Chapter 35
The next day Nicole woke up really early and after the wonderfull night that she'd had with shane she'd decided to tell him about being pregnant that morning.
"Goodmorning."whispered she into shane's ear and kissed him to wake him up;"Rise and shine."
"Hmmmm."smiled her boyfriend still half asleep as he opened his eyes and kissed her back;"I could get used to waking up like this in the morning."
"Lastnight was great,shane."smiled Nicole and layed down on top of him;"But we did forget to call mary that we weren't coming to the party."
"I'm sure they didn't miss us one bit,honey."laughed he;"Why don't we go to mary's place for lunch and say that we're sorry for not showing up."
"Are we sorry then?"asked his girlfriend teasing;"I'm not sorry,shane,are you?"
"Ofcourse not."smiled shane as he kissed her;"Not for one minute,nicky."
"I…"began she suddenly hesitating;"Have you ever thought about having kids?"
"Ofcourse."answered her boyfriend surprised about her question;"Someday."
"Do you see us having kids together,shane?"asked Nicole;"A few kids of our own?"
"If i'm ever going to have kids then it would be with you."laughed he;"In a few years or so,Nicole,after I have had you all to myself for a while."
"But…."started his girlfriend slowly when the phone started ringing;"I…."
"Hold that thought,nicole,just give me a minute to answer this."said shane as he answered the phone;"Hello?"
"Who was that?"asked she worried after shane had hung up the phone and looked really pale and shocked all of a sudden;"Shane…?"
"That was ryan."answered her boyfriend softly;"It seems that the robbers hit tops last night and that it turned out pretty ugly."
At the hospital adam was laying asleep in a chair outside of m.j.'s room when he was woken up by mary;"What….?"
"Did you stay here all night?"asked Kathleen surprised,who was standing next to her mother with cass;"Why,adam?"
"I wanted to make sure that m.j. was okay."answered he and got up;"I just wanted to be here."
"You heard what the doctor said lastnight."said his girlfriend's mother softly;"He said that m.j. only has a minor headwound and that she's gonna be just fine again."
"I just wanted to make sure of that."started adam tired;"Lastnight she was laying there so quiet on the ground with her eyes closed and there was blood everywhere."
"Is she awake yet?"asked his friend;"Or did you stay out here all this time,adam?"
"The nurse wouldn't let me into her room outside of visting-hours since I'm not family."answered he;"But according to her m.j. hasn't woken up yet."
"Maybe you should go home to get some sleep or something."began mary worried;"We will call you as soon as there's any change."
"That would be great."said her daughter's boyfriend and walked away;"See you later."
"Why would adam stay outside of m.j.'s room all night?"asked Kathleen after adam had left;"Maybe there's something going on between them."
"Come on,Kathleen,you know that your sister's with aaron and that adam has just broken up with susan."answered her husband;"Besides,if he wanted m.j. back then why would he have let her go over two years ago?"
"There must be something going on between them because why else would adam spend the whole night outside of m.j.'s hospitalroom?"started she annoyed;"Besides,they have been acting strange lately and adam was really nice towards her all of a sudden."
"Stop it!"said mary tired with tears in her eyes;"Your sister is laying there after being shot at,still unconscious,and a lot of people got hurt lastnight,Kathleen,so do you really think that it's important right now if there is something going on between adam and m.j.?"
"You're right,mama,I'm sorry."answered her daughter ashamed and put her arms around mary;"Don't worry because m.j.'s gonna get through this."
"What are you going to tell vince?"asked cass;"Are you going to tell him about what has happened at tops lastnight?"
"No,ofcourse not."answered she softly;"How am I suppose to tell him something like this?"
Rachel was still laying in bed when mac came back into their bedroom;"Are you awake,honey?"
"Yes."answered his wife;"Is Amanda still asleep,mac."
"No,I saw her leaving for the hospital about an hour ago."started he slowly;"She probably wanted to see if sam made it through the night allright."
"He must be crushed after what happened at tops lastnight."said Rachel;"If only we had stayed a little longer."
"There is nothing that we could have done and if we had stayed then we might have ended up in the hospital too,rachel."answered her husband;"Let's just be thankfull that Amanda didn't go and that she didn't get hurt too or worse."
"Don't you think that this has hurt her too?"asked she irritated;"Her life has already been turned upside down lastnight when I opened up my big mouth and told her the truth about what's wrong with me and as if that wasn't enough her husband got shot."
"I know that you still think that telling the truth was wrong,but you will see in the long run that it was the best things that you could have done."said mac;"Maybe you should tell the rest too before they hear it from Amanda or somebody else."
"Do you really think that Jamie wants to hear about something like that right now,mac?"started his wife tired;"Or Mathew?"
"How are we going to tell him about what's happened to mitch?"asked he;"We can't just tell Mathew something like this over the phone."
"Maybe we should go down to England to tell him about mitch in person."answered Rachel softly;"But I can't tell him about what is going on with me now that this has happened,mac,it would be too much at once."
"Let's just do one thing at the time."said her husband as he put his arms around her;"Let's just go to England and tell Mathew about what has happened to mitch."
It was just past noon when Vicky walked into her parents' house and found her twinsister sitting out in the garden;"Hi,marlee."
"Hi,Vicky."smiled she;"Where's jake?"
