Chapter 55….
At brava mandy was working in her office when devlin burst in;"He wants to go back to L.A."
"Who?"asked his girlfriend confused,looking up,and got worried when she saw how upset devlin was;"What's wrong,devlin,what happened?"
"My dad wants to move back to L.A."answered he;"He wants us to move back!"
"You can't be serious."said mandy shocked as she got up and walked up to devlin;"What about us?"
"I told him that I wasn't gonna go back there and that I want to stay here!"started her boyfriend as he calmed down a bit and pulled mandy into his arms;"I want to stay here,mandy,with you."
"Why does your dad suddenly want to move back to L.A.?"asked she;"I thought that he loved it here too?"
"So did i."answered devlin;"He can do whatever he wants,but there's no way that I'm going to move back to L.A. with him!"
Darren was sitting at a coffeehouse with his girlfriend and noticed that she wasn't hearing a word he was saying,so he put his hand on her hand;"Hey,are you okay?"
"Fine!"said alex and pulled her hand away quickly;"Just fine."
"No,you're not and you haven't heard a word I was saying these last few minutes,alex."answered her boyfriend worried;"We should talk about it and not just deny it."
"There's nothing to talk about!"started she annoyed;"I had to testify yesterday and you had to do it today,so that's that and end of story."
"Do you really think it's that easy?"asked Darren;"Maybe if we talked about it then things might get back to the way that they were and you can actually stand it when I touch you."
"All the talking in the world isn't gonna change anything and I knew you'd throw me not being able to be touched in my face again!"answered his girlfriend angry as she got up;"I'm going home,Darren!"
"Alex…."began he tired about the whole situation and followed her outside after he threw some money on the table for the coffee they'd had;"Don't go like this,because running away isn't the answer and it won't fix anything either."
"Go to hell!"said alex while she got into her car and drove off;"I've had it with people telling me how I should feel or act or think!"
Back at the hospital it seemed to last an eternity to adam as he watched aaron's medical team work on his wife in her room;"What the hell are they doing in there?"
"Mr. cory."said the doctor when he suddenly came outside and walked up to adam;"I'm sorry."
"Why are you sorry?"asked adam confused;"Can I see my wife now,doctor,is she okay?"
"We did everything that we could,but the damage was too big for us to fix and her heart just couldn't take it anymore."answered he and put his hand on adam's shoulder;"I'm sorry,mr. cory,but your wife is dead."
"No,you're lying!"started his patient's husband in shock as he pushed the doctor away;"No,she can't be dead!"
"I'm sorry,adam."said shane shocked;"This is terrible!"
"This isn't happening,shane,it can't be!"began he and turned towards aaron in a rage;"This is all your fault,aaron,you did this!"
"If it makes you feel any better,adam,then blame me."answered he softly when adam punched him and he did nothing to stop him;"Does it help?"
"Damn you!"yelled adam in shock as he hit aaron a few times at first,but then broke down as he fell to his knees and the tears began falling down his face;"No,she can't be dead!"
At mary's place ten minutes later mary was working there with Cheryl and lacey when Kathleen came in,looking like she'd just been crying;"Hi,sweetheart,are you okay?"
"Shane just called from the hospital."started her daughter as she began to cry again;"M.j. is dead."
"What?"asked Cheryl shocked;"No,that can't be,Kathleen,how is that possible?"
"I don't know."answered she softly;"It seems that her heart stopped or something and they did everything that they could,but it was too late."
"No!"said her mother as shocked at the rest;"Not m.j.!"
"I'm sorry,mama."began Kathleen worried about her mother and pulled mary into her arms;"I'm sorry."
"Not m.j. too!"whispered she almost and began to cry;"No!"
"What's going on?"asked jesse as he walked in with steve;"Shane just called and asked us to come downhere."
"What happened?"started his cousin worried as he noticed the tears and the upset faces around them;"Guys?"
"Maybe you should sit down."said lacey in tears and walked up to her boyfriend;"Please,jesse."
"No,just tell me!"answered he;"It's my mother,isn't it?"
