Ch. 19

Just like Janet!

"He is crazy, Babe! Seriously, Janet Dillon crazy!" JR said, pacing back and forth.

"JR, I think we should call the cops now." Babe suggested.

"No way, they will screw this up!"

"JR, what are you gonna do? Paul isn't exactly a full picnic basket." Babe said.

"I gotta do something Babe. I won't just sit back while he is out there and after you and most likely our son."

"Why is he doing this?" Babe asked, leaning back against the couch.

"I don't know, but all I do know is he is crazy and if he comes near you or Little A again he is gonna wish that he was the one killed instead of his brother." JR turned and stomped out of the room, ignoring Babe's call.

Babe stood up and ran her hand through her hair, "What are we gonna do?"

Babe had called Winifred and told her to bring back Little Adam. Krystal walked in the room.

"Babe, you ok?" Krystal asked.

Babe and JR had filled Krystal in about Paul, and now Babe told her about the tape.

"Oh Baby doll, I'm sorry. I can't believe that sick freak is out there all over again. This cant be easy on you, finding out he is alive."

"You're right, its not. I thought that part of my life was over with, ya know? I was blackmailed into marrying him, and I spent the worst year of my life with him, and when he was gone... I don't know. I just was happy I didn't have to be reminded of him." Babe sat back down on the couch. "And now he is back and after my child, again. Why can't he just leave us alone?" Babe put her head in her hands.

Krystal pulled Babe into a hug, "Honey, he won't touch Little A. Not while JR and me are around. I promise. And he won't hurt you, either. We'll make sure of that." Krystal reassured her.

Babe looked up and smiled slightly, "Thanks.I better go and see how JR is." She stood up and walked off.

Babe knocked on JR's office door and then pushed it open, "JR? Honey, are you here?"

"I don't care, find him!" JR yelled into a phone and then slammed it down.

JR was sitting at his desk in his chair, grinding his teeth. Babe walked up to him and kneeled before him and took his hands in hers.

"JR, calm down, OK? Everything will be OK, I promise."

"Not while he is after you and our son." JR pulled her into a hug, "I will kill him if I find out he has come near you. It's bad enough with Amanda out there..."

Babe had been rubbing JR's back calmingly, but when she heard that she stopped and pulled back.

"What, Babe?" JR asked.

"Amanda... at the Roadside Bar she said that someone wanted payback almost as badly as she did. She meant Paul! She and Paul are working together!"

"But how would she have known? About you, and Paul, and everything that happened?"

"I have no idea." Babe sighed, "But I know it has to be her and Paul."

"Great, not only do we have two incredibly crazy people among us, now they have teamed up to make our lives a living hell."

Babe sighed, "No one can say our lives our boring."

Babe had gotten dressed and headed to go and see Tad. When she got there, she knocked up the door and she heard a British accent say, "Come in."

Babe walked in and the smile Aidan had on his face disappeared, "Oh, what are you doing 'ere?"

It was no secret Aidan hadn't liked Babe when she first came to town, but that dislike turned to hate after what she had done to Bianca. And Babe hadn't earned any points with Aidan after he had heard that Babe slept with Josh Madden while she was still with Jamie.

"I came to see Tad, is here?" Babe asked timidly.

"Unfortunately for 'im, yeah."

"Can I please speak to him?"

Aidan nodded and went to a room in the back and knocked on the door, "Tad, you got company."

"Who is it, I'm pretty busy right now Aidan." Tad yelled through the door.

"It's Babe Carey." Aidan yelled back.

Tad opened the door and stepped out, and looked at Babe. Aidan went into the room Tad had just left and shut the door.

"Hi Babe, what can I do for you?" Tad asked.

"I need some help. Someone is after me and my son."

"Do you have any idea who it is?" Tad asked.

"Yeah, I do. He was supposed to be dead..."

"Since when do people in Pine Valley ever stay dead?" Tad asked.

Babe chuckled, "Yeah good point. But I think he is working with Amanda Dillon."

Tad sat down at his desk and starting typing on his computer, "So who is this mystery man?"

"Paul Cramer." Babe said, sitting down in the chair next to him.

Tad stopped typing and looked over at Babe, "You've got to be kidding." He saw the look on her face, "OK, maybe you're not kidding. How?"

"I asked the same thing. Apparently he had a twin brother and that is who was killed."

"And you want me to check and see if he really did have a twin?"

"No, I already know he did. I need you to look up everything you can on Paul, and see if you can maybe find him."

"I'll do what I can."

Babe pulled out her wallet, "How much is this gonna cost?"

"For you, nothing. Im surprised you would think I would charge you."

"And I'm surprised you don't hate me after what I did to Jamie."

"He told me what you did, and he told me that you didn't really sleep with Josh. You wanted to let him go and be a doctor. That took guts, and I respect you for that. And I respect you for your bravery, because you're actually back together with JR."

'What can I say, I'm in love." Babe smiled and gave Tad a hug, "Thank you."

"I'll do whatever I can for you and my grandson."

Babe smiled and exited the building and Aidan walked out of the room.

"What was that about?" Aidan asked.

"We need to start looking for leads about Paul Cramer." Tad told him.

"Cramer? Buthe'sdead." Aidan responded.

"Not anymore he isn't."

Aidan couldn't wipe the shocked look off his face and he got on the other computer and starting pulling up files.