Chapter 9

At the cory's sam was waiting for his wife to come home so that he could talk to her when she finally walked into the livingroom;"I think that we should talk,Amanda,we can't just go on like this anymore."

"If you don't like it then why don't you just get out?"asked she annoyed and sat down on the couch;"I'm not in the mood for this,sam."

"Why do you keep doing this,amanda,all I want is for us to work out our problems and all you can do is start a fight with me."

"I'm not doing anything,sam,you are!"

"Fine,Amanda,if that's the way that you want it!"answered her husband angry;"If you don't want to work out our problems then I don't see why I should keep trying."

"Why don't you just go back to the bar and get loaded again?"asked she angry too;"Just get out of my sight!"

"If that's what you want then that's what you will get!"yelled sam and walked away;"I will get out of your way!"

The next day in new York adam was already up after a restless night when he found his sister in the kitchen,making breakfast;"Goodmorning."

"Hi."said adam as he sat down at the table and tried to reach susan,but all he got was her voicemail;"Damned!"

"Something wrong?"asked his sister worried when she saw the expression on his face;"Do you wanna talk about it?"

"It's nothing for you to worry about."said he quickly;"Just wanted to talk to susan,but I got her voicemail again."

"Is everything okay between the two of you?"started Karen curious;"I kind of got the feeling that things aren't okay."

"Susan just got it into her head since my birthday that I'm still in love with my ex and now she keeps analizing everything I do or say,Karen,which is driving me nuts."answered her brother;"I'm with her,aren't i?"

"Maybe she isn't so far off base as you think."said she slowly;"The way that you and m.j. broke up,suddenly and out of the blue,and the way m.j. suddenly disappeared never gave you a chance to resolve any unfinished business,adam,so maybe there might be things you aren't aware off yourself and which susan might be picking up on."

"Since when did you become the family-shrink?"asked adam annoyed;"I'm happy with susan and that's that!"

"But what if you were to run into m.j. all of a sudden?"began his sister hesitating;"How would you feel about that?"

"I have no idea and I don't understand why we're even talking about this since for all we know m.j. could be in europa."answered he and saw a strange look on karen's face;"Or do you know something that I don't?"

"Ofcourse not."laughed Karen quickly;"Don't be silly."

"Then let's stop talking about this."said her brother;"For m.j.'s family I hope she comes back to them,but other then that I'm perfectly happy with susan."

At the wintroph's Kathleen was feeding ray when cass came downstairs;"Goodmorning."

"Are you going to try to talk to Cheryl again today?"asked his wife looking up;"I'm really worried about her,cass,mama called me earlier and said that Cheryl is still trying to avoid her."

"I don't think that me talking to your sister is such a good idea after yesterday,Kathleen,that man thought that I was trying to hurt her or something."

"Please try to talk to her again."begged she;"Please,cass."

"Allright."answered cass;"I will go and talk to her again,but I can't promise you that it will have any effect."

"Thank you."smiled his wife and kissed him on his cheeck;"I'm sure that you can get through to her and find out what is going on with her."

"I can atleast try."said he slowly;"One thing is for sure,Kathleen,whatever is going on with her it has got to do with something that happened to your father because before vince's heartattack everything was fine with Cheryl and now she's acting really strange."

In new York adam was in his old room,getting dressed,when all of a sudden an old memory hit him like a ton of bricks…

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Adam had taken his girlfriend to new York,to meet his parents,and he was showing her his old room;"So this is where I grew up,m.j."

"So where did you hide your dirty magazines?"asked she him teasing and sat down on the bed;"Under here?"

"Do I look like the kind of guy that reads dirty magazines?"laughed adam as he moved closer towards her until he was standing right infront of her,looking down;"Do i?"

"You sure do."smiled his girlfriend when adam leaned closer and gently pressed her back on to the bed with his body;"What are you doing,adam?"

"What does it look like?"whispered he into her ear and began to open up her shirt while he kissed her;"We're finally alone."

"Your parents could be home any minute and walk in here."laughed m.j. as she pushed him away a bit;"You're crazy."

"Crazy about you."smiled her boyfriend while he pulled her back into his arms,kissing her again;"My parents won't be home for atleast a couple of hours,m.j."

"Really?"asked she as he was driving her crazy with his hands beneath her clothes and his kisses in her neck and on her face and kissed him back;"Guess we'll have to enjoy ourselves until they get back then."

"Hmmmm."said adam and layed down on top of her….

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As adam was caught up in the past he hadn't noticed his sister walking into his room and shaking his arm;"Hey,sleepyhead!"

"What…?"asked he surprised and looked up;"I was just…."

"You were just what?"started Karen curious;"You looked like you were up in heaven with that stupid grin on your face just now,so whatever it was that you were thinking about it must have been some memory."

"It was."answered her brother with a faint smile;"So did you want something,karen?"

"I wanted to know if you wanted to come shopping with me?"asked she;"Please?"

"Sure."smiled adam;"Anything for my sister."

It was almost eleven in the morning when sam woke up with a splitting headache again and looked confused around him;"Where the hell am i?"

"Goodmorning."smiled a half-naked girl that came out of the bathroom;"I thought that you were never gonna wake up again."

"Where am I and how did I get here?"asked sam still confused;"Who are you and what did we do?"

"How can you ask me that,lover,don't you remember what happened?"laughed she and sat down on the bed;"Maybe I should refresh your memory."

"This isn't funny."answered he angry and got up with a sheet wrapped around him;"Can you please just answer me?"

"I'm tara and we met at the bar near the beach lastnight."started she slowly;"We hit it off pretty well and one thing lead to another so to speak,sam."

"But I don't remember anything,tara,I don't even remember how I got here or who you are."

"That's probably because you were pretty waisted,but even after all that drinking you were still able to perform pretty well in bed."

"This isn't happening to me!"said sam shocked as he started to pick up his clothes and got dressed;"I'm a married man,tara,whatever happened between us it shouldn't have and it was wrong."

"I know that you're married,sam,but you told me that your wife didn't want you."answered she;"What's so bad about having some fun?"

"I'm married and I have cheated on my wife!"started he angry again;"Maybe this is all just some big joke to you,but it sure isn't to me."

"Relax,sam,I'm not gonna tell your wife and if you don't either she will never find out."

"I'm sorry,but I have to go."said sam still in a state of shock as he opened the frontdoor;"I'm sorry,tara,but this was all a big mistake and it should never have happened."

At mary's place Kathleen was standing behind the counter when ben came in;"Why aren't you at the hospital?"

"Somebody has to keep things running downhere."answered Kathleen irritated;"Why weren't you here this morning?"

"I had some things to do and I wanted to stop by the hospital to see dad."started her brother slowly;"Why don't you just tell me what is really going on and why you're so angry,kathleen."

"This whole situation is just driving me crazy,ben,paps is in that hospital fighting for his life and we have no way of reaching our dear,vanished sister."

"So,you're angry at m.j.?"asked he;"What happened to dad isn't her fault."

"Maybe not,but it is her fault that we can't get in touch with her to let her know what has happened."said his sister as she calmed down a bit;"You're right,ben,I'm just blowing off some steam and I feel helpless because there's nothing that I can do."