Chapter 38…..

Just after noon that day alex was having lunch with Darren at a little diner near the club;"I'm glad you have accepted it,Darren,I really am."

"As long as it makes you happy,sugar."said he and took her hand into his,but look hurt when she pulled it back as if she couldn't stand him touching her;"I sure hope that you going to new York will make things better again."

"I'm sorry."started his girlfriend softly,feeling guilty and badly for not being able to stand him touching her;"This isn't the way that I want things to be either."

"I know that and I'm not blaming you,alex,i'm not!"answered Darren when he suddenly saw Kevin coming in;"What the hell…!"

"Please don't!"begged she as Darren wanted to get up;"He isn't worth it!"

"Well,if it ain't my girl and mr. jerk."smiled Kevin and walked up to them while he bent over to alex,putting his hands on her shoulders;"Call me if you ever want something better then him again,babe."

"Let go off me!"yelled his ex-girlfriend in a panic as she pushed him away and jumped up;"Stay the hell away from me,kevin!"

"Chill out,babe."laughed he when Darren grabbed his sweater;"Hey,let go,macho man!"

"If you ever touch her again I will kill you!"warned Darren him angry and pushed Kevin away from them as he turned towards alex;"Come on,alex,let's go."

"Yeah,run off."said his girlfriend's ex as Darren walked out of the diner with alex,after paying for their lunch;"See ya next time!"

"I hate him!"started alex crying,trying to ignore Kevin,and followed Darren to his car;"I wish he was dead,darren,I really do!"

"I know you do."answered he not sure how to comfort alex;"If he ever comes near you again I will kill him myself!"

At the hospital sage was finishing up in her office when luke came in;"Hey,mom."

"Hi,what are you doing here?"asked his mother surprised;"Is everything okay?"

"Sure."answered luke;"I was just wondering what's up with justin,mom,he just doesn't seem himself lately and I was worried that you guys had a fight or something."

"No,sweety,we didn't have a fight or anything,luke,everything's fine between us,but justin hasn't been himself lately because there's a lot going on in his family and he's been a bit pre-occupied."started she hesitating;"You really love having justin around,don't you?"

"Ofcourse I do,mom,he does a lot of things with me and he makes you happy."said her son;"So,yeah,I'm cool with him being there all the time and live with us"

"I'm glad about that."laughed sage;"I'm cool with it too."

Lacey was cleaning up in the kitchen at home when jesse came in through the backdoor,after working on his bike in the garage,and pulled her into his arms as he kissed her;"Hey,lovely."

"Jesse!"warned lacey him annoyed when she saw his dirty hands on her clean sweater and pushed him away from her;"Look at your hands!"

"Sorry."smiled he,but pulled her back into his arms;"Let's take a shower together because now we're both dirty."

"You have a one-track mind,jesse !"laughed his girlfriend as she kissed him;"You're a bad,bad boy!"

"I know,but you love this bad boy,don't you?"whispered jesse into her ear while he began to kiss her neck while his hands found their way beneath her sweater when mary suddenly walked in through the backdoor;"Shit!"

"Looks like my timing sucks."smiled his grandmother;"Sorry,guys."

"No worries,mary."answered lacey laughing as she pushed jesse away and pulled her sweater back down a bit;"It's okay."

"I'm gonna take a shower."said her boyfriend and walked away;"A very cold one!"

At the park trevor was sitting on a bench when a man sat down next to him;"I heard you have a problem."

"I sure do."answered he and gave him a package;"My sister-in-law is threatening to go to the cops and I can't have that since she knows too much about my business!"

"So,do you want me to scare her off a little?"asked the man;"Or do you want the more definite solution?"

"If scaring her off would do the trick then I'd be all for that,but that woman is fearless once she sets her mind to something and I don't think scaring her off would do the trick."said trevor with a faint smile;"I want to be damn sure that she doesn't end up going to the cops after all and tells them things that can put me away for years!"

"If that's what you want then that's what you'll get,so how do you want it to look,mr. gowen?"

"Make it look like her son had something to do with it."smiled he;"That way that problem will be solved too."

That afternoon nick came into the club and was surprised to find parker sitting at the bar with a bottle of rum infront of him,half empty;"Hi,boss,what's up?"

"Nothing!"said he looking up;"What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to open up the club and get things ready for tonight."answered nick as he sat down too;"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!"started his boss annoyed;"Just do what you have to do and leave me alone,nick,understood?"

"Hey,parker,whatever the problem is you won't solve it by drinking,parker,I can promise you that."said nick slowly;"Maybe talking about it might help."

"What part about leaving me alone don't you get?"asked he angry and got up,while he picked up the bottle;"Leave me alone and get to work!"

"Okay,if that's what you want."answered his friend while parker walked up the stairs towards his office;"You're the boss!"

Darren was sitting in alex's room,after watching a movie,when she suddenly got up;"I can't take this anymore!"

"What can't you take anymore?"asked her boyfriend confused as she suddenly sat down next to him again and put her arms around his neck;"What are you doing,alex?"
"I can't let Kevin win!"answered she and kissed Darren as she pulled off her shirt;"I need to beat this!"

"Hey,it doesn't work like that!"started Darren worried while he gently pulled alex off of him;"I'd love to be able to kiss you and all,honey,but not like this and not because you feel like you have to!"

"What do you want from me?"yelled his girlfriend suddenly angry and jumped off the bed;"First you're complaining that I won't let you touch me and now all of a sudden you don't want me to touch you!"

"Ofcourse I want to be able to touch you and kiss you,alex,but not if you feel like you have to do this!"said he while he put his hand on her arm and felt her shiver;"See,alex,you can't even stand to be touched and still you want to force yourself to make love to me?"

"I thought that it's what you wanted!"answered alex and began to cry;"It's what I want,Darren,I hate not being able to be close to you and then he keeps showing up,reminding me of…."

"I do want us to make love,but not untill you're ready again!"began her boyfriend slowly;"That day will come again and don't worry about that creep,because he will be locked up really soon!"

At the policestation shawn had just finished his shift when he ran into devon on his way out;"Hi,what are you doing here?"

"I came to see if there's something that I can do to help my dad."answered devon;"I just can't stay at home and do nothing."

"I don't think your dad is in right now."said her ex-boyfriend;"I think he left for the hospital,to interview the nurses there again,devon."

"Damn it."started she frustrated and turned around;"Then I might as well go there or something."

"Hey,wait a minute."called shawn on after devon as she walked away and followed her out to her car,outside;"Devon!"

"What?"asked his ex-girlfriend annoyed and turend around as they reached her car;"What do you want,shawn?"

"What happened and don't tell me that you're this upset about what's going on with your mother or about ryan running away,because I know you better then that!"said he worried;"Something else happened,didn't it?"

"I don't want to talk about it right now!"answered devon tired;"Not now!"

"Why don't you come to the gym with me for a while?"started her ex-boyfriend hesitating;"I need to pick up some stuff at home,devon,but then I'm going overthere to work out in about an hour or so."

"Are you being serious?"said she surprised by his question;"Me going to the gym with you?"

"Unless you're afraid that I might make you look bad."answered shawn teasing;"It might take your mind off things for a while."

"You making me look bad?"asked his ex-girlfriend with a faint smile as she got into the car;"Not a chance,shawn,get in!"

To be continued….