"He had to work."answered her twinsister;"What's up with you,marlee,you're almost glowing."
"Nothing's up with me."laughed marlee;"I met somebody lastnight,vicky."
"Who is it?"asked she surprised;"Is she hansom?"
"Yes,he sure is."smiled her twinsister;"I have a date with him tonight."
"That's awesome,marlee."said Vicky happy for her;"What's his name?"
"Ryan and he's a cop."answered she;"I haven't felt like this about somebody that I'd just met since…."
"Since jake."started her twinsister slowly;"Isn't that what you were going to say?"
"Yes."said marlee hesitating;"When I first met jake I felt just like I do now,vicky."
"Does this mean that you're in love with this guy or something?"asked she surprised;"Just like that?"
"I don't know about that,Vicky,but I sure am attracted to him."answered her sister;"Haven't you ever felt like you were hit by lightning the first time that you saw somebody?"
"I felt like that the first time I met jake."said Vicky with a faint smile;"I still feel that way everytime I see him."
"Well,I felt like I was hit by lightning lastnight when I met ryan."smiled her twinsister;"Is it crazy to say something like that about somebody that I have just met,vicky."
"Ofcourse not."answered she;"Maybe this is all meant to be for you and ryan."
"I hope so."said marlee;"I haven't felt this happy in a long time."
At the hospital mary was sitting next to m.j.'s bed with Kathleen when Jamie walked in;"Hi,Jamie,where's Edwin?"
"I've taken over this case from him because I was the doctor that took care of m.j. last time that she was here."started he hesitating;"There is something that we have to talk about."
"That sounds pretty serious."said Kathleen worried;"That sounds like bad news."
"Has m.j. told you guys about what'd happened to her in new York?"asked her friend;"Did she tell you anything at all?"
"Only that she'd been in a little accident and that she has to use a cain for a while."answered mary;"Why are you asking us this,Jamie?"
"I need to know what happened to your daughter in new York,why she was subscribed such heavy painkillers and who her doctor was there."said he;"I need her mecidical file."
"We don't know anything,Jamie."started his friend softly;"M.j. refused to tell us anything about new York and we didn't even know that she was using pretty heavy painkillers."
"But what does what happened to her in new york has to do with why she's in the hospital right now?"asked mary confused;"She is in the hospital because of what happened lastnight."
"Yes,but to really help m.j. as good as possible I need to know her medical history and I need to know what kind of medication she was using and why."answered the young doctor;"Look,mary,I'm not suppose to be telling you guys this but last time that m.j. was here in the hospital,after passing out,I found two gunshot wound and also two operation-wounds."
"Why didn't you tell us about this last time?"began she shocked;"Did you ask m.j. about it and what did she say?"
"All your daughter wanted to say about the subject that it wasn't any of my business and that I should leave her alone."said Jamie;"I could get in a lot of trouble for telling you guys this,but I need some answers."
"Maybe you should ask aaron about what happened in new york and about who her doctor was there."answered his friend;"He would know all that,Jamie,since he's her boyfriend."
"Do you know when he will be back again or how I can get in touch with him?"asked he;"Have you been able to tell him about what has happened yet?"
"No,but I left him a message on his cellphone and I'm sure he will fly back as soon as he knows what has happened to m.j."said Kathleen;"Is m.j. going to be okay again?"
"Well,her headwound isn't that serious and she should be fine,but I'm more worried about her taking those painkillers."answered her friend;"Her blood showed once again traces of heavy painkillers and too many of those can lead to serious health problems."
Amanda was sitting to her husband's bed,holding his hand,when he finally woke up;"Amanda…?"
"Hi,sam."said she and kissed him gently;"How are you feeling?"
"Not great."answered her husband as he looked at the bandage around his right arm;"How bad is it?"
"Your arm is going to be just fine."started Amanda hesitating;"Do you remember anything from what happened lastnight at the party,sam?"
"I was standing around,talking to mitch and wondering where you were,and I was about to call you when those guys came in with machineguns."said he;"Then all hell broke loose,Amanda,they started shooting all around them and I got shot in my arm."
"Is that all you remember?"asked his wife worried;"Don't you remember anything else?"
"Well,it's all a bit hazy from that point on."answered sam;"Where were you lastnight and why didn't you come to the party,Amanda?"
I got caught up in something else."began she softly and lay her head on his chest;"I could have lost you lastnight,sam,you could have died."
But I didn't."said her husband with a faint smile and kissed her gently;"Hey,I'm fine."
"I should have been there for you."answered Amanda with tears in her eyes;"What if you had died and I hadn't been there with you,sam."
"I'm glad that you weren't there because else you might have been shot too."said he and looked like he suddenly remembered something;"Is everybody else okay?"
"M.j. and chad are both in the hospital too,but they're both going to be fine again."started his wife hesitating;"And…"
"And what?"asked sam worried;"Who else got hurt,Amanda,tell me the truth!"
"It's your brother."answered she softly;"He got shot too and…."
"No!"yelled her husband shocked;"He can't be…!"
"I'm really sorry,honey,the doctors did everything that they could to save him,but it was too late."said Amanda as she put her arms around him;"Mitch didn't make it."
"No!"started he over and over again while the tears ran down his face;"No,not him!"