Chapter 37

Thursday, March 2, 2004

1400 EST

Bethesda Naval Hospital

Bethesda, Maryland

AJ stopped the story at that point, pinching the bridge of his nose, something he usually did when he'd been wearing his glasses for too long. But, since he hadn't had them on in the two days she'd been awake, Sarah had to suspect that there was some other reason.

Clearly the fight she'd gotten into with Sadik had been what put her here in the hospital because when she first woke up with the odd memory switch, he had agreed that Sadik should be the last thing that she remembered before waking up. So, what was it he didn't want to tell her? What was he keeping from her?

Her mind had been so wrapped up in the wonderful story of their lives together over the last two days of him recounting it, that she hadn't really taken the time to worry about her injuries. Now, however, there was something she should obviously know, but he didn't want her to, or didn't think she could handle.

It had been five days since she'd shot Sadik and Diane Rabb didn't have a single moments regret about it. What had forced her to bed rest was the horrible guilt that she felt over that evil man mistaking Sarah for her and killing her babies. Diane was sure her sister would never forgive her for what happened, but nonetheless, she had to see Sarah!

The visiting nurse that had been coming in twice a day to take her blood pressure had finally said that she was well enough to be out of bed. The woman was hardly out the door before Diane was up and getting dressed.

"Where do you think you're going?" Harm demanded.

"Where do you think I'm going?" his wife snapped.

"Di, honey, the nurse said you could get out of bed. She didn't say you were up to a very emotional trip to the hospital!" he protested.

"Harm, I'm going to see Sarah, and nothing you or anyone else could do will stop me!" she insisted grabbing her coat and keys.

"All right! If you're determined to go, you can at least let me drive you!"

"Okay, as long as you aren't going to keep trying to talk me out of it!"

"I promise," he assured her and held out his hand for the car keys.

"AJ, what is it that you're trying so hard to keep from me? Remember the doctor said you could tell me things to help bring back my memory."

How could he tell her? How could he keep from telling her? Either way Sarah was going to be very upset. Wouldn't it be better, for now, if she was angry with him for not telling her, rather than devastated with the truth, if he did? AJ knew that sooner or later she would remember or figure out what he was keeping from her on her own, but until that time… "Sarah, darling, some things are better to wait until you are stronger for…"

She was about to protest that she was just fine when Harm and a woman who looked just like her came into the room. The first thing that Sarah noticed, after the fact that she looked just like her, and that must mean she was Diane, and her identical twin sister, was the she was pregnant. As she did, everything came flooding back to her in one chaotic rush.

Just as her mind was trying to grasp all of that, her last memory of what happened before waking up here in the hospital hit her like a ton of bricks.

With a spinning kick, that gave lie to the new aged look he presented, Sadik had kicked her directly on the place where her babies were growing. The force of the blow spun her around causing her to fall back, flying over the edge of the coffee table. Even as she started to fall, she knew that he had just killed her babies. Her mind was reeling at the devastating loss and how AJ would never forgive her for putting herself in this situation and getting his children killed as her head hit the corner of the table on her way down. She was unconscious before she hit the floor.

To be continued….