Chapter 15
It was almost noon when Rachel came out of edwin's office at the hospital just as her son walked by;"Mom?"
"Hi,honey."said she and tried to look less caught then she was feeling;"Why aren't you out to lunch?"
"I was just on my way to the lunchroom across the street."answered Jamie and was surprised to see his mother coming out of edwin's office;"What are you doing here,mom,are you sick?"
"No,ofcourse not,honey,I was just here for a check-up."
"Are you sure that you're not sick or anything,mom,why are you have a check-up all of a sudden?"
"With everything that has been going on with vince I thought that it was time for a check-up."answered his mother lying;"That's all."
"Maybe you're right."started Jamie still not convinced;"Where's mack,mom,didn't he come with you?"
"No,jamie,he had a meeting at brava that was really important."
"So?"asked he worried;"What did Edwin say?"
"That I'm just fine."said his mother and hoped that her son couldn't see through her lies;"Why don't you let me buy you lunch today?"
"That sounds great."smiled Jamie as they began to walk towards the elevators;"Let's go."
At jake's place Vicky was just watching some television when the doorbell rang and after she'd opened the door she saw her aunt standing there;"What do you want?"
"Is that any way to greet your aunt?"asked Nicole laughing and followed her niece into the livingroom;"I only came to see if you were okay."
"I'm fine,Nicole."said her niece;"Did donna or Michael send you?"
"Nobody send me."answered she;"But they are all pretty worried about you."
"So?"started Vicky a bit angry;"If they hadn't reacted so weird about my relationship with jake then I wouldn't be here right now and they wouldn't have to worry about me."
"You knew how they'd react if they were to find out about that,Vicky,so it can't really be such a surprise to you."answered her aunt;"You can't really blame them for reacting this way after all of the things that jake has done in the past."
"If you're here to talk bad about jake then you can leave right now!"
"Hey,I'm on your side here,Vicky,I only said that you can't blame them for reacting the way that they did,but I didn't say that I felt the same way."
"I really love jake and I know that he loves me too,Nicole,he isn't the same guy that he was when he was with marlee and he would never do anything to hurt me."said Vicky softly;"Why can't they just try to understand that?"
"They will,honey,if you just give them some time."answered she;"Just let this rest for a little while and maybe then you can all sit down to sort this out."
At the hospital mary was sitting next to vince's bed when he suddenly opened his eyes;"Mary…?"
"You're awake."smiled she and pushed the nurses-button right away;"Everything's gonna be okay again."
"My chest…"started vince almost whispering;"It hurts…"
"I know,sweety,but the nurse can give you something for that."answered his girlfriend and kissed him gently;"The most important thing now is that you're awake again."
"I…."tried he again and started falling back to sleep;"I…"
"Ssst,don't try to talk."warned mary him;"Just go back to sleep and I'll be right here by your side."
"Is everything allright in here?"asked the nurse who came rushing into the room;"Did you press the button,mrs. ?"
"Yes,I wanted to let you know that mr. was awake just now."said she looking up;"But he went back to sleep again."
"Okay,I will let doctor frame know."answered the nurse and walked away again.
In new York m.j. had just arrived at the cory's and was looking uncomfortable around her;"Why did you want me to come here,adam,your sister said that you had something important to tell me."
"I do."began he slowly and sat down next to her;"This morning I heard that your father's had a serious heartattack and that he's been at the hospital since Monday."
"Paps?"asked m.j. shocked;"Is he gonna be okay?"
"I don't know,but it seems he isn't out of the woods yet."answered her ex-fiancee and put his hand on tops of hers;"Are you okay?"
"Ofcourse she isn't okay!"said Karen irritated as she sat down next to m.j. on the other side of the couch;"Can I get you something to drink,m.j.?"
"No,I have to go overthere!"started she in a panic and got up;"I have to go home."
"You're not going anywhere in that state of mind!"answered adam worried as he got up too;"If there's anything that I can do for you."
"There is."said his sister before m.j. had a chance to say anything;"You can fly back to baycity with her to make sure she gets home safe and sound,adam."
"What?"asked he stuned;"Why don't you go with her if you're that worried?"
"She can't because she has to go on a honeymoon with me in about an hour."said carlos;"I think that it's a great idea that you go back home with m.j. and help her to get home safe and sound."
"No,adam doesn't have to babysit me,because I can take care of myself!"answered m.j. irritated;"I can fly home by myself."
"They are right,m.j."began her ex with a faint smile;"Besides I was going to go home in a few days anyway,so all I'm doing is go back a few couple of days early and that way everybody is happy."
"You don't have to do this!"said she softly;"I can do this by myself!"
"I want to do this!"answered adam hesitating;"Your family as well as mine would never forgive me if I let you go all by yourself in this state."
That afternoon mitch was talking to felica at tops when his brother came up to him;"I need to talk to you."
"Can't you see that I'm busy?"asked mitch irritated as he turned around;"Shouldn't you be with your wife or something?"
"She's at work."answered his brother;"I really need to talk to you,mitch,I'm not joking."