"She…."said his girlfriend crying;"She's dead."
"No!"yelled jesse angry as he pulled away from lacey when she wanted to pull him into his arms and ran off;"No!"
"Let him go!"answered Cheryl softly when lacey wanted to go after jesse;"He'll be back."
Later that evening jake was exhausted when he came home and was shocked to find his son,packing his things;"What are you doing,devlin?"
"What does it look like?"asked he;"Do you still want us to move back to L.A.?"
"Ofcourse I do."answered jake surprised;"You might not like it now,but it will be the best things for us all in the long run."
"That's what you keep saying,dad,but that isn't true and I'm not going with you!"said his son;"My life is here and I thought yours was too."
"So did I,but I can't stay here anymore!"started he tired;"Not with…."
"With what?"began devlin confused;"Why don't you just tell me what is going on,dad,does this have anything to do with you and kristy?"
"It doesn't matter anymore and we're going to L.A."answered his father;"We both are,devlin,I'm not leaving you here behind!"
"I'm not going back to L.A. and you can't make me!"said he angry and grabbed his packed bag;"I'm going to stay with mandy at her parents' house for a while untill I can find something of my own."
"How are you gonna do that?"asked jake stuned;"You're 15 and you're still in highschool,devlin,how can you even afford a place of your own?"
"I don't know yet,dad,but I'll figure something out and I still have the trust-fond that mom set up for me."answered his son and walked away;"I'm out of here!"
"Get back here,devlin,you're not going anywhere!"started he,quickly running on after his son;"Damn it!"
"You can't make me change my mind,dad,I don't have to suffer because you seem to have problems with my aunt now all of a sudden and you feel the need to run away from your problems!"said devlin as he got on his bike and left;"Bye,dad!"
At the hospital justin and sage were in sage's office,talking about m.j.'s death.
"Do you think we should wait for your dad to wake up again before we tell devon?"asked sage worried as she put her arms around justin,who was devasted by his mother's death;"Honey?"
"I don't know."answered he softly;"When will dad wake up again from the sedative that you gave him?"
"Probaly in the morning."said his girlfriend;"Or do you want to tell devon tonight?"
"Ofcourse I don't want to tell my sister that mom is dead,sage,but I have to and I might as well do it tonight."started justin annoyed and pulled away from sage;"This seems so damn unreal and I still can't believe that mom is really…"
"I know,baby,none of us can."said she with tears in her eyes,pulled him back into her arms and holding him tightly;"I loved your mother as if she was my own mother."
"I'm sorry,sage,i shouldn't be taking it out on you."answered her boyfriend tired and kissed her;"Let's just go and tell devon together."
So together they left sage's office and went to devon's room;"Hi."
"Hi,guys."said devon and saw that something was up;"What's going on?"
"We need to tell you something."started her brother as he sat down on her bed and took her hand into his;"It's about mom,devon."
"What about mom?"asked she scared;"What about her,justin?"
"She…."answered justin,trying to swallow away the lump in his throat;"Something happened earlier today and they tried everything,but it didn't work and she's…."
"No,justin,don't you dare say it!"warned his sister him angry and pulled her hand away from his;"No,that can't be and you're lying!"
"I'm sorry,hun,he isn't lying and it's true."said sage with tears in her eyes;"Your mother died,devon,there was just too much damage and her body couldn't take it anymore."
"No!"yelled she furious and started hitting justin;"She can't be dead!"
"I wish she wasn't,devon,but she is!"answered justin as upset as devon was and grabbed her wrists because he was afraid that she'd pull out of her stitches;"She is!"
"I'll give her something to calm her down."said his girlfriend as she quickly went to get a sedative and came back within less then a minute and sedated devon;"This will help you,devon,I promise."
"No!"began devon,slowly drifting off to sleep;"Liars!"
"This went worse then I thought."said her brother tired;"This is all so crazy and unreal,sage,what are we gonna do without mom?"
"You don't have to think about that right now,justin,just take your time to let it all sink in."answered she and pulled him close to her;"This is hard on everybody right now."
To be continued….
