Chapter 17
At the hudson's donna was out in the stables when she saw jake's bike pulling up;"What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to talk to you about Vicky."said he slowly and got off his bike as donna came towards him;"I know that you hate me,but can't we atleast try to get alone for Vicky?"
"I don't hate you,jake."answered donna softly;"How is Victoria doing?"
"How do you think she's doing?"asked her daughter's boyfriend irritated;"She's really unhappy with the whole situation and with the fact that you guys want us to break up."
"But I don't want to you two to break up anymore,jake,not as long as you make her happy."
"Since when don't you wanna see us breaking up,donna,you've never liked me."
"It doesn't matter if I like you or not."answered she;"Victoria seems tio want to be with you and you seem to make her happy,so that's all that matters."
"Does Michael feel the same way?"started jake surprised;"Does this mean that you've all accepted our relationship?"
"No,this is what I'm saying,jake."said his girlfriend's mother;"I think that marlee will be able to accept it in time and I've tried to make Michael accept it too,but I'm not sure if he ever will."
"It would mean a lot to Vicky if you would all just accept it,because this is really making her unhappy."answered he;"But I'm sure that it would make her happy right now if you went over to my place and told her what you've just told me,donna,that would mean a lot to her."
"Then maybe I should go and see her then."smiled donna;"Thank you,jake,I'm starting to believe that my daughter's right about you."
Kathleen was standing behind the counter at mary's place,talking to her husband and her brother,when mary came in with her other two sisters;"Look who's back in town again."
"Is that all you can say to your sister,who's been away for a long time?"asked her mother surprised;"What kind of a welcome is that,kathleen?"
"It's okay,mama."said m.j. uncomfortable with the whole situation and turned towards her big sister;"Hi,Kathleen."
"It was about time that you came back."started she slowly;"Do you have any idea how worried everybody has been about you and what have you been doing all this time?"
"Kathleen!"warned her husband her quickly;"Is that really called for?"
"What do you expect from me?"asked Kathleen angry as she turned towards cass;"I'm just saying the things that everybody else is too afraid to say!"
"I know that everybody was worried about me and I'm sorry about that!"answered her sister softly;"But I came back,kathleen,didn't i?"
"As if that makes it okay."said she;"Why don't you just answer my question about what you have been doing all this time and what's wrong with your leg?"
"Stop it,Kathleen,what are you trying to reach by this?"asked Cheryl a bit shocked;"What's the matter with you?"
"That's enough!"warned their mother her daughter when she saw that Kathleen was about to say something again to m.j.;"This isn't the time or place for this conversation!"
"I don't see why not,mama,I think that we have a right to know these things."started she still angry and looked at her big sister;"Well,what's the big secret?"
"Why don't you just mind your own business,Kathleen,I didn't come back here to get the third degree from you!"answered m.j. angry too while she walked out the door;"I don't need this!"
"Nice going,Kathleen."said their youngest sister irritated;"Do you want to drive her away again?"
"Was that really called for?"asked mary;"I want to know what has been going on in her life for the last few years too,kathleen,but attacking your sister like that isn't going to do anybody any good!"
"She put you and pops through hell by staying away for so long while you guys had no idea where she was or even if she was still alive!"answered she furious;"Don't you think that we've got a right to know the truth!"
"I'm sure that m.j. will tell us everything that we want to know when she's ready."started her mother tired;"But not if we go about it like you just did!"
At brava sam was just coming back from a lunch with his wife when they heard somebody calling Amanda as they were walking into the elevator in the downstairs-lobby;"Mrs. Fowler!"
"Yes?"asked she as they turned around and saw her secretary coming towards them;"What is it,tara?"
"There's an important call for you upstairs."answered her secretary;"They need you right away,mrs. Fowler."
"Thanks,tara."said Amanda and turned towards sam;"This is tara,sam,she's my new secretary."
"Oh."started he and tried to hide the fact that he was totally in shock and that his heart had just stopped for a second when he saw tara because she was the same girl that he'd had the one-night-stand with;"Hi,tara."
"Is that all you can say?"laughed his wife while she turned towards tara;"This is my husband,tara,this is mr. fowler."
"Hello,mr. fowler."smiled tara as she shook sam's hand;"Nice to finally meet you."
"Yes,nice to meet you too."said he quickly and pulled Amanda with him into the elevator;"Come on,Amanda,they are waiting for you upstairs."
That afternoon mary was sitting by vince's bed when Jamie walked in;"Hi,Jamie,is there any news?"
"He's finally out of the woods and we think that he's going to get better again."answered the young doctor;"He will have to make some changes in his life to prevent this from happening again."
"Don't worry."promised mary him;"I will make sure that he will,jamie!"
"So,is it true what I have heard?"asked he curious;"Has the long lost daughter returned again?"
"Yes,m.j. is back again and it turns out that she was in new York."
"You must all be really happy that she's back again."
"We sure are and I'm sure that it will help vince's recovery once he's really awake again and knows that m.j. is back."
"How is m.j. doing?"asked the young doctor slowly;"Has she changed much?"
"I don't know,Jamie,she really hasn't opened up yet about her life in new York yet."started mary hesitating;"She's also using a cain and when I asked her about it she said that she'd been in a small accident,but that it was nothing serious."
"But you don't seem to believe that,mary,how come?"
"I don't know why,but there is something about her that makes me believe that something happened in new York."said she;"Maybe I'm just worried for no reason at all,Jamie,but I would really like to know what happened in new York."
Ryan Harrison was working at the policestation on some paperwork when a man walked into the office;"Is the office of officer Harrison?"
"David?"asked he surprised as he looked up and saw david cage,an old friend from Washington;"What are you doing here in baycity?"
