paula but he knew what this chatter fest was about. Jeff makes a few remarks about dying Paula's dress an array of different colors. Paula threatens to put him under the bar Jeff shuts up. Evie comforts her big strong skittle. Glenn excuses himself and walks towards the bathroom.

As Glen is walking back toward the bathroom his foot hits something he looks down and nearly looses his mind. There on the floor slumped against the ladies room door was Angel. He tries to tap and shout but she was not responding. She was breathing that was good but something was defiantly wrong. He pulls his cell phone and calls the police. He yells for help and finally attracts someone's attention. A woman that was coming out of the ladies room starts screaming for Paula, Paula and the rest come charging towards the back. They stop in dead silence at what they see Glen picking Angel up off the ground. No one said anything as he marched through the bar and out the door.

Minutes later EMT's arrived on the scene Glen laid Angel on the gurney. She was starting to come around. But the pain in her abdomen made her clutch at her mid-section. Glen rode with her. He wiped the sweat from her forehead. "You'll be fine, ok."

"Shit it hurts" Angel says as she takes a breath. She never felt pain like this before. She was drifting in and out of consciousness because of the pain.

Out in the recovery waiting room a doctor stepped out and asked for Angel Ivey's family by that time Sophie had gotten there. Sophie was just as confused as anyone else. This pissed her off. She stands up they had been waiting for over an hour. "I'm Sophie Ivey her sister you mind on telling me what the hell happened?"

The doctor waves her over toward him. Sophie complies. "Your sister was pregnant three months to be exact. She miscarried. If she had of caught it sooner in the day she would have been fine."

"She was three months along?" Sophie had to sit down she doubted Angel would have hid something like that from her. The son of a bitch had knocked her up and tried to knock her out. "Is she, does she know about this?"

"She has just awaken we have her on pain meds right now. I will inform her then you can go in but just for a few moments then we will switch her to a proper room." The doctor leaves Sophie staring after him.

Sophie feels a tapping on her shoulder. She turns around and Glenn is standing there. "What's wrong with her, what'd he say to you?" Glenn asks rapidly. Sophie tells him what the doctor said. He looks at the ground and then back at Sophie "do you think she knew she was pregnant" Sophie told him she doubted Angel knew.

When Angel woke up again her surroundings had changed again she was in a hospital bed alone. She was numb the pain was gone but she felt nothing. She looked around and all she could see at first was the tracks for the curtains that separated the recovery rooms for the different patients. A man in a pure white lab coat came into the room "Hello I'm Doctor Alberto, it's good to see you awake. Are you in any pain? Angel shakes her head no. "Good, Good Miss Ivey you seemed to have suffered a miscarriage."

A shocked expression claimes Angel's face as she whispered "What? I was pregnant? How long was I pregnant?" Angel asked thinking it could have not been to long maybe a month. That was the last time her and Braden had done anything with her consent. Forced or not they had had sex and there was always that risk. She was saddened but it wasn't because of the death of the would-be father, it was because of the would-be child. Angel turns her head and; looks out into the hall way as someone was entering the recovery room area. "How long was I pregnant?"

"I'm afraid you were in your third month. That is why you were in so much pain. Had you experienced any other pain in your lower regions in the last three months?" Angel sat there in stunned silence. She finally looked at the doctor. "Miss Ivey?"

"Huh? Oh what was your question?"

Dr. Alberto walked closer to the bed "Since you seem to be in reasonable good health I was wondering was there any pain before tonight?"

Angel bent her head down looking at the doctor's shoes and the ugly floor pattern. "I'll just say that if it was milder than what I felt tonight I would have to say yes."

"Would you care to elaborate?"

"My ex was rough with me, and sometimes I would end up in a room just like this. Sometimes I would just stay out of his way." Anger touched her tone.

"You have visitors once we get you into a room we will let them see you. You shouldn't have to stay more than a day tops." Angel thanked the doctor and as he walked out of the room. Angle looked out into the hall again.

The next morning Mark found himself up before 10am sitting on the front porch swing with a huge cup of Maxwell House coffee, black, with no sugar or cream in hand. He sips it last night he really couldn't get comfortable. He wanted to just to tell Janet and get her to meet Paula without any tantrums. Since Nina died he had only brought one other person this close to his family life before, and that woman was Rachael. Mark should have taken Janet's behavior around Rachael more seriously it could have helped him not be made a fool of in the end.

