She got ready and then left to go back to Frederick's to exchange the outfit for something for him. She looked around and found him a couple of pairs of boxers. On her way back to the trailer she spotted a sign that said Tom's charter fishing boat. She pulled into the parking space and got out. She saw a man cleaning his boat.
"Excuse me."
"Yes." He said looking at her.
"Are you Tom?"
"Yes I am." He said coming off his boat.
"Hi. I would like to know how much you charge for charting out your boat."
"You fish?" He asked wiping his hands.
"No. My fiancée does."
"I see. Follow me." He led her to a small shack.
He went inside to find his prices.
"Let's see. For weekends I charge $50 for two hours. For half a day it's $100 and for a full day it's $200." He said looking at her.
"When does your fishing season begin?" She asked looking at him.
"April 15th to September 20th."
"I see." She thought for a moment and said, "I would like to book a full day for July 13th."
"July 13th it is." He opened his calendar to July and took out his pen and asked, "Your fiancée's name?"
"James Rockford."
He wrote in Jimmy's name.
"Now what does the $200 include?" She asked.
"It includes rent of the boat, bait, lunch and gas for the boat."
"Can he bring someone with him for that price or is that extra?" She asked looking at him.
He looked at her and said, "Normally the second person pays $100, but since I know Jim the extra person goes free."
"Thank you." She smiled at him.
"Welcome. Would you be the second person?" He asked.
"No. His dad will join him." She smiled.
"Rocky? No problem. It's all set." He said.
She handed him the $200 and he in return handed her a receipt. They shook hands and then she walked back to her car and drove down to the trailer. She pulled up and got out. She went inside to put his gifts in her suitcase and then took out a white envelope from his desk and put the receipt in it. She looked out the window and saw him down on the beach fishing. She left the trailer and headed towards the beach. When she got there he was asleep in his chair.
"Jimmy." She gently woke him.
"Hi. When did you get back?" He asked looking at her.
"Oh about five minutes ago. This is for you." She said handing him the envelope.
He opened it up and read the receipt. It said, "A full day on Tom's charter fishing boat for Saturday, July 13th. Extra person free of charge. Included is rent of boat, bait, lunch for two and gas. Hours are from 9am to 5pm."
He looked at her and said, "Thank you very much. You didn't have to do this."
"Yes I did. You mean so much to me." She said kissing him.
"Are you going to join me that day?" He asked looking at her.
"No. You take Rocky. Patty and I can do something that day." She smiled at him.
"You sure. I wouldn't mind you coming along." He said.
"I'm sure." She smiled at him and then left.
She went back up to the trailer to take a shower and rest up for that night. He came in and woke her up.
"Leah. Honey." He gently woke her.
"Hi." She smiled.
"Patty and Taylor are here to take you out."
"Oh ok. What time is it?" She asked rubbing her eyes and getting up.
"It's 8pm."
"8pm? Wow! I laid down at 4pm." She said putting on her clothes.
"I'll tell them you'll be right out." He kissed her.
"Thanks." She went to put on her make up.
Jimmy walked out and told Patty and Taylor that Leah is getting ready.
"So Jimmy are you nervous?" Taylor asked.
"No not really. I'll probably be nervous on Sunday." He smiled.
Leah came out and said good bye to Jimmy. She looked at the girls and asked them to wait for her outside. The girls went out and waited for her.
"Jimmy I'll see you Sunday on the beach." She said looking at him.
"I'll be waiting for you." He smiled at her.
She turned to leave when he grabbed her and kissed her good bye. She then left. The girls drove to the Rocking Horse and had a great time.
Sunday morning
"Leah. It's 7:30am. Get up." Taylor said waking her.
"Oh my god! It's late!" She screamed jumping out of the bed.
"Take it easy. You're the only one who needs to shower. Taylor and I took ours already." Patty said.
Leah walked into the bathroom and got into the shower. After her shower she got out to do her hair when all of the sudden she felt sick. Then she was sick. She put on her bathrobe and opened the door.
"You guys. I don't feel so good." She said looking at them.
Patty and Taylor walked over to her and said, "You don't look good."
"That's the last time I'm going to have a margarita." Leah said running back into the bathroom.
Patty and Taylor looked at each other and started to laugh.
"Your sister could never drink those things." Patty said laughing.
Taylor called the front desk and asked them for black coffee. Ten minutes later the coffee came. Leah then came out of the bathroom in her undergarments. She drank the coffee slowly and then continued to get dressed.
"Lee how do you feel?" Taylor asked.
She looked at her sister and said, "Like I was in the dryer for six hours."
The girls just laughed. There was a knock on the door. Patty's friends Lexi and Kim came to do the girls nails and makeup. After everything was done the girls left for the beach. When they arrived they got out of the car and headed down to the beach.
"Ok you guys. I can't do this." Leah said looking at them.
"Yes you can." Patty said holding her hand.
"No I can't."
"Lee you can do it." Taylor said looking at her.
"No. No. No." She said looking at them.
"Too late. Here comes Rocky." Taylor said.
"Rocky what's wrong?" Leah asked nervously.
"Nothing. It's time to start." He said smiling at her.
