Chapter 20

Susan was working in her office at the hospital when there was a knock on the door,so she looked up;"Yes?"

"Hi,susan."said david as he came in;"Are you busy?"

"No,not really."answered she;"I was just working away some paperwork."

"Why are you working on a Saturday afternoon?"asked her friend and sat down on her desk;"All work and no play…"

"I wasn't doing anything special at home anyway,so I decided to come downhere to work away some of my paperwork."said susan;"What brings you here,david?"

"Well,I went down to your house and when I didn't find you there I decided to try your office to see if you were here and you are."smiled he;"It's a good thing that I came downhere."

"Why?"asked his friend confused;"Why is it good that you came to my office?"

"So that I could rescue you ofcourse,susan."laughed david;"You really need to learn how to have fun again and I'm just the right man for that!"

"It's good to see that you haven't changed a bit.""smiled she;"I could always count on you to make me feel better no matter what,david."

"You know that I would do anything for you."answered her friend as he pulled susan out of her chair;"Let's go."

It was just past seven when marlee came home and found her father sitting in the livingroom all alone;"Where's donna?"

"I don't know."answered Michael looking up;"She wasn't here when I got home."

"Isn't she upstairs with kristy or something?"asked his daughter surprised;"Or in the bedroom,Michael?"

"No,the nanny said that she saw donna leaving around four."said he;"She's probably trying to avoid me."

"I wish that you two could just patch things up,Michael,instead of fighting about something like this."

"I'm not the one who's acting stupid over this,marlee,she is!"

"Who is what?"smiled Nicole as she walked into the livingroom;"Where's donna?"

"Nobody knows,nicole."said her brother-in-law and got up;"I'll be in my study if anybody needs me."

"What's up with him?"asked she after Michael had left and sat down next to her niece;"He seems upset."

"Donna is still giving him the cold shoulder."answered marlee;"She's still angry because Michael refuses to accept vicky's relationship with jake."

"Maybe I should have a talk with her about that."started her aunt slowly;"This is messing up their marriage."

Adam was sitting in the sand,drinking beers and getting waisted,when m.j. finally found him,after searching for hours;"What do you want?"

"I want to talk to you!"started she hesitating when she heard the anger in his voice;"Explain to you why I did what I did!"

"Why?"asked adam angry as he got up;"So that you can tell me more lies?"

"I guess I deserve that,adam,but please just give a chance to explain."begged his ex softly;"I know that you're mad at me right now,but I never meant for you to find out like this or for things to go the way that they have."

"No,you didn't mean for me to find you in new York and face everybody downhere."answered he;"You didn't want anybody to find out that you had cheated on me just before our weddingday!"

"Is that what you think,adam,do you really think that I cheated on you?"asked m.j. shocked;"How can you even think something like that?"

"You tried to hide your pregnancy and ran off without telling anybody where you were going two years ago,so that must mean that I'm not the father and that you were sleeping with somebody else back then while we were still together."

"Ofcourse you're justin's father and I might have done a lot of things wrong,but I have never cheated on you!"said his ex irritated;"I left because I knew how you'd react if I told you back then and I also didn't want to put my family through any more pain!"

"Do you really expect me to believe that?"asked adam;"If I was really his father then you would have told me,m.j.!"

"Fine,adam,believe whatever you want!"answered she tired and walked away;"Go to hell,adam cory!"

Scott LaSalle was working in his office at home when his wife came in;"How much longer are you going to stay in here,scott?"

"I'm almost finished."said he and noticed how late it was getting when he looked at the clock on the wall;"I'm sorry,honey,just a few more minutes and I'm all yours."

"What have you been doing here all night anyway?"asked dawn as she sat down on his desk;"I haven't seen you since yiou went in here as soon as you came home."

"I know and I'm sorry about that,but I had some business that couldn't wait and which I had to finish up today."answered her husband and after he put away some papers from his desk into a draw he pulled his wife on to his lap;"So,now I'm yours for the rest of the weekend,dawn."

"That isn't an answer to my question,scott!"laughed she;"What were you working on?"

"Come on,dawn,you know that I can't talk about that with you."smiled scott;"But now I'm done and all yours."

"Oh,really?"asked his wife teasing as she put her arms around his neck;"Does that mean that you will do whatever I want,scott?"

"Ofcourse."laughed he;"Whatever you desire."

"Allright then,I want some icecream."smiled dawn and got off his lap;"I'll be upstairs."

"Hey,come back here."said her husband as he pulled her back into his arms;"Is that all you want?"

"Yes."answered she teasing;"I'm craving for some icecream."

"Hmmm,I'm craving for something else."began scott slowly and carried dawn up the stairs while he kissed her;"Right now!"

At the wintroph's Kathleen was getting ready for bed when cass,who'd just taken a shower,came out of the bathroom in his underwear;"What's on your mind,Kathleen,you have been quiet all night."