"I'm here for a short vacation."answered his friend;"Your sister picked me up from the airport lastnight."
"She didn't tell me about that,david."said ryan confused;"I wonder why."
"I think that she probably had other things on her mind lastnight,ryan,because it seems that she saw her boyfriend with his ex or something."started he slowly;"Susan told me that she thinks that he is still in love with his ex and she seemed pretty upset lastnight when she dropped me off at my hotel."
"Damn it!"answered his friend angry;"I warned her about adam,but she wouldn't listen to me!"
"That is one of the reasons why I came to see you today,ryan,I'm a bit worried about your sister."said david;"I have never seen her this sad before."
"Susan really loves that guy,david,so I'm sure that it really hurt her if she saw him with his ex."began he slowly;"But I don't understand why she didn't call me to tell me about it."
"Maybe she didn't call you because she was afraid that you'd get angry or something."answered his friend;"She probably realized that if she'd call you that you would wanna do something about it."
"I guess you're right."said ryan when shane walked in;"Did you know that adam is back and is it true that he brought his ex back with him from new York,shane?"
"Yes,I ran into cass today and he told me that adam found her in new york,where he told her about vince's heartattack after susan had called him with that news and that they both flew back together to baycity."answered he;"He's coming back to work on Monday."
"Just let your sister take care of her own life,ryan!"warned david his friend worried when he saw the angry look in his eyes;"Don't do anything stupid like going on after him or something!"
At jake's Vicky was just cleaning up the kitchen when the doorbell rang and she was stuned to see her mother standing there when she opened up the door;"If you came here to make me change my mind about jake then you can just turn around and leave!"
"Hello to you too."said donna;"Can I please come in?"
"Sure,donna."answered her daughter as she let her mother into the livingroom;"But I'm not changing my mind about seeing jake!"
"That's not why I'm here,Victoria!"started she softly;"I don't want you to stop seeing jake if that's what you really want."
"You don't?"asked Vicky confused;"But you all hate jake."
"I don't hate jake."answered her mother;"I'm just worried about you,Victoria,but if you say that you're happy with him and that he has changed then I'm going to believe you."
"I…"started she stuned;"I thought that you were never going to accept him after what he did to marlee."
"Ofcourse I'm still not happy about what he did back then to your sister,but I don't want to lose you over this and I want you to be happy,Victoria,so if that means that I will have to accept jake then I will."
"Do Michael and marlee feel the same way?"asked Vicky;"Have they accepted the fact that I'm with jake?"
"Well,it's not easy for your sister to accept the fact that you're with the man that has caused her so much pain,vicky,but she doesn't want to lose you over this either."answered her mother;"Michael would still rather see jake out of your life,but I'm trying to make him see that he should just let you live your own life,even if that means that we have to accept jake."
"Michael will never accept jake!"said she softly;"Never!"
"I will make him see that he's got no other choice."promised donna;"It'll be allright,Victoria,just give it some time."
That night adam walked into the 24h store a few blocks from his house when he nearly bumped into his ex;"What are you doing here?"
"The same thing as you as I guess."said m.j. sarcasticly;"You look like you've had a rough day."
"More then you'll ever know."answered her ex as he saw how tired and pale m.j. was looking;"But I could say the same thing about you,m.j."
"Let's just say that not everybody is as happy to see me back and some people think I should tell them about every second of the whole two years that I was gone."started she with a faint smile;"But the good news is that jamie told mama today that pops is gonna be okay again."
"That's great news."said adam a bit worried when m.j. grabbed for her head;"Hey,are you okay?"
"I'm fine,adam,I just have a headache.""answered his ex;"That's all."
"Look,if you need somebody to talk to or something…"began he hesitating as all of a sudden three masked men came running into the store with guns;"What the…?"
"Goodevening,people."said one of the men as he jumped on to the counter with his gun pointed at the man behind it;"This is a hold-up and nobody will get hurt if everybody just remains calm and sits down on the floor."
"The first person that moves is dead!"warned one of the other robbers them;"Let that be a warning!"
"This can't be happening."started m.j. as she began to panic while they sat down on the floor and grabbed adam's arm;"Oh,my god!"
"Hey,calm down."said her ex surprised about her reaction as he felt her shivering all over while as an ex-cop she had been trained for stuff like that,and he held her hand;"As soon as they get what they want they will go away,so nothing's gonna happen,m.j."
"You don't understand."answered she softly,shaking all over and looking even more pale then before and wanted to get up;"I need to go!"
"Are you nuts?"asked adam stuned as he quickly pulled her back next to him;"You will get shot if you get up and try to walk out of here!"
"I can't do this,adam,not again!"whispered his ex in shock and closed her eyes when they heard a gunshot;"Oh,my god!"
"Hey,it'll be okay."promised he while holding her hand and quickly looked at the robbers to see how badly the situation was and who got shot;"I promise."
"What do you think that you're doing?"asked the robber that seemed to be in charge as he walked up to one of the robbers who was standing over the guard that was laying on the floor while blood came flowing out of his chest;"I said no shooting!"
"But I thought that he had a gun and that he wanted to shoot me."answered he irritated;"Am I suppose to let myself get shot or something?"
"He didn't have a gun,nutcase!"said the third robber angry and pointed at a bottle of soda laying next to the guard;"Does that look like a gun?"
"Let's just go!"said the first robber and pulled the rest with him out of the store;"We got what we came here to get!"
"Somebody please call 911!"yelled one of the customers and sat down next to the wounded guard;"I think that he's still alive."
"Are you okay,m.j.?"asked adam worried as he turned his head back towards his ex and was shocked to see her laying unconscious next to him;"M.j…?"