Chapter 19
Scott was working in michael's office with him when he looked up at the clock and saw that it was already time for lunch,so he got up;"I'm going out to lunch with my wife."
"Sure."said Michael looking up;"We can finish this up later,scott,thanks for coming down to my office to help me out with this."
"Aren't you going to go home for lunch?"asked he surprised when Michael didn't get up too;"Donna is probably waiting for you to come home for lunch."
"I doubt it."answered his friend hesitating;"She's angry at me for not wanting to accept vicky's relationship with jake."
"Is Vicky seeing jake,michael,since when?"
"I don't really know when it started between them,but we only found out a few days ago and I'm not happy with it after what he has put marlee through."
"But I don't understand why that would make donna angry at you,Michael,because she can't really like the idea of Vicky being with jake either."answered scott;"Or does she accept their relationship?"
"She said that she wasn't happy about it either,but she told me that we have to accept it or else we'll lose Vicky because of it and she doesn't want that!"started he tired;"I can't accept this,scott,I just can't."
"Your wife does have a point,Michael,it's not worth losing your daughter over this."warned his friend him;"Maybe you should listen to donna and stop fighting over it."
At the hospital Jamie was just in m.j.'s room to check up on her when he saw that she was beginning to wake up again;"Welcome back,m.j."
"Where am i?"asked she confused as she looked around;"How did I get here?"
"You're in the hospital,where you have been since lastnight when you passed out during the robbery at the store."answered Jamie;"How are you feeling?"
"Oh,my god,this can't be happening."said his friend shocked and wanted to get out of bed;"I have to go,jamie!"
"Not untill we have a serious talk!"warned he her;"You can't take what happened lightly."
"You don't understand,Jamie,I really have to go!"started m.j. again as she began to look for her clothes;"Where are my things?"
"In the closet,m.j."answered her friend hesitating as m.j. went into the bathroom to get dressed;"Why don't you tell me why you took so many heavy painkillers lastnight and what happened to you in new York?"
"How did you know about me taking painkillers?"asked she confused and came back out of the bathroom after getting dressed again;"Who told you?"
"First I thought you were taking drugs or something,so I ran some tests on your blood and when I got back the results it showed a high amount of heavy painkillers in your blood."said Jamie;"I also saw the scars on your body,so please tell me what happened in new York and don't tell me that nothing happened!"
"Are you insane,Jamie frame,thinking that I'm on drugs?"started his friend angry;"Just mind your own business!"
"I'm only trying to help you,because you're not doing too well if you're taking such a high amount of painkillers,m.j."said he;"Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?"
"That is my business,jamie,not yours!"
"I'm just worried about you,because next time something worse might happen then you passing out!"
"I'm fine,Jamie,there is nothing wrong with me!"answered m.j. and walked out of the room;"Just mind your own business and leave me alone!"
Shane was working on the robbery again when ryan walked into the office at the policestation;"What are you doing here on a Saturday?"
"I could ask you the same thing."said shane;"I wanted to go over the evidence in this case again,ryan,what's your excuse?"
"The same."answered he with a faint smile;"I just came from the hospital and the guard that got shot yesterday died about an hour ago."
"I know,ryan,the hospital called the station with the news of his death right after he died."
"Doesn't that make it two murders now?"asked ryan;"On top of assault and robbery?"
"Yes,it does."answered his friend;"That is why I'm spending my day off on this case now,ryan,instead of spending it with my girlfriend."
"If only we got a lead on who these guys are or something like that."started he annoyed;"We have to catch them before they kill somebody else."
"We're doing everything that we can and that's all we can do."said shane tired;"I'm just glad that they didn't shoot adam lastnight."
"What was he doing there anyway,shane?"asked his friend;"Why was he there with his ex?"
"He wasn't there with his ex,ryan,he happen to run into her there."answered he;"Besides,what adam does or where he goes in his own time is his business and not ours!"
Kathleen was cleaning up some tables at mary's place when her brother came out of the kitchen;"Jamie just called and said that m.j. left the hospital pretty upset and he wants us to call him as soon as we see her."
"When isn't she upset?"said his sister annoyed;"M.j. has been upset eversince she came back from new York."
"Excuse me,miss,I wonder if you could help me?"asked a goodlooking man with a little boy in his arms;"I called downhere lastnight asking about my girlfriend and somebody downhere told me that she was in the hospital."
"Your girlfriend?"started Kathleen a bit shocked as she realized that this had been the man that had called the night before;"You called about m.j. lastnight."
"Yes,I got worried after I didn't hear from her when she was suppose to call,so I called downhere because she had told me once that this place belonged to her family."answered he;"Is m.j. still at the hospital and is she okay?"
