Chapter 38

Chloe: Brady until you are ready to realize that everything is about you and how you feel then I don't want to talk to you.

Mimi: Philip the same thing goes for you. I can't believe that my boyfriend is that self-centered and selfish that he can't see what is really going on right in front of his face.

Brady: Chloe so you are going to be just like Shawn and give up on us. Must be a human trait. They must be born with it.

Chloe smacked Brady straight across the face.

Philip: What in the hell are you hitting him for? You said the truth hurts.

Mimi smacked Philip in the face and then her and Chloe went into Belle's room to see how she was doing.

The two girls walked into Belle's room with the permission of Craig. Belle was lying in bed with an I.V. hooked up to her. Her eyes were closed.

Chloe: Belle, sweetie, are you sleeping?

Mimi: Yeah we came to see you.

Belle opened her eyes and smiled at her friends. Her face was pale.

Chloe: How are you feeling?

Belle: I've let everyone down. I left Shawn with Zari and went to a bar and got drunk.

Mimi: You are okay now, Belle.

Belle: (with tears in her eyes) Mimi, what kind of mother am I to leave my daughter and get drunk?

Chloe: She was in good hands with Shawn.

Belle: I don't know what came over me. I just lost it.

Chloe places the sleeping infant in Belle's arms. She hugs her daughter.

Mimi: Shawn is here too. I think he went back to the Chapel.

Belle: What am I going to do? He will probably try to take Zari from me.

Mimi: His mom is on her way to pick Zariana up. She's going to spend the night with Hope and Shawn is going to tell his mom the whole story.

Belle: He can't tell her. Nobody can know the truth. If the wrong people find out then me and Zari could be in big trouble.

Chloe: Calm down, Belle. Hope won't say nothing. Shawn wants to stay here tonight and he can't keep Zariana here.

Mimi: She was really cranky earlier until she finally fell asleep again.

Belle looked down at her daughter and started bawling. She couldn't believe how stupid she had been for drinking. And she was stupid for not seeing how much Shawn really cared about her. She wanted so much to forgive him and be happy but something was holding her back and she had no idea what it was.

Shawn was in the chapel praying when Hope walked in there with Bo.

Hope: Shawn sweetie how is Belle?