Chapter 38

Around lunchtime cass was lunching at a little diner near his office with another lawer,talking about business when heard yelling near the door and when he looked up he saw Michael yelling at regioneld,so quickly he rushed downthere,after excusing himself to the man that he was with;"Hey,what's going on here?"

"This stableboy is trying to spoil my lunch."answered regioneld as he pointed at Michael,who was standing next to his table;"I came here for a quiet lunch."

"I was only explaining to this scumbag that he should leave my wife the hell alone!"said Michael angry;"If he's smart then he will leave town as soon as possible!"

"Why would I want to leave my daughter alone?"asked his father-in-law smiling;"I was thinking about asking her to have dinner with me tonight,stable boy."

"Stay away from her!"yelled he furious and grabbed regioneld's suit;"If you keep messing with my family I will kill you!"

"Let go off him,Michael!"said cass while he pulled Michael with him,outside and far away from regioneld;"Are you insane?"

"Do you have any idea how upset my wife is about him being back in town again?"asked his friend still angry and pulled away from cass;"This is driving her insane,cass,she's so worried about what he's going to do this time?"

"I can understand that this is very hard for you guys,but attacking regioneld and threatening to kill him in public isn't very smart!"warned he him;"Try to ignore him or you will get into a lot of trouble!"

At the policestation adam was sitting behind his desk,trying to find something in the papers infront of him that could lead them to the robbers while ryan was working behind the computer,when shane came in;"I think that we've got something."

"What then?"asked adam and jumped up from his chair;"What,shane?"

"One of my informants told me about this doctor that took care of a man on Saturday night and he said that this man had been shot."answered he and turned towards ryan;"I got the address,ryan,so let's go."

"I'm coming too."said his friend quickly;"Wait for me."

"No,you're not!"started shane hesitating and pushed adam back into the office when he wanted to follow them;"You're staying right here,adam!"

"Why?"asked he angry;"I want to get these guys just as much as you do!"

"That's the whole problem,adam,you're too involved in this!"answered ryan;"You might do something stupid to mess everything up!"

"I wasn't talking to you!"yelled adam at ryan;"Mind your own business!"

"Ryan is right!"said his friend;"Come on,adam,what do you think might happen if you came face to face with those guys?"

"Allright,maybe you're right."started he tired;"But what am I suppose to do then?"

"Just go to the hospital or something to see how m.j. is doing."answered shane slowly;"Just let us handle this!"

Sam was still half asleep in his own bed,where Amanda had brought him too as soon as they had come home from the hospital,when he heard somebody coming in and saw his wife when he opened his eyes;"Hey,baby."

"Did I wake you up?"asked she worried;"I just came to see if you were okay and if you needed anything."

"Yes,you!"smiled her husband sleepy and pulled her next to him with his good arm;"Come here."

"Sam….!"started Amanda hesitating;"The doctors told you to take it easy."

What does he know?"laughed he,but stopped when he felt the pain cutting through his arm like a knive;"Damned!"

"Are you okay?"asked his wife worried again;"Can I get you anything for the pain?"

"A kiss would help."answered sam with a faint smile;"Or maybe two."

"You're crazy."smiled Amanda and kissed him gently;"I don't know what I would have done if I'd lost you,sam."

"You didn't lose me,Amanda,I was pretty lucky."said he softly;"I had more luck then my brother."

That afternoon mary was sitting in m.j.'s hospitalroom,together with ben and aaron;"I still can't believe that she kept all that from us!"

"She probably didn't want to worry everybody,mom."said ben;"You know what m.j. is like."

"When is she going to wake up again?"asked aaron worried;"She's been unconscious for almost two days now,mary."

"Jamie said that we shouldn't worry about that and that she could wake up at any moment now."answered she when she suddenly saw m.j. slowly opening up her eyes;"M.j…..?"

"Hi,honey."smiled aaron when he saw that she was awake again;"How are you feeling?"

"I….."whispered she still half asleep;"What…?"

"It's okay,sweetheart,you're gonna be just fine."said her mother as she gently gave her a kiss on her forhead;"Everything's gonna be just fine again."

"A…."started m.j. again softly,but she was still so out of it that she began to fall back to sleep again;"Ad…."

"What did she mean by that?"asked aaron confused and looked at mary;"What do you think she wants?"

"It probably meant nothing,aaron,she was hardly awake."answered she lying when she realized what m.j. probably had been trying to say;"But atleast she's awake again."

"I guess you're right."smiled aaron;"I'm glad she made it through this."

At mary's place jake was standing behind the counter when his girlfriend walked in;"Hey,baby,what brings you downhere?"

"I came to help you downhere."answered she and got a bit angry when she saw him trying hide his laugh;"What's so funny about that?"

"Come on,Vicky,it is pretty funny when I think about you helping out downhere."smiled jake;"You're not used to working."

"I used to work in a place just like this when we first met,jake !"said his girlfriend;"So,I know how to work for a living!"

"Yes,but that was a lot of years ago."answered he;"You haven't worked for a long time."

"So,does that mean that you don't need my help?"asked Vicky annoyed and turned around;"Fine!"

"Don't be mad at me,baby,I was just teasing you."begged her boyfriend as he pulled her behind the counter and into his arms;"Ofcourse I can use your help downhere."

"Maybe I don't want to help you anymore,jake !"answered she teasing while she pushed him away;"Maybe I will just go shopping like all the other rich brats."

"Would you please stay and help me out?"asked jake with a smile on his face as he pulled her back into his arms,while he kissed her;"Pretty please?"

"Since you've asked me so friendly."started his girlfriend laughing as she kissed him back;"Yes,ofcourse."

Rachel was sitting by the pool when Amanda came outside;"Is sam asleep again?"

"Yes,after I gave him his medication."answered her daughter and sat down;"Is dad still at brava?"

"He called about twenty minutes ago to tell me that he's going to be late."started Rachel hesitating;"Did you tell sam about…?"

"Ofcourse not,mom."said she irritated;"He just lost his brother and got shot in his arm,so I didn't think that this was the right time to tell him that you're…."

"You're right."answered her mother tired;"It's going to be hard for Mathew too because not only did he just lose mitch,but he's also going to lose me too."

"When are you going to tell him?"asked Amanda worried;"Are you going to fly down to England to tell him,mom?"

"Yes,we want to fly downthere in a few days or so to tell him."began she slowly;"I had decided to tell him about my condition when he was here with us again during the holidays if that were possible,but we can't wait that long to tell him about mitch's death."

"He's gonna be really upset to find out about mitch's death."answered her daughter hesitating;"When did you plan to tell everybody about you…"

"I wanted to wait untill the baby was born to tell you,because I was worried about causing you to go into an early labour or something if I told you,Amanda,or atleast if my health suddenly didn't take a turn for the worst then."said Rachel;"I wanted to tell Jamie in a few months and I hadn't decided when to tell the rest."

"But why were you so worried that something was going to happen to me or the baby,mom,because I know now and nothing has happened,has it?"asked she;"This morning dad told me that you tried to keep this from him too,because you didn't want him to worry."

"I just didn't want all of you to look at me differently."started her mother with a sad smile;"Often when people know that you're going to die they suddenly begin acting all worried around you and I didn't want that for me."

"Nobody's going to act any different around you,mom."answered Amanda;"We all love you and we want to make the best of the time that we have left with you."