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Serendipity
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
It was eight o'clock in the morning when David ran by the hospital to see how Kendall was doing. Imagine how surprised he was to find out that she had checked herself out only an hour after he left... against medical advice.
He felt a wave of panic as he walked away from the nurses' station. What was she thinking? Was she going to put his child at risk just to spite him?
"Well... Hayward... What did you do this time? Why can't you just stay away from her and quit playing with her head?" Ryan was angry. He had come by to see Kendall this morning to apologize for losing his cool, but had been told that she had left in a state of agitation.
Turning and glaring at the man irritating him David blew out an annoyed breath.
"Stay away from the woman carrying MY child? Now that's a stupid question... But, what I find really stupid is you telling ME not to play with her head... Why are you here exactly?" This was just a little too much for him to handle at this moment.
"I happen to love her... and you... all you see is a baby here... am I right?" Ryan wished he could knock the wind out of his rival's sails, but right now he had to play it cool.
"What I see is the woman carrying my child... and you an outsider... So, do us both a favor and let us handle this... the last thing Kendall needs is you adding stress to her life..." David turned and started to walk off. He didn't need to explain his feelings for Kendall...
"You might want to take some of your own advice... It wasn't me who put her in the hospital... or had her checking out too soon..." Ryan would let it go... for now.
David felt guilt sweep over him. Ryan was right there. Because of his stupidity last night Kendall could have lost their child before they had even known about the pregnancy.
His cell phone rang and he dug it out of his pocket hoping that it was Kendall.
"Hello? Oh... Tad... You found him? What? The drug cartel? That creep sure makes the rounds. Did you talk to him? All right... sure I'll meet you there tonight..."
David was glad that Tad had finally found Paul Kramer, so the little shit wouldn't get away with his lies... Maybe they should just hand him over to the cartel... Now that would be fun.
Erica knocked on the door to Kendall's room.
"Hey sweetie... I am glad you called... I would have worried myself to death if I had gone to the hospital and you weren't there..."
"Hi mom... I am so sorry I ruined your wedding night..." Kendall felt those ridiculous tears rise to the surface again. Sitting up in bed she wiped the tears from her face.
"Oh... no... Don't you even think about that... I am just so glad you are ok... A little surprised about the pregnancy... But if I have learned anything from the last few months... everything happens for a reason..."
Sitting down on Kendall's bed Erica wrapped her arms around her oldest child. The old Erica wouldn't have wanted to deal with this... wouldn't have wanted to support Kendall in keeping this child... Kendall who needed more love than anything to heal her heart...
"Momma... What do I do? How can this work? David and I aren't even together... and right now he is the last person I want to see... I am going to have a baby..."
"Yes... yes love, you are. I don't know how this is going to work... But, what ever happens we are in this together... and you are going to be a wonderful mom..."
Kendall leaned back and looked into her mother's eyes, "Do you really think so? I mean... I am not a good person... all the lies I have told... the schemes... Deep down inside I am scared that I am going to hurt this child... What if he... or she turns out like me?"
"Then he... or she... will be the most beautiful and loyal person in the world. I want you to look at me Kendall... everything I have done in my life... the person I was before and the person I am so desperately trying to be... I was a main influence on you for so long... and I hurt you more than helped you for so long. But, look at us now... we have love... You have so much love... you always have... Your child couldn't ask for a better mother..." Erica felt so much emotion that she couldn't go on.
"Mom... everything that we have been through... we won didn't we?" Kendall felt like a kid again asking for comfort.
"Yes... Kendall, I think we did..." Erica grabbed her daughter and held her to her. This child... the one she thought would ruin her life... was filling it so much... more than she could ever have imagined.
What a day! Bianca was so tired! But in a good way... she had gotten the Cambias lawyers to agree to her plans... signed all the paperwork and had arranged for a board meeting to be called... and that had only been her morning.
This afternoon she and Jackson had meet again with a man from the state and gotten the liquor license arranged for the club. It looked as if everything was on schedule to open Kane's the first weekend of July, which was only three weeks away...
Walking into the house she smiled to see Kendall sitting with Miranda on the floor. At first she had offered to take the baby with her, but Kendall had insisted that she was fine and that she would love nothing more to baby- sit her niece.
"How are my two favorite people? Did you have a good day today sweetheart?" Bianca leaned down and picked Miranda up giving her a hug. It amazed her how much the love she had for her child grew not just from day to day, but from moment to moment.
"She is about ready for a nap I think. But, we had a good day today... didn't we little one..." Kendall smiled... in about eight months time she would be holding her own child...