Janet had done everything but bar the door when he would go on a date with her. Mark thought it was just Janet acting out. They say kids can see past the adult smokescreen. To see people for what they really are. He would handle this differently. This time he didn't just show up with someone in tow.

Janet soon walked out on the porch. "Come here princess" Janet puts her hair in a high pony tail it was already getting hot and her long thick hair was hot on her neck. Mark watched as she wrestled with the hair tie finally getting it on she walks over and sits down beside him. "Good now?"

"Yeah" Janet says "hey dad, are you ok?"

Mark reaches over and tugs on Janet's ponytail. "This is the second time you have asked me this since I got here."

"Well you usually don't come home after your birthday until the weekend. Not that I don't miss you but, I just kind of feel like something is up." Janet looked away from her dad she just knew something was up she could feel it almost.

Mark runs his hand through his hair. He then puts Janet on his knee, she begins to wiggle because she thinks he is going to tickle her, when he doesn't she just looks up at him waiting on him to say something. "Darlin you know I love you. I got someone I want you to meet who is kind of special."

Janet knew this was serious "Um dad, what kind of special is she? Is she special like a favorite toy kind of special? Or is she here is your extra medicine kind of special."

Mark grins a grin that reaches his eyes, thinking of all the ways the first statement could be taken. Paula was his favorite toy but he wasn't going to tell his preteen daughter that one. That one would have to stay in the vault of his wicked thoughts. Mark chuckles "Nawl darlin, I am sure she is just like the favorite toy. I want you to meet her. I'm going to her home town today and I was thinking of taking you along."

"Sure where does she live? What's her name?" Janet knew that Rachel the witch lived in Houston she just hoped her dad was over her. That woman was a hot mess. She was mean as a rattler to her, and her aunt Megan, but every time she saw her dad coming Rachael would be all nice, until he left again. Then it was stay out of the witch's way time again. Janet had started hating coming home.

"A little town called Grandville South. Her name is Paula. Now go get ya some clothes on so we can get going it's about a 2 hour drive." Janet jumps off his lap and ran in the house. Mark sits back on the swing and rests his eyes.

Upstairs Megan taps on her laptop. Last night she had meant to look up this Paula person but when she grabbed her laptop Logan grabbed her and wanted to play. Now Logan was getting ready for work and she had just a short time to research this chick before she met her. She pulls up her myspace page and goes to Mark's page Paula was number 1 this didn't surprise her he'd told her the only way he would put Her and Janet on his page is if he was sure his page was private. They were in the third row. He really monitored who Janet spoke to; he also probably watched her back on the net as well. It wouldn't surprise Megan she was his youngest sister.

"Now to see what this chick is about." When she opened the Paula page her eyes narrowed. She had seen this chick before. Scrolling down this page was decanted to The Undertaker. That sent her running into the bathroom to show Logan who was just coming out of the shower. "SHE"S A FAN"

Logan was totally in the dark. "Huh who's a fan? A fan of what, what are you talking about now?" Logan says watching his wife rock from foot to foot.

"Of The Undertaker," she says with a little bite to her voice.

"Um dear he has a lot of fans what's the problem with one more?"

"This one he wants to marry. Look at this Taker pictures are everywhere. He has had to have seen this page of hers. This has the potential of being worst than Rachael." She hits the picture of Mark as the biker and sees a smart comment above it. Well it's at least tame. Wait a minute she has pictures of him out of the ring this could be good. Let's see just how much of fan or friend this girl is. Oh that's familiar holy crap she been to his house. I wonder dose he know this?"

"Let me see the picture." It was the picture of Mark on his horse that was turned into the Bar's logo. "Hmm, would she have to be on the property to get a shot like that?"

"I don't know. I'm going to her blogs if she gets creepy I'm not going." She reads Paula's public blogs and a few of her friend's comments. There was nothing overly strange about them. "She says she knew him when he first started wrestling. She also doesn't let on that Mark is on her page. In her comments she has on his page she says his screen name."

"Are you satisfied now?" Logan says as he takes her laptop away and hugs her to him.

"I'm gonna meet her today me and Janet are going to be gone when you get back. Do you mind on picking up something for dinner? I doubt we will get here before dinner time." Megan looks up at her husband. He smiles down at her giving her a kiss that made her toes curl.

As he breaks the kiss he says "just don't be gone through the night I didn't beg you to marry me to sleep alone at night." He says with a smirk.

"You got it babe" Megan had lucked up Logan had passed their parents test and got a seal of approval. He had also survived Mark's stare down and questionnaire.

