Chapter 10. Sweet heart.
They had hardly entered the garage when the doors started to slide shut. Alex didn't wait for the motor to stop. She jumped off the bike and threw herself into Donna's waiting arms. Tears of joy were streaming from their eyes.
"Alex I missed you so dearly!" Donna mumbled, "I'm sorry for what happened, but I know what drugs can do to you. I've promised myself I'd fight drugs at all cost. When I saw you that night before the concert I couldn't believe my eyes I'd never spotted you to be a drug addict. I was mad at myself and took it out on you. I only wanted to protect you from drug abuse. Please forgive me."
"That is so sweet Donna, but I don't do drugs, nor did I then." Alex answered with a sweet smile. "I was hit by an ageing beam that changed me into an old, worn out woman."
Donna scrutinized Alex incredulous. "You don't have to excuse yourself Alex. Especially not with such a far fetched explanation."
"But it's true Donna, just ask Sam she was there with me" she turned towards the motorcycle and saw Sam hanging unconscious in the side car. "Sammy!" Alex shouted.
They both ran towards Sam and Donna gently scooped her out off the side car. It was as if Sam was as light as a feather in Donna's arms, when she tenderly walked her into the cottage and delicately set Sam down in a couch.
Donna checked Sam's pulse, which was steady but slow. Her breathing on the other hand was as light as a breeze and faltering. "Alex do you know what has happened to her? The ride wasn't that exhausting, after all." Donna enquired.
Alex stepped forward, pulled Sam's t-shirt up a bit and showed the burn marks to Donna. "She didn't want me to know so I wouldn't worry, but I found out by accident. It was a tall, slender, grey haired interrogator that has done this, but ..."
Alex couldn't continue because Donna exclaimed, "Dren that dirty old , . I wish I could kill him, very, very slowly. Did you know it was him who killed Jerry?" The rest was vehement cursing of the culprit.
Alex looked perplexed at Donna. "What did he do?" she asked, rejecting the information she just heard.
Donna felt caught red-handed. She'll have to explain Alex what her relation to Jerry contained. "Let's concentrate on Sam for the moment Alex. She needs treatment and fast! I'll do the explanation afterwards, okay?" She proposed.
Alex had to agree that it was most urgent to help Sam. "OK, but you better have some seriously impeccable answers once Sam is in good care!" Alex acknowledged.
Donna sighed.