Chapter 31

Mitch was walking back towards his car,in the parkinglot at tops,when his brother showed up;"What are you here,sam,shouldn't you be at work?"

"I had to talk to you."answered he and told him about what had happened that morning with tara;"She wants something from me,mitch,but she won't tell me what."

"If you'd done what I'd told you that night and just gone home to your wife then you wouldn't be in this mess right now."started his brother slowly;"What do you expect me to do?"

"I thought that maybe you would know what to do,mitch."said sam irritated and wanted to walk away again;"Sorry about waisting your time with my little problem."

"Come back here,sam,I didn't say that I wasn't going to help you!"answered he and grabbed sam's arm;"Getting angry at me isn't the answer."

"I know and I'm sorry,mitch,but am I going to do about this mess?"asked his brother tired;"I can't risk her telling my wife."

"Then you will have to find out what tara wants and give it to her!"said mitch;"Ask her what she wants from you,sam."

"I have already done that and she said that she didn't want anything yet."began he slowly;"Do you think that maybe I just tell Amanda about what happened?"

"I don't know,sam,I can't make that choice for you,but you do know what will happen if she were to find out about your one-night-stand."answered his brother;"It would mean the end of your marriage and it could also cause your wife to miscarriage."

"Thank you for reminding me!"said sam angry;"Maybe I should just wait untill tara tells me what she wants and decide what to do then."

At the hudson's Nicole had been waiting for donna for a long time,while shane had gone back to the station after a while,together with marlee when they heard her coming in through the backdoor finally;"Donna…?"

"Yes,it's me."said her sister as she walked into the livingroom;"What are you doing here,Nicole,shouldn't you be running a shop or something?"

"Nicole has been waiting for you for hours."started marlee hesitating;"Where have you been,donna?"

"I have been out riding on my horse."answered she and turned towards her sister;"Why were you waiting for me,Nicole,is everything okay?"

"Maybe you should sit down first."warned her sister her and pulled donna down on the couch;"I was at tops with shane,having lunch together,when I saw him coming out of the elevator."

"Who?"asked donna confused;"Who did you see?"

"I…"began Nicole softly;"I saw regioneld."

"No!"said her sister shocked and jumped up;"No,you must have seen it wrong,Nicole,you couldn't have seen him there!"

"I wish that I was wrong,donna,but it was really him and I've even talked to him."answered she;"He's back again."

"Damn Michael!"said donna all of a sudden angry;"This is all his fault."

"Why would it be his fault that regioneld came back again,donna?"asked her daughter surprised;"He can't help it if regioneld is back."

"He was investigating regioneld and he was tracking him down,marlee."answered she;"I told Michael to stop,because It would only bring him back again and look at what has happened now!"

"It's okay,donna,he can't hurt us anymore!"said Nicole as she tried to calm her sister down again;"I'm sure that he will leave town again soon enough."

"No,he won't!"started her sister with tears in her eyes;"He won't leave untill somebody gets hurt."

That night m.j. was laying in adam's arms on his couch;"Pops might be coming home again next week."

"That's good news."said adam hesitating;"When is aaron coming back again?"

"I talked to him earlier today and he said that it's going to take atleast untill Tuesday or Wednesday before he can fly back here again."answered his girlfriend uncomfortable;"I am going to tell him,adam,you don't have to worry about that."

"I wasn't worried."smiled he lying as he kissed her;"I was just curious about for how much longer we have to keep this a secret."

"You knew that we would have to keep this a secret untill aaron got back from new York when we started this again,so don't come complaining to me now!"started m.j. irritated and got up;"I think that I'd better go home."

"Hey,why are you acting like this all of a sudden?"asked her boyfriend surprised as he grabbed her hands;"I wasn't complaining,m.j!"

"Then why did you bring up aaron?"began she while pulling away from adam;"I don't need this right now,adam,I've got enough on my mind without you starting in on me too!"

"Calm down!"said adam worried;'What is the matter with you all of a sudden?"

"There's nothing the matter with me!"answered his girlfriend tired;"Let's just drop it!"

"No,I want to know why you're acting so weird all of a sudden!"started adam;"Did something happen today to make you act like this,m.j?"

