"Hello?" Eric answers the phone at the church.
"Hello, sweetie pie Eric."
"Desiree how are you? Been thinking about you a lot lately."
"You have? Well guess what? I'm going to be moving to Riverside, which is just a half hour drive from Glen Oak in one week and already have an apartment that I will rent that is three bedroom and two bath and this is the number and address of the hotel I will be staying at." Desiree said as Eric wrote down what hotel and room she was staying at when she told him then they both said goodbye and hung up.
Friday came as about lunch time, Eric drove to Riverside to meet Desiree in her hotel, she waited for him as he pulled up, went in the hotel to go in her room when they went in the hotel, they went in the side door. Desiree was very beautiful, she had black shoulder length hair, just taller than Annie by one foot, she was as smarter, kinder and strong just like his wife, Desiree works for a company that transferred her to Riverside, the company she works for is a radio station and she will be the manager for a radio station from morning to noon Monday thru Friday when she starts working in two and a half weeks.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Desiree asked as she and Eric went to her room, she noticed Eric was shifting from foot to foot when they were in the elevator.
"Let's say I drank too much coffee during lunch." Eric says as Desiree puts the card in the door that causes it to open.
Eric and Desiree go into the room, Eric goes into the bathroom while Desiree checks to see if she has any messages which she doesn't. After Eric had used the bathroom, washed his hands, he and Desiree sat down to talk about the moving arrangements for her then, she gave him a cell phone so he could call her when she paged him when he gave her his pager number as she gave him her cell phone number also.. Eric makes sure the pager was on, told Desiree that he may have to use the phone if his wife pages him which she said okay to while closed the curtain, she and Eric kissed on the bed while he was straddling her as they were kissing. She played with Eric's shirt and back of his neck as he played with her neck and blouse as well then his pager went off, he got off the bed, she sat up, he looked at the number that was calling then called the number from the phone on the night stand, Desiree used her credit card number then he dialed the number then had to leave since Annie had asked if he can pick up the kids since Mary had a game. He kisses her one last time, looks in the mirror to make sure that his hair is fixed as she fixes his tie and shirt, he goes to the bathroom, then leaves to pick up the kids which he got there in time since Annie had paged him an hour before he was supposed to. After he got to work, Desiree paged him, Eric called her back since they decided to check and see if the paging will work which it did then Eric hid the cell phone in the office with it off. Eric went home a few hours later, helped Annie with the dishes then went to bed as did the kids.
"You are going where?" Annie asked a few hours after the kids and him got home as the kids were doing homework while Annie was making dinner when Eric told her.
Eric told her that he was going to counsel a family member of one of the parishioners on Friday, and Saturday, would be back late Saturday, early Sunday morning then she told him to call the kids since dinner was ready. Everyone ate, Eric and Annie were taking care of the twins as Lucy and Mary were doing the dishes while Simon and Ruthie were doing homework. Eric leaves for Riverside as the kids come home, do their homework while Annie cooks dinner who is suspicious of Eric's trip or where he is going since he would be gone till late Saturday.
"Hey sweetie pie." Desiree said as Eric drove up then went up to her apartment then she opened the door when she saw him get out of his car.
"Hey, how are you?" Eric asks as he walks in to her apartment.
"Great, I'll show you around."
****** Back at the Camden home******
Ten minutes after Eric went out, everyone finished dinner, Patricia and Annie were doing the dishes, Simon and Lucy were taking care of the twins then five minutes after they finished and were talking at the table Morgan asked to use the phone since he was paged after Eric was in the accident.
"I guess we weren't fair to the kids." Patricia said then Annie agreed with her.
"Ruthie, would you please get your sisters and brothers and get the Hamiltons down here to please." Annie asked.
"Here we go again." Ruthie says walking up the stairs from the kitchen then Annie and Patricia laughed.
"I guess they are that scared." Patricia said.
"Annie, may I use your phone, I just got paged."
"Sure, the phone is on the charger." Annie told him as he picked up the phone then went in the living room.
"You wanted to see all of us?" Keesha and Mary asked as they stood at the side of the table as Patricia and Annie were facing them since they were on the other side, Simon and Lucy were holding the twins.
