Chapter 21

Around noon aaron was packing his things when he suddenly stopped and turned towards his girlfriend who was laying on the bed in their hotelroom;"Maybe I shouldn't go!"

"Ofcourse you have to."said m.j. as she sat up straight;"It's your job,aaron."

"But I can't leave you and justin downhere all alone right now."started he slowly;"Why don't you come with me back to new York?"

"I can't and you know why!"answered his girlfriend irritated;"I'm a big girl,aaron,I don't need a babysitter!"

"I know that you can handle things just fine by yourself,honey,but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't be nice to have somebody standing by your side through all of this,m.j."

"It's sweet of you to wanna stay here with me,aaron,but your job is important and you have to go!"

"But I just don't wanna leave you and justin with everything that is going on right now,m.j."said aaron;"A lot has happened in the last few months and you're still getting over…"

"Don't start that again!"warned she him angry;"I'm fine and there's no reason why you shouldn't go back to new York now that they've called you back."

"Maybe you're right."answered her boyfriend;"Can I atleast still worry about you while I'm back in new York or is that forbidden too?"

"Ofcourse you can."laughed m.j. as she calmed down again;"I'm sorry about snapping at you,aaron,I guess that I'm still a bit sensitive about that."

"Have you told your family about what happened in new york?"asked he curious;"They have been wondering about what's wrong and why you're using a cain."

"I have told them that I was in a little accident and that I have to use cain for a while,aaron,that's all."

"A little accident?"started he surprised;"That's the understatement of the year."

"I don't want them to know because that would only make them worry even more and they have been through enough!"answered m.j. softly;"Go to new York and do your job,aaron,I'm going to be fine and I'll be right here with justin untill you get back."

At the frame's Jamie was playing with his daughter when lisa walked into the livingroom with his stepfather;"Mac is here to see you,Jamie."

"Hi,mac."said her husband a bit surprised;"What brings you downhere and where's mom?"

"Your mother is at home and she doesn't know that I'm here right now."answered he hesitating;"I wanted to talk to you about your mother because I'm really worried about her."

"Why are you worried about her?"asked Jamie as they both sat down on the couch;"Did something happen?"

"No,but she hasn't been looking that well lately and I have noticed that she's been taking a lot of painkillers or something."started his stepfather slowly;"Your mother keeps saying that she's fine,but I'm not sure about that."

"But she went to see Edwin for a check-up,mac,so she must okay or else Edwin would have said something."

"When did she have a check-up,Jamie?"asked he surprised;"I didn't know that your mother had been to see Edwin for a check-up."

"I saw her at his office last week and she said that she was there for a check-up."answered his stepson confused;"When I asked her where you were and why you weren't there with her she said that you couldn't be there because you were in an important meeting or something."

"But I didn't even know that she went to see Edwin for a check-up."said mac shocked;"Now I'm really worried."

"Calm down,mac,you don't know why she didn't tell you about it."began he slowly;"Maybe she's got a very good reason for keeping this from you and lying to me about you knowing about it."

"Or maybe Edwin did find something wrong and she doesn't want us to know about it."answered he softly;"Maybe there is something really wrong with your mother,jamie."

Donna was walking in the garden with her sister;"Did Michael ask you to come and talk to me?"

"No,ofcourse he didn't."said Nicole;"I'm worried about you two and what this is doing to your marriage,donna,why are you pushing this so much?"

"Because I don't wanna lose Victoria over this,Nicole."answered her sister irritated;"If marlee can accept it then I don't see why Michael couldn't too."

"Probaly because he doesn't want to see his daughter get hurt too."started she slowly;"Maybe you should just give him some time to come to terms with vicky's relationship with jake."

"Why?"asked donna angry;"He told me that he will accept jake again after what he did to marlee."

"He's only saying that because he's angry right now,donna,I'm sure that in time he will learn to accept it."

"I have been through a lot with Victoria and there was a time when she didn't even want to have anything to do with me after that mess with john."said she softly;"This last year my relationship with Vicky has finally gotten better and I won't let anybody do anything to mess that up,Nicole,not even Michael."

