The next morning, the team sat around the main room waiting for Andy and
Alex to get there.
"Thanks, we'll look into it," Monica said as she hang up the phone.
"Another lead?" Jake asked as she sat down.
"Yeah, someone thinks they saw someone who fit Maria's description at a local bar two days ago," Monica replied.
"I hope she hasn't started drinking again," Cody said.
"No, it couldn't have been her. She was still in the ward at that time," Monica replied. "Plus it was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa."
"Another dead end," Jake said as Andy walked in.
"So what's the status on our leads?" he asked as he stopped in front of them.
"Nothing, so far." Jake replied. "There have been a few leads, most have gone cold or are dead ends."
"What about Alex?"
"We are still waiting for her." Cody replied as she walked in. "And speak of the devil."
"Alex, what has the orderly reported?" Andy asked as he turned to face her.
"Nothing much. Just said she was very sweet with him and the next thing he knew she had his keys," Alex replied, taking a seat. "He said while she was talking to him, he remembered something that really stood out. Seems they talked about Montana a lot. He was from there and she told him she has a home there. Said she missed it very much."
"Montana?" Andy said, growing a bit pale.
"Yeah, Frank and Elaina have a place there, could be she thinks they maybe there and she's going there to see them. But they are on their honeymoon," Alex added.
"Yeah, but they're spending their honeymoon there," Andy replied with a sigh.
"What?" Monica asked.
"Frank and Elaina wanted to keep it low key, so only Sabrina and I knew where they were going," Andy replied.
"Hate to break the honeymoon off early but shouldn't we tell them to keep and eye out for her in case she did go to Montana?" Cody asked.
"I'll call her," Andy replied as Jakes cell phone went off.
"Hello?" Jake answered.
"Hello Jake, it's Mom," the voice on the other end replied.
"Hi mom, what's up?"
"We just got Maria's test results back. It seems she has a brain tumor," Allison replied.
"A brain tumor?"
"Yes that's what has been causing her erratic behavior. It is in the part of the brain the controls her emotions. Do you have any leads yet, as to where she is?"
"None that are going to help us right now," Jake told her.
"We need to find her as quickly as possible. The neuro-surgeon might be able to shrink the tumor with medication, if not he'll have to operate."
"We'll do our best to find her, Mom, I promise. Thanks for the info. I'll call you when we find her," Jake hung up.
"Well, don't just stand there. What about a brain tumor?" Cody asked.
"Maria has one. That's why she's been acting weird lately. We need to find her, so they can treat her."
"Elaina has to know this right away," Monica suggested.
****
Sab was sitting in the Donovan's kitchen with Sarah and Derek. Derek was studying with his books open while Sarah was somewhat eating her snack, but more ended up on the floor then in her mouth.
"Sarah, leave the cheerios in the bowl," Sab said as the phone rang. "Hello?"
"Hey Sab! How's the rug rats?" Frank replied on the other end.
"More important how are you?" Elaina asked also on the phone.
"Surviving. Just trying to get Sarah to keep the food in her bowl, rather then the floor," Sab replied, picking up some of the cereal off the floor.
"Try all you want, but it will never happen." Elaina laughs.
"Be careful or you'll be wearing it, she love food fights," Frank added.
"That's already happened with the pizza the other day," Sab replied. "Are you both on the phone?" Sab asked, noticing that both of them are talking.
"Speaker phone, she doesn't trust me to tell her anything," Frank answered. Elaina swatted at Frank's head.
"I don't blame her. How's your vacation going?"
"Very well thank you," Elaina replied.
"This is the first day we've been up and around," Frank added.
"He's lying," Elaina said giving Frank another swat.
"It's ok, I don't want all details," Sab joked.
"I don't want you to know them either," Elaina replied.
"Has Derek been behaving or do we have to ground him when we get back?" Frank asked.
"I don't think you'll have to worry about grounding him. I've gave him enough work to last him hundreds of groundings," Sab replied.
"Why did you do that?" Elaina wondered.
"He can tell you why, I'll put him on," Sab replied as she handed Derek the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi sweetie, what do you need to tell us?" Elaina asked.
"Um...I almost failed one of my major tests," Derek fibbed to stall. He looked to Sab who was staring at him to tell his parents.
"What else? I think you're hiding something, you rarely fail tests," Frank said, knowing his son well enough.
"Nope. Nothing I can think of," Derek replied.
"Derek!" Sab shouted at him.
"Why is Sab yelling at you?" Elaina asked confused.