"You need all the practice you can get... but, don't think you can hog my baby..." Bianca laughed at he dreamy look on Kendall's face.
"'So... how did it go? You have been going non-stop today..." Kendall asked getting of the floor and sitting on the couch.
"Well... we are officially in business and in two days time I am going to shake-up Cambias Enterprises... Can you make it to the meeting?" Bianca asked teasing, she knew that Kendall would roll over anyone who got in her way...
"Yep... so are you still not going to tell me what's up... Don't I get some kind of special privileges?" Kendall laughed.
"You know you're right... You get the privilege of fixing us something to eat while I go and bath this little angel." Bianca laughed walking toward the bathroom.
Kendall stuck out her tongue out at Bianca's retreating bath and walked toward the kitchen with a smile.
The house was quiet... Kendall had already gone to bed and Miranda was sleeping the sleep of the innocent.
Bianca sat on the porch wondering what Lena was doing at this moment. They had managed to play phone tag for the last two weeks... and Bianca missed her desperately.
"Hi Bianca... Is Kendall here?" David asked walking up the porch stairs.
"She's asleep... Come on up... pull up a chair..." She smiled at him warmly glad for the interruption.
"Good. I imagine she is pretty tired... So did she explain why she ran away from the hospital this morning?" David sat down... he had just met Tad at his place and they had discussed some really... REALLY interesting things that Tad had discovered... and he was wide awake...
"Now David... you are asking me to break the vow of sisterhood and betray a confidence..." Bianca laughed.
"Thanks... I just don't understand her some times... I mean I am just looking out for her welfare and for the welfare of our child... you know more than anyone how I feel about this child..."
"You know... I think I do... But, what I want to know is how do you feel about Kendall having this child... How do you feel about my sister?"
"I wish I had a simple answer... She drives me crazy... I lo—care about her... I want to be there for her and our child. But I can't be any different than I am... I can have the pushing away... the indecision she has... Sometimes... like in the hospital when we were watching the ultrasound... I could swear that she feels the same for me... But, then there's Ryan... Does she still love him?"
Bianca couldn't honestly answer, "You know... I think that is something you need to ask her... Kendall had been on her own for so long... and then Ryan swept in on his white horse and she wasn't alone anymore... Everything she is... David, my sister just wants to be loved... to not be alone... Don't try to change her or control her... just be there..."
David nodded in understanding. Maybe he had been a little too controlling last night... but he just wanted to keep his child safe... He couldn't lose another child... The safest thing to do was change the subject...
"You know Tad went to Llanview to look up Mr. Kramer, right?" David asked looking over at Bianca for a reaction.
"Please tell me he found that bastard so he can get the punishment he richly deserves..." Bianca felt anger just thinking about that guy. "Well, he did. It seems Mr. Kramer has made some enemies with one of the most powerful drug-families in the country... He is in jail right now under "protective custody"."
"I hope they get him... It would save the world from one less asshole out there..."
"My thoughts exactly... The funny thing is that Tad didn't get to talk to Kramer... However, he did get to talk to his sister... one Kelly Kramer Buchanan... A real smart girl from Tad's impression of her... she couldn't even hold up a conversation..."
"It must be a genetic thing..." Bianca snorted with saracasim
"Well, Tad is under the impression that she is hiding something... she isn't a very good liar... that was how he put it..." David ran through the conversation Tad had shared with him.
"Lies... and that surprises you?" Bianca's mind started to work.
David laughed in agreement.
"You know... maybe I should just go to Llanview tomorrow... pay her a visit... In fact, Babe and talked this afternoon and she would like to kick Paul's ass as much as I would... Maybe she and I should go up there and look into it."
"You know... normally, I would disagree, but something about that just sounds right to me... I think you both have earned the right to find peace... and if it helps... But, do me a favor..."
"What?" Bianca asked leaning back in her chair.
"Don't tell Kendall... don't let her go with you... Take Miranda with you... say you and Babe are going shopping... anything... I just don't think she needs to get worked up and if anything could do that beside me or Lavery... it's Paul Kramer."
"I agree... David, I know Kendall cares about you... just give her time to figure it out... giver yourself some time... Just please... be there for her... She won't shut you out... I promise... and she loves this child already... She will be careful..."
David agreed and said good night. Bianca promised to call him and let him know how things turned out in Llanview.
As David walked off, Bianca prayed for him and for her sister and their child. She prayed that they would be able to work out their differences and that they could be the family that she knew Kendall secretly wanted... that she needed...