"And what about your marriage?"asked Nicole;"Do you want to risk that too over this after everything you guys have been through and all the problems that you have had."

"If Michael loves me as much as he says that he does then he will do what I have asked him to do!"answered her sister angry again;"That's all that I'm gonna say about this,so let's just change the subject."

Later that day at mary's place ben was just talking to his mother and Kathleen when m.j. walked in with justin;"Hi,guys."

"Hi,sweety."said mary and turned around;"Where's aaron?"

"He went back to new York."answered his daughter;"He got called back for his job."

"Aaron seems like a nice guy."started ben hesitating;"How did you guys meet?"

"I was giving his sister piano-lessons last year and that's how we met."

"Does he know about what happened with adam?"asked Kathleen;"Or did you lie to him too?"

"Don't start again,Kathleen!"warned their mother her tired;"That is totally uncalled for."

"It was just a simple question."said she annoyed;"Can't I ask anything anymore?"

"What is your problem?"asked m.j. suddenly angry;"Why do you keep doing this everytime I see you?"

"Can you two please try to get along for once?"begged their brother as he looked worried at their mother;"Do you have any idea how this is for mom?"

"You're right,ben."answered Kathleen quickly;"I'm sorry,mama,you don't need this right now."

"I'm sorry too,mama."said her sister softly as she turned around and walked away;"I'm going back to the house with justin."

"Why do you keep doing that,Kathleen?"asked ben after m.j. had left with her son;"Do you hate her so much that you want to drive her away or something?"

"Ben…!"started his mother a bit shocked about his outburst;"I'm sure that your sister doesn't hate m.j. and that she doesn't want to drive her away again."

"Ofcourse not."answered Kathleen slowly;"I'm sorry,mama,I will try to restrain myself around m.j. next time because I wouldn't want her to get upset or anything."

Rachel cory had just come home after spending a couple of hours with her friend,felica,at tops when mac came out of the study;"I've been waiting for you to come home,Rachel."

"Oh."said his wife surprised;"Why?"

"Why didn't you tell me that you saw Edwin white for a check-up?"asked mac;"Why would you keep something like that from me?"

"I…"started she shocked;"Who told you that I went to see Edwin?"

"Jamie did."answered her husband;"But he seemed to think that I knew about it."

"The only reason why I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry for no reason,mac,that's all."said Rachel lying;"I didn't want you to make a big deal about it."

"Do you really expect me to believe that?"asked he;"If it was really no big deal,Rachel,then you would have told me about it,so the real question here is why you didn't tell me and why you lied to your son about me knowing about it."

"I don't like being called a liar!"answered his wife furious as she wanted to walk away when mac stopped her;"Can you please just let me pass,mack?"

"Please just tell me what is wrong with you!"begged mac even more worried;"Whatever it is we will get through it together,honey,you don't have to do this alone!"

"There's nothing to tell,mac!"said she and walked away;"Just leave me alone!"

At chad's room at tops he was just laying on the couch,fooling around with Cheryl,when there was a knock on the door and Cheryl almost jumped up from the couch;"Who is that?"

"I have no idea since I can't look through the door."smiled chad as he kissed her;"Maybe they will go away if we're really quiet."

"You're bad."said his girlfriend softly into his ear with a smile;"What if it's important ,chad?"

"Not as important as you."whispered he when he heard his sister's voice calling out his name while she started knocking on the door again;"Damned,that's dawn!"

"What are we gonna do?"asked Cheryl worried as she got up;"I don't think she's gonna go away."

"Just go into the bedroom and I will handle this as quickly as I can."answered her boyfriend and,while Cheryl quickly grabbed her things that were laying next to the couch and ran into the bedroom,chad opened up the door after Cheryl had closed the bedroomdoor;"Hi,dawn,what brings you downhere?"

"I was a bit worried about you because I haven't seen you around for a while."started she slowly as she looked around the room;"Are you here alone?"

