Part Six
Shawn stood silent awaiting Mr. Black. John charged into the room. His glare was even enough to scare Marlena. Marlena dragged Belle away downstairs, much to her moaning. John slammed the door.
"So boy. Tell me, what are you up to with my Isabella?"
"Nothing sir. Me and Belle are friends."
"Why don't I believe you? I know your type. You want your way with my daughter. Well, Isabella is in love with Daniel."
"Mr Black sir, I know Belle is not in love with Daniel."
"Are you saying I'm a liar?"
"No, no. You see, I met Belle the other day. We talked all afternoon. Then I saw her again, and told her about my mother."
"Your mother?"
"Yes sir. Hope Williams Brady. She's very ill."
"Hope Williams" John thought. Then John thought back to a past he tried to forget. He remember back twenty years, just before he married Marlena. When he visited the city once for his father. He met a woman in the city, she was young and so beautiful, John couldn't speak when she talked to him. The spent the weekend together, and John fell in love with this woman. Shortly after, when Johns father found out, he forbid John from seeing Hope again.
"Mr Black sir, why don't you speak?"
"Um, nothing. Tell me, whats the matter with your mother."
"Well, she and my father are having another baby. This time her body can't support the baby properly, and we can't afford special treatment. The doctor says she wont live after the baby is born."
Suddenly a rush of emotion and guilt swept over John. "What the hell am I doing." He thought. "I'm doing what I hated my father so much for doing. He approached Shawn causing him to cower.
"Don't be scared. I want you to do something for me."
"Um, yes sir. What is it?"
John ran to his bedroom and back to Shawn. John took out a large pice of paper. "This is a cheque." He wrote on the paper and handed it to Shawn. "Take this to your doctor. Tell him to make sure your mother has the best treatment."
"Why would you do this?"
"Don't question me. And do not tell anybody where you got the cheque from. Now go."
Shawn silently crept down the stairs and left. Belle ran out into the hall. "What did you do to him dad."
"Nothing Isabella. Just go to bed."
"But Dad."
"GO TO BED. NOW."
Belle ran off up the stairs sobbing.
"John what happened?"
"I don't want to discuss it. That boy wont come near our daughter. And if he does, well, we'll talk about it then." He left his wife and went up stairs.
Belle jumped onto her bed crying. Gerald came in and sat next to her.
"Don't cry darling. You look so sad."
"I want to know what my father done to him."
"Nothing."
"What. How do you know?"
"I know your father, and what you are doing with Shawn is quite familiar to your father."
"My father wouldn't have an affair."
"I know that. This was years ago. But just don't mention this."
"I wont. And I'll tell you another thing, I wont give up on Shawn. I think I love him."
Hearing herself say the words made Belle even more determined to win Shawn.
Shawn stood silent awaiting Mr. Black. John charged into the room. His glare was even enough to scare Marlena. Marlena dragged Belle away downstairs, much to her moaning. John slammed the door.
"So boy. Tell me, what are you up to with my Isabella?"
"Nothing sir. Me and Belle are friends."
"Why don't I believe you? I know your type. You want your way with my daughter. Well, Isabella is in love with Daniel."
"Mr Black sir, I know Belle is not in love with Daniel."
"Are you saying I'm a liar?"
"No, no. You see, I met Belle the other day. We talked all afternoon. Then I saw her again, and told her about my mother."
"Your mother?"
"Yes sir. Hope Williams Brady. She's very ill."
"Hope Williams" John thought. Then John thought back to a past he tried to forget. He remember back twenty years, just before he married Marlena. When he visited the city once for his father. He met a woman in the city, she was young and so beautiful, John couldn't speak when she talked to him. The spent the weekend together, and John fell in love with this woman. Shortly after, when Johns father found out, he forbid John from seeing Hope again.
"Mr Black sir, why don't you speak?"
"Um, nothing. Tell me, whats the matter with your mother."
"Well, she and my father are having another baby. This time her body can't support the baby properly, and we can't afford special treatment. The doctor says she wont live after the baby is born."
Suddenly a rush of emotion and guilt swept over John. "What the hell am I doing." He thought. "I'm doing what I hated my father so much for doing. He approached Shawn causing him to cower.
"Don't be scared. I want you to do something for me."
"Um, yes sir. What is it?"
John ran to his bedroom and back to Shawn. John took out a large pice of paper. "This is a cheque." He wrote on the paper and handed it to Shawn. "Take this to your doctor. Tell him to make sure your mother has the best treatment."
"Why would you do this?"
"Don't question me. And do not tell anybody where you got the cheque from. Now go."
Shawn silently crept down the stairs and left. Belle ran out into the hall. "What did you do to him dad."
"Nothing Isabella. Just go to bed."
"But Dad."
"GO TO BED. NOW."
Belle ran off up the stairs sobbing.
"John what happened?"
"I don't want to discuss it. That boy wont come near our daughter. And if he does, well, we'll talk about it then." He left his wife and went up stairs.
Belle jumped onto her bed crying. Gerald came in and sat next to her.
"Don't cry darling. You look so sad."
"I want to know what my father done to him."
"Nothing."
"What. How do you know?"
"I know your father, and what you are doing with Shawn is quite familiar to your father."
"My father wouldn't have an affair."
"I know that. This was years ago. But just don't mention this."
"I wont. And I'll tell you another thing, I wont give up on Shawn. I think I love him."
Hearing herself say the words made Belle even more determined to win Shawn.