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
It was eight o'clock in the morning when David ran by the hospital to see how Kendall was doing. Imagine how surprised he was to find out that she had checked herself out only an hour after he left... against medical advice.
He felt a wave of panic as he walked away from the nurses' station. What was she thinking? Was she going to put his child at risk just to spite him?
"Well... Hayward... What did you do this time? Why can't you just stay away from her and quit playing with her head?" Ryan was angry. He had come by to see Kendall this morning to apologize for losing his cool, but had been told that she had left in a state of agitation.
Turning and glaring at the man irritating him David blew out an annoyed breath.
"Stay away from the woman carrying MY child? Now that's a stupid question... But, what I find really stupid is you telling ME not to play with her head... Why are you here exactly?" This was just a little too much for him to handle at this moment.
"I happen to love her... and you... all you see is a baby here... am I right?" Ryan wished he could knock the wind out of his rival's sails, but right now he had to play it cool.
"What I see is the woman carrying my child... and you an outsider... So, do us both a favor and let us handle this... the last thing Kendall needs is you adding stress to her life..." David turned and started to walk off. He didn't need to explain his feelings for Kendall...
"You might want to take some of your own advice... It wasn't me who put her in the hospital... or had her checking out too soon..." Ryan would let it go... for now.
David felt guilt sweep over him. Ryan was right there. Because of his stupidity last night Kendall could have lost their child before they had even known about the pregnancy.
His cell phone rang and he dug it out of his pocket hoping that it was Kendall.
"Hello? Oh... Tad... You found him? What? The drug cartel? That creep sure makes the rounds. Did you talk to him? All right... sure I'll meet you there tonight..."
David was glad that Tad had finally found Paul Kramer, so the little shit wouldn't get away with his lies... Maybe they should just hand him over to the cartel... Now that would be fun.
Erica knocked on the door to Kendall's room.
"Hey sweetie... I am glad you called... I would have worried myself to death if I had gone to the hospital and you weren't there..."
"Hi mom... I am so sorry I ruined your wedding night..." Kendall felt those ridiculous tears rise to the surface again. Sitting up in bed she wiped the tears from her face.
"Oh... no... Don't you even think about that... I am just so glad you are ok... A little surprised about the pregnancy... But if I have learned anything from the last few months... everything happens for a reason..."
Sitting down on Kendall's bed Erica wrapped her arms around her oldest child. The old Erica wouldn't have wanted to deal with this... wouldn't have wanted to support Kendall in keeping this child... Kendall who needed more love than anything to heal her heart...
"Momma... What do I do? How can this work? David and I aren't even together... and right now he is the last person I want to see... I am going to have a baby..."
"Yes... yes love, you are. I don't know how this is going to work... But, what ever happens we are in this together... and you are going to be a wonderful mom..."
Kendall leaned back and looked into her mother's eyes, "Do you really think so? I mean... I am not a good person... all the lies I have told... the schemes... Deep down inside I am scared that I am going to hurt this child... What if he... or she turns out like me?"
"Then he... or she... will be the most beautiful and loyal person in the world. I want you to look at me Kendall... everything I have done in my life... the person I was before and the person I am so desperately trying to be... I was a main influence on you for so long... and I hurt you more than helped you for so long. But, look at us now... we have love... You have so much love... you always have... Your child couldn't ask for a better mother..." Erica felt so much emotion that she couldn't go on.
"Mom... everything that we have been through... we won didn't we?" Kendall felt like a kid again asking for comfort.
"Yes... Kendall, I think we did..." Erica grabbed her daughter and held her to her. This child... the one she thought would ruin her life... was filling it so much... more than she could ever have imagined.
What a day! Bianca was so tired! But in a good way... she had gotten the Cambias lawyers to agree to her plans... signed all the paperwork and had arranged for a board meeting to be called... and that had only been her morning.
This afternoon she and Jackson had meet again with a man from the state and gotten the liquor license arranged for the club. It looked as if everything was on schedule to open Kane's the first weekend of July, which was only three weeks away...
Walking into the house she smiled to see Kendall sitting with Miranda on the floor. At first she had offered to take the baby with her, but Kendall had insisted that she was fine and that she would love nothing more to baby- sit her niece.
"How are my two favorite people? Did you have a good day today sweetheart?" Bianca leaned down and picked Miranda up giving her a hug. It amazed her how much the love she had for her child grew not just from day to day, but from moment to moment.
"She is about ready for a nap I think. But, we had a good day today... didn't we little one..." Kendall smiled... in about eight months time she would be holding her own child...
