Chapter 10

At the policestation shane was working when ryan walked into his office;"I just came from the hospital and things aren't looking good for our latest victim,mr. marters."

"Damn!"said shane tired;"I knew that it would only be a matter of time before somebody would get hurt."

"When is adam getting back?"asked his friend as he sat down;"We can use all the help we can get."

"Not until next time,so up untill then it's up to us to try and put a stop to this."

"Have you ever met his ex-fiancee,shane?"

"No,that was before I came to baycity."answered he;"M.j. had already left town when I moved downhere."

"Do you think that he might still have feelings for her?"asked ryan;"Susan seems to think so after the way she saw him looking on his birthday as he was talking about her to her family."

"I don't know,ryan,I really don't."started his friend slowly;"Maybe you should let your sister and adam sort this out by themselves."

Michael Hudson was sitting in his office,talking on the phone,when his wife came in,but he was so caught up in his conversation and turned with his back towards the door that he didn't notice it.

"I want him found right now!"said he to the person on the other end of the line,not knowing that donna heard every word that he was saying;"I want to know every step that regioneld makes!"

"What?"yelled his wife shocked all of a sudden behind him;"Have you lost your mind?"

"I will have to call you back."said Michael surprised to the person on the other end of the line and hung up the phone while he turned around;"How long have you been standing there,donna?"

"Long enough!"answered she angry;"Why do you want to find my father,Michael,hasn't he caused enough problems for us in the past?"

"I only want to keep an eye on him so that I can protect us better!"explained her husband and tried to calm her down;"Please,donna,don't get all worked up."

"How can I not get all worked up,Michael,you know what that man did to me and to our family!"said donna;"You know what will happen if he finds out that you're trying to track him down!"

"Nothing will happen,honey,I promise."answered he as he tried to put his arms around her;"Do you really think that I will let him do anything to you or anybody else?"

"I don't want him back here,Michael,I don't want him back into our lives!"yelled his wife in a state of panic and pushed him away while she ran out of his office;"Leave it alone!"

"Damned!"said Michael tired and went on after her;"Please,donna,wait for me!"

That afternoon mitch walked into his room and was surprised to find his brother there;"What are you doing here,sam,did you have another fight with his wife?"

"Yes,lastnight."answered sam hesitating;"I did something stupid,mitch."

"What did you do?"asked he worried as he sat down;"Tell me."

"Lastnight Amanda and I had another fight and I left to blow off some steam."began his brother hesitating;"I went to this bar near the beach to have a few drinks and to cool down."

"And what happened then,sam,what did you do?"

"I don't really know,mitch,the last thing I remember was sitting in that bar lastnight."said sam;"The next thing I known was waking up this morning in some strange girl's bed named tara."

"Oh,no,please tell me that you didn't sleep with some girl that you have never met before."

"I don't remember it,but I must have."answered his little brother;"What am I suppose to do now,mitch,if Amanda finds out about this it will mean the end of my marriage for sure."

"How could you have been so stupid,sam,didn't I warn you about not doing anything stupid?"

"I didn't mean for this to happen and I don't even remember doing it,but it did and I don't know what to do now."said he;"Should I tell Amanda?"

"No,you can't tell Amanda."warned mitch his brother;"Does tara know your name or address?"

"No,mitch,just my first name I think."answered his brother;"Besides,I already told her that it was all a big mistake and that she won't see me again."

"Good,then you got lucky this time."said he;"Don't tell Amanda and don't go to bars anymore,sam,especially not after a fight with your wife!"

"But wouldn't it be better to tell my wife the truth,mitch,I don't want to lie to her."

"Would you rather hurt her feelings and end your marriage or maybe even hurt your unborn baby?"asked mitch annoyed;"Don't tell your wife or your marriage will be over for sure."

In New York adam had been shopping with his sister for hours when he stopped infront of a coffeehouse;"How about something to drink?"

"Sure."said Karen as they wanted to walk inside when all of a sudden she pulled adam out of the doorway and back out on to the street;"No,wait,why don't we just go home."

"What's the matter with you?"asked her brother irritated and pulled away from her;"I have been walking around for hours and hours with you now,Karen,I want something to drink and carlos told me that this place has the best coffee and that you guys come here all the time."

