Yes, I am back. And again, I am so sorry. I have a lot of surprises
in for you guys. When I started this story, I didn't know what exactly was
going to happen. Now I do. And let me tell you, it is a whole lotta drama.
Come on, people, review! And tell me what you think.
Paige knocked on Spinners hotel room door. He answered; she looked around and stepped in.
"What do you want this time?" she asked him.
"I wanted to talk to you," he answered.
"Yeah, right," she said. "How much money do you need?"
"One grand," he said.
She sighed, and pulled out her checkbook. "Jason doesn't know I've been doing this, Spin."
"And he won't know, at least if I get my money."
She wrote out the check and handed it to him.
"A deal is a deal right?"
"Yes, a deal is a deal," Spinner said.
"Good, so stay away from our baby."
Craig rushed Manny to the hospital. A ton of things were rushing through his mind? What had he been thinking? He went through the periodical procedures and got Manny seen.
"I have to call somebody," he picked up the pay phone.
During the middle of dinner, I heard my cell phone ring. "I'm sorry, Sean, but it's from Manny. It could be important," I said. I answered the phone.
"Come quick! Manny fell down the stairs. She...she needs you right now," Craig said urgently.
"I'll be right there," I said, hanging up.
"What's wrong?" Sean asked.
"Manny fell down the stairs. She's in the emergency room."
Spinner grabbed Paige's arm. "You wont tell Emma right?"
"What reason do I have to talk to Emma?" she said snootily, pulling away.
"I know you, Paige. You're claws come out if any one threatens you."
"Do I look like I feel threatened?"
"No."
"Good, then. Like I said, leave Maria alone. Or else."
We sat in the emergency room. I was so furious with Craig. I knew he had done this to her. But I couldn't bear to mention it he looked so torn up.
"Tell us again, Craig, what happened?" Sean asked, as if reading my mind.
"We were fighting, and she went to walk away. I grabbed her arm so we could talk. She pulled away and lost her balance," he said.
I eyed him skeptically. "Uh-huh," was all I said.
He returned the cold stare. I felt Sean squeeze my hand. Had we been holding hands? "everything will be alright," he whispered in my ear.
"I hope so," I whispered back.
"Mr. Manning," the doctor came out. "Your wife is fine."
"Thank God," the three of us said in unison.
"However, we couldn't save the baby. I'm so sorry," he said.
A distant look came over Craig's eyes. "Can I see her?"
"I'm afraid not. She asked for Emma," he said.
"That's me. Could you show me where she's at please?" I followed the doctor.
He led me to the room and then left. "Hey," I said weakly.
"Hi," she said. She sounded so sad. I sat down next to her.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
"I lost the baby," she said. Her eyes filled up with tears and she wiped them away with the back of her hand.
"I know," I said softly. "The doctor told us."
"Us?"
"Craig, Sean and me," I said.
"Oh," she said.
"Craig did this, didn't he?" I asked.
"It was an accident, I guess."
"You guess?" I said. "What happened?"
"He had been gone for a few days without even a phone call or a note. When he got back I was really mad and we started fighting. He didn't mean to hit me," she said.
"I believe you," I said. "Is there anything I can do?"
"No. Emma, how am I going to get through this?" she asked me.
"I don't know, Manny. I just don't know," I said.
Paige knocked on Spinners hotel room door. He answered; she looked around and stepped in.
"What do you want this time?" she asked him.
"I wanted to talk to you," he answered.
"Yeah, right," she said. "How much money do you need?"
"One grand," he said.
She sighed, and pulled out her checkbook. "Jason doesn't know I've been doing this, Spin."
"And he won't know, at least if I get my money."
She wrote out the check and handed it to him.
"A deal is a deal right?"
"Yes, a deal is a deal," Spinner said.
"Good, so stay away from our baby."
Craig rushed Manny to the hospital. A ton of things were rushing through his mind? What had he been thinking? He went through the periodical procedures and got Manny seen.
"I have to call somebody," he picked up the pay phone.
During the middle of dinner, I heard my cell phone ring. "I'm sorry, Sean, but it's from Manny. It could be important," I said. I answered the phone.
"Come quick! Manny fell down the stairs. She...she needs you right now," Craig said urgently.
"I'll be right there," I said, hanging up.
"What's wrong?" Sean asked.
"Manny fell down the stairs. She's in the emergency room."
Spinner grabbed Paige's arm. "You wont tell Emma right?"
"What reason do I have to talk to Emma?" she said snootily, pulling away.
"I know you, Paige. You're claws come out if any one threatens you."
"Do I look like I feel threatened?"
"No."
"Good, then. Like I said, leave Maria alone. Or else."
We sat in the emergency room. I was so furious with Craig. I knew he had done this to her. But I couldn't bear to mention it he looked so torn up.
"Tell us again, Craig, what happened?" Sean asked, as if reading my mind.
"We were fighting, and she went to walk away. I grabbed her arm so we could talk. She pulled away and lost her balance," he said.
I eyed him skeptically. "Uh-huh," was all I said.
He returned the cold stare. I felt Sean squeeze my hand. Had we been holding hands? "everything will be alright," he whispered in my ear.
"I hope so," I whispered back.
"Mr. Manning," the doctor came out. "Your wife is fine."
"Thank God," the three of us said in unison.
"However, we couldn't save the baby. I'm so sorry," he said.
A distant look came over Craig's eyes. "Can I see her?"
"I'm afraid not. She asked for Emma," he said.
"That's me. Could you show me where she's at please?" I followed the doctor.
He led me to the room and then left. "Hey," I said weakly.
"Hi," she said. She sounded so sad. I sat down next to her.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
"I lost the baby," she said. Her eyes filled up with tears and she wiped them away with the back of her hand.
"I know," I said softly. "The doctor told us."
"Us?"
"Craig, Sean and me," I said.
"Oh," she said.
"Craig did this, didn't he?" I asked.
"It was an accident, I guess."
"You guess?" I said. "What happened?"
"He had been gone for a few days without even a phone call or a note. When he got back I was really mad and we started fighting. He didn't mean to hit me," she said.
"I believe you," I said. "Is there anything I can do?"
"No. Emma, how am I going to get through this?" she asked me.
"I don't know, Manny. I just don't know," I said.