"No it's not! I'm not ready! I have to go to the bathroom!" She said looking at him.
"You can't! Not now!" Patty said looking at her.
"Then I have to go back to the motel and lay down." She said.
"Leah! For pete's sake stop!" Patty yelled trying to take her picture with Rocky.
"Ok. Ok. I can do this." She said.
Patty took the pictures and then the wedding march began. As Rocky started to walk her down the aisle she froze. He looked at her and gave her a little tug. She looked at him and then started again. By the time she reached Jimmy and Dennis she started to cry. Rocky lifted her veil and Jimmy wiped her tears away. After the nuptials the priest announced the new Mr. & Mrs. James Rockford. Everyone cheered and applauded.
Everyone got into their cars and drove to Romano's while Patty took Leah and Jimmy's pictures on the beach. She also took their pictures outside and inside the restaurant. Taylor announced Leah and Jimmy as they entered and then Leah and Jimmy danced to their wedding song.
Leah looked at him and said, "Thank god ceremony is over."
"You're telling me. I didn't sleep much last night." He said looking at her.
She laughed. Then she leaned in and kissed him. After their song was over everyone joined them on the dance floor. By the time the song was over everyone sat down to eat and give speeches. Rocky was first with his speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank you for coming to the most beautiful wedding. I know as the father of the groom I'm supposed to make a big long speech so here it goes. Jimmy. Leah. I'm so happy that you two found each other that day on the beach. Leah from the moment I met you I knew right away that you were for my Jimmy. You are the sweetest, kindest and the funniest person that I have ever met." He then lifted up his champagne glass and said, "Welcome to the family." Everyone said cheers.
Then Dennis made his speech. "As the bestman I want to say how happy I am that Jimbo here met a lovely young woman. Congratulations you two!" He said raising his glass.
Then Taylor took the mike. "Leah. Jimmy. Congratulations. I'm so happy for you two. Leah. You are the best big sister a girl could ever have. I know one person who would be very, very, very proud of you today. Leah the time that you and Jimmy came home to daddy's funeral daddy left me this note that I want to read to you. It was written one month before he died. So here it goes."
Taylor opened the letter, cleared her throat and began. "To my angel girl on her special day. I stand proudly before you on your wedding day with my head held high. You've come a long way. You've made me very proud of you and now you will make your new husband proud of you. May you and your husband have the perfect life together. I know that this speech that I'm making here to you today may sound completely sappy but as sappy as it may sound this is how truly I feel. Congratulations to my angel girl and her new husband may your lives turn out perfect. I love you always Leah. Dad."
Taylor put down the mike, folded the letter and put it back into the envelope and walked over to Leah and Jimmy and handed it to them. Leah hugged her sister and thanked her for reading the letter. They all then sat down and ate. After dinner everyone danced some more and Patty finished taking everyone's pictures. The wedding cake came out. Leah and Jimmy cut the cake to the song "When I turn 64" by the Beatles.
Taylor took the mike again and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen this song 'Happy Girl' by Martina McBride is for my sister." Everyone went back on the dance floor to dance to the song.
Before the reception ended Leah took the mike and said, "This song is for you Jimmy." She walked over to him and they began to dance to 'Valentine' by Martina McBride. After the reception Leah and Jimmy went back to the trailer to get ready for their flight to Maui the next day.
"Honey are you ok?" He asked looking at her.
"I'm fine. Just tired and hungry. I didn't eat a thing at the reception except the cake." She said looking at him.
"You want me to make you anything?" He asked sitting next to her.
"No." She got up and walked out of the trailer.
She walked down to the beach and looked out at the ocean. While standing there a cool gentle breeze blew over her.
"You made a beautiful bride."
"Thanks." She smiled.
"Taylor looked beautiful too."
"She did. Didn't she."
"Mom didn't come I see."
"Nope. We had a fight."
"I know. Sorry I wasn't there."
"It's ok. She never did like me did she?" She said looking over to the figure.
"I don't know why." He said looking at her.
"Jimmy is a great guy. I like him a lot even though he's 38." The figure laughed.
She looked over at him and said, "Sorry that I lied."
"Don't worry about it. Well I better go." He said walking over to her and kissing her on the cheek.
"Will I ever see you again?" She asked as the tears started to fall.
"Yes. When the baby is born." He said putting his hand on her stomach.
She looked down when he placed his hand on her stomach. She looked up as the tears fell and said,
"Thanks for the letter and see you in nine months. I love you daddy."
"I love you too my baby girl." He then faded down the beach.
"Leah. Are you ok?" Jimmy asked walking over to her.
"Now I am." She said looking at him smiling.
He put his arm around her and they slowly walked back up to the trailer. The next day they left for their honeymoon in Maui. They arrived in Maui and went straight to their hotel. Leah walked out onto the balcony to take in the view of the ocean. She just closed her eyes and let the warm gentle breeze blow over her.
Jimmy walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on her neck.
"So what do you think of the view?" He asked her.
"It is so beautiful." She said looking at him.
"I'm glad you like it. Why don't we get ready for dinner and then we can walk around the hotel some." He said taking her by the hand.
They went back into the room to get ready for dinner. She came out wearing her flower sundress. He came out wearing a navy polo shirt and white pants.
