A/n: sorry for the month wait. I had work and a bit of writer's block here and there. Read A/n at the bottom of this page. R/R
hope you like it.
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CHINO
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Eddie walked out onto the storm lashed Chinoan street and surveyed the damage the storm had left in its wake. The damage was nothing compared to the damage that was to come when the revelations of the previous night would be revealed.
Eddie was rethinking his decision about going to the cops when he realized that if they found out about Theresa there would be no one to look after Billy. Eddie still didn't know that Billy wasn't his son. He decided he would tell Sandy about the incident first and since Sandy was a lawyer maybe he could help him out in this situation.
Eddie returned half an hour later from his walk and made his way back in to the house. The walk had given him time to think of a plan on how to contact Sandy then Ryan all he needed to do now was tell Mike to cover for him for the rest of the day.
"Mike!" "Mike man you up" Eddie shouted from the hallway.
Mike had a pounding headache when he heard his name being called; he slowly sat up on the couch where he had spent the night.
Eddie walked into the room not noticing the angry expression plastered on Mike's face.
"You up man" Eddie asked getting himself a glass of water.
"For fuck's sake quit screaming" "I'm up" Mike said angrily.
Eddie got his water and returned to the room and sat on the couch.
"What the fuck do you want it's 7 in the morning" Mike stated.
"I need you to cover for me I'll be back around three this afternoon" Eddie said.
"Why."
"NO reason I just got some stuff to do" Eddie said hesitantly.
Mike could see that Eddie was becoming tense; Mike put two and two together either Eddie was completely stoned and didn't know what he was talking about or this had something to do with yesterday's incident he figured it was the later.
"You have got to be kidding me, your going to the cops aren't you" Mike said getting frustrated at Eddie.
"No way man I 'm not going to the cops but I am going to call Sandy and tell him about yesterday" Eddie said.
"SHIT!" "We went through this last night; we all agreed you weren't going to tell anybody about this at least for a few days" Mike said.
"NO!" "We agreed I wasn't going to the cops for a few days we never agreed about me not talking to someone else. Besides Sandy's a lawyer he'll help us out." Eddie said.
"How screwed up are you? What makes you think Sandy's going to help us? You do remember what we did right. Let's see 1. We were driving under influence, 2. We were in the possession of an illegal substance and three my favorite we were involved in a hit and run we fucking ran someone over and drove off that's 14 years minimum. You still think he's going to help us?" Mike angrily screamed.
"We still have to tell him he doesn't need to know about the booze or the drugs and about the accident I can tell him we were scared so we drove off". "I haven't got any priors so there's a chance he can do something to get us off" Eddie said.
"Eddie you do remember that we stopped and looked at who the man was then we drove off, we just left him there to die we are not going to get out of that" Mike said.
"Sandy's got connections in the chino P.D he'll get us off after I tell him who the accident involved. Anyway we don't even know if Dave's dead someone could have seen him and taken him to the hospital so he could be alive." Eddie stated.
"What the fuck! Why can't you just forget about this if he's dead some one will make the connection and contact Ryan that way you don't got to jail and neither do I" Mike said totally frustrated that Eddie wasn't hearing a word he was saying.
"Look I don't know whether he's dead or not but Sandy needs to tell Ryan about his father as soon as possible and it will be faster if I told Sandy today" Eddie said.
"How would you feel if you were in this situation you remember what happened to your father if no one told your mom about it they would have never found him, he would have died there." Eddie said.
"FINE."
"Look I won't tell Sandy everything" Eddie said trying to convince Mike.
"You know if you just forgot about this it would save us a whole heap of trouble think about it if Sandy doesn't help you what will you do? Your life's going to be over man if he reports you". Mike Said hoping to change Eddie's mind.
"I'm going to have to take that chance, Ryan needs to know" Eddie said dwelling on the prospect of going to jail.
"Alright man what do you need me to do?" Mike asked hesitantly not liking where this conversation was heading.
"You remember Monte Vista Park, we used to go to it Billy really likes it there so I want you to take Theresa and Billy to the park today that will give me enough time to call Sandy and if he wants to meet I have enough time to meet him" Eddie replied.
"Sure whatever" Mike answered.
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While this conversation was taking place Theresa had made her way into the kitchen and was making herself a coffee when she heard Eddie talking about his plan.
Theresa knew her time was up she had to think of a way to stop Eddie and soon. There was no way she was going to let Ryan find about his dad or Billy. After dwelling on the situation for a few moments her delusional mind finally thought of a plan, a drastic plan but a plan none the less.
Theresa had thought about other options but she didn't have enough time left.
She knew what she was about to do was stupid but she had convinced herself that it needed to be done.
There was no turning back now, Theresa moved up to the kitchen wall dreading what she was about to do, she leaned her head back then slammed it into the wall with full force.
An intense pain cursed through Theresa's body generating from her head her eyes were clouding over, she could feel the gentle trickle of blood running down the sides of her face. She screamed in agony. All of a sudden she fully blacked out and came crashing to the ground clipping the corner of the stovetop on her way down.
Theresa lay in a curled heap on the kitchen floor blood oozing from the 5 inch wound on her forehead and gathering in a puddle beneath her head.
Her logic behind this bizarre incident was that if she got hurt somehow Eddie wouldn't have any time to go to Ryan or Sandy.
If this didn't stop Eddie's plan completely it had at least bought her some time.
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Both Eddie and Mike shot up from the couch and rushed into the kitchen when they heard Theresa's blood curdling scream.
Eddie was the first one to see Theresa on the ground; he quickly knelt down beside her grabbing a tea-towel from the kitchen counter on his way. He gently pressed the towel against her forehead and tried to stop the bleeding.
Without any success Eddie was beginning to panic.