"Just drop it,adam,I don't want to talk about it!"warned she him irritated;"I have to go home."

"Sure,m.j."said her boyfriend frustrated;"You always were best at running away."

"Damn you,adam cory!"yelled m.j. angry and hit him against his chest;"That isn't fair!"

"You're right and I'm sorry."answered he feeling guilty when he saw the tears in her eyes,as he pulled her into his arms;"But I'd just wish that you would tell me what is going on with you,because this is driving me crazy and I don't know how to act around you anymore."

"Just hold me tight."begged his girlfriend softly and lay her head against his chest;"Please just hold me!"

At the laSalle's dawn was laying in her bed when scott walked into their bedroom;"Why are you laying in bed,dawn,are you okay?"

"I was just feeling a bit sick."answered she;"It's nothing."

"Maybe we should call sharlene or something."said her husband worried;"Just to be on the safe side."

"No,it's nothing."started dawn softly;"I hate it when we fight,scott."

"So do i."answered he and sat down next to her on the bed;"I'm sorry about what happened,dawn,I shouldn't have told chad that he couldn't see you."

"I'm sorry too,scott,I could have been more understanding about why you did what you did."

"Why don't we just forget about what happened?"asked scott as he put his arm around her;"It was a stupid thing to do and I promise you that I wouldn't ever do that again."

"I know that you worry about me and our baby,honey,but getting upset about something isn't going to hurt me or anything."answered his wife;"You can't protect me from everything because to do that you would have to lock me up and keep me inside this house."

"That doesn't sound so bad."smiled he teasing and kissed her;"Atleast eric and I would have you all to ourselves."

"Don't even joke about something like that."laughed dawn;"You're nuts."

"I know."said her husband;"What do you want to do tomorrow-night,dawn,do you think that you're up for going to m.j.'s surprise-party?"

"Ofcourse I'm up for that."smiled she;"I'm just a bit sick right now,but that doesn't mean that I'll still be sick tomorrow,scott,so there's no reason why we couldn't go tomorrow-night."

Ben was in his father's hospitalroom with his mother;"When will you know if you can go home for sure,dad?"

"At the beginning of next week."answered vince while he looked worried at mary,who had been pretty quiet eversince the whole time that they had been there;"Are you allright,mary,is everything okay?"

"I'm fine."said she lying and tried to put on a smile on her face;"Why wouldn't I be?"

"You've hardly said a word since you got here."started vince still worried;"Is everything okay at home?"

"Everything's fine,dad."answered his son quickly when he saw that his mother was lost for words;"I think that mom is just a bit tired."

"If you're tired then you should go home."said he and turned towards mary as he took her hand into his;"You don't have to sit by my side all the time and wear yourself out."

"But I want to sit here by your bed,vince!"began mary annoyed;"I'm not here because I have to!"

"I know that,honey,but I don't want you to wear yourself out like this!"answered vince;"Our kids can keep me company too,mary,so that you can get some rest."

"Dad is right,mom,you need to take some rest."said their son;"Why don't you go to bed early today and let us take care of things for a change?"

"You don't want to get sick too,mary,do you?"asked vince;"I will be home again next week,so you don't have to feel guilty about staying home for a change."

"Maybe you're both right."said she softly and got up while she kissed vince;"Then I will see you tomorrow again,vince,sleep tight."

"You too."smiled he and kissed her back;"See you tomorrow."

"Bye,dad."said his son and followed mary out of the room;"I'll be back tonight."

"Why did you tell your father that I was tired?"asked mary a bit angry as soon as they had left vince's room;"Now your father is probably feeling guilty."

"Dad isn't feeling guilty,mom."answered he while they walked towards the elevators;"Besides,I couldn't really tell him the real reason why you were so quiet,could i?"

"No,I guess not."started she and calmed down a bit;"I'm sorry,honey,you're right."

"It's okay,mom,I know that this is really difficult for you and I also know that you don't like lying to dad,but telling him that you were tired was the only way and it wasn't really a lie anyway."

"I hope that regioneld goes away before vince finds out that he's in town."said mary softly;"Your father doesn't need this right now on top of everything else."