"Romeo, oh Romeo… Wherefore art thou Romeo…" Tammy said with a laugh as she walked back into the hotel suite.
"For what it's worth…" Edmund said. "I think that you made a much better Juliet than the one in the play…"
Tammy giggled. "Liar…" she said.
"Am not…" he snapped back, a look of mock hurt playing across his face.
"It's all just so romantic…" Tammy said, hopping onto the bed.
"Ah, well…" Edmund said, sitting down next to her. "If you think that was romance that can't be topped, maybe I should just cancel the rest of the evening…"
"There's a rest of the evening?" Tammy said, raising an eyebrow with a smirk.
"Yes…" Edmund said. "I mean… I did get us dinner reservations at the hottest spot in town…"
The smirk on Tammy's face only grew wider as she grabbed Edmund by the tie, pulling him in close. "I think that I want dessert first…" she whispered into his ear before pulling him into a kiss. She lied back on the bed as he moved on top of her, his hand moving to grope her breasts through the soft fabric of her dress. Tammy pulled back from his lips with a sigh as she heard her cell phone ring.
"Just… Let it ring…" Edmund mumbled.
"Edmund…" Tammy said, pushing him playfully. "It could be something important…"
"And this isn't?" Edmund said with a raised eyebrow.
"Just get off of me…" Tammy said with a smirk. "But hold that thought…"
Edmund moved off of her, a wide grin playing across his features.
Tammy moved off of the bed to grab her phone. "Hello…" she said her voice completely breathless.
"Tammy…" Sandy said. "Are you all right?"
"Huh?" Tammy said, panting slightly. "Yeah… I… I'm fine…"
"Is Edmund with you?" Sandy asked. "Is he ok?"
"Yes. Sandy. He's fine…" she said, her breathing finally returning to normal. "What's with all of the questions, Sandy? What is going on?"
"You two need to get back to town…" Sandy said. "There's… Look… Just… Something's going on… All right… And… And you two need to be here…"
Edmund noticed the look of worry that crossed Tammy's face.
"Sandy what is going on? Is it Will? Is it RJ?"
"Tammy, your brothers are fine, ok? You two just really need to get back here…"
"Is it Mom?" Tammy asked.
"Tammy… Just… Please…"
"It's Mom, isn't it?" Tammy said. "Sandy what is going on?"
"Tammy, it's nothing I can say over the phone, ok? You two just really need to get back here… And please… Just… Be careful, ok?"
"Sandy?" Tammy said, her voice getting frantic. "Please tell me what is going on!"
"Tammy… I… I have to go…" Sandy said, hanging up the phone quickly.
"Sandy?" Tammy said, her voice almost shaking. "Sandy!?!" She threw the phone across the room and looked over at Edmund. "We have to get back to town…" she said. "As soon as we can…"
"What happened?" Edmund said. "Tammy, what's going on?"
"I don't know…" she said, her voice shaking. "Sandy said that something happened, but he won't tell me what it is over the phone… He said that the boys are ok, but when I asked him about Mom he just kinda froze up…"
"Tammy, it's ok…" Edmund said, pulling her close. "I'm sure that your mother is fine…"
"And what if she's not, Edmund?" Tammy said, trying to hold back her tears, as she was almost shaking. "What if she's not?"
"Then…" Edmund said. "I don't know…" He softly stroked her hair, holding her close to him.
"We just need to get home…" Tammy whispered to him.
Edmund nodded slightly. "I will call for the jet…" he said softly.