Chapter 32

The next day Amanda was having breakfast when her mother came into the kitchen;"Goodmorning,honey,where's sam?"

"He left about an hour ago."answered Amanda without looking up as she got up;"I have to go too."

"Is everything okay,Amanda?"asked her mother worried;"Did you and sam have another fight?"

"You don't want me to ask you about private things,mom,so don't ask me about mine!"started she annoyed while she walked away and almost bumped into her father on her way out;"Bye,dad."

"Bye,honey."said mac a bit surprised and sat down next to his wife while he noticed the upset look on her face;"What happened,Rachel,did Amanda start asking questions again."

"No,she didn't."answered his wife tired;"I got the impression that she had another fight with sam,but when I asked about it,mac,she told me that since I didn't want her to ask me private things that I shouldn't ask her about private things either."

"I'm sure that she didn't mean that,honey,she's probably just angry about something else and she's taking that out on you."started he slowly;"I will go to her office later on and ask her if everything's okay."

"I know that you think that I should tell her the truth,mac,but I'd just wish that I could make you understand why I don't want to tell her or anybody else yet."said Rachel;"I don't want anybody to know untill I have no other choice then to tell them."

"I do understand why you don't want to tell them yet,honey,but I just think that it would be better to tell everybody now before they find out on their own."answered her husband;"Amanda already knows that there is something that we're keeping from her."

"Do you think that it will make it any better for her if she knows that I'm going to die?"asked she softly;"She's pregnant right now and I don't want to give her that kind of stress as long as she's still pregnant."

"But she's still got four more months to go or so."said mac surprised;"Do you really want to keep the truth from everybody for that long?"

"I don't see what other choice I have!"started his wife tired;"What do you think it will do to our daughter or to the rest if they find out that I'm dying,mac?"

"But what if your symptoms get worse and you can no longer hide them?"asked he;"This isn't something that you can hide for that long."

At the hudson's donna was getting dressed when Michael walked in;"Go away,Michael."

"Are you still mad at me?"asked he surprised;"Come on,donna,I already said that I was sorry."

"I warned you about trying to track him down and I'd asked you to give that up,but you refused to listen to me and look at what happened!"said his wife angry;"He's back in town to make everybody's life a living hell."

"Nothing's gonna happen,donna,he isn't going to hurt anybody this time!"answered Michael;"I'm sure that he will leave again when he gets that nobody wants him downhere."

"Have you forgotten about what happened last time that he was in town?"asked donna with tears in her eyes;"Vicky ended up in the hospital,in a come and almost died,we broke up and I almost lost kristy when I saw seven months pregnant."

"Ofcourse I didn't forget about that."said her husband as he put her arms around her;"But nothing like that is going to happen this time around,donna,trust me!"

"You can't stop him!"answered she and pushed Michael away;"Nobody can!"

"I will make sure that he doesn't hurt anybody this time."promised Michael her;"I will stop him,honey,even if that means that I would have to kill him!"

Felica was having breakfast in her penthouse at tops with mitch when there was a knock on the door;"Who could that be at this hour?"

"Goodmorning,guys."said shane after mitch had opened up the door and walked in;"I'm sorry about disturbing you this early on a Saturday,but this is important."

"What are you doing here?"asked felica worried;"Is there something wrong with Nicole?"

"No,Nicole is fine."answered her nephew;"I'm here because I need your help and this was my only chance without Nicole finding out,felica."

"What are you up to that your girlfriend can't know about,shane?"started she slowly;"With what do you need my help?"

"With finding out what ring-size Nicole has."smiled shane;"So that I can ask her if she wants to become mrs. Shane Cassidy."

""Are you going to propose to her?"asked mitch surprised;"When,shane?"

"Probaly in a week or so."answered he;"That gives me enough time to get everything in place to make it a perfect evening."

"I didn't know you were ready for marriage yet."said felica as surprised as mitch;"Do you think that Nicole is ready for this?"

"I hope so."started her nephew slowly;"I love Nicole and I want to spend the rest of my life with her."

