Chapter 46
The next day Nicole was just drinking some coffee at shane's place,after spending the night there,when shane came downstairs;"Goodmorning,I didn't think that you'd wake up before noon."
"If I could have stayed in bed untill noon I would have,Nicole,but I have to be at the station in an hour."said shane;"So I have to hurry up."
"On a Saturday?"asked she surprised;"You stayed at the policestation untill really late lastnight and now you have to be there this early on a Saturday,shane,why?"
"Because we're about to close the robbery-case."answered her boyfriend as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her;"I know that I've been really busy lately,but this is almost over now and I'm going to make it up to you."
"You don't have to,shane,because I knew what I was getting myself into when we started dating."smiled Nicole and kissed him back;"I know that you have been really busy with work,so it's okay."
"But I want to make it up to you."started he slowly;"Tonight we're going out to dinner together,Nicole,just the two of us."
"That sounds pretty special."said his girlfriend curious;"Is there a special reason for this dinner,shane?"
"Just to show you how much I love you."smiled shane and kissed her again;"Can't I just show my girlfriend a good time?"
Vince was walking down the stairs at his house when mary came out of the kitchen;"What do you think that you're doing?"
"What does it look like?"asked he and walked into the kitchen;"I'm going to have breakfast."
"I can bring you that in bed!"said mary;"You're not suppose to be walking around so much."
"I'm fine and I don't see why I have to stay in bed or on the couch all day long."answered vince irritated as he sat down;"I'm not some invalid,mary!"
"Ofcourse you're not."started she slowly when she realized what was behind his attitude;"But you did have a serious heartattack and if you don't want to get another one you will have to take it easy."
"I'm staying home from work and I'm not doing anything else around the house,so I'm taking it as easy as possible for me!"
"Maybe you're right,vince,maybe I'm just overreacting about all of this and being too worried about you getting another heartattack."said mary softly;"But I almost lost you and I don't want that to happen again,vince !"
"I'm sorry,honey,I guess that I didn't realize how this has effected you too and what this has done to you."started he and pulled her into his arms while he kissed her;"I promise that I will try my best to be more understanding towards you in the future,mary."
"Thank you."laughed she as she kissed him back;"And I will try to be a little less worried about you getting another heartattack."
At the hospital adam was on his way to see m.j. again when he ran into aaron;"Goodmorning,aaron."
"What are you doing here?"asked he surprised;"Are you on your way to see m.j. again?"
"I don't think that it's any of your business what I'm doing here."said adam annoyed;"I don't have to explain myself to you!"
"If you are here to see m.j. again that is my business,adam!"started aaron as he tried to stay calm;"She's my girlfriend and I don't want to see her getting hurt again!"
"Why would I want to hurt her?"asked he;"I can see her as much as I want to because that isn't your call!"
"It sure as hell is and you can't see her as much as you want to,adam,I don't want to see you near my girlfriend again!"
"You can't tell me that I can't see m.j. anymore,aaron!"said adam stuned;"I've got just as much right to see her as you do!"
"How do you figure that out?"asked he irritated;"She's with me now because you dumped her over two years ago,adam!"
"I…."started he furious and was about to tell aaron the truth when he realized how much that would hurt m.j.'s feelings,so he changed his mind and turned around;"Never mind,aaron,it doesn't matter."
Still confused about his run in with adam aaron went up to m.j.'s room where she'd just woken up;"Hey."
"Goodmorning."said m.j. and pulled back a bit again as he tried to kiss her;"You're here early."
"Is everything okay?"asked aaron surprised that she'd pulled away from him yet again and had been doing so since he had returned from new York;"Are you okay,m.j.?"
"I'm just a bit tired,aaron,that's all."answered she lying;"I think that I'm going to go back to sleep for a while."
"Maybe you should."said aaron as he turned around and began to walk out of the room,leaving her confused about the sudden change in his mood;"Sleep tight."
"Aaron…"began m.j. hesitating just before he went out of her room;"I…"
"What is it?"asked he surprised and turned back towards her;"Did you want to say something?"
"No,it can wait."said she with a faint smile;"I will see you later."
"Sure."answered aaron softly as he went out into the hallway;"Bye."
Ryan walked into the policestation when he ran into shane;"Has there been any news yet?"
"Yes,we've got two confessions and they also found the bullet that came from adam's gun."answered he;"I just came from the captain and he said that the second robber that we picked up lastnight,trevor ,is about to crack too."
"What about the brains behind it all,parker ?"asked ryan;"Did he pull through the night?"
