Me: Hey everybody, I know I know.you're probably all thinking, "Wait,
didn't she already have a Chapter 16?" Well you're right. I did have a
Chapter 16 but this is the new one..because I didn't like how the last one
lead up to Chapter 17....you find out basically the same thing as the
previous but there are a few things added. Sorry if I confused you. Anyway,
I hope you like this one a bit better then the last...
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That night right after Andy had gotten off work she decided to talk to Milo. When the elevator doors opened to let her in, Lu was standing there and wasn't in a pleasant mood.
"What are you still doing here? Don't you usually leave right after you get off?" She said in a snappy attitude.
"Yes, but I thought I'd go see Milo for a minute. Is that a problem?" Andy said defensively.
"Oh." There was an awkward pause between them. "Look, I'm sorry I just snapped at you like that..it's just.I can't figure out this Carry Baxtor thing, and not seeing Marc in the past two days isn't helping."
"So there's no update with that?"
"No, not yet." Another pause took place while the elevator slowly made it's way to the eighth floor, which was Andy's destination. "So, are you going to tell Milo about 'you know what?'"
"You know what?? Delgado, it's not like it's an allergy or something. If you say it, it's not like it's going to hurt anybody." The elevator stopped and the doors opened to reveal Milo but before Andy saw him she said, "Just say it, Les is moving back to Philly." Once this was said, and everybody was aware of everybody else, the three doctors just stared at one another wide-eyed.
"What?!" Milo managed to say after a few blank stares at them.
"Won't hurt anybody?? Riiiiight.." Lu whispered as Andy stepped out of the elevator and the doors closed to take her to another floor.
"I'm sorry, do I need to have my hearing checked? Because I thought I just heard you say something that is so absurd, I can't even imagine it." Milo stated still wide-eyed.
"Depends, what did you hear?" Andy asked hoping that he didn't hear her. She didn't want him to find out like that. He sighed heavily and led her back to his office. "Are you serious Andy? He's really back."
"Well, not yet, but he will be."
"When?" Milo asked walking to his desk and sitting in his chair.
"February."
"Oh. That's quite a ways away but he's really coming back?" Andy nodded as she stood uncomfortably next to his desk. "How does that make you feel Andy?" She was silent. "Andy?"
"Well, I'm worried about what's going to happen when he gets back. With the kids, with us. It seems like..everything will be affected by this Milo.and that literally scares me. But on the other hand, he's not coming back till February so it won't effect our wedding."
"That's good. The wedding part, not the rest." She nodded again. There was a pause between them until he reached over and gently tugged her arm, which pulled her towards his lap. Andy sat down and curled against his warm body. "It'll be ok Andy."
"How do you that?"
"I don't. But I do know that I love you and nothing, and I mean nothing will ever change that." This made her smile for the first time since Les had called her with the surprising news of his return.
***
Lu got in touch with Marc that same night and set up a little dinner date between the two of them to talk. Half-way through the meal she decided to bring up Carry Baxtor. By the time the waiter had come to replace their drinks with new ones she had explained what had happened to the women.
"Did you know her?"
"I already told you no." Marc sat still and stared at his food.
"I just don't get why she would say that you of all people was her boyfriend and you say you've never even heard of her.." Lu looked at her son and knew he was uncomfortable.
"I can't answer that Mom." He said quietly.
"Really?" Lu paused. "Look me in the eye and say that?" Marc hesitated but then looked his mother in the eyes and repeated his sentence. Lu paused again before pulling out a picture of Carry Baxtor. "I'm your mother Marc. Mother's can automatically tell when their children are lying to them.Now tell me." She pointed to the picture. "Did you know this women?"
***
It had now been a week since Les had told them the news. Lizzy and Jessie's reactions were of normal teenagers. They were excited that their father was coming home. Andy had gotten home from work the day he called and was going to tell them but he had already called and done it himself. It was a Friday and she had promised that she would take Jessie shopping at the mall.
"Come on Jessie. We've been to about five different clothing stores and come out with nothing."
"Hey, can I help it if I have a unique style?" Jessie made Andy laugh at her.
"Whatever you say." They entered yet another clothing store and Andy decided to pick up the conversation some while Jessie tried on clothes. "Hey Jess?"
"Yeah Mom?"
"Sweetie..umm..how do you feel about your father moving back here?" Jessie didn't respond. "Jessie?"
"Mom, these jeans are too big. I need a smaller size." Andy, not wanting to start anything, obeyed her daughter and got her a smaller size.
"You didn't answer the question?"
"Um..can I use a lifeline please?"
Andy chuckled. "Come Jess, be honest with me." Jessie walked out of the dressing room with the new jeans on.
"Well they fit."
"Finally." Andy commented quietly while Jessie gave a disgusted look into the mirror at herself. "Oh, what now? What's wrong with this pair?"
"They are way too baggy and they make my butt look huge!" Jessie ran back into the dressing room to try on different things as Andy sighed and sat down on a bench nearby.
"So.."
"So what?"
"How do you feel Jessie?" She asked getting irritated by her daughter's delaying.
