Chapter Thirty-two
Twenty-four hours later and she was back in the park again. It didn't even seem like she'd left.
As Abby always did when she was here she thought of Cameron. It made her less nervous to focus on him. God, how she missed him. She had tried to push thoughts of him from her mind but it was no use. She would still think about him but she'd meant what she'd said. She couldn't bear to have him back - not unless it was for good.
Suddenly realizing what she was so angry about - Abby laughed bitterly to herself. How selfish could she possibly be? What right did she have to expect a miracle like that? She only learned of the possibility through her visions of Alison and Rafe and the way they met. But for her to think it was OK for Heaven to release someone - to rewrite history and change the past just because she wanted it? She was suddenly unbelievably ashamed that she'd even had the nerve to think it. They let her have Cam back for a few hours and that was more than she ever hoped for.
"I'm so sorry." She said as she turned her eyes heavenward, blinking back tears. "Thank you."
Caleb watched and waited for just the right time. It seemed she was having a private conversation, or praying perhaps. As he looked at her he saw her wipe her eyes and take a deep breath. She sat on the bench and began to fidget, playing with the ring on her hand, smoothing out wrinkles in her skirt. It looked to him like she was nervous. Good, he thought with a smirk. She should be.
Though she expected him his voice startled her. "Abigail. So glad you could come."
"I invited you here Caleb - if you recall." She stood to face him.
Caleb sighed heavily. She was so feisty. He liked that. "We could go back and forth with this all night - but I seem to remember my giving you some time to think a few things over and then you alerted me to the fact that you were done thinking."
Abby's voice was definite. Her chin tilted in defiance. "I am."
"Glad to hear it." Caleb said and held out his hand. "Give it to me."
Abby took every ounce of courage she had and replied, "You thought it'd just be that easy?"
Caleb couldn't believe she would actually try and resist. His eyes grew angry. "Sweetheart, I promise you this is not a fight you want. I'm already wondering how to punish you for what you've already done. Surely you don't want me to add to that."
Abby was scared, but she had nothing to lose. Really she didn't. She'd miss Alison and Rafe and the friends she was beginning to make here. She'd miss Gwen. But the people who mattered most to her were in Heaven and if Caleb killed her - she'd be able to be with them again. So she knew, with all her heart that the worst he could imagine for her would actually be her dream come true. It was about time someone took Caleb down a few notches and she figured she could at least give it a shot.
She started to laugh at him. "Caleb Morley. What gives you the right to inflict punishment on anyone? Who deemed you the ruler of this town? You think it's your right because you settled here? Port Charles was hardly a peaceful little town before you arrived but the havoc you've wreaked is unspeakable. And now, because after Joshua stole your ring - I found it, carelessly lying on the grass in this very place, ironically, you threaten to deliver some sort of punishment to me? Do you even hear how pathetic you sound?"
This was not the reaction he expected. She completely took him by surprise. Despite what he'd first thought she didn't seem like she was at all afraid of him. Rafe was the only other person in his lifetime he'd had that sort of experience with. This petite woman with her big blue eyes and glasses had struck the first blow and he didn't like it one bit.
He wasn't going to respond to her accusations. He struggled to keep his voice calm. "Abigail. You have something that belongs to me. I'm simply asking you to give it back."
"And then what Caleb? What will you do? I know what happens when you make a wish on that ring. What's to say you won't do something to hurt the people I love if I give it to you? You've done it before." Abby shot back.
"What I do or don't do with the ring should be no concern of yours." He replied, his blood boiling more each second.
"It shouldn't? You won't try and hurt the people I've begun to care about? You won't try and use it to trick and manipulate them?" Abby chuckled. "Come on Caleb. Please. You forget. I can already see some of what you've got planned and I'll be damned if I give you another tool to make it happen."
"You never planned to give me back what was mine did you?" Caleb said softly.
Abby stood straighter and place her hands on her hips. "Perhaps once upon a time I did - but I changed my mind."
He really hadn't expected it to come to this. "Too bad I'll have to make you change it again."
