Chapter 6
Coop was still in Lizzie's face. He wouldn't leave, and he wasn't going to until she came up with a fast cover-up for her Leukemia. She hated lying to him, but she had to, for his own good.
Coop was standing there waiting for an explanation. "Lizzie, are you going to tell me or not?" he asked, a little impatiently.
" I have already told you everything. I said..." Lizzie started, but Coop interrupted her.
" I know what you said Lizzie, but it is not the truth. There is obviously some big reason you do not want me to know something, and I want to know what it is," he stated.
Lizzie was squirming trying to come up with a lie fast enough. She shouldn't have any trouble, though. She had lied for the last few years of her life. But with Coop looking down at her with those piercing blue eyes, well let's just say it made things a lot harder.
" Coop, look," she began, sitting down at one of the tables, " I think you should go be with your family instead of me. Harley could be convicted any minute," she finished.
Coop looked down, knowing she was right. He did need to be with his family at a time like this. He shouldn't be butting into Lizzie's life, at least not now. There was plenty of time for that later.
" You win. For now," Coop said, standing up and grabbing his coat. "But this conversation is not over."
Coop walked over to the far side of the room and went out the door. Lizzie sunk down in her seat. She hated what she had just done. She wanted to tell him, she honestly did. But she knew he would want to stand by her and fight the whole thing with her, and she knew that wasn't possible. She couldn't stand for him to be there watching the whole time her hair was falling out and she would just become weaker and weaker. She had to cut him loose, so he could move on and forget about her.
Coop had just arrived at the court house, when he saw his father and brother come out of the room looking devastated. Then Gus came out, with the same look. He knew things had not gone well.
" Coop, where the hell have you been?" Frank yelled, grabbing his shirt, as usual.
" Frank, calm down, I was just talking to Lizzie for a second. Chill out," Coop said, jerking away from Frank.
Frank tightened his grip on Coop's shirt. " What? You were spending time with Lizzie? While your sister just got life in prison, you were spending time talking to Lizzie SPAULDING?" Frank yelled.
" She got convicted?" Coop asked in surprise.
" Oh, like you give a damn," Frank said, finally letting go of Coop's shirt.
" What are you talking about? I just talked to Lizzie; there was nothing else going on, Frank. And yes I do give a damn about Harley getting convicted. How can you say that?" Coop said.
" I told you this morning not to ever see her again, in that way," Frank said.
" Well, like I told you this morning, I don't have to listen to what you say or agree with you" Coop shot back.
It was at that moment that Coop realized that he needed to stay committed to Lizzie. He needed to find out what was bothering her and help her through it.
Alan was waiting on the other end of the phone to hear what his son had to say.
" Alan Michael?" Alan said, making sure he was still there.
" Yeah, dad. I'm still here. This is quite a situation you have put me in this time," Alan Michael said.
" What?" Alan asked in disbelief.
" Well, when you told me of this plan to rid Spaulding Enterprises of Phillip, the golden boy, I was very enticed, indeed. But now that you are telling me that we need to rid of the other guy mixed up in this mess, I am a little angry." Alan Michael stated.
" Don't you remember what I told you?" Alan said. " If you helped me rid the company of Phillip, I would put you in the top spot at Spaulding. That offer still goes." Alan said.
" Well, when you put it that way…" Alan Michael said. " We get rid of the guy, but then what?"
" We plant more evidence against Harley. That way we can make sure she never gets out of jail and at least one of the Coopers will be paying for their mistakes." Alan said.
" Sounds good. I will be down in a few days to get the arrangements made." Alan Michael said, and then hung up the phone.
Alan smiled to himself. His plan was coming together. This was going to be a lesson the Coopers would never forget.
Lizzie had gotten a call from her doctor's office and they had told her they had transferred her files to the local hospital, and for her to go down there for her appointment that afternoon. It was still a little early so she decided to take a nap.
Lillian was making her rounds at the hospital when she came across some visitors at the front desk.
" Can I help you?" she asked.
" Yes, we are looking for the rehab floor." the woman said.
" That is the fifth floor, mam." Lillian responded.
As the couple walked away, Lillian decided to check the incoming files that the hospital had received for that day. She picked up several files and flipped through them to see if any of them related to her patients. She got to the last one and looked at the name. It said E. Spaulding. Lillian was very curious.
" E. Spaulding? Elizabeth Spaulding? Why would she have a file coming into the hospital?" Lillian asked herself.
Lillian started opening the envelope to find out what was going on.
Whitney
Spoilers for Chapter 7
Will Lillian read the results?
Tammy plays a huge role in keeping Lizzie's secret from Lillian
Coop comes up with a plan to get Lizzie's secret out of her
Lizzie still manages to keep her secret under wraps- for now
Alan's plan is starting to dissolve when someone betrays him