"Ofcourse."said chad lying;"Why do you ask?"

"I thought that I heard somebody else talking when I was standing outside your door."answered his sister;"Why did it take so long to open up the door anyway,chad?"

"I was in the bathroom and I'm here all alone as you can see,dawn,so maybe you should have your ears checked-out."laughed he;"And there's no need to be worried about me either because as you can see for yourself I'm just fine."

"I guess so."said dawn and walked back to the door;"Don't be such a stranger again,chad."

"I won't,dawn,I promise."smiled her brother as he closed the door after her;"Bye."

"That was close."said Cheryl as she came out of the bedroom;"I think that she is suspecting something,chad."

"My sister knows nothing,baby,she just thinks that she does."laughed he as pulled her back into his arms;"Don't look so worried,Cheryl,nobody will know about us untill you're ready to tell them."

That night shane was going through some papers while he was sitting on the couch next to his girlfriend when all of sudden she pulled the papers out of his hand;"Hey,Nicole,give those back!"

"No!"said she teasing;"You have been looking at them all night and hardly at me!

"Give those papers back."started shane again;"They are important!"

"And I'm not?"asked his girlfriend irritated as she threw them into his face and got up from the couch;"I'm going home,shane."

"No,ofcourse you're important to me."answered he and grabbed her hand;"Please,don't go,nicky,please stay."

"What for,shane,so that you can sit there all night without saying a word to me and do nothing more then stare at those papers?"said Nicole angry;"You're so obsessed with that case that you don't care about anything else anymore."

"That isn't true,Nicole,I care about you more then anything else in this world!"

"Then you've got a weird way of showing that,shane Cassidy!"

"I'm sorry about being so into this case and not spending enough attention to you."said her boyfriend as he pulled her on to his lap and kissed her;"Please stay and I will show you just how much you mean to me,Nicole,I promise you that you won't be sorry."

Adam cory was sitting at home,drinking again,when the doorbell rang and when he opened the door he saw m.j. standing there,all wet she'd been walking through the rain towards his house;"What do you want?"

"I want you to give me a chance to explain things to you."said she and walked right past him into the livingroom;"Please just let me tell you why I did what I did."

"Why?"asked adam irritated;"So that you can tell me more lies?"

"Maybe I haven't always been honest with you in the past,but I am telling you the truth about justin!"answered his ex tired;"He's your son,adam!"

"Am I expected to believe that?"began he again;"Give me one good reason why I should believe anything that you tell me!"

"Because I wouldn't lie to you about our son,adam!"

"I also didn't think that you would have kept such a big secret about your past from me untill I found out about it on our weddingday,but you did!"

"Okay,I made a terrible mistake two years ago when I didn't tell you the truth about what I did for a living in Chicago when I was like 17 a lot earlier before you found out on your own just as I was about to tell you,adam,but how long are you going to keep using that against me?"asked m.j. frustrated;"I have never cheated on you and justin is your son!"

"You didn't tell me the truth when I saw you in new York either or when we got back to baycity again and if I hadn't walked in at mary's place yesterday when your family had just found out and were talking about it then I still wouldn't have known!"answered her ex angry;"So don't expect me to believe that you didn't cheat on me or that justin is my son without any proof because for all I know you could have been sleeping with half of baycity when we were together or turning tricks again or something,m.j."

"Damn you,adam cory!"yelled she furious with tears in her eyes and slapped him against his cheeck;"Go to hell!"

"You first!"yelled adam back as he grabbed her wrist when she wanted to walk away and at first m.j. thought that he was gonna hit her back as he stood infront of her with that furious look on his face,but then out of the blue he suddenly pushed her up against the wall with his body as he grabbed both of her arms and kissed her.

"What are you doing?"asked his ex shocked as she pushed him away and hit him against his cheeck again,but then when he grabbed her again with that fire-look in his eyes,and kissed her for the second time while keeping her up against the wall with his body she let herself go too as she started to kiss him back…