"Oh Jimmy you look fabulous." She said looking at him.
"Well you look absolutely stunning as usual." He said kissing her.
They left the room and headed down to the restaurant. As they were seated Jimmy noticed a guy and girl walk in. The guy was wearing a white suite and had long salt and pepper colored hair. The girl was a local type. She seemed very scared of the man. When the waiter came over to take Jimmy and Leah's drink and dinner order Jimmy asked the waiter who he was.
"That's Mr. Allan Gleason. He's the richest man on this side of the island." The waiter said.
"I see." Jimmy said looking over at them.
After dinner Jimmy and Leah headed back up to their room for the night.
"Jimmy are you ok? You've been very quiet tonight." She said sitting next to him on the bed.
"Yeah I'm fine. That guy looked very familiar." He said getting up and going into the bathroom.
The next day Leah and Jimmy headed down to breakfast. When they got out of the elevator they heard two guys arguing and then they heard a gunshot. Turning a corner they saw a man standing over a body, holding a gun. He turned quickly and ran off. They ran across to the fallen man but it was too late, he was dead.
"Leah go get help." He said looking at her.
She ran and got the hotel manager. The hotel manager called the police. Ten minutes later the police arrived and blocked off the area. Lieutenant Sanders asked Jimmy and Leah if they could ID the shooter.
"Yes." They both said.
"Good. Please follow me." He said to them.
He told them to get in and they drove away. They ended up on a deserted beach.
"Get out!" Lt. Sanders yelled.
"What are you going to do with us?" Leah asked.
"Kill you like I should have at the hotel!" He said.
He took out his gun and pointed it at Leah first. She gulped, closed her eyes and held her breath when she heard a shot. The next thing she knew she was laying on the ground with Jimmy covering her. If they weren't in danger for their lives she wouldn't have mind it at all.
"Um, Jimmy do you mind?" She asked shaking him.
She noticed he wasn't moving. She looked at her right hand and noticed it was covered in blood. That's when she started to shake him harder.
"Jimmy! Come on Jimmy! Answer me damn it!" She yelled.
He didn't move. She pushed him off and looked for a pulse. His pulse was very weak. She looked around to see if anybody was around. That's when she spotted her pocketbook. She opened it up and found her cell phone in it and called 911.
"Jimmy if you can hear me just hang on the ambulance is on its way. Just don't die on me now I need you." She said holding him.
To make the time pass by quickly she talked to him and told him how much she loves him and that she is pregnant again. She felt his pulse again and that's when she panicked even more. There was no pulse.
"Jimmy! Noooooo! You're not going to die on me damn it!" She started CPR on him.
She worked on him until the ambulance came. She told them what happened and they continued with him all the way to the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital they got a pulse and they quickly rushed him into the OR and the doctors worked on him for hours. She called Lt. Becker and told him what happened. Then she called Patty and she called Angel. With all the excitement she fell asleep in the waiting room. When she woke up she saw Dennis, Peggy, Patty and Angel quickly walking towards her.
"Anything Leah?" Dennis asked.
"No nothing. Thanks for coming." She said.
"Mrs. Rockford." The doctor called.
"Leah the doctor is calling you." Peggy said gently touching her arm.
"Oh. Yes." She said getting up.
He walked over to them and said, "Mr. Rockford lost a lot of blood. He's very weak. The next 24 hours is very crucial. It's a very slim chance that he's going to make it."
"What do you mean?" She asked in shock.
"He might die." The doctor said.
Then the doctor left.
She had to sit back down. She then looked at them and said, "He's can't die. I just found out that I'm going to have a baby."
Patty walked over to her and put her arms around her. Leah saw the doctor again and asked him if she can go in and see him.
"Sure." He said as he walked in with her.
The doctor left her alone with him. She sat next to his bed and looked at him lying there motionless. She then picked up his hand and held it next to her face.
"I'm so sorry that this happened. Please don't die on me. I need you and so does the baby." She then started to cry.
She stayed by his side for three days. She put her head down on his leg, closed her eyes and said a prayer. Then all of a sudden she felt a hand touch her head. She jumped up quickly and looked over at him to see if he was awake.
"Jimmy. Are you awake?" She asked leaning over him.
He slowly lifted up his hand and touched her face and said, "Yes I am."
"Oh my god! You're awake! You're awake!" She started screaming.
Dennis, Peggy, Patty, Angel and the doctor came running in when they heard her scream.
"He's awake! He's awake!" She shouted as they came in.
He stayed in the hospital. He told Dennis about the guy he saw at their hotel.
"Jimbo are you sure it's Stan Greenly?"
"I'm positive! I'm the one who put him away! He's here under the name Allan Gleason. He's suppose to be some rich guy here on the island." Jimmy said.
"Ok. I'll talk to some of my connections here." Dennis said looking at him.
"Jimmy who is Stan Greenly?" Leah asked.
"He's some guy I put away ten years ago for killing his family." Jimmy said.
"But why did that Lt. Sanders want to kill us?"
"He has to be working for Greenly." Jimmy said.
"I'll find out everything Jim." Dennis said leaving with Peggy and Patty.
"Thanks." He said.