"You want me to call the meds" Mike asked.
"No time give me your keys. I'll take her to the medical centre" Eddie replied in a rush.
"Mike go grab Billy and meet me at Chino Valley Medical Centre" Eddie stated.
"Ok see ya there"
Eddie grabbed the keys from Mike picked up Theresa's un-conscious body and carried her to Mike's car and was on his way to the medical centre.
Mike went into Billy's room.
"Come on Billy daddy's going to take you to see mommy"
Mike picked up Billy and made his way to the medical centre.
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CHINO MEDICAL CENTRE
Eddie was sitting on one of the old leather chairs in the foyer of the medical centre waiting for the doc to return. He was re-thinking his decision about going to Sandy right now.
Eddie blamed himself for what had happened to Theresa, he believed if he hadn't pressured her about the incident her accident wouldn't have happened. Eddie decided that it would be best that he not talk to Sandy until things settled down a bit. When that would be he had no idea. He had to be strong for Theresa now. Eddie got up and went to grab a cup of coffee when he saw Mike walk in with Billy in his arms.
"How is she? What did they say?" Mike asked when he approached Eddie.
"I don't know the doc hasn't come out yet they just took her in 15 minutes ago" Eddie replied.
"Come here bud" Eddie said grabbing Billy as he began to cry. "Mommy's gonna be fine you'll see her soon".
"I'm going to the café you want something" Mike asked.
"Na man I'm cool". "Wait could you get a bag of crisps" Eddie replied as Mike was walking off.
"Yeah sure".
45 Minutes Later
Eddie was sitting on the chair resting his head against the wall holding Billy when he saw the doc walk out of the emergency room. He passed Billy over to Mike and stood up waiting to hear what the doc had to say.
"Mr. Garcia" The doc asked Eddie.
"Yeah". "How is she doc?" Eddie asked frantically.
"Can I talk to you in private" the doc asked.
"Sure" Eddie replied as the doc led Eddie to his office.
Once they were in the privacy of his office the doc began….
"Theresa's in a stable condition, she sustained a serious cut to her forehead resulting in a grade 3 concussion it's the same type of concussion that boxer's come in with regularly. Due to the force of impact on her head she will have blurred vision for a few days. We will have to wait for a few weeks to see if she has suffered any permanent brain damage. I am completely certain she will make a full recovery however she may be suffering from some short term amnesia when she wakes up hopefully sometime tomorrow. I do have some good news your baby is doing fine she's perfectly healthy she suffered no injuries from the fall." The doc told Eddie.
Eddie was silently listening to the doc until he got to the part about the baby. He was stunned silent he thought the doc had just said something about a baby his baby.
"Mr. Garcia" the doc called trying to get Eddie out of his trance.
"Yeah" Eddie acknowledged.
"I called you in here to discuss Theresa's accident" the doc said.
"Did you just say Theresa was pregnant" Eddie asked still stunned.
"Yes". "Know let's get back to the matter at hand" the doc said getting frustrated at Eddie changing the topic.
"I believe that Theresa's accident wasn't an accident" the doc said staring at Eddie and waiting for him to respond when he didn't he continued….
"The injury she suffered couldn't possibly have been caused by a fall it could only come from her head being slammed against something. Since she is unconscious I can't confirm the fall so I have to treat this as a suspicious incident. Therefore I have no choice but to report the incident there will be an officer arriving shortly to take your statement. You can wait outside of my office for his arrival. I have other patients to see right now I'll get back to you if there is a change in Theresa or your daughters condition" the doc told a still stunned Eddie.
Eddie hadn't heard a word the doc said about the officer coming, he was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw the doc standing up and moving towards the door.
"One question doc how far along in the pregnancy is she?" Eddie asked afraid at what the answer might be.
"Two Months" the doc replied as he walked out of his office.
Eddie hung his head he was both shocked and furious at what he had heard. Theresa was going behind his back and sleeping with someone. He hadn't had sex with Theresa in the last 6 months so her baby couldn't possibly be his. He slowly got up out of the chair and walked out of the doc's office back into the foyer towards Mike.
Mike saw Eddie approaching and quietly stood up being careful not to disturb the now sleeping Billy.
"How is she?" Mike asked Eddie.
"She's fine or she's going to be something like that. Ask the doc I don't know" a fuming Eddie replied.
"Man what's gotten in to you" "You were fine a minute ago now you're all pissed". Mike asked Eddie.
"That was before I found out she was screwing someone behind my back" Eddie replied.
"Did you know she was fucking cheating on me" Eddie asked.
"Um no" Mike replied hesitantly.
"I can't believe she'd do this" Eddie stated.
"Hey you're going out with my sis" Mike stated.
"Yeah but she isn't pregnant" Eddie replied.
"Yeah but that's still cheating" Mike stated.
"Wait what did you say? Theresa's pregnant?" Mike asked shocked. "How? She can't be".
"What you're defending her now" Eddie stated getting angry at Mike.
"I can't deal with this right now I'm going out to have a smoke I'll be back in a while" Eddie told Mike.
Eddie was furious as he walked out of the medical centre he had no intention of having a smoke. Eddie wasn't thinking straight at the moment he decided to drive home and give Sandy a call. He wasn't going to let Theresa get away with this not after what she had done to him.
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25 Minutes Later
Eddie arrived home and made his way straight to the phone, he dialed Sandy's number which he had found in Theresa's diary and waited for somebody to pick up on the other end…..
To be continued…………………………
Next chap will be out in five days. Sorry for the month wait.
Next chap summary:
Eddie talks to Sandy.
Details about the accident are revealed.
Dave's last minutes alive.
Sandy calls Marissa.
So Read/Review. This chap was just a filler
Next Chap out Thursday
Later...