"I guess we owe you both an apology for grounding you and we are sorry." Annie says as Patricia said it too.
The kids accepted the apology but felt it was too late since they had to tell their friends they couldn't go on dates or go to their house then Morgan told Patricia that he had to help a minister counsel a parishioner so the Hamitlons left, said their goodbyes and the Camdens minus Eric were in the house who were not going to college. The phone rings as Annie gets it then gets the news about her husband as Mary, Lucy who was holding Sam as Simon was holding David looked on, Ruthie was upstairs.
"Okay, I'll be right there. Bye." Annie said a little scared.
"What is it?" Lucy asked
"Where is Ruthie?"
"Upstairs, I'll go get her." Lucy says then moments later Ruthie and Lucy were where the kids were standing.
"Your father has been in an accident. I need to call Julie and tell her to meet us at the hospital." Annie says as she dials to call Julie then Matt comes in the door.
"Mom?" Matt asks.
"In here Matt, I'm calling Julie." Annie says as Matt walked in the kitchen.
"I'll be right back." Mary said as she ran upstairs to get something.
Moments later everyone was at the door when Mary came down with the diaper bag just in case the twins needed a changed then they went in the cars. Mary drove Annie and the kids as Matt drove with Simon in the car to the hospital then twenty minutes later they get there, Annie and Julie went to the receptionist to ask her where her husband was who was in an accident and the doctor called. The receptionist told her that her kids would have to stay in the waiting room as she paged for the doctor who was treating Eric, the doctor came moments later and told her he was not doing good because he was in a deep coma and that Annie could go see him but he needs his rest. Annie told Julie to tell the kids how their dad as while she went to see him, he had bandages on his head, iv on his arm, the machine hooked to him to monitor his heart and respiratory rate and the oxygen to help him breathe.
"Eric, please don't die, I still need you. Listen, I'll be back, I'm going to see if I can stay with you but I need to tell Julie to have the kids go home. I'm going to see if they can see you for a minute." Annie says with tears starting to stream on her face as she held his hand.
The doctor allowed Julie, and the kids to see Eric for a few minutes then Julie and the kids went home for the night.
"Hello, sweetie pie Eric."
"Desiree how are you? Been thinking about you a lot lately."
"You have? Well guess what? I'm going to be moving to Riverside, which is just a half hour drive from Glen Oak in one week and already have an apartment that I will rent that is three bedroom and two bath and this is the number and address of the hotel I will be staying at." Desiree said as Eric wrote down what hotel and room she was staying at when she told him then they both said goodbye and hung up.
Friday came as about lunch time, Eric drove to Riverside to meet Desiree in her hotel, she waited for him as he pulled up, went in the hotel to go in her room when they went in the hotel, they went in the side door. Desiree was very beautiful, she had black shoulder length hair, just taller than Annie by one foot, she was as smarter, kinder and strong just like his wife, Desiree works for a company that transferred her to Riverside, the company she works for is a radio station and she will be the manager for a radio station from morning to noon Monday thru Friday when she starts working in two and a half weeks.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Desiree asked as she and Eric went to her room, she noticed Eric was shifting from foot to foot when they were in the elevator.
"Let's say I drank too much coffee during lunch." Eric says as Desiree puts the card in the door that causes it to open.
Eric and Desiree go into the room, Eric goes into the bathroom while Desiree checks to see if she has any messages which she doesn't. After Eric had used the bathroom, washed his hands, he and Desiree sat down to talk about the moving arrangements for her then, she gave him a cell phone so he could call her when she paged him when he gave her his pager number as she gave him her cell phone number also.. Eric makes sure the pager was on, told Desiree that he may have to use the phone if his wife pages him which she said okay to while closed the curtain, she and Eric kissed on the bed while he was straddling her as they were kissing. She played with Eric's shirt and back of his neck as he played with her neck and blouse as well then his pager went off, he got off the bed, she sat up, he looked at the number that was calling then called the number from the phone on the night stand, Desiree used her credit card number then he dialed the number then had to leave since Annie had asked if he can pick up the kids since Mary had a game. He kisses her one last time, looks in the mirror to make sure that his hair is fixed as she fixes his tie and shirt, he goes to the bathroom, then leaves to pick up the kids which he got there in time since Annie had paged him an hour before he was supposed to. After he got to work, Desiree paged him, Eric called her back since they decided to check and see if the paging will work which it did then Eric hid the cell phone in the office with it off. Eric went home a few hours later, helped Annie with the dishes then went to bed as did the kids.
