Notes: This skips ahead a couple of days. Still Athena's POV.
I walked into Uncle Bret's hospital room with a smile on my face. Uncle Bret was going to be released tomorrow. He was glad about that. He told me that he knew Aunt Julie would be worried since he hadn't told her he'd be here that long.
I was surprised by who's all in the room with Uncle Bret. Ric, Arn, and Eddy were which wasn't a total surprise but so was Tammy. Now I may have forgiven her but I knew Uncle Bret would have a hard time.
"Hi Athena." Uncle Bret greeted me. I gave him a hug.
"How are you feeling this morning?" I asked him stepping back a little.
"Great. You remember Tammy Sytch don't you?"
"Yes but its Tammy Erichson now." I said. Tammy turned pale.
"You got remarried?" Bret asked her.
"Thirteen years ago. You've met Michael before Bret. At the trial? I married him after I...never mind. We just became closer during that and he proposed and I said yes."
"Well congratulations. But you didn't tell us about it? So soon after..." He stopped talking thinking I never knew about that.
"I already know Uncle Bret."
"You already know? But I thought...wait a second. I remember where I saw him last. He was in Atlanta. I saw him on tape." Oh no. Tammy really paled at that. Eddy was muttering something in Spanish. "You knew about it too didn't you? You knew about Chris and Owen!"
"What are you talking about?" Tammy sounded like she was trying to keep her voice steady. "They are dead..."
"We know Tammy." Ric spoke up for the first time.
Tammy turned to look at me but I couldn't meet her eye. She looked at Eddy who simply nodded. She sighed. "Same guy." She said. "Bret you have to know I couldn't tell any of you. Hell I wasn't even supposed to find out but I did. Bret I wish I could have told you."
"Get out." He told her firmly.
"Bret..."
"Just get out Tammy." He said. She left without saying a word. I should remind him some time about what she told me. But I couldn't tell him then. Eddy went after Tammy.
Ric and Arn started talking I heard Arn remind Ric about catching a plane back to North Carolina. They wished Uncle Bret well and left. I was going to talk to Uncle Bret about Tammy then but the doctor came in and I stepped out of the room.
I saw Eddy was on the phone talking to the cabin. That was really risking it I thought. But he probably needed to tell Erichson about what Uncle Bret realized. Now it sounds like he's talking to dad.
I turned back around to go back in and check on my Uncle when I saw him starting to walk out of the room. He headed for Eddy. "Eddy!" I said hoping to get his attention.
He looked up to see Bret walking over and quickly ended the call. Bret grabbed the phone out of his hand before he could put it away. "Bret don't. You can't do that!" He said because Bret was hitting the redial button.
We could only watch helplessly as he called the cabin.
"Owen?" Uncle Bret said. Eddy and I moved in quickly in case he fainted again. This was too much. I wish I could call Aunt Julie. She could help Uncle Bret through this. But I can't. Too many people know already!
I walked into Uncle Bret's hospital room with a smile on my face. Uncle Bret was going to be released tomorrow. He was glad about that. He told me that he knew Aunt Julie would be worried since he hadn't told her he'd be here that long.
I was surprised by who's all in the room with Uncle Bret. Ric, Arn, and Eddy were which wasn't a total surprise but so was Tammy. Now I may have forgiven her but I knew Uncle Bret would have a hard time.
"Hi Athena." Uncle Bret greeted me. I gave him a hug.
"How are you feeling this morning?" I asked him stepping back a little.
"Great. You remember Tammy Sytch don't you?"
"Yes but its Tammy Erichson now." I said. Tammy turned pale.
"You got remarried?" Bret asked her.
"Thirteen years ago. You've met Michael before Bret. At the trial? I married him after I...never mind. We just became closer during that and he proposed and I said yes."
"Well congratulations. But you didn't tell us about it? So soon after..." He stopped talking thinking I never knew about that.
"I already know Uncle Bret."
"You already know? But I thought...wait a second. I remember where I saw him last. He was in Atlanta. I saw him on tape." Oh no. Tammy really paled at that. Eddy was muttering something in Spanish. "You knew about it too didn't you? You knew about Chris and Owen!"
"What are you talking about?" Tammy sounded like she was trying to keep her voice steady. "They are dead..."
"We know Tammy." Ric spoke up for the first time.
Tammy turned to look at me but I couldn't meet her eye. She looked at Eddy who simply nodded. She sighed. "Same guy." She said. "Bret you have to know I couldn't tell any of you. Hell I wasn't even supposed to find out but I did. Bret I wish I could have told you."
"Get out." He told her firmly.
"Bret..."
"Just get out Tammy." He said. She left without saying a word. I should remind him some time about what she told me. But I couldn't tell him then. Eddy went after Tammy.
Ric and Arn started talking I heard Arn remind Ric about catching a plane back to North Carolina. They wished Uncle Bret well and left. I was going to talk to Uncle Bret about Tammy then but the doctor came in and I stepped out of the room.
I saw Eddy was on the phone talking to the cabin. That was really risking it I thought. But he probably needed to tell Erichson about what Uncle Bret realized. Now it sounds like he's talking to dad.
I turned back around to go back in and check on my Uncle when I saw him starting to walk out of the room. He headed for Eddy. "Eddy!" I said hoping to get his attention.
He looked up to see Bret walking over and quickly ended the call. Bret grabbed the phone out of his hand before he could put it away. "Bret don't. You can't do that!" He said because Bret was hitting the redial button.
We could only watch helplessly as he called the cabin.
"Owen?" Uncle Bret said. Eddy and I moved in quickly in case he fainted again. This was too much. I wish I could call Aunt Julie. She could help Uncle Bret through this. But I can't. Too many people know already!