Chapter 44

At the hospital adam was on his way to see m.j. again when he ran into Kathleen and cass;"Goodmorning,guys."

"What are you doing here?"asked Kathleen annoyed;"Do you want aaron to find out right now?"

"Ofcourse not."answered her friend;"But I have to see her."

"Aaron is already suspicious and thinks that it's strange that you were here yesterdaymorning,adam!"warned cass him;"I know that it's hard to stay away from m.j. right now,but unless you want aaron to find out before m.j.'s had a chance to tell him yourself you will have to stay away from her!"

"But what am I suppose to do then?"asked he tired;"I have already lost too much time with m.j. and I can't stand being apart from her anymore."

"Aaron can't find out yet,because m.j. doesn't need any more problems right now!"said his friend;"He's in her room right now and if he were to see you here that would make him more suspicious!"

"I don't want to cause anymore problems for your sister,kathleen,but who knows when she's going to tell him and I don't want to stay away from her for that long!"started adam slowly;"I could be really carefull when I go overthere to see her.'

"That wouldn't work because there's always a chance that aaron could show up too."answered she;"Just stay away from her for a while and you've been able to stay away from her for two years,so a little while longer won't kill you,adam,you can always call her if you want to."

"That isn't the same!"said her friend angry and walked away again;"That isn't the same as seeing her."

"Why don't he just listen,cass?"asked Kathleen irritated as she turned towards her husband;"He's only going to make things worse."

"Did we ever listen to others?"laughed he;"He's in love,Kathleen,he's going crazy without your sister."

"Then he should have thought about that before he let her go two years ago!"answered his wife;"If he'd stopped her from leaving back then,cass,then this wouldn't have happened!"

"You can't blame adam for that,because he had every right to be angry with her back then and he couldn't have known what would happen,Kathleen."

"What did happen between them to get him so angry,cass?"asked she suddenly;"I've asked mama and pops about that so many times,but all they kept saying was that m.j. had kept something from adam and wouldn't tell me what."

"Maybe you should ask your sister about that when this is all over."answered cass;"That is up to her to tell you."

Inside of m.j.'s room aaron was sitting next to her bed;"Are you feeling a bit better?"

"A bit."answered she;"Is justin okay?"

"He's fine and your parents are looking after him right now."started aaron slowly;"I was really worried when Kathleen called me up to tell me about what happened at tops."

"I know,aaron."said m.j. softly and turned her head away a bit when aaron tried to kiss her on her mouth,so he kissed her on her cheeck;"I'm tired."

"Do you want me to go away?"asked he surprised about the sudden distance between them;"I can come back later."

"No,you don't have to go yet."answered m.j. as she felt a bit guilty when she saw the confused look in his eyes;"I'm just a bit tired."

"Well,it must be hard for you to be in the hospital again,m.j."said aaron;"Why didn't you tell me that you were still taking those painkillers?"

"Please,aaron,don't start!"began she annoyed;"I know that I was stupid to keep taking so many painkillers instead of seeing a doctor,so you don't have to keep reminding me."

"I'm sorry."answered he;"I didn't mean to upset you or make you feel bad or anything."

"No,I'm the one who should be sorry."said m.j. softly and grabbed his hand when he wanted to get up;"It's just that being in a hospital again is driving me crazy."

"It's okay,honey,I know how hard it is for you."smiled aaron as he kissed m.j. on her forhead and walked towards the door;"I'm going to go now,so that you can get some rest."

At the hudson's Nicole walked into the livingroom,while she was looking for her sister,when she ran into Michael;"Hey,where's your wife?"

"She left at the crack of dawn with marlee."answered he slowly and saw the worried look on nicole's face;"She didn't take any guns with her,Nicole,I checked her bag."

"That isn't funny!"said his sister-in-law irritated;"What if the gun had gone off?"

"I've had a good talk with her lastnight and I don't think she will do something like that again."started Michael hesitating;"Do you really believe that donna would have been able to pull the trigger,Nicole?"

"I don't know,Michael,she might have."answered she;"Regioneld has put her through a lot and she's really terrified that he's going to hurt her or somebody else again."

"But to shoot her own father?"asked her brother-in-law surprised;"I don't know if she'd been able to go that far."

"Well,michael,I don't want to find out either!"said Nicole softly;"Do you?"

"Ofcourse not."answered he;"I'm sure that she feels a whole lot better after our talk lastnight."

"Let's hope so,because who knows what might happen if donna still feels that regioneld is a threat to her and the rest of our family."warned his sister-in-law him;"Just make sure that she doesn't take anymore guns to tops."

Around noon that day mary was cleaning up the kitchen when Cheryl walked in;"Hi,mama."

"Hi,honey."said she looking up;"How was chad doing?"

"Better."smiled Cheryl as she sat down;"He might be able to leave the hospital real soon."

"Who might leave the hospital soon?"asked her father as he came into the kitchen;"M.j.?"

"No,vince,ofcourse not."answered mary;"Cheryl was just telling me that chad is feeling a lot better and that he might be able to go home soon."

"I know that you don't like him,paps,but I love him!"started their daughter before vince had a chance to say anything;"I won't stop seeing him no matter what you or anybody else thinks!"

"Did I tell you to stop seeing him or that I don't like him?"said he surprised;"After what he did at tops I would even let him marry you,honey."

"I…."answered Cheryl confused;"I thought that you didn't want me to be with him as soon as you'd found out about us."

"I have no problems with chad,sweety,not after he saved your life!"smiled her father;"If it hadn't been for chad then we wouldn't have you anymore,so that makes him okay in my book."

"What your father is trying to say is that we don't mind you seeing chad."laughed mary when she saw the stuned look on cheryl's face;"It's okay,Cheryl."

At the policestation shane was walking towards the jailcells with ryan to question their suspect that they had picked up that morning when they heard a lot of noise coming from the cells,so they rushed downthere and saw adam fighting with their suspect;"Adam!"

"That's enough!"said ryan as they ran into the cell and pulled adam away from the man,together with shane;"Are you insane or something,adam?"

"He came in here and attacked me for no reason!"started the man angry;"I want him arrest for assault!"

"Sit down and shut up!"answered shane irritated to the man and pushed adam out of the cell;"What the hell do you think that you were doing,adam?"

"I wanted him to tell me who else was involved in this!"said he while shane pulled him towards their office;"He has to talk!"

"Do you have any idea how stupid this was?"asked ryan angry;"You can't go attacking people like that!"

"Somebody had to do something!"answered adam;"We still have to catch those other two guys!"

"We don't even know if mr. handle is our guy,adam,at this point he is only a suspect."said his friend;"Take a week or so off!"

"No way!"started he angry;"You can't tell me what to do,shane,you're not my superior!"

"What do you think that the captain would do if he found out about this?"asked shane slowly;"Either you take a week off or I will tell the captain about what you did!"

"That is blackmail!"answered his friend;"You can't do that,shane!"

"I'm doing this for your own good!"said he;"It's your choice!"

"Fine!"yelled adam furious and walked away;"Go to hell!"

"Do you think that he will listen,shane?"asked ryan worried after adam had left;"Do you think he will stay away from here?"

"Ofcourse he will,ryan,because he knows what the captain would do if he found out."said his friend slowly;"This is only for his own good."