Chapter 41
Just before noon donna was coming down the stairs,after she'd put kristy down for her nap,when she saw marlee standing by the door with a strange look on her face while she was holding a greeting-card;"Is everything allright,marlee?"
"Yes,everything's fine,donna."said her daughter quickly as she tried to hide the card and wanted to walk away;"I'm hungry."
"Wait a minute."started she surprised and grabbed marlee's arm;"From who did you get that card?"
"What card?"asked marlee;"I don't know what you're talking about."
"I meant the card that you've just put beneath your shirt,marlee,that card!"answered her mother irritated;"Let me see it now!"
"Okay."said she and gave donna the card;"It's nothing."
"Nothing?"asked donna suddenly angry after reading the card;"This card is from regioneld."
"Please,donna,calm down and don't make such a big deal about it!"started her daughter worried;"I don't care if he sends a thousand cards,because it won't change the fact that I don't want anything to do with him!"
"He should stay away from my family!"said she furious and opened the frontdoor;"I'm going to make sure that he doesn't come near any of you again!"
"Come back here,donna!"begged marlee when she saw her mother rushing outside and getting into her car;"Don't do something stupid!"
Vince was already dressed when mary walked into his hospitalroom;"What took you so long to get back again?"
"What's with the rush?"asked she annoyed;"Has Jamie been here to give you a last check-up yet?"
"Yes,five minutes ago."answered vince;"He said that everything was fine and that I could go home."
"Then I'm not that late if he was just here."said mary and grabbed the wheelchair that was standing in the corner of the room;"Sit down,vince,so that we can go."
"I'm not getting into that thing again!"started he surprised;"There is nothing wrong with my legs and I'm feeling fine!"
"Jamie said that you had to take it easy and that you had to rest as much as possible,so sit down,vince!"
"No,I'm going to walk out of here!"answered vince a bit angry;"There is no reason why I have to sit in that thing to get to the car,mary!"
"Do you want to go home or do you want to stay here,vince ?"asked she tired;"Unless you sit down right now I'm going to get Jamie and ask him to keep you here for a while longer!"
"Allright,allright."said he stuned by the way that she was acting and sat down into the wheelchair;"Is everybody at mary's place?"
"I don't know."answered mary uncomfortable as they went on their way out of the hospital;"Let's just get you home."
"Is everything okay?"asked vince worried when he noticed that mary was suddenly very quiet;"Mary?"
"Stop asking me that!"warned she him irritated;"Can we please just go home?"
At brava sam was on his way towards his wife's office,after taking a cab downthere,when he ran into tara;"Hello,sam,nice to see you again."
"I wish that I could say the same thing."said he annoyed;"I'm here to see my wife and I'm not in the mood for you and your games."
"Why are you being so unfriendly?"asked his wife's secretary with a smile;"Haven't I been nice to you,Sammy,haven't I kept our little secret from your wife?"
"Shut up!"answered sam angry;"Just stay out of my way and whatever it is that you want it's not gonna happen!"
"Sam?"asked a voice behind them and when they turned around they saw Amanda standing there;"What are you doing here and why are you telling my secretary to stay out of your way and telling her to shut up?"
"I…."began he softly and suddenly he was really tired of all the lies;"She's trying to blackmail me with something that happened a few weeks ago."
"But why would she do that and what happened that she could blackmail you with?"started Amanda confused as she looked at the both of them;"Tara?Sam?"
"Your husband has had an affair with me."answered her secretary;"He begged me not to tell you."
"No,it wasn't like that!"said sam tired;"It only happened once,Amanda,after we'd had a really big fight and I got so waisted."
"Is that suppose to be an excuse?"asked she shocked;"How could you sleep with somebody else,sam?"
"I don't know,Amanda,I don't even remember going home with her or anything else that happened after that."answered her husband;"I didn't mean for it to happen!"
"If he really didn't want it to happen then what was he doing in my bed?"started tara again;"It's easy to say that he was drunk."
"Shut up,tara,you're fired!"yelled Amanda furious and sam out of her way as she started to run away;"And I'm through with you too,sam,so go to hell!"
In m.j.'s hospitalroom aaron was sitting next to her bed when Kathleen walked in;"Hi,aaron,has she woken up yet today?"
"No,not while I was here."answered he hesitating;"I ran into adam cory this morning just as he was coming out of m.j.'s room."
"Oh."said Kathleen;"Well,maybe he just wanted to see if she was okay or something."
"That's what he said too."started aaron slowly;"But why would he come overhere so early,Kathleen,instead of coming during visting-hours?"
"Probaly because he's got to work."answered she quickly;"Adam is pretty busy at the station right now,aaron,because they're working really hard to get the guys who did this."
"Maybe you're right."said he;"Maybe I'm just overreacting because I know that m.j. still loves him and that worries me."
"How do you know if she still loves adam?"asked Kathleen surprised;"She's with you,isn't she?"
"Yes,but m.j. has always been honest with the fact that she never got over adam and that she will never love another man like that again."answered aaron;"M.j. didn't even want to go out with me at first because of her feelings for adam,kathleen,but I convinced her that our relationship could still work even if she still was in love with him and that maybe in time her feelings for him would fade away and that justin needed a father-figure in his life."
"But what are her feelings for you then?"started she confused;"Isn't it hard for you to know that she's in love with another man,aaron?"
"No,she might love adam,but m.j.'s with me and I know that she does care about me."smiled he as they suddenly saw m.j. opening her eyes again;"Hi,honey,welcome back again."
"How do you feel?"asked her sister;"Can we get you anything?"
"I'm thirsty."whispered m.j. almost;"And my head hurts."
"I will get you something to drink and ask the nurse for a painkiller or something."said aaron and walked out of the room;"I'll be right back."
"Hey,it's going to be okay again."promised Kathleen when she saw the sad look in m.j.'s eyes;"Just focus on getting better again."