"We just found out that she left the hospital,but that she's okay as far as we know."said ben;"I'm ben and I'm m.j.'s brother."
"I'm Kathleen,her sister."began Kathleen slowly;"And you are…?"
"My name is aaron and this here is justin."smiled the man and pointed at the boy in his arms;"M.j.'s son."
"Her what?"asked his girlfriend's sister shocked;"Yours and m.j.'s son?"
"No,as much as I love him as my own I'm his stepdad."laughed aaron;"Justin is m.j.'s little boy."
"M.j. has a son?"started ben shocked as well;"But that means that she must have been pregnant when she left baycity by the looks of that little boy."
"Now I can understand why m.j. left in such a hurry almost two years ago."said his sister irritated;"She got herself pregnant and left before anybody could find out about it."
"Please tell that what I heard you say just now is all a bad joke!"said a voice behind them and as they all turned around they saw adam standing there,looking as white as a sheet;"Tell me that I didn't just hear what I thought I did!"
"Adam…"started ben,who was still a bit in shock about the news too,and wanted to stop adam as he began to slowly walk back towards the door;"Don't go off the deep end right away and let's just talk to m.j. about this first and sort it all out."
"Why?"asked he angry and ran out the door;"I don't need anymore lies!"
"I guess that m.j. hasn't told you guys about me or justin yet."said aaron uncomfortable;"Maybe I shouldn't have rushed downhere like this."
"This isn't your fault,aaron."answered Kathleen a bit angry;"M.j. should have been the one to tell us that she had a son as soon as she got back into town!"
That afternoon Michael came home with flowers for donna and walked into the garden where his wife was talking to marlee;"Hello,ladies."
"What do you want?"asked donna as she looked up annoyed;"I'm talking to marlee."
"Come on,blackie,you can't still be mad at me."said her husband and tried to pull his wife into his arms;"It's been long enough."
"Have you been to see Vicky about jake yet?"started she slowly;"Have you?"
"Ofcourse not."answered Michael irritated;"You know how I feel about that and I won't change my mind no matter how long you start mad at me."
"Fine!"said his wife as she got up and walked away;"Then be prepared for a long and cold period ahead of you."
"Why is she still angry at me?"asked Michael tired and sat down next to his daughter;"She should be able to understand where I'm coming from with this and I can't understand why she wants to accept this relationship just like that,marlee!"
"I can."answered she softly;"She doesn't wanna lose Vicky over this,Michael,and neither do i."
"I don't want to lose Vicky either and we won't because this is just a fase that your sister is going through right now."started her father slowly;"You know what Vicky is like,marlee,she keeps changing her mind about things all the time."
"But what if she is really serious this time,Michael,what if jake is really the one and only love for her?"asked marlee hesitating;"Do you really want to take that chance?"
At mary's place mary,who'd arrived not long ago and had been talked up to speed,was talking to her kids when m.j. walked in;"Where have you been,honey,we were worried about you!"
"I was just walking around."said she when she suddenly saw aaron sitting at a table with her brother with justin sitting on his lap;"What are you doing here?"
"He flew downhere from new York today after he couldn't get in touch with you lastnight and he heard that you were in the hospital after he called downhere."answered Kathleen;"Why didn't you tell us about the fact that you have a son or that you're seeing somebody in new York?"
"I…."started m.j. a bit shocked about seeing aaron sitting there with justin and the fact that her family found out about them before she had a chance to tell them herself;"I was going to."
"When?"asked her sister angry;"By the time that your son turned 18 or something?"
"Kathleen!"warned mary her when she saw how upset m.;"That's enough!"
"I wanted to tell you guys,but I hadn't figured out how yet."answered her daughter softly as she sat down and took justin in her arms;"Hey,sweety."
"He was really happy that we were coming downhere to see you."said aaron;"I'm sorry about flying downhere,but I didn't know that you hadn't told them yet,m.j."
"That's okay."smiled she sadly;"Has justin had his nap yet?"
"No,so I'd better go back to the hotel and lay him down for a while."answered her boyfriend and took justin into his arms;"Are you coming with us?"
"Maybe you should go and talk to adam first."started ben slowly;"If you can find him atleast because I have already tried and he was nowhere to be found."
"Why?"asked his sister surprised and started to get worried when she saw the looks on their faces;"Please,don't tell me that adam already knows too,ben!"
"He walked in just as we found out and were talking about it."answered he;"He was pretty upset."
"Oh,my god."said m.j. shocked;"This day is getting worse by the minute!"
"Maybe you should have been honest with everybody as soon as you came back or even before you disappeared two years ago!"warned her sister her irritated;"Then you wouldn't be in this mess right now."
"Why don't you just mind your own business!"answered she angry and walked away;"I have to find adam!"