"Jimmy that guy was some case." Angel said.
"He sure was." Jimmy and Angel told Leah everything about Stan Greenly.
After a while Angel left them alone to get a room and to grab something to eat.
Leah stayed with him in the hospital. During the night Jimmy asked Leah to turn up the heat.
"Jimmy it's already warm in here." She said looking at him.
"Leah just put on the heat!" He said getting mad.
She put up the heat and also put blankets on him.
He looked at her and she could see that he was shivering. The next best thing she did was to push her bed next to him and wrap her arms around him to keep him warm. But she noticed he was burning up. She then got up and called for the doctor. When the doctor came in he took Jimmy's temperature. He noticed it was very high 105. He told the doctor that his legs hurt. The doctor then started to tell the nurse to get univariate analysis and hypoalbuminemina. This sounds like METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUC AUREUS
"What are they and what is that?" Leah asked the doctor.
"Univariate Analysis is a full blood count, blood works, as well as a urinary screen. Hypoalbuminemina is an excessive amount of white blood cells and not enough oxygenation."
Jimmy then started to get sick. He couldn't drink anything.
The doctor ordered a saline rapid feeder drip so Jimmy wouldn't dehydrate.
"Mrs. Rockford. We need to keep your husband here for 10 days and then we can fly him home to a local hospital." The doctor said to her.
'Can't he take penicillin for it?"
"No Mrs. Rockford. He needs to take Erthamycin antibiotics. It's resistant to penicillin. The Erthamycin antibiotics kills the bacteria, but it is a slow acting one, you take it constantly for about 3 months, then you have a break for about a month, where he will get keflex, then back on to the other ones for about a month to six weeks. He will be on antibiotics for about a year."
With all this information Leah had to sit down to soak up everything the doctor has told her.
During the night Leah got up and felt his forehead. She noticed that he was warm. She asked him how he felt other than warm. He told her that he had a headache and sore throat. He also told her that he feels weak. She called the nurse back in and told her what he was feeling. The nurse called the doctor in again and the doctor ran some more tests on him. Two hours later Jimmy started to get cold and started to shake again. He was getting horrible pains in his legs.
Twelve hours later the latest tests came back and the doctor ruled out meningitis. The doctor confirmed it as METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUC AUREUS.
"Jimmy. I'm going back to the hotel to take a nice shower." She said kissing him on the head.
"Ok. I'll be here." He said smiling at her.
She left the room and took off her mask and gown. Then she went back to the hotel. When she got in she ran the shower and got undressed. When she stepped into the shower she started to cry. She thought about how he almost died and now he has this infection. She got out of the shower, dried off and redressed. She headed back to the hospital.
Lt. Sanders managed to find out where Jimmy was and he went to his room. He didn't realize that there was a quarantine sign up and he went into Jimmy's room. It was dark in there. He walked over to the bed and went to shoot him again. He heard someone coming so he hid under the bed. The nurse came in to the room for a while doing tests. She put all the bloods to one side. Leah walked in and said hello to the nurse.
"Good evening Mrs. Rockford." The nurse smiled.
The nurse left to get something. Lt. Sanders now knows he can get both of them. He jumped out from under the bed. Leah let out a scream. She grabbed the nearest weapon a syringe of blood, he laughed at her. He went to get her when she let out another scream as an orderly past by. The orderly came in. Lt. Sanders ran past her, she tripped him and stabbed him with the infected blood. He got up and ran out of the hospital. Leah called the police and told them what happened. The police searched the nearest hotels and two days later they found Sanders dead in a rundown looking hotel.
Ten days later Jimmy was allowed to go back to California. When they landed Leah noticed that he didn't look too good.
"Jimmy I'm going to take you to the hospital. You don't look too good." She said looking at him.
"No more hospitals. I'm sick of them and the damn food." He said getting angry.
"I don't care! You don't look good and I don't want to loose you!" She said getting angry with him.
She told the taxi driver to drive them to the Los Angeles hospital. When they got there Leah saw Jimmy's doctor and told him everything and gave him all the medical information. He saw Jimmy and admitted him quickly. His doctor checked him and told them that he's ok. Just exhausted from the flight.
"I'm keeping him here for two days just to watch him." The doctor said to Leah.
Then the doctor looked at Leah and asked how she felt. She told him she felt fine and she wanted to stay with Jimmy while he was there.
"I want you checked out as well Leah. You look awfully tired."
"Ok." She said.
The doctor took Leah into an examination room and ran tests on her too. He confirmed to her that she was definitely pregnant.
"Does Jimmy know you are pregnant?" He asked looking at her.
"With all that went on I don't know?" She said looking at the doctor.
"Well tell him. It will make him feel better." The doctor smiled at her.
"If it will make him feel better I will tell him." She smiled as she left.
When she walked into his room he was fast asleep. She walked over to him and kissed him on the head. He then woke up.
"Hi honey. How are you feeling?" He asked looking at her.
"I'm fine. The doctor confirmed that I'm pregnant again." She said looking at him.
"That is fantastic honey." He said putting his bed in the upright position.
"Yeah. I'm excited." She kissed him.
"Leah you don't have to stay here. I'm going to be out of here on Thursday." He said holding her hand.
