5 - Thoughts
Maria was feeling more upbeat after Eric visited her. He had wanted to stay longer but had to return to the SBPD. She had rested for a few hours after he left, then her door opened.
"Annie, it's great to see you!" she said. "You must have been waiting a long time,"
"Yesh, well bit no wait is too long to see you." said Annie grinning.
These were famous last words for poor Annie as Carmen suddenly rushed in.
"Dios Mio, my Maria! I must speak to you alone!"
"Wha-?" said Annie.
"*Now* Annie!" said Carmen ushering her out of the door.
"Boy," muttered Annie as the door closed behind her. "I'm gonna get my revenge with that Nurse Stacey and report her to the Medical Board, like Allie did to Mike on *Days Of Our Lives*!"
Meanwhile inside Carmen spoke. "First of all, don't worry about your nephew Benjy- he's with Lupe." "But Mama he's not-" Carmen ignored her. "Oh, Maria the things I see for you in the cards!"
"What do you see, Mama?" she said concerned.
"I see a door opening Maria, but you will keep trying to shut it. I see danger."
"Danger, I don't think I can take any more danger." Maria blood pressure skyrocketed.
"Mi Hija, you must be careful!"
Maria calmed down and her pressure dropped back to normal. "Trust me Mama, I'm never going to *not* be careful again."
At Cedar Oaks Ricardo sat in the bed in his double room. He looked over at the bed of his roommate -a man who believed that the lives of the citizens of Sunset Beach were actually controlled by four gods named Aaron, Gary, Maggie, and Chris- and shook his head.
".and I thought I was crazy," he said.
But still he needed to be here. He remembered how he had shocked Antonio and Gabi when they returned to the loft. He had gone to a secret drawer and pulled out the annulment papers -which he had already singed. He had planed to end his marriage to Gabi all along.
"I don't believe it, Ricardo," Gabi had said looking slowly at the papers.
"Sign them," he had said bitterly.
Gabi had looked at Antonio intently and signed the papers. "I *am* sorry Ricardo," she had said.
"Just file the papers before I'm declared psychologically unfit," Ricardo said.
Gabi and Antonio silently left, worried about Ricardo.
Now Ricardo sat in this room and asked himself: "Can I ever forgive *myself*?"
"I'm home!" Annie yelled to a seemingly empty house. "Not that anyone would care, Rose!" she yelled. "Hmm, no one," she muttered. "I'm going to take a hot bath and visit Maria tonight." She went up to her bedroom, where she heard strange noises coming from inside. "What the-?"
She opened the door, which probably should have been locked and found Tobias and Olivia in her bed.
Maria was feeling more upbeat after Eric visited her. He had wanted to stay longer but had to return to the SBPD. She had rested for a few hours after he left, then her door opened.
"Annie, it's great to see you!" she said. "You must have been waiting a long time,"
"Yesh, well bit no wait is too long to see you." said Annie grinning.
These were famous last words for poor Annie as Carmen suddenly rushed in.
"Dios Mio, my Maria! I must speak to you alone!"
"Wha-?" said Annie.
"*Now* Annie!" said Carmen ushering her out of the door.
"Boy," muttered Annie as the door closed behind her. "I'm gonna get my revenge with that Nurse Stacey and report her to the Medical Board, like Allie did to Mike on *Days Of Our Lives*!"
Meanwhile inside Carmen spoke. "First of all, don't worry about your nephew Benjy- he's with Lupe." "But Mama he's not-" Carmen ignored her. "Oh, Maria the things I see for you in the cards!"
"What do you see, Mama?" she said concerned.
"I see a door opening Maria, but you will keep trying to shut it. I see danger."
"Danger, I don't think I can take any more danger." Maria blood pressure skyrocketed.
"Mi Hija, you must be careful!"
Maria calmed down and her pressure dropped back to normal. "Trust me Mama, I'm never going to *not* be careful again."
At Cedar Oaks Ricardo sat in the bed in his double room. He looked over at the bed of his roommate -a man who believed that the lives of the citizens of Sunset Beach were actually controlled by four gods named Aaron, Gary, Maggie, and Chris- and shook his head.
".and I thought I was crazy," he said.
But still he needed to be here. He remembered how he had shocked Antonio and Gabi when they returned to the loft. He had gone to a secret drawer and pulled out the annulment papers -which he had already singed. He had planed to end his marriage to Gabi all along.
"I don't believe it, Ricardo," Gabi had said looking slowly at the papers.
"Sign them," he had said bitterly.
Gabi had looked at Antonio intently and signed the papers. "I *am* sorry Ricardo," she had said.
"Just file the papers before I'm declared psychologically unfit," Ricardo said.
Gabi and Antonio silently left, worried about Ricardo.
Now Ricardo sat in this room and asked himself: "Can I ever forgive *myself*?"
"I'm home!" Annie yelled to a seemingly empty house. "Not that anyone would care, Rose!" she yelled. "Hmm, no one," she muttered. "I'm going to take a hot bath and visit Maria tonight." She went up to her bedroom, where she heard strange noises coming from inside. "What the-?"
She opened the door, which probably should have been locked and found Tobias and Olivia in her bed.