"Nothing."said she lying;"Let's just go to bed."

"Come on,honey,you don't really expect me to believe that."started cass slowly;"Do you?"

"Okay then,cass,if you really want to know."answered his wife irritated;"I'm just still in shock about the fact that my sister has kept the fact that she has a son from us and also from his own father for so long and that if her new boyfriend hadn't come downhere we wouldn't have found out at all."

"Aren't you overreacting just a little bit?"asked he hesitating;"I'm sure that m.j. had her reasons to keep this from us and she said that she wanted to tell us,but didn't know how."

"No,I'm not overreacting and she should have told adam that she was pregnant even before she left two years ago!"said Kathleen angry;"Why do you always take her side?"

"I don't always take her side,but you weren't here when she left and you didn't see the state she was in at the time."answered her husband;"I'm not saying that m.j. was right in keeping this from everybody for so long,Kathleen,but maybe you should try to look at it from her point of view for once instead of being so hard on her all the time."

"Try telling that to adam!"started she slowly;"You didn't see the look on his face when he heard that he had a son."

"I didn't say that she shouldn't have gone about this differently,but you should try to listen more to her side of the story before you begin blaming her for everything."

"You always keep defending her,cass,no matter what!"said Kathleen furious and walked out of the room;"I'm sleeping in the guestroom and don't dare coming in there,cass wintroph!"

"Kathleen…"called he on after her and tried to follow her into the guestroom when she slammed the door shut in his face;"Damn it!"

The next day Rachel got up really early after a restless night when mac woke up too;"Where are you going?"

"I'm just going to go downstairs,honey,I didn't mean to wake you up."said his wife as she turned around;"Go back to sleep,mac."

"Why don't you come back to bed too?"asked he;"I think that you could probably use some more sleep too after the restless night that you've had."

"No,I couldn't go back to sleep even if I wanted to."answered Rachel;"I didn't keep you awake,did i?"

"Well,I couldn't help overhearing you tossing and turning through out the night."started her husband slowly;What is going on with you lately,Rachel?"

"There is nothing going on with me lately,mac,there's nothing for you to worry about."

"But I am worried about you,Rachel,because I'm not blind and I have noticed that you haven't been feeling well lately."answered mac;"Why don't we ask Jamie to give you a check-up at the hospital,honey,just to be on the safe side."

"There is no need for that!"said his wife annoyed;"I'm fine!"

"No,you're not and I really don't understand why you're so against a check-up,Rachel,unless you're afraid that they might find something."

"I'm not afraid of anything,mack,I just don't see the point in going if there's nothing wrong with me and there really isn't anything wrong!"answered Rachel lying and opened the bedroomdoor;"I'm going for a walk,mac,I will see you later on."

At the 's mary was getting ready to go to the hospital when aaron walked in with justin;"Goodmorning,mrs. ."

"Please just call me mary."said she looked up;"Where's m.j.?"

"I was kind of hoping that she was here."started aaron slowly;"She went for a walk this morning and she was really upset about what happened yesterday,so I decided to look for her when she didn't come back after an hour."

"Goodmorning."said Cheryl as she came into the kitchen and was surprised to see aaron standing there with justin;"So,is this my nephew?"

"Yes,this is justin."answered her mother;"And that is aaron."

"Hi."smiled she and took justin into her arms;"Where's my sister?"

"That is why aaron is here."said mary and looked at aaron;"Isn't she out looking for adam again or has she already talked to him?"

"That's one of the reasons why she was so upset because she saw him at the beach lastnight and tried to explain everything to him."answered her daughter's boyfriend;"But it seems that he got it into his head that justin isn't his son and that m.j. must have been cheating on him while they were still together."

"But that's crazy!"said Cheryl shocked;"There's no way that she would have done something like that!"

"Ofcourse not,but he seems to think that she did and he wouldn't listen to her lastnight."started aaron softly;"Would you guys please call me if she does show up here?"

"Sure."answered his girlfriend's mother;"And if she were to come back to the hotel then please ask her to call us right away."

Michael was about to leave the house when marlee came downstairs;"Goodmorning,honey."

"Goodmorning,Michael."said his daughter surprised to see him all dressed-up;"Where are you going?"

"To the office."answered he;"I will probably be back in a few hours."

"Why are you going to the office on a Sunday?"asked marlee;"Where's donna?"

"I have no idea where she is."said her father annoyed;"And I'd rather be at my office,working away some paperwork,then sitting around here all day and getting the cold shoulder from my wife,marlee."

"Then why don't you just do what she wants?"started she slowly;"Why would that be so terribe?"

"Because that would mean that I have to accept jake into our family again and I don't want that!"answered Michael angry;"I also don't understand how you two can do that so easy after what he has done!"

"I'm still not happy with Vicky seeing jake,but I can't keep living in the past and if jake is what makes Vicky happy then who am I to be against that."said marlee softly;"Just think about what I've just said,Michael."