"You sure? I can stay." She said looking at him.
"I'm sure." He said smiling at her.
"Ok. But I'll be back in the morning bright and early." She smiled at him.
"Good." He said.
As she was leaving he fell back to sleep. She pulled the covers up around him and kissed him good bye. When she got back to the trailer she called Rocky to let him know everything. After she spoke to him she went into the bedroom to lie down. There was a knock on the door.
"Oh damn!" She said getting up.
She opened the door and Rocky came in.
"Hi dad." She said.
"Hi. How are you feeling?" He asked looking at her.
"I'm fine dad. Honest." She said looking at him with a smile.
He looked at her and asked, "Why are you smiling?"
"Dad sit."
Rocky sat down.
"Dad the doctor confirmed that I'm pregnant again."
"That is wonderful! Congratulations!" He said getting up and hugging her.
"Thanks dad. Jimmy is excited too." She said.
"Leah I want to see Jimmy." He said.
"Sure we could go and see him." She said getting her purse and keys.
They left the trailer and got into Rocky's truck.
"Dad. Before we go to the hospital let me bring something to Jimmy to eat. He was complaining about the hospital food." She said.
"Sure we can go over to the Sand Castle to pick him up some dinner and we could make reservations for ourselves." He said hugging her.
"That would be wonderful dad. I never get anytime alone with you." She smiled at him.
They went over to the Sand Castle to pick up Jimmy some dinner and made the reservations. They then left and headed to the hospital with his meal. When they arrived there it was time for Jimmy's dinner.
"Here's your dinner Mr. Rockford." The nurse handed him his dinner.
"I don't want this. I hate hospital food." He said angrily.
"You have to eat something." She said getting angry with him.
"No!" He said.
"Look! I said eat it!" The nurse yelled.
Leah and Rocky came in just in time.
"Excuse me. If my husband does not want to eat this food don't force it on him!" Leah said getting into the nurse's face.
"He's got to eat something! He hasn't eaten all day!" The nurse said getting angry with Leah.
"Look! I told you DON'T FORCE HIM! I brought in food for him!" Leah said angrily.
The nurse then stormed out of the room. Jimmy and Rocky just looked at Leah.
"What?"
"Nothing." They both said.
"Here we brought you dinner." Leah said opening up the bag and taking out his dinner.
"Thanks." He said looking at her.
"Looks like you showed her." Rocky laughed.
"She had it coming to her." Leah said angrily.
"So what did you have for dinner?" Jimmy asked her.
"Huh? Nothing. Dad and I are going out to dinner at the Sand Castle after here." She said looking at him.
"Oh good." Jimmy said eating his sandwich.
"Yes. It's a date. It's not everyday that this old man gets a date with a pretty young lady." Rocky laughed.
Leah just smiled.
"Jimmy do you need anything else?" Leah asked him.
"No. You and dad go and have dinner. I'm fine." He said looking at her.
"You sure? I can stay." She said.
"I'm sure. Go." He said with a smile.
"Ok." She kissed him good bye.
"See you later sonny." Rocky said patting him on the shoulder.
"Thanks dad. Hey dad."
"Yeah."
"Make sure she doesn't punch out the nurse. Also make sure she gets some rest." Jimmy said.
"I will. Congratulations again on the baby." Rocky said before leaving.
"Thanks dad." He smiled.
Rocky and Leah left the hospital and headed to dinner. When they reached the Sand Castle they ran into Angel.
"Hi Leah. Hi Rocky." Angel said.
"Hi." They both said.
"Where's Jimmy?" He asked.
"He's in the hospital. When we came home he didn't look good." Leah said as they walked into the restaurant.
"Wow! That must be some powerful infection." Angel said.
"It is Angel. From what I understand it's also deadly if not treated right away." Leah said sitting down.
He sat down with them.
"Angel I don't want to sound rude or anything but I was planning on having a quiet dinner with Rocky." Leah said looking at him.
"I won't say anything." He said looking at her.
"Angel leave." Rocky said looking at him.
"Can't a guy have dinner with some friends?"
"Angel not tonight. Another night. I promise." Leah said looking at him.
"Ok. Fine." He said getting up and leaving.
Rocky looked at her and said, "He'll be fine."
"I'm so worried about him." Leah said looking at Rocky.
"Angel is a big boy."
"Huh? Not him dad. I'm talking about Jimmy." She smiled.
"Oh. Sorry." He said.
"I can't believe that nurse trying to force him to eat. She had some nerve." Leah said.
"It's her job to make sure the patients eat. Just go easy on them."
"Dad she should never try and force someone to eat. It's not good." She closed her menu.
The waiter came over and took their orders.
"I know sweetie. So how are you feeling?"
"I'm doing well." She said.
After dinner they headed back to the trailer.
"Leah thanks for dinner. I'm going to go so you can get some rest." He said looking at her.
"You don't want to stay?"
"No you need some rest." He said hugging her.
"Ok fine. I'm glad you enjoyed your dinner. Thanks for coming by dad." Leah said kissing him on the cheek.
After Rocky left Leah went into the bathroom to take a shower and to get ready for bed. When she got out the phone rang.