"I don't know Mom."
"You don't know?"
"I mean, it's great that Dad is finally coming back and we'll get to see him a lot more and all but.." Jessie paused and stepped out of the dressing room with a tank-top on and another pair of jeans. "No these don't look good either."
"Ugh.but what?"
"Huh? Oh.." She paused again and looked her mother in the eye. "Everything changed majorely when Dad left and even though it was hard, we all lived through it and.now that Milo's going to be part of our family, it just wouldn't seem the same with Dad around."
"Are you saying that you don't want your dad to come back because I'm marrying Milo?"
"Well, sort of. It's not that I don't want you to marry him Mom. Milo really is a nice guy and we've all excepted him now and I guess..what I'm trying to say is that I would be afraid.that Dad would ruin that." Andy looked at her daughter amazed. "Mom?" Andy didn't answer her. "Mom, are you alive in there?"
"Huh? Oh of course. I just can't believe that you feel that way."
"Well believe it." Jessie went back into the changing room. Andy was too amazing for anymore words so she sat patiently as her daughter changed back into her real clothes. "None of these are any good. Come on, let's just go get some Dairy Queen or something." She said while putting the clothes in a pile to return to the store.
"All right. Let's go."
***
Lu eventually caught up with Andy about Carry Baxtor.
"Dr. Campbell?" They were all standing around Lana's desk. Lu had already told Lana and Peter the deal but nobody else.
"Yes Dr. Delgado?"
"Can I talk to you in private for a moment." Andy looked at Lu in concern and nodded. When they got inside her office Lu started to talk. "I found the missing puzzle piece."
"What are you talking about Delgado?" Andy asked still confused.
"Marc told me...well more like he confessed to me about Carry Baxtor." Lu expression was sad and angry at the same time.
"Oh gosh." Andy said under her breath. "Well."
"I'm so angry that I have to say this about my son, but he's gotten himself into a bit of trouble. Actually it's pretty big trouble in my book." Lu paused and sighed, preparing to tell the story aloud again. "He met Carry Baxtor a few days before she came into the ER and..." Lu hesitated. "How do I say this again?"
"Look, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Andy reassured her.
"No, I do...you should know, she was your patient...I requested a biopsy on her this morning to see if Marc was right and he was."
"About what?"
"Carry Baxtor had drugs in her system. She wasn't stoned when she stabbed herself but she had been earlier that week. Thing is, Marc helped her."
"Helped her?"
"With the drugs." Andy went wide-eyed and didn't believe what she was hearing. "He helped her deal them. And helped her smoke them." Andy's jaw dropped and she stared at her partner concerned.
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Me: Ahh! Cliffie!!! Hehe, find out what's gonna happen to Marc Delgado in the next chappie.
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That night right after Andy had gotten off work she decided to talk to Milo. When the elevator doors opened to let her in, Lu was standing there and wasn't in a pleasant mood.
"What are you still doing here? Don't you usually leave right after you get off?" She said in a snappy attitude.
"Yes, but I thought I'd go see Milo for a minute. Is that a problem?" Andy said defensively.
"Oh." There was an awkward pause between them. "Look, I'm sorry I just snapped at you like that..it's just.I can't figure out this Carry Baxtor thing, and not seeing Marc in the past two days isn't helping."
"So there's no update with that?"
"No, not yet." Another pause took place while the elevator slowly made it's way to the eighth floor, which was Andy's destination. "So, are you going to tell Milo about 'you know what?'"
"You know what?? Delgado, it's not like it's an allergy or something. If you say it, it's not like it's going to hurt anybody." The elevator stopped and the doors opened to reveal Milo but before Andy saw him she said, "Just say it, Les is moving back to Philly." Once this was said, and everybody was aware of everybody else, the three doctors just stared at one another wide-eyed.
"What?!" Milo managed to say after a few blank stares at them.
"Won't hurt anybody?? Riiiiight.." Lu whispered as Andy stepped out of the elevator and the doors closed to take her to another floor.
"I'm sorry, do I need to have my hearing checked? Because I thought I just heard you say something that is so absurd, I can't even imagine it." Milo stated still wide-eyed.
"Depends, what did you hear?" Andy asked hoping that he didn't hear her. She didn't want him to find out like that. He sighed heavily and led her back to his office. "Are you serious Andy? He's really back."
"Well, not yet, but he will be."
"When?" Milo asked walking to his desk and sitting in his chair.
"February."
"Oh. That's quite a ways away but he's really coming back?" Andy nodded as she stood uncomfortably next to his desk. "How does that make you feel Andy?" She was silent. "Andy?"
"Well, I'm worried about what's going to happen when he gets back. With the kids, with us. It seems like..everything will be affected by this Milo.and that literally scares me. But on the other hand, he's not coming back till February so it won't effect our wedding."
"That's good. The wedding part, not the rest." She nodded again. There was a pause between them until he reached over and gently tugged her arm, which pulled her towards his lap. Andy sat down and curled against his warm body. "It'll be ok Andy."
"How do you that?"