Around noon mary was having lunch with her son at home when her youngest daughter walked in;"Hi,guys,where's m.j.?"

"She went for a walk after justin went to sleep."answered mary;"Shouldn't you be helping out at mary's place?"

"Yes,mama,but I only came downhere to ask you something."started her daughter hesitating;"Why didn't you ask chad to come tonight?"

"Chad?"asked she surprised;"I didn't know if I should ask him or not."

"Maybe you should ask him."said ben;"Is he a friend of m.j.?"

"Nobody really knows."answered his mother hesitating and turned towards Cheryl;"Why are you asking me this anyway,cheryl?"

"Because I want m.j. to have the best party ever."said she lying;"I think that chad should be there too,mama,they were friends."

"Do you really think that m.j. would want him there tonight?"asked mary;"I'm not so sure about that."

"Come on,mama,you guys have asked adam to come too."answered her daughter irritated;"Then why not ask chad too?"

"Okay,if it means that much to you then we'll ask him to come to the surprise party tonight."started she suspicious after her daughter's outburst;"But am I wondering why it's so important to you to have him there,Cheryl."

"I've already told you why I think that chad should be there."said Cheryl and walked out the door again;"I will call him up and ask him to come."

"What was that all about,mom?"asked her brother confused;"Is there something going on between chad and this guy?"

"Not as far as I know."answered she;"But I'm starting to wonder about that after that she was just acting."

At brava Amanda was skipping lunch and staying in her office to work when sam walked in and locked the door behind him;"I'm busy,sam,what do you want?"

"I just want to tell you that I'm sorry about lastnight and this morning."answered he and sat down on her desk;"I was in a bad mood,but I shouldn't have taken it out on you."

"Does this suppose to make it allright?"asked his wife irritated;"Just by saying that you had a bad mood?"

"Ofcourse not."said sam;"That's no excuse and I'm really sorry about the way that I was towards you,amanda."

"Why you were in such a bad mood lastnight,sam!"started she slowly;"What happened?"

"Nothing happened."answered her husband lying;"I just had a bad day."

"That's not an answer,sam!"said Amanda a bit angry again;"Something must have ticked you off."

"Why are we waisting our time talking about something that's over and done with when we could be something better."smiled he as he pulled her into his arms on the desk and kissed her;"Like making up again."

"Sam…."began his wife surprised about the sudden change in his mood;"This is my office."

"So?"asked sam and started to open up her shirt while he kissed her neck gently;"Nobody can come in,baby,because I have locked the door."

"You're crazy!"laughed his wife as she kissed him back;"But I love you anway."

Donna was sitting out in the garden of her house,waiting for her sister to come back after she'd run off to the bathroom when Nicole came back again;"Are you okay?"

"I don't understand why they call it morning-sickness."said Nicole with a faint smile as she sat down next to donna;"Sometimes it seems to last all day long."

"Probaly only for the first trimester,Nicole."answered her sister with a smile;"Welcome to the world of pregnant women."

"Was it like this for you too?"asked she;"With both the twins and with kristy?"

"It was worse with the twins."started donna softly;"But ofcourse the situation was different and I spend most of my time locked up in a room."

"I'm sorry,donna,I forgot about what regioneld had done to you while you were pregnant with marlee and Vicky for second."answered her sister;"That was stupid of me to bring that up."

"It's okay."said she;"It was a long time ago."

"Did you talk to Michael about regioneld being back again?"asked Nicole hesitating;"Do you still blame him for regioneld coming back?"

"If he'd done what I'd asked him to do then our father wouldn't be back right now,Nicole,I begged Michael to stop trying to track him down!"said her sister;"Michael said that he would protect us and that he wouldn't let him hurt us in any way."

"Maybe regioneld will go away soon enough."started she slowly;"Maybe he's just passing through or something."

"Do you really believe that yourself,Nicole?"asked donna tired;"You know what happened last time that he was here and I don't want to go through that again,Nicole,even if it means that I would have to kill him!"