"Sab and Cody caught Becky and I on the couch together. She wanted me to be the one to tell you, not her and I didn't want to. Happy?" Derek said, annoyed.
"She caught you doing WHAT?" Frank asked.
"The whole truth and nothing but or your butt is mine," Elaina said, angrily.
"Ok If you really want to know, we were making out. Ok." Derek handed the phone back to Sab and walked away.
"Derek," Sab said as she put the phone back up to her ear.
"Where were you when this happened?" Frank asked, furiously.
"It doesn't matter. It's Derek we should be angry with," Elaina said, trying to calm him down.
"I went down to get the pizza, cause the guy doesn't come in the building. The two had their books open studying," Sab tried to explain.
"What were they studying, sex education?" Frank asked, sarcastically.
"Frank! Calm down. Where is Derek now?" Elaina asked.
"He went out to the stables," Sab replied, looking out the window at Derek. "I'm sorry, but I didn't know they would do that."
"I know, you thought you could trust him. He proved you wrong. I want you to take his car keys away and you can drive him to and from school he goes no where without you," Elaina replied.
"Becky is not to come over either," Frank added.
"She hasn't been over since it happened. I've been taking him to school and with Sarah taking her afternoon nap, Cody drives him home for me," Sab replied.
"Good. Now where is my princess?" Frank asked.
"She's right here spilling more cheerio's on the floor," Sab replied turning to Sarah. "Sarah, you wanna talk to Daddy?" Sab put the phone up to her ear.
"Hey there Princess, you're supposed to be eating not spilling." Frank laughed.
"Hi baby girl, Momma loves you."
"Momma, Daddy!" Sarah giggled as she tried to take the phone from Sab.
"I hope you've been behaving better than Bubby," Elaina replied.
"Of course she is, she takes after her Daddy," Frank added.
"Yeah right!"
"Bubby kiss." Sarah laughed as spilled more food.
"Bubby kissed you?" Frank asked.
"Eckay." Sarah replied as she put a cheerio in her mouth.
"You saw Bubby kiss Becky?" Elaina asked. "That settles it, I'm going to have a very long talk with him."
"He will be severely punished," Frank said to Elaina.
"Mad me?" Sarah asked a little sad from her parent's tone.
"No Honey! Not at you or Sabrina. We're just mad at Bubby," Elaina replied. "Don't worry we won't hurt him," she said it more to Frank than Sarah.
"Let us talk to Sabrina," Frank said.
"Sabeana," Sarah said looking up at Sab.
"You done?" Sab asked as she took the phone away from her ear. "Hello?"
"Is there any word about Maria?" Frank asked.
"Not much, she hasn't been back to the restaurant or her place. You'd really have to talk to HQ about all the details," Sab replied as Derek walked back in.
"Andy hasn't called yet. Thought maybe Cody would have called you," Frank added.
"I have had a couple of hang up calls, I'm not sure if they were her or not," Elaina explained. "Frank has the Sheriff watching for her."
"Cody hasn't told me much. Been too busy with the kids to worry a lot about it," Sab replied. "But he has come over to make sure things are ok."
"That's ok. We don't need you to explain him being there," Frank said. "Did I hear Derek come in? Put him back on."
"Don't get in an argument," Elaina warned. "Sab has her hands full now."
"Derek, your parents would like to talk to you," Sab said, handing Derek the phone.
"Why should I talk to them now, I know I'll be in trouble the moment they get home," Derek said, defiantly.
"Can you please just talk to them?" Sab asked.
Derek gave in and took the phone. "Yeah what now."
"You're in a lot of trouble. When we get home you and I are going to talk for a very long time, Frank said to him. "We're also going to talk to Becky's parents and see what they think of the situation. Am I making myself clear?"
"Sab has already talked with me about it and she's also told Becky's parents. We're not allowed to see each other for a while till she's finished out her punishment as well," Derek replied.
"We're still going to talk to them and we will tell you, if you will see her after she's grounded."
"Great!" Derek said, slumping into a chair.
"You keep messing up your life, not us young man," Elaina stepped in. "We keep telling you you'll be treated as a responsible adult when you act like one. So far you haven't been. Now give Sab the phone back."
"Here." Derek handed it to Sab.
"Yes."
"We are going to get off here. If he does anything else, we want to know immediately."
"Even if it's giving you a hard time. We want to know," Frank added. "Give the princess a kiss for us. We'll call in a day or two."
