Chapter 29
At the hudson's Michael had just come home from his office when he ran into his wife;"You set me up at lunch,donna!"
"I know and I'm sorry,Michael,but marlee and I both thought that something had to be done."started she hesitating;"So,how did it go?"
"It went fine."answered her husband and walked away;"I will be in my study."
"Is that all you can say?"asked donna surprised as she followed him;"What did you and Victoria talk about,michael?"
"Call her up if you want to know what we talked about."said he teasing;"If you wanted to know what we'd talk about then you should have had lunch with us at tops,honey,then you would have heard everything first hand."
"Stop teasing me and just tell me how it went."began his wife annoyed;"Did you and Victoria sort things out?"
"Well,I'm still not happy with her choice of men,but I did promise her that I would try to act normal around jake and that I wouldn't try to kill him."smiled Michael as he pulled donna into his arms;'Is that what you wanted to hear,donna?"
"So,everything is back to normal again?"asked she softly;"Victoria will come home again?"
"I don't know if she wants to move back home again,but she won't stay away from here anymore."said her husband and kissed her;"So you don't have to be mad at me anymore."
Chad was sitting behind the piano at tops when his sister sat down next to him;"Hi,chad."
"Hi,dawn."said he without looking up;"What brings you downhere on your day off?"
"I came to see how my big brother was doing."started his sister slowly;"You seem pretty happy these last three or four months."
"So,what's your point?"asked chad suspicious;"If you want to ask me something then just ask me,dawn,don't beat around the bush."
"Allright."answered she hesitating;"Are you seeing anybody?"
"Even if I was then I wouldn't tell you unless I was ready to tell,because that's my business."said her brother;"Why don't you go around bugging Cheryl while she's got enough on her mind right now?"
"Did Cheryl tell you about that?"began dawn surprised;"I wasn't bugging her,chad,I was just curious about why she seems to be getting along with you so well while the rest of the still think that you had something to do with what happened between adam and m.j."
"Cheryl and I have always been friends,dawn,I don't see why that should have changed after m.j. left town and neither does Cheryl."answered he irritated;"So if you want to know something then you can come straight to me instead of go bugging Cheryl with it,because she has got enough on her mind with everything that has been going on lately!"
"Fine."said his sister softly as she got up again and walked away;"I'm sorry and it will never happen again."
It was already half-past-seven when mac came home and ran into his daughter as he wanted go into the livingroom;"Hi,honey,where's your husband?"
"Sam's in the shower,dad,we're going out."said Amanda;"Did you talk to mom?"
"Yes,I did."answered he a bit uncomfortable;"She said that she was feeling fine and I've got no reason to doubt her,honey,so I think that you don't have to worry about your mother anymore."
"Do you really think that she's telling you the truth,dad?"asked she surprised;"Do you really expect mom to tell you the truth if there is something wrong with her?"
"I don't see why your mother would lie to me about that,Amanda,so I don't understand why you seem to think that she would."said mac and hated lying to his daughter,but he also knew that he had to respect his wife's decision about not wanting to tell anybody yet about her illness;"Your mother is fine and there's nothing to worry about."
"I'm sorry,dad,but I can't believe that mom is really fine and I also can't believe that you're willing to take her word on that either."
"Why are you so convinced that there is something wrong with your mother?"asked her father tired;"Why can't you just believe your mother when she says that she's fine?"
"I can't because I know mom well enough to know when there's something going on with her and that's why I just don't understand why you do believe her,dad,because you know her better then I do."answered Amanda irritated;"Unless you know what is wrong with her and just don't want to tell me."
"That's crazy,Amanda,why would I keep something like that from you?"said he lying and tried to put on a straight face;"You worry too much."
"I know that there is something wrong with mom and I'm going to find out what it is,dad!"started his daughter slowly as she walked away;"I will find that out!"
Adam was walking along the beach,feeling miserable about what had happened that morning,when he saw m.j. sitting in the sand infront of him and sat down next to her;"Is this seat taken?"
"What do you want?"asked she irritated;"I don't need you giving me the third degree again,adam,so just leave me alone!"
"Hey,take it easy."said her boyfriend surprised;"I'm not here to give you the third degree or anything else."
"I still can't believe that you thought that I was on drugs!"started m.j. slowly;"How could you think that?"
"Jamie thought that and not me!"answered adam;"Look,I'm sorry about this morning and you don't have to tell me anything that you're not ready for,m.j."
"It's not that I don't want to tell you,adam,but I just can't right now."said his girlfriend softly;"It's too hard."
"It's okay."smiled he and gently kissed her;"I can wait untill you're ready to tell me."
"You do believe me when I'm telling you that I'm not on drugs,adam,don't you?"
"Ofcourse I do,m.j."said adam as he got up and pulled her up with him while he put his arms around her waist;"Do you want to go back to my place for a while or do you have to go back to your parents' house?"
"No,they aren't expecting me back for a while yet."answered she and quickly kissed him before she pulled away from him,scared that somebody might see them like that;"Let's go back to your place."
"If you ever feel like talking about whatever it is that happened in new York…."started her boyfriend hesitating as they began walking towards his car;"You can call me day or night!"
"Can we please just drop it now?"asked m.j. annoyed again;"Why is it so important for everybody to know what happened in new York,adam?"
"Because we can all see that there is something going on with you and we're worried about you."answered he and pulled her into his arms as he kissed her again;"But it's okay,baby,you don't have to tell me anything untill you're ready."
At tops chad was talking to felica when scott came up to them,looking pretty angry;"What did you say to my wife?"
"Calm down,scott,what are you talking about?"asked felica surprised;'What is wrong with dawn?"
