Chapter 34
At the cory's mac was sitting in his study when his daughter came in,hesitating;"Dad…."
"Hi,honey."said he looking up;"Where's sam?"
"Sam went on ahead to m.j.'s party,dad."answered his daughter;"Where's mom?"
"Probaly upstairs,getting ready."started mac and felt guilty about the way that he acted towards her when he was in her office at brava;"I know why you're here and I'm sorry for coming down so hard on you,Amanda,I shouldn't have done that."
"I have never seen you like that before,dad,that was the first time in my life that you've talked to me like that."said she softly;"What did you mean when you said that there were things that I didn't understand?"
"I didn't mean anything by it."answered her father lying;"I was just angry at you for the way that you were acting towards your mother."
"But that is what I don't understand,dad,I have been acting badly towards mom many times before and this was the first time that you got this mad at me."said Amanda hesitating;"How sick is mom?"
"Who said that your mother is sick?"asked he and tried to hide his true feelings;"Can't I just get mad at you without something being wrong with your mother?"
"I know you well enough to know that you didn't get so mad for no reason,dad,I have never seen you like that before!"answered his daughter with tears in her eyes;"Please,dad,tell me the truth about mom!"
"Leave your father alone!"said a voice behind them and when Amanda turned around she saw her mother standing there;"I will tell you what you want to know,Amanda."
"What is wrong with you?"asked she worried;"Are you sick?"
"Yes,I am."answered Rachel tired;"I have a braintumor that can't removed."
"Oh,my god,mom."whispered her daughter shocked;"But that means that…."
"It means that I will die."said she hesitating;"Probaly within six months or less."
"Amanda…."started mac slowly and wanted to put his arms around her;"Your mother didn't want to upset you while you were pregnant."
"Upset me?"asked Amanda angry as she began to walk away;"Were you just going to wait untill you were dead or something?"
"Come back here,Amanda!"said her mother and wanted to go after her;"Just let me explain!"
"No,rachel,let her go."answered mac as he pulled his wife back again;"She's got a lot to deal with right now,but she'll be back once she's calmed down."
"Do you think that m.j. would mind if we didn't show up at the party?"asked she tired;"I really don't feel like going,mac."
"Come on,Rachel,it might take your mind off things."said her husband slowly;"Besides,sam is there and maybe Amanda will come downthere too once she has calmed down a bit."
At the party Cheryl was standing by the bar when she saw chad coming up to her and wanted to walk away when he quickly stopped her;"Please,don't!"
"Leave me alone!"said Cheryl annoyed;"I'm not in the mood for this,chad!"
"You totally got the wrong idea earlier!"answered he;"I wouldn't be with you if I didn't love you!"
"Don't do this now!"started his girlfriend as she quickly looked around to see if anybody was watching them;"Not here and not now!"
"Why not?"asked chad frustrated;"You were accusing me of not really wanting you,cheryl,but maybe you're the one who isn't really serious about us and who doesn't love me as much as I love you!"
"Go to hell,chad rollow!"answered she angry and walked away.
Marlee was running on the beach when a guy bumped into her who was running with dog there;"Hey,excuse me!"
"Oh,I'm sorry."said he and stopped to help her up while he called back his dog;"Are you okay,miss?"
"I'm fine."answered marlee and noticed how cute the guy was looking;"I'm marlee and you are?"
"I'm ryan."smiled he;"This might sound a little crazy and I know that you don't even know me,marlee,but would you like to go out with me sometime?"
"You're right."laughed she;"It does sound crazy and I don't know a thing about you."
"But besides that little problem,would you like to go out with me?"asked ryan with a big grin on his face;"To a movie or just for coffee or something."
"Maybe."said marlee teasing;"How do I know that you're not a serial killer or something,ryan?"
"Well,I'm a policeofficer and I'm a really nice guy."laughed he;"But if you don't believe me then you can always ask my mother or my sister about what kind of a guy I am."
"I guess that I should take your word on that."smiled marlee;"So,what time do you want to pick me up on our date tomorrow-night?"
"How does seven sound?"asked ryan;"We can go see a movie,marlee,if that's okay with you?"
"That sounds great,ryan."said she happy and walked away;"See you then."
"Hey,what's your address?"asked he surprised;"Where should I pick you up?"
"My last name is Hudson,so if you're really a cop then you'll be able to find out where I live."laughed marlee as she kept on walking away from him;"Don't be late."
At tops m.j. was standing near the elevators,watching everybody having fun and dancing,when adam walked up to her;"Did Kathleen send you overhere?"
"No,why would she?"asked he confused;"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."answered m.j. with a faint smile;"You knew about this party,didn't you?"
"Guilty as charged."laughed her boyfriend;"They wanted to throw you this surprise-party because they're really happy that you're home again,m.j."
"I know that and it was really sweet of them to do this,but…"began she when all of a sudden three masked men came running out of the elevator;"Oh,no,not again!"
"You all keep your hands where I can see them!"warned one of the men while they all pointed machine-guns at them;"If you all do what we tell you to do then this will all be over in a flash and nobody will get hurt!"
But at the same time Cheryl came out of felica's office with a bottle of champagne that was suppose to be a gift for her sister.
She saw the men with guns and dropped the bottle in a panic reaction while she screamed;"Oh,my god."
Since the sound of the crashing bottle sounded a lot like a gunshot one of the robbers thought that somebody was shooting at them,so he turned towards Cheryl while he opened fire;"They are shooting at us,parker!"
"Cheryl!"yelled chad,who was standing not far from felica's office,and ran towards her as soon as he saw the robber pointing the gun at Cheryl and jumped infront of her when the shooting began;"No!"
After that all hell broke lose and all the robbers started shooting while everybody was trying to find a good hiding place,safe from all the bullits flying around and out of the line of fire.
"No,stay down!"screamed adam shocked when he saw his girlfriend,who jumped up in a state of panic and wanted to duck into one of the elevators just to get away from the situation,and tried to pull her back when one of the robbers turned towards m.j. while he kept on shooting around him,but without any luck and he saw her being getting hit and falling down,so furious he pulled out his gun and shot the man;"No!"
"Let's go!"yelled another robber as he helped up the man that adam had shot with the third robber as they pulled him into the elevator quickly;"Let's get out of here!"
"Somebody please call 911!"begged chery in shock while she held chad in her lap with blood all over her hands and clothes;"They shot chad!"