"I will. Talk to you later," Sab said.
"Bye."
"Thanks, we'll look into it," Monica said as she hang up the phone.
"Another lead?" Jake asked as she sat down.
"Yeah, someone thinks they saw someone who fit Maria's description at a local bar two days ago," Monica replied.
"I hope she hasn't started drinking again," Cody said.
"No, it couldn't have been her. She was still in the ward at that time," Monica replied. "Plus it was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa."
"Another dead end," Jake said as Andy walked in.
"So what's the status on our leads?" he asked as he stopped in front of them.
"Nothing, so far." Jake replied. "There have been a few leads, most have gone cold or are dead ends."
"What about Alex?"
"We are still waiting for her." Cody replied as she walked in. "And speak of the devil."
"Alex, what has the orderly reported?" Andy asked as he turned to face her.
"Nothing much. Just said she was very sweet with him and the next thing he knew she had his keys," Alex replied, taking a seat. "He said while she was talking to him, he remembered something that really stood out. Seems they talked about Montana a lot. He was from there and she told him she has a home there. Said she missed it very much."
"Montana?" Andy said, growing a bit pale.
"Yeah, Frank and Elaina have a place there, could be she thinks they maybe there and she's going there to see them. But they are on their honeymoon," Alex added.
"Yeah, but they're spending their honeymoon there," Andy replied with a sigh.
"What?" Monica asked.
"Frank and Elaina wanted to keep it low key, so only Sabrina and I knew where they were going," Andy replied.
"Hate to break the honeymoon off early but shouldn't we tell them to keep and eye out for her in case she did go to Montana?" Cody asked.
"I'll call her," Andy replied as Jakes cell phone went off.
"Hello?" Jake answered.
"Hello Jake, it's Mom," the voice on the other end replied.
"Hi mom, what's up?"
"We just got Maria's test results back. It seems she has a brain tumor," Allison replied.
"A brain tumor?"
"Yes that's what has been causing her erratic behavior. It is in the part of the brain the controls her emotions. Do you have any leads yet, as to where she is?"
"None that are going to help us right now," Jake told her.
"We need to find her as quickly as possible. The neuro-surgeon might be able to shrink the tumor with medication, if not he'll have to operate."
"We'll do our best to find her, Mom, I promise. Thanks for the info. I'll call you when we find her," Jake hung up.
"Well, don't just stand there. What about a brain tumor?" Cody asked.
"Maria has one. That's why she's been acting weird lately. We need to find her, so they can treat her."
"Elaina has to know this right away," Monica suggested.
****
Sab was sitting in the Donovan's kitchen with Sarah and Derek. Derek was studying with his books open while Sarah was somewhat eating her snack, but more ended up on the floor then in her mouth.
"Sarah, leave the cheerios in the bowl," Sab said as the phone rang. "Hello?"
"Hey Sab! How's the rug rats?" Frank replied on the other end.
"More important how are you?" Elaina asked also on the phone.
"Surviving. Just trying to get Sarah to keep the food in her bowl, rather then the floor," Sab replied, picking up some of the cereal off the floor.
"Try all you want, but it will never happen." Elaina laughs.
"Be careful or you'll be wearing it, she love food fights," Frank added.
"That's already happened with the pizza the other day," Sab replied. "Are you both on the phone?" Sab asked, noticing that both of them are talking.
"Speaker phone, she doesn't trust me to tell her anything," Frank answered. Elaina swatted at Frank's head.
"I don't blame her. How's your vacation going?"
"Very well thank you," Elaina replied.
"This is the first day we've been up and around," Frank added.
"He's lying," Elaina said giving Frank another swat.
"It's ok, I don't want all details," Sab joked.
"I don't want you to know them either," Elaina replied.
"Has Derek been behaving or do we have to ground him when we get back?" Frank asked.
"I don't think you'll have to worry about grounding him. I've gave him enough work to last him hundreds of groundings," Sab replied.
"Why did you do that?" Elaina wondered.
"He can tell you why, I'll put him on," Sab replied as she handed Derek the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi sweetie, what do you need to tell us?" Elaina asked.
"Um...I almost failed one of my major tests," Derek fibbed to stall. He looked to Sab who was staring at him to tell his parents.
"What else? I think you're hiding something, you rarely fail tests," Frank said, knowing his son well enough.
"Nope. Nothing I can think of," Derek replied.
"Derek!" Sab shouted at him.
"Why is Sab yelling at you?" Elaina asked confused.