Twenty-four hours later and she was back in the park again. It didn't even seem like she'd left.
As Abby always did when she was here she thought of Cameron. It made her less nervous to focus on him. God, how she missed him. She had tried to push thoughts of him from her mind but it was no use. She would still think about him but she'd meant what she'd said. She couldn't bear to have him back - not unless it was for good.
Suddenly realizing what she was so angry about - Abby laughed bitterly to herself. How selfish could she possibly be? What right did she have to expect a miracle like that? She only learned of the possibility through her visions of Alison and Rafe and the way they met. But for her to think it was OK for Heaven to release someone - to rewrite history and change the past just because she wanted it? She was suddenly unbelievably ashamed that she'd even had the nerve to think it. They let her have Cam back for a few hours and that was more than she ever hoped for.
"I'm so sorry." She said as she turned her eyes heavenward, blinking back tears. "Thank you."
Caleb watched and waited for just the right time. It seemed she was having a private conversation, or praying perhaps. As he looked at her he saw her wipe her eyes and take a deep breath. She sat on the bench and began to fidget, playing with the ring on her hand, smoothing out wrinkles in her skirt. It looked to him like she was nervous. Good, he thought with a smirk. She should be.
Though she expected him his voice startled her. "Abigail. So glad you could come."
"I invited you here Caleb - if you recall." She stood to face him.
Caleb sighed heavily. She was so feisty. He liked that. "We could go back and forth with this all night - but I seem to remember my giving you some time to think a few things over and then you alerted me to the fact that you were done thinking."
Abby's voice was definite. Her chin tilted in defiance. "I am."
"Glad to hear it." Caleb said and held out his hand. "Give it to me."
Abby took every ounce of courage she had and replied, "You thought it'd just be that easy?"
Caleb couldn't believe she would actually try and resist. His eyes grew angry. "Sweetheart, I promise you this is not a fight you want. I'm already wondering how to punish you for what you've already done. Surely you don't want me to add to that."
Abby was scared, but she had nothing to lose. Really she didn't. She'd miss Alison and Rafe and the friends she was beginning to make here. She'd miss Gwen. But the people who mattered most to her were in Heaven and if Caleb killed her - she'd be able to be with them again. So she knew, with all her heart that the worst he could imagine for her would actually be her dream come true. It was about time someone took Caleb down a few notches and she figured she could at least give it a shot.
She started to laugh at him. "Caleb Morley. What gives you the right to inflict punishment on anyone? Who deemed you the ruler of this town? You think it's your right because you settled here? Port Charles was hardly a peaceful little town before you arrived but the havoc you've wreaked is unspeakable. And now, because after Joshua stole your ring - I found it, carelessly lying on the grass in this very place, ironically, you threaten to deliver some sort of punishment to me? Do you even hear how pathetic you sound?"
This was not the reaction he expected. She completely took him by surprise. Despite what he'd first thought she didn't seem like she was at all afraid of him. Rafe was the only other person in his lifetime he'd had that sort of experience with. This petite woman with her big blue eyes and glasses had struck the first blow and he didn't like it one bit.
He wasn't going to respond to her accusations. He struggled to keep his voice calm. "Abigail. You have something that belongs to me. I'm simply asking you to give it back."
"And then what Caleb? What will you do? I know what happens when you make a wish on that ring. What's to say you won't do something to hurt the people I love if I give it to you? You've done it before." Abby shot back.
"What I do or don't do with the ring should be no concern of yours." He replied, his blood boiling more each second.
"It shouldn't? You won't try and hurt the people I've begun to care about? You won't try and use it to trick and manipulate them?" Abby chuckled. "Come on Caleb. Please. You forget. I can already see some of what you've got planned and I'll be damned if I give you another tool to make it happen."
"You never planned to give me back what was mine did you?" Caleb said softly.
Abby stood straighter and place her hands on her hips. "Perhaps once upon a time I did - but I changed my mind."
He really hadn't expected it to come to this. "Too bad I'll have to make you change it again."