Chapter 25
It was just past seven when mary was sitting next to vince at the hospital with her oldest daughter;"Adam and m.j. seem to be getting along rather well all of a sudden."
"I wonder why."said Kathleen suspicious;"Adam seemed so furious the last time that I saw him just after he found out about justin."
"M.j. said that they have talked things out and that he understands now why she didn't tell him."started her mother slowly when she saw that vince was opening his eyes again;"Hi,sweetheart,awake again?"
"I feel like have been asleep for weeks."answered he softly and seemed to be more awake then he'd been before since he woke up after his heartattack.
"That's probably because you have been sleeping for a long time,pops,you've been in the hospital for about a week now or so."smiled his daughter;"This is the first time that you've really been awake."
"Why were you just talking about m.j.?"asked vince all of a sudden;"I thought that I heard her name as I was waking up."
"You did."said mary hesitating;"She's back again,vince."
"Back?"started he shocked;"Since when?"
"Since a few days."answered his daughter quickly;"M.j. came back after she'd found out about you being in the hospital,pops."
"When were you going to tell me?"asked vince irritated;"Would you have told me if I hadn't overheard you saying her name,mary?"
"Ofcourse I would have,vince,but we all thought that it was better to wait a little while longer untill you were a bit stronger and more awake."said she softly;"Please calm down,honey,getting all worked up isn't good for your health and I don't want you to get another heartattack!"
"Mama is right."started their daughter slowly;"All that matters now is that m.j. is back again,pops,so now you can stop being so worried about her all the time about where she is or if she's okay."
Michael Hudson was still waiting for his wife to come home again when his daughter walked in;"Hi,Michael,what you doing here alone and where's donna?"
"She's with Nicole."answered her father looking up;"I was just waiting for her to come home."
"Did you two have another fight?"asked marlee worried;"Why is it so hard for you to accept vicky's relationship with jake,Michael,why don't you just do what donna is asking you to do?"
"Because I don't want to lie to Vicky by telling her that I'm okay with her seeing jake when I'm not."started he slowly;"I just can't accept something that is going to hurt my daughter."
"Would you rather keep fighting with your wife?"said his daughter;"Because donna is so set on not losing Vicky over this that she is't going to give in."
"I know."answered Michael when they suddenly heard the frontdoor and both walked to the hallway;"Donna…"
"Would you mind giving your father and I some privacvy?"asked donna as she turned towards marlee;"I need to talk to him."
"Sure."said their daughter and walked away;"Don't kill eachother off."
"I…."started Michael hesitating as he followed his wife into the livingroom;"I'm sorry about locking us up,donna,I didn't stop to think about what that would mean to you or what it would do to you either."
"I'm sorry too."answered she softly;"Maybe I brought that on myself by the way that I have been acting towards you lately."
"That still didn't give me the right to do what I did."said her husband surprised about the sudden change in his wife;"Are you okay?"
"No,not really."began donna sadly while the tears started falling down her face;"I don't want to lose Victoria over this,but I don't want to lose you either!"
"But you aren't going to lose me."answered Michael as he pulled donna into his arms and kissed her;"You're stuck with me forever,blackie."
At mary's place Cheryl was standing behind the counter while she was talking to dawn;"So,how is your pregnancy coming alone?"
"Fine."said she hesitating;"You and chad seem to be on pretty friendly terms lately."
"I've always been friends with chad since I have known him."answered Cheryl surprised;"Where is this coming from?"
"I was just wondering about something,Cheryl,I was curious about why you're still friendly with him after what happened with m.j. two years ago?"
"What's that suppose to mean?"asked she irritated;"I have never blamed chad for what happened between m.j. and adam,so what's this all about?"
"Nothing,I was just curious."answered dawn quickly;"That's all."
"What are you two talking about?"asked ben as he came out of the kitchen;"It looked pretty serious."
"Mind your own business."said his sister a bit angry and walked away to clean up a few tables;"I'm busy,ben."
"Cheryl…"started he surprised and turned towards dawn when his sister didn't respond;"What did I say?"
"It's not your fault,ben,I think I might have said something to irritate your sister."answered dawn;"She's angry with me and not you."
The next day sam was taking a shower,thinking about his wife's secretary and how he was going to solve that mess when he suddenly felt somebody's hands on his back and turned around;"Amanda…"
"Who else did you expect?"asked she teasing and put her arms around his neck while she gently kissed him;"My new secretary or something?"