"Hello?…Hi Jimmy. Everything ok?…Oh good…I just got out of the shower…I'm fine…How are you doing?…Good. I can't wait until you get home…Because I miss you…Yes I do…I love you too Jimmy…I'll see you tomorrow morning…No I'm not wearing it…Because you're not here to see it…Yes I'll wear it when you get home. I promise…Don't hang up. Because I want to talk to you…Anything…Ok. Ok….Good night. I love you…." After she hung up she started to cry.
She fell asleep. While she was sleeping she had a bad dream that Jimmy died in the hospital. She woke up with a fright. She looked at the clock and noticed that she was only asleep for two hours. She picked up the phone and called him. He didn't answer the phone. She started to panic. She called the nurse's station and asked them to wake him up to call her.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Rockford we can't do that." The nurse said.
"Look I want you to do it!" Leah said.
"Sorry we can't." The nurse said again.
"Listen to me! I'm his wife and I'm ordering you to wake him up!" Leah yelled.
"Mrs. Rockford. Your husband said that no one is to bother him."
"I don't give a 'shit' what you say! Wake him up!"
The nurse hung up on her. Leah picked up the phone and called his room again. On the second ring he picked up.
"Jimmy I'm sorry to bother you but I just wanted to hear your voice."
"You ok?" He asked.
"Yes. I just had a bad dream. I called you about ten minutes ago and you didn't answer."
"I'm sorry honey. I had the ringer shut off."
"I figured that. I called the nurse's station and she wouldn't cooperate with me. She said she would not wake you up because you said you didn't want to be bothered. I'm going to talk to them in the morning. I can't sleep now.
"I told her not to bother me expect when I get a call from you." He said angrily.
"Ok you rest and sorry to bother you." She said.
"You didn't bother me and please get some rest." He said.
"I'll try." Then they hung up.
She got up, put up coffee and watched TV. She fell asleep. When she woke up it was 8:30am. She got up and took a shower and left to see him. When she arrived at the hospital she asked to speak to the head nurse and the doctor. When they came into Jimmy's room Leah told them how unhappy she was that the nurse who was on last night wouldn't let her speak to Jimmy.
The doctor asked the head nurse who was on last night.
"It was Nurse Johnston."
"Well I'm going to have a talk with her." He said. "Mrs. Rockford needs constant contact with her husband." He said to the head nurse.
"Yes doctor."
After the nurse and doctor left Leah looked over at Jimmy.
"How do you feel?" She asked kissing him.
"After what I heard happened to you I feel like crap." He said.
"Why?" She asked.
"Because you were treated terribly." He said looking at her.
"I hope the doctor takes care of that." She said sitting on his bed.
He reached up and rubbed her back and then asked, "Do you want to tell me about the dream?"
"I don't want to talk about it now."
"Ok. Sure." He smiled at her.
"Thank god you come home tomorrow." She said looking at him.
"Yeah I can't wait to get out of here." He said pulling her close to him.
As they were kissing the doctor came in.
"Excuse me." He said.
"Hi." They both said.
"Jim I looked at your tests and I'm going to discharge you today instead of tomorrow." The doctor said.
"Excellent." Leah said.
"Leah I want you to keep on top of him about taking his medication and make sure he gets enough rest." He said looking at her.
"I'll watch him like a hawk." She said.
"By the way. Keep the physical activity to a minimum." He said smiling at them.
"We will." Jimmy smiled.
The doctor then left to get Jimmy's discharge papers in order. Leah was so happy that he was going home that she was singing, "You're going home! You're going home!"
They packed his things and left the hospital. When they arrived home Leah made him dinner. She then told him that they would be going up to the cabin for the weekend. The next day Leah packed up her car and told him that she'll do all the driving up there.
"I'll drive too." He said looking at her.
"No. I'll do all the driving. You rest." She said kissing him.
When they reached the cabin Leah unloaded the car with Jimmy's help.
"Jimmy did you take your medicine?"
"Not yet. I will." He said looking at her.
Fifteen minutes passed by and he still didn't take his medicine.
"Jimmy I told the doctor that I will keep an eye on you about your medicine please take it." She said handing him the medicine and water.
"Ok. Ok." He said taking it.
As she was putting things in order he noticed how tired she looked.
"Leah."
"Yeah." She said with tiredness in her voice.
"Why don't you rest? We have all weekend up here." He said looking at her.
"I know we have the whole weekend. I just want to make sure everything is perfect for you." She said looking at him while cleaning the table off for lunch.
"Everything is perfect. I want you to rest." He said making her sit down.
"Ok. Just let me get lunch ready and then I'll relax." She said.
She prepared their lunch. After lunch he took his fishing gear down to the pier to do some fishing. She then vacuumed the whole cabin and then cleaned the bathroom. By the time he came back she was unpacking their suitcases. She saw him and took the fish from him and put them in the sink to clean.
"Leah have you rested?" He asked now getting concerned with the way she looked.
"Yeah I did." She lied.
"How long?" He asked.
"Um ten minutes." She said looking at him.
"Ten minutes? That's not long enough." He said angrily.
"For me it is." She said getting angry with him.
She left the room to dust the cabin.
