Chapter 11

It was almost seven that night when Cheryl tried to sneak into the house to get changed when she ran into cass in the kitchen;"Hello,Cheryl,I have been waiting for you."

"What are you doing here?"asked she irritated;"Can't you leave me alone?"

"No,I can't."answered her brother-in-law;"I want to know what is going on with you."

"There is nothing going on with me!"said Cheryl;"Nothing!"

"Then why are you acting so strange lately and why are you trying to avoid everybody?"asked cass;"Come on,Cheryl,you can tell me anything!"

"No,cass,I can't tell you or anybody else about this!"whispered she all of a sudden and started to cry;"Nobody!"

"You can tell me,honey,does it have something to do with what happened to your father?"

"It's my fault!"answered his sister-in-law in tears;"It's my fault that he's laying there in that hospital and that he's fighting for his life!"

"Come on,Cheryl,how could that be your fault?"asked cass surprised;"It's nobody's fault,honey,these things happen."

"It is my fault,cass,because the day before paps had a heartattack I was with him in the kitchen at mary's place and he got all dizzy and almost fell down."began she softly;"I wanted to tell mama,but he made me promise not to tell anybody and he said that he'd go see a doctor for a check-up."
"But you couldn't have known that he was gonna have a heartattack the next day."said her brother-in-law;"What happened isn't your fault!"

"I should have told mama or Kathleen about what had happened to paps in the kitchen and they could have brought him to see a doctor!"answered she;"Then he wouldn't be laying in the hospital right now."

"Even if you had told your mother or Kathleen then it wouldn't have changed a thing,because your father kept refusing to see a doctor,honey,no matter what anybody else said."started cass as he put his arms around her for comfort;"This wasn't your fault and you shouldn't blame yourself!"

In new York adam was walking towards the park with his sister;"I still think her family should know about her being here right away."

"I know that you're still angry,adam,but please just hear m.j. out before you start yelling at her!"warned Karen him;"She's been through enough!"

"Like I start yelling at people for no reason."answered he annoyed;"I still can't believe that you kept something like this from me!"

"It was m.j.'s decision if and when she was gonna let people know where she was and not mine,adam,so I promised her that I wouldn't tell anybody and I didn't think that you'd care anyway."said his sister and saw m.j. sitting on a bench right infront of them;"Hi,m.j."

"Hi."started she uncomfortable and looked at adam;"Thanks for agreeing to meet me and hear me out instead of calling my family right away."

"I wanted to call them,but Karen convinced me to talk to you first."answered adam;"So,start talking."

"I will let you two sort this out by yourselves now."said his sister as she turned around;"Call me when you need a ride home,adam."

"Please don't be angry at your sister because she was only doing what I had asked her to do,adam."began m.j. slowly after Karen had left;"This isn't her fault."

"Why don't you want your family to know where you are?"asked he;"Do you have any idea how worried they are?"

"I almost went back a few months ago,but something got in the way."answered his ex-fiancee hesitating;"I am going to go back home again,but not just yet."

"But why not now?"started adam confused;"And what's with your leg,m.j.,why are you limping and walking with a cain?"

"I'm just not ready to back yet,adam."said she softly and looked at her cain;"And that's just a left-over from a little accident that I had."

"I still don't understand any of this,but since it seems to mean so much to you and it's really none of my business as my sister made pretty clear to me earlier I will keep quiet for a little while longer."promised her ex-fiancee;"But not for too long."

"Ofcourse not."smiled m.j. sadly;"Thanks,adam."

Kathleen was waiting for her husband to come back from her parents' house when he finally came in;"So,did you talk to cheryl?"

"Yes,I did."answered cass and sat down next to her;"I had a really good talk with her."

"So?"asked his wife curious;"What did she say,cass,did you find out what's going on with her?"

"Yes,I did."started he slowly;"It seems that the day before vince had a heartattack he got dizzy while Cheryl was with him and he made her promise not to tell anybody about it,but now she was feeling guilty because she got it into her head that if she'd told somebody that he wouldn't have had that heartattack."