"No,he was already in pretty bad shape when we got to his house in Chicago yesterday and he died late lastnight."started his friend slowly;"The doctor said that since he'd been walking around with that gunshotwound and it had already gotten seriously infected that there wasn't anything that he could do and that he'd been lucky to last for that long,but before parker died he told the cop that was there that he was behind it all,ryan."
"So,this is almost over then."said he;"So,what about the bullet from adam's gun?"
"The doctor removed the bullet as soon as we got him to the hospital,so now we have proof that puts parker there at the crimescene at the time of the robbery."answered shane;"So,that with two confession and also the fact that trevor is about to tell us everything too makes this is done deal."
Just after lunchtime Amanda was talking to sharlene when her brother walked in;"Hi,Jamie."
"Hi,Amanda."said he and turned towards his aunt;"Hello,sharlene."
"Hello,Jamie."answered sharlene as she walked towards the door;"I promised john that I'd meet him for lunch,so I have to go."
"Bye."started her niece hesitating while she turned towards her brother;"Have you seen sam today?"
"No,I saw him yesterday,amanda,just like I told you."said Jamie slowly;"What did sharlene say about you and the baby?"
"My contractions have stopped and she thinks that I can go home in a day or two if this keeps up,jamie,but I will have to rest and take some kind of medication to keep me from getting contractions again."answered his sister;"How is sam doing?"
"How do you think he's doing?"asked he hesitating;"He's in pain and thinks he's messed everything up in his life."
"But that's not true."said Amanda worried;"Do you think that he wanted to kill himself by crashing into that tree?"
"I really don't have an answer for that,Amanda,I don't even think that sam knows if he wanted to kill himself or not,because he doesn't even really remember crashing into that tree and he said that he wasn't thinking clearly when he left the house in that state."began her brother softly;"He did seem happy when I told him that you were really worried about him."
"What else did sam say?"asked she curious;"Did you tell him that I was in the hospital?"
"Ofcourse I did and he was really worried because he thinks that this is all his fault."answered Jamie;"Sam wanted to come down here to see you right away,but I stopped him because he shouldn't be out of bed yet."
"I know that he loves me,Jamie,but how could he have done that to me?"said his sister in tears;"How could he have cheated on me like that?"
"That is something that I can't answer and you will have to sort that out with your husband,because he's the only one who can answer that."started he hesitating;"But I do know that sam really does love you and that even the best of us make mistakes."
At the hudson's donna was having lunch with Michael when shane walked in;"Hi,shane,what brings you downhere and where's Nicole?"
"She's at my place,so I can't stay too long."started he slowly;"I need your help tonight."
"With what?"asked Michael surprised;"Do you want us to keep Nicole here all night so that you can catch up on some sleep or something?"
"Michael!"warned his wife him irritated and turned towards shane;"What can we do for you?"
"I need a few things from Nicole and she can't know about it."answered shane;"We're having a romantic dinner at tops and afterwards I want to spend the night there with her in one of the honeymoonsuites,so I will need a few things for her,donna."
"A romantic dinner for two and a night at the honeymoonsuite?"asked she slowly as she began to realize what shane had in mind that night;"Are you planning on asking her to marry you?"
"I sure am."smiled the young cop;"I think that this is the perfect time for us to get married,don't you?"
"Ofcourse."answered donna relieved;"I'm glad that she finally decided to tell you and that you have decided to ask her to marry you,because I'm sure that she will feel a lot more certain about your feelings for her and the baby with a ring on her finger."
"Baby?"asked shane and Michael both shocked at the same time;"Nicole's pregnant?"
"She told you didn't she,shane,why else would you ask her to marry you all of a sudden?"
"Probaly because I love her and I want to be with her for the rest of my life,donna,I've been wanting to ask her for a few weeks now."started he in shock and sat down;"I didn't know that she was pregnant!"
"Oh,my god,I'm really sorry,shane,I thought that she had told you."answered his girlfriend's sister softly;"Please don't tell Nicole that I told you."
"But why didn't she tell me herself?""asked shane;"How long has she known,donna?"
"Since a while,shane."said she hesitating;"Nicole is afraid that you don't want to have this baby,because you seem to have told her that you want to be alone with her for a while first before you two would start a family."
"I did say that,but that doesn't mean that I don't want a baby right now if there was one on the way."answered the young cop irritated;"I love Nicole and I will also love this baby!"
"What are you going to do now?"asked Michael;"Are you still going to ask Nicole to marry you tonight,shane?"
"Ofcourse I am!"said he;"Tonight I'm going to ask her to become my wife."