"Out of the Darkness"

Episode 36

Last Episode………

(Mary picks up the phone)

Mary: Hello

Carlos: Mary

Mary: who is this?

Carlos: your husband

Mary: you mean ex-husband

Carlos: Mary lets not do this

Mary: do what we are over

Carlos: Please give me some custody of the kids

Mary: why would I do that?

Carlos: because I know where Lucy is

Mary: (shouts) Where is she?

Carlos: give me custody, I'll tell you about Lucy

Mary: Carlos this isn't funny where is she?

Carlos: do I hear that I have custody?

Mary: Carlos please

Carlos: fine

Mary: now where is she?

Carlos: I dropped her off at the local hospital

Mary: where are you?

Carlos: I am about an hour away from Glen Oak

Mary: do live around Matt and Sarah?

Carlos: well I am staying in a hotel around them yes

Mary: so you dropped her off at a local hospital, is she alright?

Carlos: I am going back now, to check on her

Mary: We will be there soon ok?

Carlos: ok I am going to help Lucy

Mary: thank you

Carlos: see you soon

Mary: bye

(Mary hangs up and runs into Kevin's room, Kevin is crying and Ryan is crying too)

Kevin: make him stop

Mary: Kevin

Kevin: what?

Mary: I know where Lucy is

Kevin: where? (Kind of weak)

Mary: Carlos is with her at a local hospital around where Sarah and Matt live

Kevin: can we go there?

Mary: are you kidding? I miss my sister of course

Kevin: let's go (tears streaming down his face because he is happy and concerned about Lucy)

(Kevin, Ben, Mary, Emma, Ryan all head to the hospital an hour away)

Petrowski House

(Paris, Ruthie, and Vic are talking)

Paris: Ruthie

Ruthie: yes (tears are running down her checks)

Paris: Peter's cousin, Matthew is coming to live with me

Ruthie: Matthew?

Paris: my sister is sick and she can't take care of him and I invited to come live with Peter and me, but now that Peter's gone he needs someone to help him around and stuff

Ruthie: how old is he?

Paris: same age as you

Ruthie: is he going to go to school?

Paris: he is going to go to school

Ruthie: when is he coming?

Paris: tomorrow

Ruthie: (crying) does he know about Peter?

Vic: I just called him

Paris: Peter and him were so close

Ruthie: I miss him

Paris: I do too

Ruthie: I just don't know how I can do this all by myself

Paris: I will be there for you

Ruthie: thank you, o god how I wish he would be able to see this baby

Vic: I know he would have loved to

Ruthie: I just wish he left me some kind of sign or something so I could have stopped this

Paris: me too

Ruthie: I think I should be getting home

Vic: (gets up and hugs Ruthie) I am so sorry about all this, thank you for being so strong

Ruthie: thank you for having such a wonderful son like Peter

Paris: (gets up and hugs Ruthie tight) Hang in there, everything happens for a reason

Ruthie: I wish this didn't happen

Paris: I do too but it did

Ruthie: I truly loved Peter and I regret everything that has happened this past year

Paris: I don't regret everything

Ruthie: the only thing I don't regret is having Isabel, and I guess this new baby

Paris: exactly

Ruthie: bye

(Ruthie walks home)

Garage Apartment

(Simon is praying for his sister to be ok, he really misses Lucy)

Simon: God, Please let Lucy be ok. Please, Kevin is a wreck and he needs some support. Lucy is a great mom, wife, and sister. Please don't take her away. She and Kevin are having another baby this is a joyful occasion. Please I would give up my life for her, just help find her way home. Please also help Ruthie through this sorrowful time. She doesn't deserve this but I know Ruthie and she will remain strong. Help her to find something to lift her spirits. She needs it and deserves it. God pray for Cecilia, Hannah, Madison I love them and could never lose them either. Pray for Mom and Dad so that they have the strength to deal with everything that is going on. God pray for Mary and Ben, Sarah and Matt, and all my nieces and nephews. Ryan, Emma, Jacob kept them in your prayers as well.

Hospital

(Kevin is walking up the stairs not in a big hurry)

Kevin: where is Lucy Kinkirk's room?

Nurse: we don't have a Lucy Kinkirk here

Kevin: I thought for sure she would be here

Nurse: we have a Lucy Camden here

Kevin: yes that's her

Nurse: her room is 196

Kevin: thank you

(Kevin walks up to Lucy's room not in a big hurry, he is mad at Lucy for running away, for putting there baby in danger, leaving Ryan, leaving him, using Lucy Camden and not Lucy Kinkirk)

Kevin: (walks in the room and sees Lucy and Carlos is by her side)

Lucy: (spots Kevin and starts to cry)

(Lucy looks terrible, she has bruises everywhere, she lost a ton of weight, and she looks weak)

Kevin: (tears streaming down his face) How could you?

Carlos: I think I should leave

(Carlos leaves the room)

Lucy: (crying) I didn't mean too

Kevin: Lucy you left our son home alone, you left him to scream and cry all day, you left him there helpless

Lucy: (crying)

Kevin: you left me, you left your husband, you gave up

Lucy: (crying)

Kevin: How could you do this to me? How could you do this to Ryan? How could you do this to the new baby?

Lucy: (crying) Kevin you don't understand

Kevin: no I don't

Lucy: (crying) Kevin I just can't do it anymore

Kevin: do what?

Lucy: (crying) I can't be a mother anymore, or a wife

Kevin: (tears fill his eyes) Lucy you are a mother and a wife and nothing will ever change that

Lucy :( crying) I don't want this baby

Kevin: (crying) how could you say that?

Lucy: (crying) I hate myself

Kevin: (crying) don't say that

Lucy: (crying) Please Kevin help me

Kevin: (crying) I want to Lucy but I don't understand how you could take off and leave me to suffer

Lucy: (crying) I didn't want that to happen

Kevin: (crying) I was so worried about you Luce, I was worried if you were ok or if the baby was ok

Lucy: (crying) I know and I am sorry

Kevin: (crying) I am sorry

Lucy: (crying harder) Kevin don't be sorry you didn't do anything wrong

Kevin: (crying) I also didn't do anything right

Lucy: (crying) you did everything right I was wrong

Kevin: (crying) while you were gone I couldn't even take care of my own son, I blew him off when I should have put him before me

Lucy: (crying) Kevin please

Kevin: (crying) No I am a bad father

Lucy: (crying) don't ever say that, you're a great father and a wonderful husband

Kevin: (crying) Please Luce don't leave again

Lucy: (crying) Never

Kevin: (kisses her stomach) I love you

Lucy: (stopped crying) I never thought you would ever say that to me again

Kevin: I never thought I would see you again

Lucy: (kisses him) I can't believe I thought about leaving you

Kevin: I can't believe how much I love you

Lucy: (smiles for the first time in a month)

(Mary, Ben, Ryan, and Emma all visit Lucy and a couple days later Lucy is released from the hospital)

End of Episode

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