Chapter 12

At the hospital mary was laying with her head on vince's bed,holding his hand and still sleeping,when Jamie walked in and woke her up;"Goodmorning,mary,did you stay here all night?"

"I didn't want to leave him alone."answered she softly;"How is he doing?"

"A bit better."started Jamie slowly;"His condition is slowly improving and if this keeps up he might be out of danger in a few days."

"When will he wake up again?"asked his patient's wife still worried;"He will wake up again,won't he?"

"Ofcourse he will,mary,but I can't you when that will be."

"I still can't believe that I almost lost him,Jamie,he's a difficult man to live with,but I wouldn't want it any other way."

"He's a strong man and we're gonna do whatever we can to pull him through this."promised the young doctor;"That's why you need to go home right now to get some rest because he's gonna need you when he wakes up again and you won't be able to help him if you're sick yourself."

"Maybe you're right."answered mary;"Maybe I should go home for a few hours,jamie,but what if he wakes up?"

"Then I will make sure that the nurses here call you."said he as he walked out of the room with mary;"Don't worry,mary,as soon as vince wakes up you will get a call right away."

Rachel and mack were just having breakfast when Amanda walked in with sam;"Goodmorning."

"Goodmorning,strangers."laughed her father;"We were about to call the police and report you two missing."

"Very funny,dad,hahaha."smiled Amanda and sat down at the breakfast-table;"We felt like staying in bed yesterday."

"Really?"asked he teasing;"Were you two that tired?"

"Don't mind your father."said his wife looking up;"I'm glad that you two have finally decided to work things out instead of fighting all the time."

"So am i."answered sam and kissed his wife gently before he sat down;"We both are."

"Are you coming to work today,Amanda?""asked his father-in-law;"Your new assistant is starting today and I would like it if you were there to welcome here at brava."

"Ofcourse,dad,I'm coming in for work today."said she;"What time is she coming?"

"Just before lunch I think."answered mack as he got up;"I'm going to work and I will see you all later on."

"Bye,honey."smiled his wife while mack kissed her goodbye and walked off;"See you at lunch."

"Are you okay,mom?"asked Amanda all of a sudden when she took a close look at her mother;"You don't look so good."

"I'm fine."answered she lying;"I'm just fine."

Around lunchtime it was pretty crowded at tops when Vicky and marlee came out of the elevator;"Are you sure that you want to have lunch here?

"Ofcourse I am."answered marlee surprised;"Where did you want to have lunch then?"

"At mary's place."said her twin;"It looks pretty crowded here,marlee."

"What's going on with you lately?"asked she annoyed;"Why do you suddenly want to lunch at mary's place so much lately,Vicky,is there something that you aren't telling me?"

"Ofcourse not."answered Vicky lying;"It was just a suggestion,marlee,that's all."

"Hello,girls."smiled felica as she came towards them;"A table for two?"

"Yes,felica,please."said marlee and followed her to a table with her sister;"Things seem to be going pretty well downhere,aren't they?"

"I can't complain."laughed she and turned towards Vicky;"Was that jake that I saw you with at the beach lastnight?"

"No,I wasn't at the beach lastnight."said Vicky quickly as to avoid marlee's look;"Why would I be on the beach with jake ?"

"That's what I'd like to know too!"answered her twin-sister and stared angry at Vicky;"Is jake the reason why you keep wanting to go to mary's place,Vicky,are you seeing jake?"

"Yes,I am."started she suddenly angry too;"I'm sick and tired of having the hide the fact that I'm seeing jake and I'm not going to anymore."

"How can you do that?"asked marlee shocked;"How can you see jake when you know what he did to me,Vicky?"

"Not everything is about you,marlee,I know what jake did to you,but he has changed and I love him!"answered her twinsister softly;"Jake isn't the same guy that he was when he was with you!"

"I don't care!"yelled she furious and ran towards the elevators;"How can you do that to me?"

At the hospital susan was walking towards her office when she ran into Jamie,who was talking to Kathleen;"Hey,guys."

"Hi,susan."said Kathleen and turned back towards Jamie before she walked away;"Call me if there's any change."

"Ofcourse."answered her friend as he looked at susan after Kathleen had left;"Where are you off to,susan?"

"Back to my office.'started she hesitating;"What was that with Kathleen all about?"

