A:N: Hey sorry about the wait but I have been having some personal problems and also when I finally finished this chapter for some reason I couldn't log into the site to post it... finally I can and finally here it is.

Chapter 26

Kenny was waiting patiently to hear what his cousin's excuse for this guy was. He could already tell that she was in love with him and from what he could see it seemed like he was in love with her. He frowned a little when he realized this and tried to think on his own why he wouldn't think he was the father of that baby.

"Kenny this isn't something I really feel like discussing in the middle of a bomb scare." Lana finished deciding not to tell him at that moment. She wasn't sure how her cousin was going to react to the news that she was hiding.

"Lana…" Kenny started but then stopped realizing it was useless to argue with her at that moment.

"Kenny maybe you should just let Lana tell you when she's ready." Max whispered in his ear with her hand on his arm, comforting him.

He was waiting just to the left of the couple standing in the doorway, listening to the conversations going on inside. He felt like screaming as Lana stopped talking. He knew that whatever she had to say would have made Kenny let his guard down and he would have been able to sneak in and take Max without anyone noticing. It was even possible that what she had to say would have actually made him leave the room. He shook his head silently as he waited patiently for the opportunity to do what needed to be done. He looked down the hall as footsteps approached and cursed under his breath as he noticed Sheriff Brock heading towards the room. He wouldn't be able to get to Max inside the hospital he would just have to attempt it in the chaos outside the hospital.

Max watched as Kenny wrestled with the emotions he was clearly not used to feeling. She knew he was getting ready to argue again with his cousin but Max strengthened her hand on his arm, clamping it and squeezing tightly to let him know she wouldn't let that conversation go very far.

"Kenny I mean it, leave her be." Max whispered furiously in his ear.

Kenny glanced over at Max and then nodded his head slowly. He already knew he was pushing her far with the way he was being overprotective and he didn't want to risk any more problems on something that had nothing to do with them. He figured he could always get into this conversation with his cousin when Maxine wasn't around.

Max knew he wasn't serious when he nodded his head. She figured he was only trying to make sure she didn't get angry with him again and go off on her own. She sighed as she sat down again and looked up at Lana and the man standing in the doorway.

"You two should get out of here now." Max said slowly to the couple standing there. "Come over to the house later tonight, we can talk then."

"All right." Lana agreed slowly as she grabbed her boyfriend's hand. "We'll see you later on."

Max waited until she was sure they were gone and then noticed that Jimmy was standing in the doorway. She smiled at her friend and boss and motioned towards Kim.

"Nothing's happened. Is it time to evacuate her?" Max asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Not yet. We'll probably attempt to do it soon though." Jimmy said simply with a small smile.

"Is the hospital almost clear?" Kenny asked starting to get nervous. If there really was a bomb inside the hospital than they were taking huge risks by taking as long as they were to evacuate.

"Yeah. One more floor to go and we'll be through. I'm gonna stand with Kim now, so you two can go out there. Max I am giving you an order to stay by Kenny's side no matter what, I don't care how angry he makes you. I have a really bad feeling that our guy is here and that he is waiting for a moment when he can get to you. Kenny being as overprotective as he is and making you mad would be the perfect chance to grab you." Jimmy said arching an eyebrow. "Make sure that you just smack him." He added with a grin.

Max smiled at his last comment and shook her head. "Smacking him would be a pleasure at the moment."

"Hey I'm not that bad." Kenny said frowning at the two of them.

Max and Jimmy both stared at him with looks on their faces that said it all.

"All right so sometimes I am a little to overprotective but can you blame me?" Kenny asked seriously.

Jimmy had to admit, although he would never say it out loud in front of Max, that Kenny did have a point. Max seemed to have a way of always getting herself hurt or into trouble and the fact that she was pregnant only made everyone want to keep a closer eye on her than before. Sighing he kept his mouth shut as he watched his two deputies leave his daughters hospital room. He walked over and sat down in the chair that Max had been sitting in earlier.

"Kimmy, I wish I knew what you were thinking. Why in the world would you get yourself involved with someone so horrible?" Jimmy whispered as he grasped his daughters limp hand. "You could have come to me if you needed something, you didn't have to take up with a criminal."

Jill stood off to the side of the chaos with the other doctors. They were all getting patient orders on who needed a doctor by their side the entire time they were outside of the hospital. Jill frowned as she realized Kim wasn't among the list of patients. She figured it had to be because of the crimes she had committed. She knew she couldn't question the hospital director and she definitely knew that even bringing the subject up in front of other personnel would only cause problems, so she kept her mouth shut for the moment.

He was in position and when the moment was available he would make sure he would take the opportunity to grab what was rightfully his.