"Leah! Stop!" He yelled at her.
"Let me at least finish this." She said quietly.
He walked out of the room in disgust. He cleaned the fish and prepared it. Then she came in and started on the salad and vegetables. By the time dinner was ready they sat down without speaking to each other. He looked over at her and she did the same.
"Leah. I'm sorry for yelling at you." He said looking at her.
She just looked at him not saying a word to him. He knew he was in a lot of trouble. She then got up and cleared the table and did the dishes. He felt really bad that he yelled at her. In all his life he never wanted to yell at her like that. After she was done she went into the bathroom to run herself a bath. She was in there for an hour. He walked to the door and heard her crying. He tapped on the door.
"Honey. Can I come in? Please?"
"No! Go away!" She yelled at him.
"Please honey."
"No!" She said.
She got out of the tub and dried off. Then she put on her sweats and left the bathroom. She saw him in their bedroom sitting on the bed. She grabbed her pillows and left. He walked out of the bedroom and looked at her.
"Honey please don't do this. Please come to bed with me." He said looking at her.
She looked at him and said, "How dare you yell at me like that? I took enough of that crap from my mom and now you! Where do you get off yelling at me like that? Just because I'm younger then you doesn't make you my boss!"
"I know. I had no right in doing that to you. I just don't want to see you get sick or loose the baby. Please find it in your heart to forgive me." He said sitting next to her.
She just listened to him. Then she said, "I was seriously hurt by you yelling at me. You don't know what crap I went through for 19 years of my life with my mom. Everything I did she yelled at me for. I never got a break. That's why when I turned 20 I left. I moved far away from her so I didn't have to hear the yelling anymore. I'm not looking for sympathy from you I just want you to know that I was hurt. Couldn't you just talk to me in a gentle voice like you always do? You were the last person I expect that from."
"You're right. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It's just that I don't want you to loose this baby too. Everything here is perfect. So there is some dust around big deal. We'll clean it when we can. Look you are taking care of me, which I am grateful for, but you are also carrying our child. Just slow down. Don't over work yourself. Can you do that for me?"
"I'll try." She said looking at him.
"Honey. Do you really think that I'm your boss because I'm older?"
"Sometimes." She said looking at him.
"I'm sorry that I make you feel that way. I have no intentions of doing that to you. I want us to be equal in every way. No matter how old we are." He said as he put his arm around her.
"Ok." She said leaning on him.
"Now could you please come to bed with me? I don't want to sleep alone anymore." He said looking at her.
"Sure." She said grabbing her pillows.
They walked back to their bedroom and got into bed.
"Jimmy."
"Yeah." He said looking at her.
She put her hands on his cheeks and looked him straight in the eyes and said, "I love you until the day I die. Like the vows we took. Through good times and bad, through sickness and health I will always be there for you no matter what."
"I know you will. And I will be there for you no matter what happens. You are my rock. I can't function without you. I'm so lost when you're not around." He said looking into her green eyes.
They kissed each other good night and fell asleep. During the night Leah had another horrible dream.
Dream:
"Jimmy! I'm having problems with my car! Can you see what's wrong?"
"Sure."
He walked out of the trailer and as he walked over to her car a black car came speeding up to them. The car stopped, the window opened and there were gunshots that were fired at them. Leah and Jimmy ducked behind the car. When the car sped away Leah called out to Jimmy. She didn't get a response from him. She called again. When she walked over to the other side of her car she found him lying down on the ground with blood coming out from him. She ran over to him and searched for a pulse. There was none.
"OH MY GOD! JIMMY!" She screamed waking herself up and him.
"Honey. I'm right here." He said looking at her.
"Oh Jimmy! It was horrible! It was so horrible!" She cried.
"It's alright honey." He hugged her.
She just sat there crying. Then she looked at him and said, "I love you."
"Honey I love you too." He said kissing her on the head.
She held onto him tightly.
"Leah what was the dream about?" He asked looking at her.
"You were helping me with my car and this black car came up and the person in the car started shooting at us and they…they killed you." She ran out of the room crying.
He went after her. She was sitting outside in the cool early morning mountain air. He went out and joined her.
"Honey how are you doing?" He asked sitting next to her.
"Doing better. That dream really scared me. It was awful. I don't think I ever had a dream like that before." She said looking at him.
"Well let's just be thankful it wasn't real." He said leaning over and kissing her.
They went back inside and went back to bed. The next day they had a late breakfast and packed up the car and headed back home. That Monday Leah made an appointment to see the doctor.
She went into the room to lie down before she went to the doctors. He walked in turned off the phone and put a blanket over her and let her rest. Two hours later he came back in and gently woke her and said, "Leah. Honey. Its 12:30pm let's get going."
"Hmmm. Oh ok." She said rubbing her eyes.
When they got to the doctor's office the doctor gave her a complete physical.
"Well Leah. Everything seems to be going along fine." The doctor said looking at her and Jimmy.
"Oh good." They said.
"When you get to be about six months pregnant that's when we can do a sonogram on the baby to see what sex it is." The doctor said to them.
Jimmy and Leah looked at each other and said, "We want to be surprised."
"Oh ok." He said smiling at them.