"That isn't funny!"said her husband irritated as he pushed her away and got out of the shower;"I have to get dressed."
"It was just a joke."answered Amanda surprised as she started to get dressed too;"What's the matter with you,sam?"
"Nothing."started he quickly and sat down on the bed;"I'm just in a bad mood,honey."
"Why are you in such a bad mood then?"asked his wife worried;"Is it because of something that I did?"
"No,it's got nothing to do with you."answered sam and pulled her down on to his lap;"I didn't sleep so well,Amanda,that's all."
"But why didn't you sleep well then?"began she still worried;"Are you worried about something?"
"I just had a bit of a fight with my brother yesterday and that's why I had trouble sleeping."said sam lying as he kissed her;"But that's nothing for you to worry about,honey,because I'm going to go overthere today to talk things out."
Kathleen was having breakfast when her husband quickly came in and grabbed a cup of coffee;"Is that all you're having,cass?"
"Yes,I'm already running late as it is."answered he laughing when he saw the look on her face;"Don't worry,mom,I will send my assistant for something as soon as I get to the office."
"Very funny,cass."smiled his wife;"You're such a comedian."
"I know,honey,I can be pretty funny at times."
"Guess what mama wants to do."started Kathleen all of a sudden;"She wants to throw a party for m.j."
"A welcome back-party?"asked cass surprised;"When?"
"This weekend,cass.""answered his wife;"Now that paps is really awake again she thinks that it's time to show m.j. how happy we all are that she's back."
"You don't seem to be all that happy about it.'said he;"Don't you think that a welcome back-party is such a good idea or something?"
"I don't know,cass,I think that maybe a welcome back-party isn't the right thing to do."began Kathleen softly;"What m.j. did shouldn't be rewarded or something with a party,because she put our family through hell by staying away so long without even letting us know if she was still alive or not and she still won't tell us about what has been going on in her life while she was gone."
"Don't you think that it's about time to really talk this out with your sister?"asked her husband;"It might clear the air a bit."
"That wouldn't do any good,because everytime I open my mouth m.j. gets angry or upset with me and walks off again."
"Maybe you should go about it differently,Kathleen,because you keep attacking her everytime you see her and demanding that she tells you everything."said cass,knowing that by saying that his wife would probably get furious with him;"Maybe you should give her a chance to telling everything in her own time."
"Here we go again!"answered she angry and got up;"Why is everybody so damn understanding towards m.j. after what she did?"
"Why are you so angry at her?"asked her husband as he opened up the backdoor;"Think about that for a while,Kathleen!"
At the policestation adam was working behind his desk when shane walked in with ryan;"Hi,adam,you're here early."
"I was awake anyway,so why not come in here and getting started."said he looking up;"There still doesn't seem to be one single lead in this case."
"We know."answered shane as he sat down at his own desk;"These guys are really good at this,but I'm sure that we can catch them."
"Let's just hope that we do before they hurt or kill somebody else."started ryan slowly;"Because they have killed two people so far."
"Is there anything else that you remember from the robbery at the 24h store last week?"asked his friend and turned towards adam;"Sometimes things start to come back again after a couple of days,adam."
"No,there's nothing that I haven't already told you guys yet."answered he;"All I know is there where three white guys of normal heights,as well as normal weight as far as I could tell,and with no accents as far as I could hear and they were masked so I couldn't see their faces."
"You're suppose to be such a good detective,adam,is that all you can tell us?"asked ryan annoyed;"There's nothing that we have to go on with just that kind of information."
"What is your problem?"asked adam surprised;"Is this really about that fact that I can't tell you guys anymore about the robbers that will get us further or is this about your sister and what happened between us,ryan?"
"Shut up about susan!"warned he adam angry and grabbed his shirt;"You have no right to talk about her after the way that you hurt her!"
"She broke up with me,ryan!"answered the young cop irritated;"Not the other way around!"
"That's enough!"said shane as he pulled ryan away from adam;"This isn't the place or time to be fighting out your private things."
"Fine,shane!"answered his friend still angry and walked out of the office;"I need some fresh air."
"Is it really over between you and susan now?"asked he as he looked at adam after ryan had left;"Or are you going to try to get back together again with her?"
"No,it's really over between us."started adam hesitating;"I really care about susan and I really wanted to make this relationship work,but I guess that she was right about that not being enough."