Chapter 45
Amanda was laying in her hospitalbed,getting pretty bored with just laying there and doing nothing,when lisa came in with her daughter;"Hi,you two."
"Hi,sweety."said she;"How are you feeling?"
"The pain is almost gone."answered her sister-in-law slowly;"Sharlene said that I was having contractions and they gave me something to stop them,because it's too early."
"That doesn't sound good."started lisa worried;"Does that mean that you will have to stay in the hospital untill the baby is born?"
"Sharlene said that she doesn't know for how long I will have to stay here,lisa,but as long as I keep having contractions I will have to stay here."
"Did Jamie tell you about sam?"asked she hesitating;"I saw him just now."
"Jamie told me this morning."said Amanda softly;"How was he doing when you saw him?"
"Sam was still unconscious,but Jamie said that he was pretty lucky and that he's gonna be just fine."began her sister-in-law slowly;"Are you still mad at him,amanda?"
"A part of me is,but I'm also glad that he's okay."answered she;"I told him that I was through with him and that could go to hell,lisa,so if he died…."
"None of this is your fault,Amanda,you were angry at him with good reason and you couldn't have known what was going to happen."
"I don't want to lose him."smiled she sadly;"I'm so damn angry at him for cheating on me,lisa,but after lastnight I realize that I need him and that I wouldn't be able to live without him."
"You won't have to!"answered lisa;"As soon as you both get home you can work things out together again."
That afternoon cass was coming out of felica's office at tops when he saw adam sitting at the bar,drinking,and sat down next to him;"Shouldn't you be at the station?"
"No."answered adam without looking up and turned towards the bartender;"Another beer please."
"Isn't it a bit early to get drunk,adam?"asked his friend worried;"Why are you doing this to yourself?"
"I'm not doing anything!"said he irritated;"I'm just having a little party with myself because i just got the whole week off."
"Are you sure that you aren't doing this because you can't see m.j. untill she tells aaron about you two,adam?"
"I can see m.j. whenever I want and nobody can stop me,cass!"
"If aaron finds out before m.j. has had a chance to tell him it might cause a lot of trouble and she doesn't need that right now!"started cass slowly;"Just try to have a little patience."
"That's easy for you to say!"said his friend angry;"Kathleen isn't the one laying there and you're not the one that has to stay away from the woman that you love,cass!"
"You two have been apart for more then two years,adam,so is it so hard to wait a little while longer?"asked he;"I'm sure that m.j. will tell him as soon as she's out of the hospital."
"It is because we've been apart for so long that I don't want to wait anymore to be with her!"answered adam as he calmed down a bit;"I know that I was stupid enough to let her get away from me,cass,but I'm not going to let that happen again!"
"Please just try to stay away from her!"warned cass him again;"If you don't then you will only end up hurting m.j. and you don't want that,do you?"
At the Hudson's donna was playing with kristy in the livingroom when Nicole walked in;"Hello,Nicole,are you here to check up on me or did Michael ask you to talk to me?"
"No,not at all."answered she;"Do I need an excuse to come here?"
"Ofcourse not."said donna softly as she calmed down;"I'm sorry,Nicole,I guess that this whole situation is really getting to me."
"Why don't you and Michael go away for a long vacation together with kristy?"asked her sister;"It might do you some good,donna,I'm sure that Michael wouldn't mind a long vacation either."
"I don't know."began she slowly;"I don't know if this is the right time to take a vacation."
"Come on,donna,I think this is the perfect time to go away on a vacation."answered Nicole;"There's nothing here to stop you from going."
"But what about the twins?"asked her sister still not convinced;"Don't you think that they would mind we went suddenly went away with kristy for a long vacation,Nicole."
"Ofcourse they wouldn't mind."laughed she;"Vicky has got jake and marlee is seeing somebody now too,so neither of them would mind you guys took kristy on a long vacation."
Sam was slowly waking up in his hospitalbed and was looking confused around him when Jamie walked in;"What am I doing here,Jamie,what happened?"
"You ran your car into a tree."said his brother-in-law;"How are you feeling,sam?"
"Like my head is ready to explode."answered he softly as he started to remember what had happened;"I remember driving along the road and my arm was hurting really bad."
"How could you have been so stupid as to go driving with that arm and also in that state of mind?"asked Jamie angry;"Did you want to kill yourself or something?"
"I don't know what I wanted at that point anymore,Jamie,I wasn't really thinking very clearly when I drove off."started his brother-in-law tired;"I'd just lost my brother and because of my own stupid fault I had just lost my wife too!"
"Well,I think that I wouldn't worry too much about your wife if I were you."answered he;"If she was really through with you then she wouldn't have had me looking all over town after you drove off like a mad-man yesterday."
"Was she really worried about me?"asked sam surprised;"I thought that I'd messed things up between us forgood yesterday."
"Amanda was worried sick that you might have done something stupid lastnight because of the state that you were in when you drove off."said his brother-in-law slowly;"There is something that you have to know too,sam."
"Please don't tell me that because of me something happened to Amanda or to our baby?"begged he scared when he saw the serious look in jamie's eyes;"Please tell me that they are both fine!"
"At this moment they are both fine,sam,but Amanda was hospitalized lastnight after she starting having contractions."started Jamie;"She's doing a lot better today and the contractions seem to be fading away slowly,but she's still not out of the woods yet."
