******* Back to Eric's subconscious *******

Desiree had shown Eric the apartment which had the living room with the TV and stereo system on the wall near the hallway, the couch, seats are facing the TV to watch it, the kitchen which is a little smaller than the Camden kitchen has the usual appliances the Camdens have, the table and chairs are just across from the kitchen a few feet away. After the rest of the house was shown, Eric and Desiree sat on the couch and talked.

"I really hated the way Annie was treating me and the kids."

"Hey, lets not talk about what she's doing. You are here and we can kiss then see what happens next." Desiree says.

"I like that idea." Eric says Desiree is sitting on the couch as he sits next to her kissing.

Then they watched TV, ate and went to bed, Eric slept in the guest room as Desiree slept in her room.

*******Back to the Camdens*******

"I sure hope dad will be okay." Lucy says as she and Simon put Sam and David to bed after Julie and Matt had taken them home.

"Well, all we can do is pray and just wait." Matt says as he states he's going to sleep with them, he called John to tell him he was going to stay with his siblings.

"Good night, Matt." Ruthie says as she and Matt hug as did Lucy, and Simon.

They all went to bed, Matt slept in Ruthie's room, next to her bed. Next morning Annie Julie picked Annie and Mary up since her husband's condition didn't improve, she had to figure out what she would do. After she got home the kids talked then they decided to start looking for a new home since they had no idea whether Eric would live or not so Annie went to see Lou who told her that if Eric had passed on, they would only have a month to find a new home but told her that he knew of some homes that were for sale that they can hold on to concerning the situation and they can have his pension for 6 months as well. Annie left to tell the kids, to her surprise she saw the Colonel and Ruth as she was happy to see them then they talked about the situation as to if Eric dies and what they would do. Later that day the Colonel gave Annie a ride to the hospital to stay with Eric till he woke up or till he dies and the Colonel could use the van as well as Mary.

******* Back to Eric's subconscious *******

"This is great fun." Eric says as he and Desiree were on the couch, she was sitting while facing the TV as his head on her lap when they fed each other grapes.

"Come on, lets go somewhere and really show our love." Desiree says a few minutes later after Eric finishes the grapes.

"Okay!!" Eric says as he jumps up, before they leave to go in the van they both used the bathroom.

"Turn in here, no one will spot us." Desiree said as Eric turned into an isolated area in the shade that was towards the mountains.

Not only did Eric and Desiree kissed, they enjoyed one another's company for hours and they went back to the apartment where Eric had to leave to go home.

********Still in Eric's subconscious - about the Camdens********

Three months later-

Mary took her brother and sisters home from school, she and Lucy discovered something that they never thought they would have seen and they hid it from their mother not knowing what to do.

"Thanks." Simon says as he and Ruthie get out of the car then get in the house.

"So how was school?" Lucy asked as she and Mary went to the back to open the trunk to get their bags.

"What is that?" Mary asked when she saw to pieces of underwear as did Lucy.

"Ewww." Lucy says as she took out her paper bag she happened to keep after she ate her lunch then puts it on her hand and uses that to grab both items and makes the bag inside out and hide it into the house.

When Simon was helping Ruthie with homework, Mary goes to their mom's room, takes out her underwear and Eric's then goes to her room where Lucy is there with the bag that has the underwear. The girls use Kleenex on their hands to look at the tag for the woman's underwear then Mary looked at Annie's underwear that was is too small by 2 sizes and they look at Eric's underwear and it's the same one then hide the evidence under the bed. Annie asks Eric a question about what he had been doing since he had been home late for the last several months.

"Eric, what have you been doing the last few months, you've been late practically three times a week!" Annie asks as she goes in the living room, sees him sitting on the couch watching TV as she stands blocking the TV.

"Honey I told you, I'm counseling some parishioners."

"I think you are lying." Annie says sternly with her arms folded.

"I'm not lying."

"Eric, if I find out you are lying, I am so going to throw your butt out of the house and divorce you so fast you won't even know what hit ya." Annie says as she leaves to go upstairs to bed.

********Still in Eric's subconscious - Eric's thoughts********

"Mmm, I'm enjoying this." Eric says as he and Desiree kiss passionately in Desiree's apartment as their affair has gone on for nearly 5 months.

"So am I." Desiree responds as she was laying on Eric while kissing him.

They kissed and played with each other like they did in the van.

********Still in Eric's subconscious - about the Camdens********

"Mary!" Annie yells to her eldest daughter after she vacuumed under the bed, saw a paper bag, turned off the vacuum cleaner then looked in the bag.

"Yeah mom?" Mary says as she sees her mom sitting on the bed holding the bag.

"Can you tell me what this is?"

"Um, Lucy and I found it in the car a few months ago then brought it in the house and I told Lucy that I would figure out what to do but till you found it, I really didn't know what to do. Lucy and I checked the size of your underwear and well maybe you should see the size that underwear is cause I can't tell you."

"I already saw it, I guess your father really doesn't love me." Annie says as she cries then Mary consoles her. Lucy was helping Ruthie with homework and Simon was doing homework.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Your father will be home tonight, but not sure for how long." Annie says then she hears the car pull up, Eric is home.

Annie leaves to confront Eric in the entry hallway when he comes in as Lucy and Mary listen in while sitting on the steps. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------

What will Annie tell Eric? What will he tell her? Who will tell Matt, Ruthie and Simon about what's going on? Find out.