Mark slammed his fist into the wall of his dressing room. He ignored the pain. Damn this is so frustrating. He had just got off the phone with the detective he had hired. Still no leads on finding Laura. It was like she had fell off the face of the earth. He remembered his last conversation with Jason. Jason claimed he had no idea where she was at. Yea like he believed that. Jason had said she called sometimes from a payphone to let him know she was fine. She had closed her account down. He would love to know how Steve was paying her now, but no one was talking. Mark sat down and sighed. Four months without his girl was making him insane. He hadn't realized how much she meant to him until she was gone. He knew one thing. He had to find her before the baby was born. Glen walked in. "Heard anything." He asked. "No, still no leads." He said. "I should go beat the truth out of Jason and Steve." He said. Glen just shook his head. Mark was on edge. He was ill and snapped at people. Nobody wanted to be around him right now. "We'll find her buddy." Glen said. Mark looked up at him. "We have to Glen." Mark said.
Laura sat on the front porch swing watching the sunset. She was lucky to have found such a nice place. She loved it here. She had always wanted to go to Montana. So that's where she had headed. She had found this small house in the about an hour from town. It was isolated and that's what she wanted. She hadn't let anyone know where she was at. She called Jason every couple of weeks to let him know how she was. He tried to bring up Mark several times, but she refused to talk about him. It was too painful. She just wanted to put that behind her. Steve was probably the only one who had a clue where she was at. He was wiring her money to Paradise. It was the small town she lived closest to. She felt the baby kick and put her hand on her belly. "Hey little one, not too much longer and you'll be able to watch the sunset with me." She said. She had an ultra sound, but she told the doctor she didn't want to know the sex of the baby, she wanted to be surprised. She got up and went to make a cup of tea. She couldn't believe she only had 5 weeks to go. Then her precious baby would be here. She sighed. At least she would have a part of Mark nobody could take away.
Glen and Mark were sitting in the hotel bar having a couple of beers. Glen's cell rang. "Hello." He said. "Hey Glen." Glen couldn't believe his ears. "Laura are you okay?' he asked. "Where the hell ya been, why haven't ya called." He demanded. Laura laughed. "Give me a minute to answer the first question." She said. Mark tried to take the phone away from him but Glen held up his hand. He didn't want to blow this and scare her off. "I'm fine. The baby's fine. I'm sorry I haven't called, I know Mark is your best friend I didn't want to put you in the middle." She said. "Girl we been worried sick." He said. "How's Tamia?' she asked. "She's fine, worried about you." He said. Glen put his hand over the receiver. "Chill man, I'm going to try to find out where she is." He said. He put the phone back to his ear. "Listen sweetness where are you?" he asked. "Just a quite little place I found." She said. "Listen I need you to ask Mark if he minds if I can stay at his place for a while. "I'm heading back to Houston in a few weeks. I want the baby to be born at home. It's a bad time for me to be looking for a place. And ask him if he minds if I give the baby his last name. I won't put it on the birth certificate if he doesn't want me to, but I would like the baby to have his name." She said. "Listen let me talk to him and you call me back tomorrow." Glen said. "Okay, thanks Glen. I'll talk to you tomorrow." She said. "Okay bye." He said. Mark exploded. "Why the hell didn't you let me talk to her." He demanded. "Calm down, she's coming home." Glen said. Glen told him what she had asked him to relay to Mark. Mark was floored. How could ask such questions, didn't she know he was out of his mind with worry. "How can she think I would not want her to come home or give the baby my name?" he asked. "Well you wasn't exactly warm and fuzzy about the baby last time seen you." Glen pointed out. "I know that Glen, but she's got to know I love her." Mark said. "You hurt her, its going to take time for her to get over that Mark." Glen said. Mark sighed. "I know." He said. "When she calls back tomorrow, tell her to come on home I said it was fine. I'm going to talk to Vince. I'm going to take some time off. I'll be waiting on her when she gets there." Mark said. Glen nodded. "I'm going to find Tamia and let her know Laura's alright." He said. "Okay." Mark said. He couldn't believe it two short weeks and he would have his baby girl back. Mark smiled and this time he wouldn't let her out of his sight. He had lost her once, but not again.
"Will it be alright for me to travel in two weeks time?" Laura asked Doctor Jenkins. Doctor Jenkins shook his head. "If you have to travel I would rather you do it now." He said. "Well I can go this week; I'm just waiting on a phone call." She said. "Do you want me to transfer your records back to your old doctor?" he asked. "Yes, he's expecting them I already called him." Laura said. "You should be fine to travel, just don't wait too long. It's not a good idea to travel in your last few weeks. "Okay, thanks Doc." She said. The doctor left and Laura got dressed. "She picked up her cell and called Glen. "Hey Glen." She said when he answered. "Did ya talk to Mark? "Yea, he said yes to both." Glen said. "Okay, well I'll be back a little early, The doc told me traveling wasn't a good idea the last few weeks so I heading back as soon as I can get a flight out." Laura said. "Okay, do you need a ride from the airport?" he asked. "No, I'll get Jason to pick me up." She said. "Give me a call when you get home." Glen said. "I will and thanks again Glen." She said. "Bye sweetness." Glen said. He hung and looked at Mark. "She will be home in a couple of day." He said. He told Mark what Laura had told him. "I got to get packed and out of here." Mark said. "I'M gong to be there when she gets home." He said. "Man take it easy with her." Glen said. "I will I'm not screwing up this time." Mark said.
Laura sat on her flight looking out the window. She put her hand on her stomach. "Little one were going home." She said. She didn't know if she could handle being in the house with all the memories there of the way things used to be with her and Mark. But she had an overwhelming urge to be there, to have there baby there. She felt compelled to go back home. At least she would have Jason there when the baby was born. She knew she could count on him. She leaned back and closed her eyes and dreamed of her and Mark wishing things could be the way they used to be.