"You need all the practice you can get... but, don't think you can hog my baby..." Bianca laughed at he dreamy look on Kendall's face.
"'So... how did it go? You have been going non-stop today..." Kendall asked getting of the floor and sitting on the couch.
"Well... we are officially in business and in two days time I am going to shake-up Cambias Enterprises... Can you make it to the meeting?" Bianca asked teasing, she knew that Kendall would roll over anyone who got in her way...
"Yep... so are you still not going to tell me what's up... Don't I get some kind of special privileges?" Kendall laughed.
"You know you're right... You get the privilege of fixing us something to eat while I go and bath this little angel." Bianca laughed walking toward the bathroom.
Kendall stuck out her tongue out at Bianca's retreating bath and walked toward the kitchen with a smile.
The house was quiet... Kendall had already gone to bed and Miranda was sleeping the sleep of the innocent.
Bianca sat on the porch wondering what Lena was doing at this moment. They had managed to play phone tag for the last two weeks... and Bianca missed her desperately.
"Hi Bianca... Is Kendall here?" David asked walking up the porch stairs.
"She's asleep... Come on up... pull up a chair..." She smiled at him warmly glad for the interruption.
"Good. I imagine she is pretty tired... So did she explain why she ran away from the hospital this morning?" David sat down... he had just met Tad at his place and they had discussed some really... REALLY interesting things that Tad had discovered... and he was wide awake...
"Now David... you are asking me to break the vow of sisterhood and betray a confidence..." Bianca laughed.
"Thanks... I just don't understand her some times... I mean I am just looking out for her welfare and for the welfare of our child... you know more than anyone how I feel about this child..."
"You know... I think I do... But, what I want to know is how do you feel about Kendall having this child... How do you feel about my sister?"
"I wish I had a simple answer... She drives me crazy... I lo—care about her... I want to be there for her and our child. But I can't be any different than I am... I can have the pushing away... the indecision she has... Sometimes... like in the hospital when we were watching the ultrasound... I could swear that she feels the same for me... But, then there's Ryan... Does she still love him?"
Bianca couldn't honestly answer, "You know... I think that is something you need to ask her... Kendall had been on her own for so long... and then Ryan swept in on his white horse and she wasn't alone anymore... Everything she is... David, my sister just wants to be loved... to not be alone... Don't try to change her or control her... just be there..."
David nodded in understanding. Maybe he had been a little too controlling last night... but he just wanted to keep his child safe... He couldn't lose another child... The safest thing to do was change the subject...
"You know Tad went to Llanview to look up Mr. Kramer, right?" David asked looking over at Bianca for a reaction.
"Please tell me he found that bastard so he can get the punishment he richly deserves..." Bianca felt anger just thinking about that guy. "Well, he did. It seems Mr. Kramer has made some enemies with one of the most powerful drug-families in the country... He is in jail right now under "protective custody"."
"I hope they get him... It would save the world from one less asshole out there..."
"My thoughts exactly... The funny thing is that Tad didn't get to talk to Kramer... However, he did get to talk to his sister... one Kelly Kramer Buchanan... A real smart girl from Tad's impression of her... she couldn't even hold up a conversation..."
"It must be a genetic thing..." Bianca snorted with saracasim
"Well, Tad is under the impression that she is hiding something... she isn't a very good liar... that was how he put it..." David ran through the conversation Tad had shared with him.
"Lies... and that surprises you?" Bianca's mind started to work.
David laughed in agreement.
"You know... maybe I should just go to Llanview tomorrow... pay her a visit... In fact, Babe and talked this afternoon and she would like to kick Paul's ass as much as I would... Maybe she and I should go up there and look into it."
"You know... normally, I would disagree, but something about that just sounds right to me... I think you both have earned the right to find peace... and if it helps... But, do me a favor..."
"What?" Bianca asked leaning back in her chair.
"Don't tell Kendall... don't let her go with you... Take Miranda with you... say you and Babe are going shopping... anything... I just don't think she needs to get worked up and if anything could do that beside me or Lavery... it's Paul Kramer."
"I agree... David, I know Kendall cares about you... just give her time to figure it out... giver yourself some time... Just please... be there for her... She won't shut you out... I promise... and she loves this child already... She will be careful..."
David agreed and said good night. Bianca promised to call him and let him know how things turned out in Llanview.
As David walked off, Bianca prayed for him and for her sister and their child. She prayed that they would be able to work out their differences and that they could be the family that she knew Kendall secretly wanted... that she needed...