"But that's silly and it was paps' own choice not to see a doctor,cass,mama has been trying to get him to see a doctor for a while before his heartattack,but he just wouldn't listen to her."

"I know and that's what I told your sister too,Kathleen,so I think that it made her feel less guilty about what happened."

"It's a good thing that you went."smiled Kathleen as she put her arms around cass' neck and kissed him;"You're the best."

"I guess I am."laughed he and kissed her back;"And I'm all yours."

At the cory's Amanda was sitting outside,staring infront of her,when sam suddenly sat down next to her on the bench;"I'm sorry,Amanda,I'm the biggest jerk there is."

"Why do we keep doing this lately,sam?"asked she softly and turned towards him;"All we seem to be able to do is fight and making eachother sad lately."

"That's not the way that I want things to be between us,Amanda,I love you and all I want is to make you happy!"answered her husband;"I love you more then anything else in this world and I don't know what I would do if I lost you."

"I love you too,sam,I know that I haven't been that nice to you lately and that I have been pushing you away,but that's not the way that I want it to be!"

"I know that,baby,I should be more patient with you now that you're pregnant and I promise you that I will be from now on."said sam as he kissed her gently;"I love you!"

"I'm really lucky to have you,sam."smiled his wife and kissed him back;"When you didn't come home lastnight and you didn't call or anything I got really worried,sam,I started thinking about what I would do if I were to lose you and that really scared me."

"I'm sorry,Amanda,I fell asleep on the couch at mitch's place."answered he lying;"I will never scare you like that again,honey,I promise."

"Let's go to bed,sam."said Amanda suddenly as she got up and pulled sam with her;"Let's go upstairs."

"Are you sure?"asked her husband surprised;"I don't want you to do anything that you don't really want to do!"

"Does this feel like I'm not sure."whispered she into his ear and kissed him passionly;"Well?"

"Upstairs it is then."laughed sam and lifted her up into his arms while he walked back inside;"I've missed you,Amanda."

Two days later Michael was up really early,hoping to catch his wife before she was able to leave the house because eversince she'd walked in on him at his office she'd been avoiding him and making sure that there was always somebody around so that he couldn't talk to her.

"Wait a minute,donna."said Michael and grabbed her arm as she was about to sneak out of the house again;"We have to talk!"

"No,we don't!"answered she annoyed;"I have to go!"

"At six a.m.?"smiled her husband teasing;"Come on,donna,you can't keep avoiding me forever."

"What's there to talk about,Michael,there's nothing that you can say or do that's gonna change the fact that you're putting our lives in danger!"

"For the last time,donna,your father wouldn't dare to show his face downhere."answered Michael tired;"I only wanted to see where he was so that I can keep an eye on him."

"I just don't want to see his face here ever again,Michael,have you forgotten what happened last time he was in town?"asked his wife softly;"I almost lost you and our daughters."

"I know that and I wouldn't let him do anything to us this time even if he did come back again,honey."said he and put his arms around her;"Regioneld will never hurt you or anybody else in this family again,blackie,I'd rather kill him before I would let him do that again!"

In new York adam was watching his sister and his mother getting things ready for the wedding;"Aren't you guys ready yet?"

"No,are you ready?"asked his mother looking up;"If you are then you can go and see if your father needs any help with his tie in the bedroom."

"I don't need any help with my tie!"said her husband as he came into the livingroom;"When is carlos gonna be here?"

"He isn't."answered Karen;"We're going to meet him at the church with his family in a little while."

"I'm going for a walk."said adam as he turned around and walked towards the frontdoor;"I'll be right back."

"Don't be late!"warned his mother him and turned towards her daughter after adam had left;"What is going on with your brother,Karen,he's been looking pretty upset these last few days."

"Maybe it's because of the wedding,mom,it must be hard for him being here so close to his own messed-up weddingday two years ago."started she lying;"Maybe we should leave him alone a bit."

"Karen is right,honey,if adam wants to talk about this he will and else we will have to respect that."answered her father;"Let's get ready for this wedding and I'm sure that adam will be back soon enough."