Chapter 53…..
At mary's place mary was cleaning out the kitchen when Kathleen walked in;"Why don't you let me do that,mama,then you can go home."
"No,i wanna finish this first."said she without looking up;"Why don't you go home to your husband?"
"Mama…."started Kathleen worried as she put her hands on mary's shoulders and turned her towards her;"You're exhausted."
"I am not."answered her mother annoyed;"I feel fine,Kathleen!"
"No,you don't feel fine,mama,I can see how tired you are and jesse told me that you've hardly slept since m.j. went missing."said she;"We're all worried about you and we know how hard today is for you,with it being dad's birthday and all."
"You should all just mind your own business!"began mary angry as she walked away;"I'm fine!"
Adam was sitting next to his wife,in her hospitalroom with her two new bodyguards outside,when sage walked in with an annoyed look;"How is it possible for me to do my job here if those two keep making it difficult for me and the nurses to come in here?"
"It drives me nuts knowing that he has control over my wife!"said adam angry;"She's my wife and he gets to decide who can see her and who can't!"
"Have you talked to cass about it?"asked his son's girlfriend;"Is it even legal what aaron is doing,adam,can he just take over control like that?"
"I had cass look into it and it seems that with m.j. now being a key-witness in their case against peter and with him kidnapping her and trying to kill her aaron has legal rights to put m.j. under protective custody,so that means that he gets to decide who comes into her room and who doesn't."started he tired;"As long as m.j. is unconcious aaron will have control."
"I wish that I could tell you that she will wake up soon,adam,but I can't."answered sage softly when aaron walked in with a man and a woman in a white coat and a couple of nurses,who weren't from baycity hospital and she turned around,suspicious;"What is this,aaron,who are these people and what are they doing here in my patient's room?"
"I'm sorry,sage,but m.j. isn't your patient anymore and from now on only my people will handle everything."said aaron;"Nobody's allowed in this room anymore except for family and my staff."
"What are you talking about?"asked adam furious as he jumped up;"That's it,aaron,I've had it with you and I want you out of here!"
"I can't do that,adam,your wife is under protective custody and that means that she's my responsibility for now and I will do whatever it takes to keep her safe!"answered he;"I'm sorry,but that's the way it is!"
"Get the hell out of my wife's room!"yelled adam and grabbed aaron's coat;"She's my wife damn it!"
"Calm down,adam,this isn't gonna help anything!"said his son's girlfriend as she gently pulled him away from aaron and looked at aaron;"You can't do this and this isn't right!"
"This is the only way to keep m.j. safe!"started aaron with a sad smile;"I will do whatever I have to to make sure that m.j. will stay safe,even if it means doings things like this."
At kristy's hospitalroom kristy was falling asleep when the sound of the door opening up woke her up and when she opened her eyes she saw jake sneaking in;"Jake…?"
"I'm sorry,kris,I had to come."said he looking a bit caught and sat down next to her bed;"I just can't leave things the way that they are."
"Why?"asked his friend tired;"Just because I'm pregnant that doesn't mean that things suddenly have to be fixed or something."
"Damn it,kris,you're pregnant with my baby!"answered jake irritated;"You can't act like I'm not suppose to care!"
"It's not yours!"started she softly;"Judging from the dates that sharlene gave me this has to be evan's and not yours,so it's not your baby!"
"But…"began her friend confused;"I thought that you hadn't slept with evan for months?"
"I lied."said kristy,not daring to look at him;"So since it isn't your baby then you can just live your own life now without feeling obligated to stay with me,jake."
"You lied?"asked he shocked and with an angry face,not able to say anything else jake stormed out of there.
"Forgive me."whispered his friend almost,in tears;"I'm sorry."
A couple of days later devon was slowly waking up in her hospitalbed when she saw shawn sitting next to her bed;"Hey,sleepyhead."
"Hey."said devon with a faint smile;"What are you doing here so early?"
"I have to be at work within an hour,but I did wanna see you before that and that's why I came early."answered her friend;"How are you feeling,devon?"
"Fine!"started she a bit annoyed;"If somebody asks me that one more time I'm gonna scream."
"I can see that you are feeling better."said shawn teasing;"Sage said that you're healing pretty quickly."
"How is mom doing?"asked his friend,quickly changing the subject;"Has there been any change,shawn,what do the doctors say?"
"She's still the same and that's a good thing,because it means she hasn't gotten any worse."answered he and took devon's hand into his;"Almost losing you made me realize something."
"Shawn…."began devon uncomfortable as she pulled her hand back;"I can't do this right now,please?"
"Okay."said her friend confused and a bit hurt;"I understand."
"I don't want to hurt you,but a lot has happened and I just can't deal with anymore right now."answered she tired;"Not now!"
At the 's mary was having breakfast when jesse came downstairs,into the kitchen;"Goodmorning,mary,did lacey leave for work already?"
"Yes,she did."answered his grandmother and looked stuned when jesse suddenly showed her a beautyfull diamond ring;"Is that what I think it is?"
"I'm going ask her tonight."smiled jesse;"Do you think she will like it,mary?"
"I think that she will love it."said she as she got up and gave jesse a hug;"I'm so happy for the two of you."
"I just hope she'll say yes."started her grandson slowly;"I'm not doing this because she's pregnant or anything,because I wanted to ask her for a while now and I've had the ring for almost two weeks."
"Lacey loves you and ofcourse she'll say yes."answered mary;"Your mother is gonna be so happy when she hears about this and about lacey being pregnant,jesse,she'll love it."
"I hope I'll be able to tell her the good news."said he with a sad look in his eyes;"I'll be happy when she wakes up again."
Alex was getting her things ready for school when her mother came into her bedroom;"Hi,honey."
"Hi,mom."said alex as she turned around and recognized the look in her mother's eyes all too well;"I'm fine,so don't give me that look!"
"Are you?"asked she worried and sat down on the bed;"How can you tell me that you're fine after everything that has happened,alex,after the trail began yesterday and you had to sit there in a full courthouse with him across from you and tell the jury about what he did to you?"
"Can we please just not talk about that?"started her daughter tired;"It was hard,but I got through it and now it's over."
"It won't go away just because you want it to,alex,these things you can't just hide away somewhere deep down inside of yourself!"warned Cheryl her daughter softly while she got up and put her hand on alex's shoulder;"You will have to deal with what happened at one point,sweety,maybe you should talk to somebody about it."
"Do you really think that I'm not already dealing with what he did to me,mom,is that what you think?"asked she suddenly angry and pulled away from her mother;"I can't even stand to be touched by my boyfriend,so even if I wanted to hide what happened I can't!"
"Alex…."said her mother worried as alex ran out of the bedroom;"Honey…"
A few minutes later Cheryl heard the backdoor being slammed shut and knew alex had left.
To be continued….
