Chapter 37…..
Paul was sitting in tom's office with his wife;"Is there any chance that meg can get custody of eliza?"
"I'd be lying to you if i said that there wasn't."started tom slowly;"Although she's been locked up in a mental-hospital there's a small chance that a judge will grand her joint custody of eliza."
"This is crazy and meg doesn't deserve that after everything that she had done,tom,that woman is crazy and she even tried to kill my wife!"replied his client shocked;"There's no way that i'm letting that woman anywhere near my daughter!"
"If the judge rules in her favor because the doctors say that she's well enough to be with her daughter and look after her you don't have much of a choice and you will have to let her visit eliza."answered he;"I know this is difficult for you,paul,after everything that has happened i can understand that it's hard to trust meg enough to believe that eliza will be safe around her,but she is still her mother and that is something that the judge will consider in his decision."
"I don't care what those doctors say,tom,she's still crazy and i don't trust her!"snapped paul;"I'm not letting her near my daughter!"
"Calm down,honey,there's no need to snap at tom like that."said his wife as she lay her hand on his arm;"Besides,he does have a point,paul,she is still eliza's mother."
"So what?"asked he with an angry look at his wife;"After everything that she has done she doesn't deserve to be with eliza!"
"And i do?"began emily softly;"It's not like i haven't done a lot of horrible things in the past,so what's the difference?"
"Don't ever compare yourself to meg again because you're nothing like her,emily,you're a wonderfull mother to eliza!"scolded her husband furious as he jumped out and stormed out of tom's office;"I need some fresh air."
"Paul….!"called she on after him and got up too as she turned towards tom;"I'm sorry,tom,i know that paul didn't mean to take it out on you just now and he's just upset about everything that has been going on."
"Don't worry about it,emily,i know he's just upset and didn't mean it."answered tom while he put his hand on her arm as she wanted to walk past him;"But he was right about what he said just now."
"What about,tom?"said the mother of his son with a confused look;"That i'm nothing like meg?"
"That too."smiled he and kissed her on the cheeck;"But also that you're a wonderfull mother to eliza."
"But not to either of my sons."replied emily,doing her best not to cry;"Hunter hardly ever calls and when i call him he's always busy or away and daniel probaly thinks i'm a bad mother because i was hardly there for him when he was little and ofcourse he also knows all the bad stunts that i have pulled,so who am i to judge meg and tell her that she has no right to see her daughter?"
"Hey,don't be so hard on yourself,emily,you may have made some mistakes in the past,but we all have and you have truly turned yourself around and you're a great mother to our son,hunter and to eliza!"said the father of her son as he pulled her into a hug to comfort her;"It's gonna be okay."
"Is it?"asked she softly;"I really hope you're right,tom,i really do."
Carly was laying cuddled up in jack's arm up in their bed;"I'm happy that you came home from work early today."
"And i'm happy that you aren't mad at me anymore."smiled her husband as he kissed the top of her head;"I hate it when we fight."
"Me too."said carly a bit ashamed while she sat up straight and looked at jack;"I'm sorry that i was such a bitch to you and you didn't deserve that because you were only thinking of me and the baby,jack,i know that this is just as hard on you as it is on me."
"I hate not beeing able to make love to you and the thought of not beeing able to do that for atleast another 5 or 6 weeks drives me crazy,but the thought of something happening to you or the baby scares me to death and i'd rather not be able to make love to you for those weeks then to lose you or the baby!"started he with tears in his eyes;"I have come so close to losing you so many times that i just can't bare the thought of losing you again."
"You won't lose me or the baby."promised his wife as she put her arms around jack and held him tightly;"You're stuck with us forever,g-man,i promise."
"I love beeing stuck with you."smiled jack and kissed her;"The kids will probaly be home soon and it's time for you to get some rest,which you're not getting with me beeing up here,carly,so i'm gonna go downstairs and i'll be back a bit later."
"Can't you just lay here with me for a little while longer?"asked she when jack got up and grabbed his hand;"Please,g-man?"
"I'd love to stay here for a little while longer,honey,but you need your rest and the kids will be home soon."replied her husband as he kissed her again and walked away;"I'll be back later,carly,be a good girl in the meantime and get some rest."
"You're no fun."answered carly with a faint smile and layed back down into the pillows;"I'll try to get some sleep,jack,i promise."
"Good girl."laughed he while walking out of the bedroom;"Sweet dreams."
To be continued….