"You can have something to drink at home and we can come here another time."answered she and tried to pull adam away from the coffeehouse with her;"Let's just go."

"Why?"started adam suspicious as he pulled away from her again;"Is there somebody in there that you don't want to run into or something?"

"Ofcourse not,adam,don't be silly."

"I want to know why you're acting so weird all of a sudden,Karen,tell me!"

"I'm not acting weird at all."answered his sister annoyed;"I just want to go home,adam,please?"

"And I want to go into that coffeehouse to see what's in there that is making you act so weird now."said he as he wanted to walk back towards the door while he was still looking at his sister and didn't see the woman coming out of the coffeehouse and bumped into her,causing her to fall down on to the ground;"Hey,watch it!"

"You watch it,mister,you bumped into me!"started the young woman as she sat there on the ground,looking up a bit angry;"Adam….?"

"M.j….?"asked adam shocked as he stared down at his ex fiancée sitting on the ground;"What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry,m.j."said his sister while she helped her up;"You know what my brother can be like sometimes."

"Yeah,I do."answered she with a faint smile;"I do."

"What the hell are you doing here?"started her ex again in shock when he realized that his sister wasn't surprised or shocked to see m.j. there and that m.j. wasn't surprised to see him there either;"What the hell is going on?"

"I will explain everything on the way home."promised Karen quickly as she pulled adam with her and looked at m.j.;"I will call you later on."

"Okay."said she and began to walk away from them in the opposite direction,using a cain and limping with one leg;"Bye."

"Why is she using that thing?"asked adam stuned as his sister lead him away from the coffeehouse;"How long have you known about m.j. being in new York and what the hell is going on,Karen?"

"All in good time,adam."answered his sister;"I will explain everything when we get home."

Rachel cory was sitting in edwin white's office at the hospital;"So,is it as bad as you thought?"

"Yes,I'm afraid so,Rachel,there's not much that I or any other doctor can do in this stage."answered Edwin slowly;"All I can do for you is give you something for the pain."

"How long do I have left?"asked she softly;"More then a year or less?"

"Probaly six months or even less,Rachel,that's different from one person to the next."said her doctor;"Do you want me to call mack and ask him to pick you up here?"

"No,I don't want him or anybody else to know yet,Edwin!"

"Why not?"asked he surprised;"You're gonna have to talk to your family about this and you're gonna need them to help you through this!"

"I will tell them when I think the time is right."How long will it be before I won't be able to hide it anymore?"

"I don't know,Rachel,it's possible that you will remain in this state for a few months before it gets any worse or your condition could change in a matter of weeks."answered Edwin;"There's no way of telling and all I can do is give you something to keep the pain under control."

In New York Karen just got back to the house with adam and got out of her car;"Look,adam,please keep this to yourself!"

"How can you ask that of me and how could you have kept this from everybody while you damn well knew how upset her family has been about not knowing where m.j. was?"asked her brother angry;"Why didn't you tell me as soon as you found out that she was here in new York?"

"First of all it was none of your business because you two weren't together anymore and second of all m.j. begged me not to tell anybody,so I didn't."answered Karen;"It's her place to tell people where she is,adam,not mine!"

"You should have told me!"said he still angry as they went into the house;"Her family is worried sick about her!"

"What are you more upset about?"started his sister hesitating;"About the fact that m.j. has been here in new York and I didn't tell you or about the fact that you saw her again after all this time and you're afraid of what it might stir up instead of you?"

"What kind of a stupid question is that?"asked adam stuned;"You're making it sound like i still have a thing for you,Karen,which I don't and as you know I have a girlfriend who I love!"

"Fine,adam,let's just drop it."answered she;"But please just promise me that you aren't gonna call her family and tell them that she's here untill she's ready to let them know."

"Why the hell wouldn't she be ready for that after all this time?"said her brother confused;"Why do I get the feeling that there's a lot that you aren't telling me?"

"If there's anything to be told at all it's m.j.'s place to do so and not mine,adam,but I will ask her to meet us later and then you can talk to her."started Karen slowly;"Okay?"

"Fine."answered he;"I promise not to tell anybody untill I have talked to m.j."