"Sab and Cody caught Becky and I on the couch together. She wanted me to be the one to tell you, not her and I didn't want to. Happy?" Derek said, annoyed.
"She caught you doing WHAT?" Frank asked.
"The whole truth and nothing but or your butt is mine," Elaina said, angrily.
"Ok If you really want to know, we were making out. Ok." Derek handed the phone back to Sab and walked away.
"Derek," Sab said as she put the phone back up to her ear.
"Where were you when this happened?" Frank asked, furiously.
"It doesn't matter. It's Derek we should be angry with," Elaina said, trying to calm him down.
"I went down to get the pizza, cause the guy doesn't come in the building. The two had their books open studying," Sab tried to explain.
"What were they studying, sex education?" Frank asked, sarcastically.
"Frank! Calm down. Where is Derek now?" Elaina asked.
"He went out to the stables," Sab replied, looking out the window at Derek. "I'm sorry, but I didn't know they would do that."
"I know, you thought you could trust him. He proved you wrong. I want you to take his car keys away and you can drive him to and from school he goes no where without you," Elaina replied.
"Becky is not to come over either," Frank added.
"She hasn't been over since it happened. I've been taking him to school and with Sarah taking her afternoon nap, Cody drives him home for me," Sab replied.
"Good. Now where is my princess?" Frank asked.
"She's right here spilling more cheerio's on the floor," Sab replied turning to Sarah. "Sarah, you wanna talk to Daddy?" Sab put the phone up to her ear.
"Hey there Princess, you're supposed to be eating not spilling." Frank laughed.
"Hi baby girl, Momma loves you."
"Momma, Daddy!" Sarah giggled as she tried to take the phone from Sab.
"I hope you've been behaving better than Bubby," Elaina replied.
"Of course she is, she takes after her Daddy," Frank added.
"Yeah right!"
"Bubby kiss." Sarah laughed as spilled more food.
"Bubby kissed you?" Frank asked.
"Eckay." Sarah replied as she put a cheerio in her mouth.
"You saw Bubby kiss Becky?" Elaina asked. "That settles it, I'm going to have a very long talk with him."
"He will be severely punished," Frank said to Elaina.
"Mad me?" Sarah asked a little sad from her parent's tone.
"No Honey! Not at you or Sabrina. We're just mad at Bubby," Elaina replied. "Don't worry we won't hurt him," she said it more to Frank than Sarah.
"Let us talk to Sabrina," Frank said.
"Sabeana," Sarah said looking up at Sab.
"You done?" Sab asked as she took the phone away from her ear. "Hello?"
"Is there any word about Maria?" Frank asked.
"Not much, she hasn't been back to the restaurant or her place. You'd really have to talk to HQ about all the details," Sab replied as Derek walked back in.
"Andy hasn't called yet. Thought maybe Cody would have called you," Frank added.
"I have had a couple of hang up calls, I'm not sure if they were her or not," Elaina explained. "Frank has the Sheriff watching for her."
"Cody hasn't told me much. Been too busy with the kids to worry a lot about it," Sab replied. "But he has come over to make sure things are ok."
"That's ok. We don't need you to explain him being there," Frank said. "Did I hear Derek come in? Put him back on."
"Don't get in an argument," Elaina warned. "Sab has her hands full now."
"Derek, your parents would like to talk to you," Sab said, handing Derek the phone.
"Why should I talk to them now, I know I'll be in trouble the moment they get home," Derek said, defiantly.
"Can you please just talk to them?" Sab asked.
Derek gave in and took the phone. "Yeah what now."
"You're in a lot of trouble. When we get home you and I are going to talk for a very long time, Frank said to him. "We're also going to talk to Becky's parents and see what they think of the situation. Am I making myself clear?"
"Sab has already talked with me about it and she's also told Becky's parents. We're not allowed to see each other for a while till she's finished out her punishment as well," Derek replied.
"We're still going to talk to them and we will tell you, if you will see her after she's grounded."
"Great!" Derek said, slumping into a chair.
"You keep messing up your life, not us young man," Elaina stepped in. "We keep telling you you'll be treated as a responsible adult when you act like one. So far you haven't been. Now give Sab the phone back."
"Here." Derek handed it to Sab.
"Yes."
"We are going to get off here. If he does anything else, we want to know immediately."
"Even if it's giving you a hard time. We want to know," Frank added. "Give the princess a kiss for us. We'll call in a day or two."
"I will. Talk to you later," Sab said.
"Bye."