"Her father's in the hospital after he had a heartattack."said Jamie;"He's still not out of the woods and they're all very worried."

"Does adam know about this,jamie,did anybody tell him?"

"I don't know,susan,I don't think so."answered the young doctor slowly;"Are you going to tell him?"

"Do you think that he would want to know about this?"asked susan;"They almost were family a few years ago."

"Yes,I think that he would want to know because the 's still mean a lot to adam."started the young doctor softly;'Maybe you should call him in new York and tell him."

"Maybe I should."answered she and looked at her watch;"But I can't tell him today on his sister's weddingday,so I will call him tomorrow and tell him about what has happened."

Mitch was having lunch at tops with sam;"So does this mean that everything is okay between you and Amanda again?"

"I think so."smiled his brother happy;"We talked a lot about what has been going on lately,mitch."

"Did you tell her about your mistake?"asked he;"Did you tell her about that?"

"Ofcourse I didn't because if she knew then she would divorce me right away."

"That is why you must make sure that she never finds out!"warned mitch him;"You won't help Amanda by telling her,sam,it happened and telling your wife won't change anything and it will only hurt her."

"If it's up to me Amanda will never find out about my one-night stand and it's not like I wanted to cheat on her."said he slowly;"I don't even remember doing it."

"Well,I'm glad you two have worked things out and that everything is allright again,sam."

"So am i."answered sam;"I love my wife and I wouldn't know what to do if I ever lost her."

"As long as she doesn't know then you won't lose her."started his brother with a faint smile;"Where is your wife anyway?"

"She's having lunch with mack and her new secretary at brava."

"Since when does Amanda need a secretary?"asked mitch surprised;"I thought that all she did at brava was checking out the lay-out for the magazine,sam."

"Mack is giving her more responsibility since both Jamie and Mathew don't want to follow into mack's footsteps,so that one day she can take over from him."said he;"Amanda just loves it,because she's got it in her blood just like her father."

"Well,you just make sure that your wife finds out nothing about your mistake and you two will lead a happy life together."warned his brother him again;"Just remember that telling her will only hurt her,sam,remember that if you ever start feeling guilty."

Jake was standing in the kitchen at mary's place when Vicky came running in through the backdoor,looking really upset;"Hey,Vicky,what's wrong?"

"Marlee knows."said she almost in tears;"She knows about us."

"How did she find out?"asked her boyfriend surprised;"What did she say?"

"We were at tops for lunch when felica said that she'd seen us at the beach lastnight and marlee got really angry at me."answered Vicky;"She kept asking me how I could have done that to her,jake."

"She was probably just shocked,Vicky."started he slowly and put his arms around her as he gently kissed her;"I'm sure that things will be okay once she has calmed down."

"I hope so,jake,I really do."smiled his girlfriend sadly and looked up surprised when all of a sudden her father stormed in;"Michael?"

"I thought that marlee was wrong when she called me to tell me about you two,but I can see now that she was right!"answered Michael angry while he grabbed jake's shirt and pulled him away from Vicky;"Wasn't it enough that you hurt marlee really bad,jake,do you have to hurt my other daughter too?"

"He isn't going to hurt me,Michael!"said daughter shocked by the way that her father was acting and got in between jake and michael;"He isn't the same guy that he was when he was with marlee."

"Don't be a fool!"yelled he to his daughter and turned towards jake again;"I'm warning you,jake ,if you don't stay away from my daughter…!"
"I love your daughter!"answered jake;"I want to be with her and nothing that you can say or do will make me change my mind!"

"Oh,no?"asked his girlfriend's father and wanted to grab jake again;"Do you wanna bet?"

"Leave him alone,Michael!"warned Vicky him angry too;"I love jake and he loves me too,so I don't want him to stay away!"

"How can you say that when you know what he did to marlee?"started he,calming down a bit;"How can you even stand to be around him?"

"Because I love him and I need him just as much as he needs me."answered his daughter and lay her head against jake's shoulder;"Jake would never do anything to hurt me,so I'm going to keep seeing him no matter what you or anybody else says."

"Fine!"said Michael as he walked out of the kitchen;"We will talk about this when you get home!"

"Hey,don't worry about it,baby,it'll all be okay again."promised jake after Michael had left and held Vicky close to him;"If you want to you can stay at my place."