They left his office and the nurse asked Leah if she could talk to her.
"Jimmy I'll be right with you. The nurse wants to ask me something."
"Ok. I'll be in the car." He smiled at her.
"Hi. You wanted to ask me something."
"Yes. I noticed on your records that your husband is 18 years older then you. Is that right?"
"Yes. Is that a problem?"
"No. I was just wondering why you would marry someone that much older than you. I could understand someone who is two, three, four or even five years older but 18?" The nurse said making a face.
She looked at the nurse and said, "Look if I were you I would mind my own business. So he's 18 years older. What does that have to do with anything? If you have a problem with that that's too bad! You're not my mother! How dare you ask me such a personnel question?"
"Look Leah I'm sorry." The nurse said to her.
"Well too late. I'm going to find another doctor. Hopefully they won't be as rude as you are." Leah said storming out of the office.
She walked over to the car, got in and yelled, "BITCH!"
"Honey what happened?" He asked looking at her.
"Nothing! Just drive!" She hissed.
He started the car and headed for home. The whole ride home she was fuming. They pulled up and she got out slamming the car door and then the trailer door. She picked up the phone and called the doctor's office and told them that she wanted to speak to the doctor. He got on and she told him that she will not be coming back to his office because the way she was treated by his nurse. She went into detail what she said to her. The doctor was sorry that it happened and recommended another doctor to her. She hung up the phone and stormed into the bedroom slamming the door.
Jimmy knocked on the bedroom door and asked, "Honey can I come in."
"Yeah." She said sitting on the bed.
"What is going on? You're slamming doors."
"Jimmy I can't believe the nerve of some people!" She got up pacing back and forth.
"What happened?" He asked looking at her.
"That nurse! In the doctors office asked me why I married someone who is 18 years older than me! What a jerk!" She said yelling.
"Take it easy. She's just ignorant." He got up and pulled her into his arms.
"I would never ask a person that question." She then started to cry.
"Honey. Don't worry about it." He said looking into her eyes.
She just smiled at him and said, "Thank you for coming with me today."
"I'm glad you asked me to go with you." He hugged her.
"Jimmy."
"Yeah." He said looking at her.
"Do you want to discuss the baby names?" She asked looking up at him.
"Sure. What names were you thinking about?" He asked smiling at her.
"How about if it's a girl Charlotte. If it's a boy James Joseph."
"I like those names." He said sitting down at his desk.
"Oh good." She said.
"Let's see. We need a middle name for the Charlotte. How about Charlotte Katherine or Charlotte Grace." He said writing down the names and looking at them.
"Those are pretty." She got up and looked at the names on paper.
She then took the paper and put down the initials CKR and CGR. She showed him the initials and asked him which one he liked better.
"How about we circle the one we like and show each other."
"Sounds good to me."
She looked at them and then she circled the one she liked. He did the same. They then showed each other and found out that they both liked the initials CKR. They both laughed.
"Thank god we don't have to do that with the boy's name." She laughed.
"Yeah." He said kissing her.
While they were kissing the phone rang. On the third ring he picked it up.
"Hello?….Hey Dennis…Nothing. We just got back from the doctors….Everything is fine. Just a check up for Leah and the baby….Dinner tonight with you and Peggy?" He looked over at Leah and she shook her head 'yes'. "Sure we'll be there. What time?….6pm?" He looked at her again and again she shook her head 'yes'. "6pm is perfect….See you then. Bye."
She walked over to the bedroom turned around and looked at him. He looked at her and read her mind. The phone rang again.
"Don't you dare answer that." She said looking at him.
"I have no intentions." He said kissing her passionately.
"Good." She smiled at him reaching up and grabbing his lapels.
After they made love Leah took a shower while Jimmy checked to see who called. When she came out of the shower he told her to call her sister. She called her sister and found out that Taylor will be coming out for a couple of weeks because she has another commercial to audition for. Leah was so happy.
"It's going to be great to see her." She said getting dressed.
"When will she be out here?" Jimmy asked.
"She said the week of July 10 to the 30th."
"That's great. She'll be here when dad and I go on our fishing trip." He said.
"Yes. That's in a week." She said hugging him.
"Yes it is and I can't wait. Thank you again for getting me that as a wedding gift." He said kissing her.
"You're welcome. It was my pleasure." She smiled at him.
She happened to look at the time and told him they better get ready to go to Dennis and Peggy's. She put on a pair of jeans, her black mid drift top with her black shoes. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and put on her make up. He put on a pair of jeans and navy blue polo shirt.
"Don't you look handsome?" She said getting up.
"You look great." He said looking at her.
"Thanks. You sure this is ok to wear tonight?"
"Yeah why not? He didn't say it was formal." Jimmy said looking at her.
"I don't want to look like crap." She said looking at herself in the mirror.
"You don't look like crap. You look wonderful. I always loved that shirt on you." He said walking up behind her.
"You do? Thanks." She smiled at him in the mirror.
They then left to go to the Becker's for dinner. They stopped off at a liquor store and bought a bottle of white zinfandel.
"Jimmy what am I suppose to drink since I'm underage and pregnant?" She asked looking at him.
"Don't worry about it." He said looking at her as they left the liquor store.