Secrets of the Past

"You okay?" Stella's voice whispered through the air and Mac glanced up to see her standing in the doorway.

He nodded. "Yeah, just a little tired," he admitted and she smiled.

"When was the last time you slept?" Stella asked and he seriously had a hard time remembering when it was.

"Before Adam was shot," Mac said shrugging. "What can I say; it's been a long week." It seriously had and it wasn't over yet. Four days ago Adam had been shot, two and a half days ago David had been kidnapped, not even a day ago his daughter had been shot – what was going to happen yet, one of his other daughters going to announce they were pregnant? He didn't think he'd handle that very well.

"Mac, go and get some rest, I'll keep an eye on the love birds and your grandson. I promise, nothing will happen to any of them while I'm watching, and I'll give you regular updates," she promised and he nodded.

He was too tired to argue. So instead he stood up and walked to the car leaving her alone in that hallway.

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She watched him leave and sighed after him. Once he was out of sight she went to the door of the ICU Room where Kenzie was resting peacefully. Her sisters were in the room. Madison was reading the newspaper while sitting next to her sister. It almost appeared to be the business section.

On the floor, with a key board in her lap Kay was sitting there, surfing the internet almost like a teenager would. She smiled, seeing so much of their father in them. Kay was tapping her thumb against the plastic part of the keyboard just like Mac did when he was frustrated and not finding what he wanted to find.

Maddy's face held the same somber expression Mac often wore when he had seen something interesting. Stella couldn't help but smile at the content nature of that room. That's when Kay glanced up from her typing.

"Hey, Mads, Stella's at the door," Kay stated and Madison looked up from the paper.

"Welcome Ms. Bonasera," Madison said as she folded it. "Dad's not here if he's who you are looking for."

"No, he just left," Stella said nodding. "I promised him I'll be looking after your family."

Mckayla looked at her with a strange little grin on her face. "Yeah, but how long till our family is your family?" Kay asked and Stella gasped.

"Excuse me?" Stella asked as Maddy rolled her eyes at her sister.

"Don't mind her, she lives to get a rise from people," Madison said and Mckayla gasped in false shock and pain.

"Still, you have to admit, there is definite chemistry between you and Dad. I mean, I even caught you looking at him a little longer than was necessary the other day," Kay said and Stella shook her head.

"No, we are only friends, try again," Stella assured Mac's daughter and Kay scoffed.

"I had a friend like that once," Kay said. "Had a pregnancy scare with him which set us off sex for a couple of weeks."

Stella blushed at what Kay was insinuating. More than that, she was talking sex with Mac's daughter.

"Come on, lay off Kay. Dad's not the kind of man to be in a friends-with-benefits type of relationship… he's not like you," Maddy said and Stella shook her head. She couldn't believe how quickly this conversation had gotten out of hand. Usually she controlled conversations better than she was this one.

"Don't mind her," a new voice spoke and they turned to see Kenzie was awake, groggy maybe but definitely awake.

"Kenzie, you're awake, I'll call Mac," Stella said and Kenzie shook her head no.

"I won't be awake for much longer. Just let him get some rest." Kenzie assured Stella and Stella couldn't help but smile at the young woman. She was definitely like her father, always worrying about other people.

"Okay, but how do you feel?" Stella asked changing the subject.

"Like I got shot," Kenzie said sarcastically, "How did you think I'd feel?"

"Smart ass," Madison said as she flipped the page and Stella glanced down, trying to hide the big ass grin on her face.

"Where's David?" Kenzie suddenly asked as she searched their surrounding and Stella noticed the sound of panic in her voice.

"He's fine," Stella said stepping forward. "He's with Adam, resting."

"Good," Kenzie sighed as her eyes closed. "He's had a hectic couple of days. He needs all of the rest he can get."

"You need your rest," Stella said sternly.

"Yes, mother," Kenzie quipped though her voice sounded exhausted. She was barely awake now.

Stella couldn't help but chuckle at Kenzie's tone. The young woman had spunk. With that though in mind Stella sat down on a nearby chair and got comfortable.

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"Mommy," he cried in the dark surroundings but nothing was heard. "Mommy, daddy, help me."

"No one is going to help you," a voice said as he heard a pop. Then he watched as his mom stepped from the darkness and collapsed, covered in blood.

"MOMMY!" He screamed.

He woke up screaming and his daddy tried to get out of bed.

"Davey, what's wrong?" his daddy asked, his legs hanging off of the bed.

"Mommy," David sobbed as he ran to his dad. His dad opened his arms and David felt his father's arms pick him up gently and hold him protectively. "Mommy got hurt because of me."

"No, she didn't," His daddy said soothingly. "She got hurt because that man was a very bad man. You aren't to blame. Do you understand?"

David nodded before closing his eyes, still tired.

"Daddy, will you be here when I wake up?" David asked as he looked up at his dad's face. His daddy smiled sadly before nodding.

"I promise," he said and that was good enough for David. He knew his daddy wouldn't lie if he could help it. He always tried to keep his promises.

With that Davey crawled out of bed, went to the couch and fell back to sleep almost immediately.

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[Well, that's it for this chapter. I hope you liked it. I promise to update as soon as I can. Thanks for reading and thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far… TVGirl09]