"I don't. But I do know that I love you and nothing, and I mean nothing will ever change that." This made her smile for the first time since Les had called her with the surprising news of his return.
***
Lu got in touch with Marc that same night and set up a little dinner date between the two of them to talk. Half-way through the meal she decided to bring up Carry Baxtor. By the time the waiter had come to replace their drinks with new ones she had explained what had happened to the women.
"Did you know her?"
"I already told you no." Marc sat still and stared at his food.
"I just don't get why she would say that you of all people was her boyfriend and you say you've never even heard of her.." Lu looked at her son and knew he was uncomfortable.
"I can't answer that Mom." He said quietly.
"Really?" Lu paused. "Look me in the eye and say that?" Marc hesitated but then looked his mother in the eyes and repeated his sentence. Lu paused again before pulling out a picture of Carry Baxtor. "I'm your mother Marc. Mother's can automatically tell when their children are lying to them.Now tell me." She pointed to the picture. "Did you know this women?"
***
It had now been a week since Les had told them the news. Lizzy and Jessie's reactions were of normal teenagers. They were excited that their father was coming home. Andy had gotten home from work the day he called and was going to tell them but he had already called and done it himself. It was a Friday and she had promised that she would take Jessie shopping at the mall.
"Come on Jessie. We've been to about five different clothing stores and come out with nothing."
"Hey, can I help it if I have a unique style?" Jessie made Andy laugh at her.
"Whatever you say." They entered yet another clothing store and Andy decided to pick up the conversation some while Jessie tried on clothes. "Hey Jess?"
"Yeah Mom?"
"Sweetie..umm..how do you feel about your father moving back here?" Jessie didn't respond. "Jessie?"
"Mom, these jeans are too big. I need a smaller size." Andy, not wanting to start anything, obeyed her daughter and got her a smaller size.
"You didn't answer the question?"
"Um..can I use a lifeline please?"
Andy chuckled. "Come Jess, be honest with me." Jessie walked out of the dressing room with the new jeans on.
"Well they fit."
"Finally." Andy commented quietly while Jessie gave a disgusted look into the mirror at herself. "Oh, what now? What's wrong with this pair?"
"They are way too baggy and they make my butt look huge!" Jessie ran back into the dressing room to try on different things as Andy sighed and sat down on a bench nearby.
"So.."
"So what?"
"How do you feel Jessie?" She asked getting irritated by her daughter's delaying.
"I don't know Mom."
"You don't know?"
"I mean, it's great that Dad is finally coming back and we'll get to see him a lot more and all but.." Jessie paused and stepped out of the dressing room with a tank-top on and another pair of jeans. "No these don't look good either."
"Ugh.but what?"
"Huh? Oh.." She paused again and looked her mother in the eye. "Everything changed majorely when Dad left and even though it was hard, we all lived through it and.now that Milo's going to be part of our family, it just wouldn't seem the same with Dad around."
"Are you saying that you don't want your dad to come back because I'm marrying Milo?"
"Well, sort of. It's not that I don't want you to marry him Mom. Milo really is a nice guy and we've all excepted him now and I guess..what I'm trying to say is that I would be afraid.that Dad would ruin that." Andy looked at her daughter amazed. "Mom?" Andy didn't answer her. "Mom, are you alive in there?"
"Huh? Oh of course. I just can't believe that you feel that way."
"Well believe it." Jessie went back into the changing room. Andy was too amazing for anymore words so she sat patiently as her daughter changed back into her real clothes. "None of these are any good. Come on, let's just go get some Dairy Queen or something." She said while putting the clothes in a pile to return to the store.
"All right. Let's go."
***
Lu eventually caught up with Andy about Carry Baxtor.
"Dr. Campbell?" They were all standing around Lana's desk. Lu had already told Lana and Peter the deal but nobody else.
"Yes Dr. Delgado?"
"Can I talk to you in private for a moment." Andy looked at Lu in concern and nodded. When they got inside her office Lu started to talk. "I found the missing puzzle piece."
"What are you talking about Delgado?" Andy asked still confused.
"Marc told me...well more like he confessed to me about Carry Baxtor." Lu expression was sad and angry at the same time.
"Oh gosh." Andy said under her breath. "Well."
"I'm so angry that I have to say this about my son, but he's gotten himself into a bit of trouble. Actually it's pretty big trouble in my book." Lu paused and sighed, preparing to tell the story aloud again. "He met Carry Baxtor a few days before she came into the ER and..." Lu hesitated. "How do I say this again?"
"Look, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Andy reassured her.
"No, I do...you should know, she was your patient...I requested a biopsy on her this morning to see if Marc was right and he was."
"About what?"
"Carry Baxtor had drugs in her system. She wasn't stoned when she stabbed herself but she had been earlier that week. Thing is, Marc helped her."
"Helped her?"
"With the drugs." Andy went wide-eyed and didn't believe what she was hearing. "He helped her deal them. And helped her smoke them." Andy's jaw dropped and she stared at her partner concerned.
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Me: Ahh! Cliffie!!! Hehe, find out what's gonna happen to Marc Delgado in the next chappie.