"I want to see her!"said his brother-in-law shocked and wanted to get out of bed,both the pain as well as Jamie stopped him;"I have to see my wife,jamie!"
"You're not going anywhere for now!"answered he as he gently pushed sam back into bed;"You've got a concusion,sam!"
"But I have to see for myself if Amanda is okay."started sam softly;"I have to tell her how sorry I am about all of this,Jamie!"
"I'm sure that she knows that and if she doesn't then I will tell her what you've just told me."said his brother-in-law and walked out of the room;"Just try to get some rest for now!"
At the policestation the captain was working in his office when shane walked in with ryan;"We've got them,captain."
"Who do you have,Cassidy?"asked samuals looking up;"Well?"
"The names of the robbers."answered he;"Our suspect of this morning,mr. handle,finally gave us a full confession and the names of the other two men that were involved in these robberies."
"It seems that we were dealing with some hard-time criminals,captain,the brothers from chicago."started ryan slowly;"The man that adam shot was parker and he's the driven force behind all of this."
"Then what are you guys waiting for?"asked their captain;"I will get you a warrant and you can pick them up."
"Yes,captain."answered shane as they walked away;"I'm glad that this is almost over and that we've finally got them."
"So am i."said his friend and opened up the door to their own office;"Have you called adam to tell him about this break in the case,shane?"
"Ofcourse not."started he slowly;"It's better for him if he doesn't know about this untill it's over and done with,ryan,before he goes off the deep end."
It was almost eight that night when Michael finally came home;"Hello,honey,I'm sorry that I'm so late,but I had an important meeting."
"That's okay."said donna hesitating;"How would you feel about going away for a while?"
"Where to?"asked her husband surprised;"You do mean with you,donna,don't you?"
"Ofcourse with me and also with kristy."laughed she;"Nicole said that it might a good idea for us to go on a long vacation."
"That sounds like a great idea."smiled Michael as he pulled donna into his arms;"It might just be thing that we need right now."
"Do you think that marlee and Victoria would mind?"asked his wife hesitating;"I don't want to go if they have a problem with it or if they need us here."
"They're both grown women,donna,so I'm sure that they will be fine with it."laughed he and kissed her;"Vicky is really happy with jake now and I think that marlee has found somebody too,because she's been really happy lately and I know that she's been out on a few dates now."
"I guess that you're right,Michael,I guess that life would still go on even if we were gone."
"Where do you want to go?"said her husband;"And for how long?"
"I don't know yet."answered donna;"I haven't really thought about that yet."
"Then maybe you should start thinking about that,blackie."smiled Michael as he kissed her again;'Because if you're serious about this long vacation then we have to decide where we're gonna go and when."
At the hospital chad was watching tv when Cheryl came in and kissed him;"Hey,baby."
"You're in a good mood."said chad as he kissed her back;"How come?"
"Because life is great."smiled his girlfriend and sat down next to him on the bed;"Even paps doesn't have a problem with me seeing you,chad."
"Then getting shot turned out to be a good thing."answered he teasing;"Thanks to that I can now see you without having to hide it."
"That isn't funny,chad!"said Cheryl a bit angry;"You could have died!"
"You're right,Cheryl,that wasn't funny and I'm sorry."answered her boyfriend;"That was a bad joke."
"Do you have any idea how worried I was after you'd been shot and I saw all that blood?"asked she softly;"I thought that you were going to die!"
"I know."said chad as he kissed her again gently;"But I didn't die,Cheryl,so this is all behind us now."
"If you had died then I wouldn't have known what I would have done,because I really love you and I never want to be without you again,chad!"started his girlfriend hesitating;"I'm sorry that I made you keep our relationship a secret for so long."
"Don't blame yourself,honey,I went along with that and we had good reasons for that."answered he;"Everything's fine now and we'll be together forever."
In m.j.'s hospitalroom adam was sitting next to her bed,holding her hand,when she woke up again;"Hey,you."
"Adam….?"asked she surprised when she saw what time it was;"What are you doing here this late?"
"I had to see you."answered her boyfriend hesitating;"I miss you."
"Have you been drinking?"said m.j. worried when she noticed the sent of beer around him and saw the mood he was in;"Are you okay,adam?"
"I'm not the one laying in the hospital!"began he irritated;"I'm fine!"
"No,you're not,adam,you've been drinking and you don't look so good."said his girlfriend still worried;"Please tell me what's wrong."
"I shouldn't have come."answered adam as he got up;"You don't need this right now,m.j."
"Don't go!" begged she softly and grabbed his hand;"I want to know what is going on with you!"
"There's nothing going on with me."said adam and pulled himself together again when he saw the look in her eyes while he kissed her gently;"I'm just feeling sorry for myself because you're in the hospital and I'm really going crazy without you."
"I miss you too,adam,but as soon as I can go home I can tell aaron about us and then we can be together again."
"I know that."started he with a faint smile;"Don't worry,honey,I will be fine in the morning,so I'm going to go home to get some sleep and you should do the same thing."
"Go home?"asked m.j. teasing;"If only I could."
"You know what I mean,silly."smiled adam as he kissed her goodbye before he walked out of her room again;"Sweet dreams."