"It's okay,mitch,just go and talk to your brother."laughed felica as she began to walk away;"I have to make a few phonecalls anyway."
"Allright then."said he and sat down with his brother;"What was so important that you had to come and talk to me about it?"
"Amanda told me the name of her secretary this morning and I almost felt my heart skipping a few beats."started sam slowly;"Her name is tara."
"So?"asked his brother surprised;"There will probably be more girls named tara in this world,sam,that doesn't mean that your wife's secretary is the same girl that you slept with."
"But what if it is the same girl,mitch,what then?"
"Come on,sam,what are the odds of that?"laughed he;"You're just seeing things,sam,just forget about what happened and go on with your life."
At the hudson's donna was playing with her youngest daughter,kristy,when her sister came into the nursery;"Hello,Nicole,what brings you downhere?"
"I came to see how you were all doing."said her sister;"I talked to Vicky earlier."
"How was she?"asked donna worried;"What did she say,nicole?"
"She's upset ofcourse."answered she;"She really seems to love him,donna,I don't think that this is just a fase or something."
"I didn't think that it was just a fase,Nicole,I don't doubt that her feelings for him are real and I think that she's never stopped loving him after they broke up the first time."started her sister slowly;"But I'm just worried that he will hurt her like he's hurt marlee before."
"But what if she's right about jake being a changed man,donna?asked Nicole hesitating;"Would you be able to accept their relationship?"
"I want to because I'm the last person that's got a right to judge anybody else after all the things that I have done in my life."answered she tired;"But I just don't want to see Victoria get hurt."
"Maybe you should tell your daughter how you feel,donna,instead of me."said her sister;"I think that she'd be happy to hear that."
Rachel was laying on bed with her eyes closed when her daughter came in;"Mom?"
"Hello,honey."said she and opened her eyes;"What can I do for you?"
"Is everything okay,mom?"asked Amanda worried;"Why are you laying in bed?"
"I just had a bit of a headache,Amanda,that's all."answered her mother lying;"Everything's fine."
"This is all my fault,mom,all this fighting between me and sam must have been pretty terrible for you and dad."
"My headache isn't your fault at all,honey,people can get a headache without it being anybody's fault."
"Maybe you should see a doctor or something."started she still worried;"You haven't looking so good lately,mom."
"Thanks for the compliment,Amanda."said Rachel teasing with a faint smile;"I don't have to see a doctor,honey,it's just a headache."
"Are you sure,mom?"asked her daughter;"You would tell me if there was something wrong,wouldn't you?"
"Ofcourse I would."answered she lying again;"There is nothing wrong with me,honey,so don't look so worried."
Later that evening adam arrived at the baycity-airport with m.j. and after checking out their bags they walked outside of the building;"Home sweet home."
"You really didn't have to do this,adam."said m.j. a bit uncomfortable and not sure how to act around her ex-fiancee;"I could have done this by myself."
"Karen wouldn't have forgiven me if I'd let you go home all by yourself."answered he and not sure how to act around m.j. either;"Besides,I didn't mind."
"Do you feel as uncomfortable about being here together as I am?"started his ex-fiancee with a faint smile;"We haven't seen eachother for almost two years and neither of us know what to say to eachother."
"I know."began adam hesitating as he took m.j.'s hand into his and wished they weren't standing at a crowded airport;"Look,about what happened at karen's wedding…"
"Adam…?"asked a voice behind them before m.j. had a chance to answer adam and when they turned around adam saw susan standing there;"What are you doing home already and why is she with you?"
"Susan…."said he and tried to look caught and guilty as he quickly pulled his hand away from m.j.'s;"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to pick up an old friend of mine from Washington."answered his girlfriend with an angry look;"You still haven't answered my question."
"I ran into m.j. in new York and Karen asked me to fly back with her after hearing about vince's heartattack."started adam slowly as he pulled susan away from his ex-fiancee a bit;"I know how this must look to you,susan,but can we please talk about this some other time?"
"Fine."said she and walked away;"I have to go."
"Why do I get the feeling that she wasn't all that happy to see you with me,adam?"asked m.j. as they to went an empty cab;"Is she your girlfriend?"
"Yes,she is,but don't worry I will explain everything to her later."answered he quickly;"What do you want to do now?"
"Maybe going straight to the hospital isn't a good idea,so I want to go home and wait for mama there."said his ex-fiancee;"Why didn't you tell me that you had a girlfriend?"
"I guess that kind of slipped my mind because I had a lot on my mind,like finding out that you were in new York and that my sister had known for months without telling me."began adam annoyed but calmed down when he saw the hurt look on m.j.'s face;"I'm sorry,m.j.,that wasn't fair and this isn't the moment to be talking about that."
"I guess that I had that coming,so don't worry."answered she with a sad smile;"Look,adam,you did what your sister has asked of you and I can take a cab home by myself and then you can sort things out with your girlfriend."
"No,I promised Karen that I would get you home safe and sound,so that's what I'm gonna do and that means going with you to your parents' house."said her ex-fiancee;"Susan will understand when I explain the situation to her."