"I know that my wife came downhere to talk to her brother earlier and when I came home a little while I found her really upset,but she wouldn't tell me what had happened."said her friend as he turned towards chad again;"What did you say or do to her?"
"I didn't do anything."answered he annoyed;"Why are you so sure that it's my fault?"
"Because dawn was fine when I left her,but she wasn't when I came home and it must have had something to do with her seeing you!"started scott angry;"So it must your fault!"
"All I said was that if dawn wants to know something about what I'm doing or who I'm seeing then she should ask me instead of Cheryl!"said his brother-in-law;"If that might have upset her then I'm sorry,scott,that wasn't my intention."
"My wife is pregnant and she doesn't need you upsetting her!"warned he chad;"So just stay away from her!"
"Are you telling me to stay away from my sister?"asked chad stuned;"Are you nuts or something?"
"Calm down,boys."started felica worried as she turned towards scott;"Chad is right,scott,you can't just tell him to stay away from his sister."
"I sure as hell can if he's upsetting my wife!"yelled her friend angry and walked away;"I don't want her upset again!"
Jake was laying in bed with his girlfriend;"So,does this mean that you're going to go home again now that you've sorted things out with your dad and the rest of the family."
"I don't know."answered Vicky hesitating;"Do you want me to go home again?"
"Ofcourse not."started her boyfriend slowly;"I want you to do what feels right for you,Vicky."
"What's that suppose to mean?"asked she irritated;"That sounds like you want me to move back home again,but that you're afraid to tell me,jake,if you want me to go away then you can just tell me."
"Don't put words into my mouth,Vicky!"answered jake frustrated with Vicky and sat straight up in bed;"I don't want you to move out of here again,because I love youi and it's been great living together,but I do want you to stay here with me for all the right reasons and I have already told you that once before!"
"Do you really mean that?"started his girlfriend surprised;"Do you really want me to stay?"
"Only if you want to for the right reasons and not because you don't want to go back to your family."said he and lay down on top of her;"Do you want to move in with me for real?"
"Ofcourse I do."smiled Vicky as she kissed him;"I love you,jake !"
The next morning Kathleen was feeding her son when cass walked into the kitchen;"Goodmorning."
"Goodmorning."said his wife looking up;"What time do you have to be at the office,cass?"
"In about half-an-hour or so."answered he;"Is everything ready for tomorrow-night?"
"Yes,but I'm not so sure if it's such a good idea."started Kathleen slowly;"Maybe m.j. doesn't want a surprise-party."
"Why wouldn't she want a party,Kathleen?"asked her husband;"It might just be the thing to make your sister feel more at home again."
"Maybe you're right,cass,but what if you're wrong and she doesn't like it?"
"Then she can go to bed early or something."laughed cass;"Don't worry so much,honey,it will be great."
"Do you think that we should ask adam to come?"asked his wife suddenly;"Do you think that m.j. would want him there,cass?"
"I don't see why she wouldn't."answered he;"They seem to be getting along pretty well lately."
"What's that suppose to mean,cass?"
"Nothing,honey."said her husband quickly;"I didn't mean anything by it."
"Yes,you did or else you wouldn't have said it."answered Kathleen irritated;"Do you think that there's a reason why they're suddenly getting along so well?"
"Ofcourse not,Kathleen!"started cass slowly;"I didn't mean anything by it,so please can we just talk about something else?"
At the hudson's Michael was just having breakfast with his family when Vicky came in;"Goodmorning,guys."
"Goodmorning,Victoria."smiled donna happy to see her;"What brings you downhere so early?"
"No real reason."said her daughter as she turned towards her twinsister;"Do you have time for a ride on our horses?"
"Sure."answered marlee looking up;"Where is your boyfriend,Vicky,why didn't he come with you?"
"Jake didn't want to come with me unless he was sure that he was welcome here."started she slowly;"He didn't wanna cause any problems."
"Ofcourse jake's welcome here."said her mother quickly as she gave her husband a warning look when she saw his face;"Are you going to move back home again now that this whole mess is behind us?"
"Why don't we give Vicky a chance to make up her mind about that in her own time,donna,instead of pushing her to come back again."answered Michael when he saw how uncomfortable his daughter was looking and turned towards her;"We would love for you to come home again,but it's your decision and whatever you decide is okay with us."
Sam was walking into his office when he saw his wife's secretary sitting behind his desk;"What are you doing here?"
"I was waiting for you."said she;"Why else would I be in your office,Sammy?"
"Don't call me that,tara,what do you want?"asked sam annoyed as he pulled her out of his chair and away from his desk;"Why are you here?"
"Is that any way to greet me?"smiled his wife's secretary teasing;"Don't you think that you should be a bit more nice to me?"
"No,I don't!"answered sam;"What are you going to do if I'm not nice to you,tara,tekll my wife about our one night-stand?"
"Who knows."laughed tara and put her arms around his neck;"What would it be worth to you to keep me from telling your wife about us,sam?"
"There is no use and I don't think that you would really tell Amanda about what happened between you and me,because it would also mean that you'd be out of a job."started he furious as he pushed her away from him;"Get out of my office!"
"I wouldn't be so sure that I wouldn't tell your wife about our one night-stand because I think you've got a lot more to lose then I do."answered his wife's secretary while she walked towards the door;"But don't worry,baby,I'm not going to tell your wife anything yet."
"What do you want from me?"asked sam and grabbed her arm;"Are you try to blackmail me or something,tara?"
"I'm not trying to do anything,sam,not yet anyway."smiled she;"I will let you know what I want and when I want it."
"Damn it!"said he angry and frustrated as tara left his office and hit his hand hard against his desk;"This is just great!"