"You are going where?" Annie asked a few hours after the kids and him got home as the kids were doing homework while Annie was making dinner when Eric told her.
Eric told her that he was going to counsel a family member of one of the parishioners on Friday, and Saturday, would be back late Saturday, early Sunday morning then she told him to call the kids since dinner was ready. Everyone ate, Eric and Annie were taking care of the twins as Lucy and Mary were doing the dishes while Simon and Ruthie were doing homework. Eric leaves for Riverside as the kids come home, do their homework while Annie cooks dinner who is suspicious of Eric's trip or where he is going since he would be gone till late Saturday.
"Hey sweetie pie." Desiree said as Eric drove up then went up to her apartment then she opened the door when she saw him get out of his car.
"Hey, how are you?" Eric asks as he walks in to her apartment.
"Great, I'll show you around."
****** Back at the Camden home******
Ten minutes after Eric went out, everyone finished dinner, Patricia and Annie were doing the dishes, Simon and Lucy were taking care of the twins then five minutes after they finished and were talking at the table Morgan asked to use the phone since he was paged after Eric was in the accident.
"I guess we weren't fair to the kids." Patricia said then Annie agreed with her.
"Ruthie, would you please get your sisters and brothers and get the Hamiltons down here to please." Annie asked.
"Here we go again." Ruthie says walking up the stairs from the kitchen then Annie and Patricia laughed.
"I guess they are that scared." Patricia said.
"Annie, may I use your phone, I just got paged."
"Sure, the phone is on the charger." Annie told him as he picked up the phone then went in the living room.
"You wanted to see all of us?" Keesha and Mary asked as they stood at the side of the table as Patricia and Annie were facing them since they were on the other side, Simon and Lucy were holding the twins.
"I guess we owe you both an apology for grounding you and we are sorry." Annie says as Patricia said it too.
The kids accepted the apology but felt it was too late since they had to tell their friends they couldn't go on dates or go to their house then Morgan told Patricia that he had to help a minister counsel a parishioner so the Hamitlons left, said their goodbyes and the Camdens minus Eric were in the house who were not going to college. The phone rings as Annie gets it then gets the news about her husband as Mary, Lucy who was holding Sam as Simon was holding David looked on, Ruthie was upstairs.
"Okay, I'll be right there. Bye." Annie said a little scared.
"What is it?" Lucy asked
"Where is Ruthie?"
"Upstairs, I'll go get her." Lucy says then moments later Ruthie and Lucy were where the kids were standing.
"Your father has been in an accident. I need to call Julie and tell her to meet us at the hospital." Annie says as she dials to call Julie then Matt comes in the door.
"Mom?" Matt asks.
"In here Matt, I'm calling Julie." Annie says as Matt walked in the kitchen.
"I'll be right back." Mary said as she ran upstairs to get something.
Moments later everyone was at the door when Mary came down with the diaper bag just in case the twins needed a changed then they went in the cars. Mary drove Annie and the kids as Matt drove with Simon in the car to the hospital then twenty minutes later they get there, Annie and Julie went to the receptionist to ask her where her husband was who was in an accident and the doctor called. The receptionist told her that her kids would have to stay in the waiting room as she paged for the doctor who was treating Eric, the doctor came moments later and told her he was not doing good because he was in a deep coma and that Annie could go see him but he needs his rest. Annie told Julie to tell the kids how their dad as while she went to see him, he had bandages on his head, iv on his arm, the machine hooked to him to monitor his heart and respiratory rate and the oxygen to help him breathe.
"Eric, please don't die, I still need you. Listen, I'll be back, I'm going to see if I can stay with you but I need to tell Julie to have the kids go home. I'm going to see if they can see you for a minute." Annie says with tears starting to stream on her face as she held his hand.
The doctor allowed Julie, and the kids to see Eric for a few minutes then Julie and the kids went home for the night.