Down on the porch Mark stands and calls Paula. Now to tell her about his princess. Her phone sent him straight to voice mail he just said it was him and hung up. This was not something to be left on a voice mail. Minutes later Logan comes out of the house, and looks up at Mark. "What?"

"Nothing my wife is playing detective with the internet trying to see this Paula person. Congrats man it's about damn time. "You did know Paula is a fan right?"

"I know exactly who Paula is. I've known her for 20 years or more." Mark says in a defensive tone.

Logan puts his hands up in mock surrender "Hey, I was just warning you that Megan the Sleuth is on the case." Logan says on a chuckle as he walks down the stairs and to his truck.

Back at the hospital Angel is now in a room for the rest of the day since it has turned into the next day. Everyone had come in and checked on her. She'd told them all what had happened. Sophie had hugged her. That had almost been her undoing. The only person that had not come in was Glenn. She lay quietly pondering why he had not come to see her. Then brushed the thought out of her mind well tried to at least. A knock sounded at the door.

She looked at the door as it partly opened it was Glenn. "Hey"

"Hey yourself you ok now you need anything?" Glen says still standing at the door. He didn't know with the way she had been at the bar if she wanted him here or not.

"I 'm sure you already know that I'm the most horrible person in the world for not even knowing that there was a life beside my own in danger dealing with Braden." Angel had worded it that way because to her it was true. If she had of known she was pregnant she would have. She didn't know the last few weeks of her and Braden's relationship was anything but the proper environment to bring a child up in.

Glenn starts walking toward the bed. "Nope I don't see a horrible person. I see a young musician that had a busy and hectic lifestyle up until about 24 hours ago. Unless you tested yourself regularly I don't see how you would have been able to know. Do you think he would have treated you differently if you knew?"

"I don't know. I know I would have tried harder to get away from him sooner."

"Angel, Braden had you scared so much you gave up your career for fear that he would hurt you more. I hate to say it but I really don't see you getting away from him any faster than you did. You have to remember there was an outside advantage for him Lady was telling him where you were."

"Glenn, get out." Angel says and looks away from him. All that he had said though it didn't make her look any better she had thought about.

"You really want me to leave?" Glenn was kind of hurt by her putting him out. It must have shown in his voice because she turned back to him.

"NO I don't know. I know what you are saying is the truth but I would like to think that I would have done something smart to get away from him. Before, he cost me the life of my baby. I was too late."

Glnen sat in the chair next to the bed. He looks up at her. There was nothing she could have done short of killing Braden her damn self that would have got him to leave her alone. Then an idea came to him. He grabs her hand softly. She flinches at the sudden contact. "Angel if you had of known about the baby three months ago I doubt we would have met when we did. More than likely you would have done a lot of things differently. I don't think you would have come home though. You being the older sibling still would have tried your hardest to keep Sophie off of Braden's radar. Now what you would have done to play keep away for nine months I have no clue. I do know that you really need to think about did you really want a child or is it just the fact that you lost one."

The truth hurt "I never in a million years would have tried to have a child right now especially with Braden but I am sad that I lost him or her. I truthfully don't want children until I get married. It's how I was raised." Glen never let go of her hand. He just kept on rubbing her hand with his rather large one. It felt good just to have a gentle touch or just gentle contact. Angel gazed out the window and sighs. "I will never forget this baby but maybe fate knew what it was doing."

"That a girl, you have plenty of time to have dozens of kids with the right man." Glenn sees her fighting a yarn. "Caught ya, try to get some sleep ok?" Glen stands to leave and her eyes pop open.

The words were out before she could stop them. "I'm not sleepy I'm wide awake. Please don't leave."

Glen looks down at their intertwine hands and quietly sits back down. "Come on just try to get some sleep okay?" he rubs his thumb across her knuckles. Angel doesn't say anything else it had been a long night. The sun was starting to pierce the heavy morning clouds. Soon they both fall asleep holding hands through the bedrail. Glenn lay out in the ugly uncomfortable chair his head lulls back so that the base of his head is on the top of the chair his hair touching the wall in back of him.

Paula goes back to her house and crashes falling into bed. She briefly smells Mark's scent and falls asleep with a smile on her face. Her cell phone rings she turns on her side to look at the clock it read 10 am. It can't be Mark he doesn't get up this early. She thinks as her cell phone continues to ring as she just fades off back to sleep.

A/N: Please Don't Hesitate to Communicate: Any Questions, Comments or anything you wish me to Clarify I will be honored to help you. End Note)