Chapter 53

At the 's vince was talking to aaron,who'd dropped in to say goodbye,when Cheryl came in through the backdoor;"Hi,aaron,what are you doing here?"

"I came to say goodbye."answered he;"I have to go back to new York."

"I'm sorry that you and m.j. broke up."said Cheryl;"She told me about that when I went to see her yesterday and said that you two had a good talk."

"Well,I only want what is best for m.j. and if adam is what's best for her then I'm okay with that."started aaron hesitating;"I can't make her love me and not because I haven't tried,but it's no use because she loves him."

"Who says that adam cory is what is best for my daughter?"asked vince annoyed;"He has broken her heart once before and drove her out of town,so who says that he won't do that again?"

"Pops!"warned his daughter him surprised;"Adam really loves m.j. and he would never do anything to hurt her."

"I wish that I could tell you that adam is no good for her,vince,but I would be lying if I did."said aaron;"He does seem to love her and he wants to make her happy."

"But what if his pride gets in the way again?"asked he worried;"Two years ago my daughter left town and disappeared for a long time because of him,so what will happen next time he gets angry at her again?"

"M.j. only had herself to blame for adam getting angry at her and calling off the wedding back then,paps,so you can't keep blaming him for that!"answered Cheryl;"I'm sure that they can make it work this time,because they really love eachother."

Jake was working at mary's place when Vicky came in and kissed him;"Hey,you."

"What brings you downhere?"asked he surprised;"Weren't you suppose to be out riding with your sister or something?"

"No,marlee called me to cancel,because there are reporters everywhere downthere."answered his girlfriend;"They can hardly get in or out."

"The death of your grandfather is big news."said jake;"Especially since he was murdered,vicky."

"Who do you think did it?"started she curious;"Be honest!"

"I really have no idea."answered her boyfriend;"Almost everybody hated him in this town,so that leaves the police with enough suspects."

"Marlee said that shane is working on this case together with her new boyfriend,ryan."began Vicky slowly;"Nicole seems to be really upset about that,jake."

"Why?"asked he surprised;"That is what shane does for a living and he can't always decide what case he works on,so I don't see why she should be upset about it."

"I guess you're right."answered his girlfriend and put her arms around jake's neck and kissed him again;"I don't know who killed regioneld,jake,but it sure wasn't you or me because we were together when he was killed."

At the hudson's Michael opened the door and was surprised to see shane standing there with ryan;"Hey,guys,what's up?"

"We're here on policebusiness,mr. Hudson."answered ryan;"Can we please come in?"

"Ofcourse."said he confused;"Is everything okay?"

"What are you doing here,ryan?"asked his daughter surprised when she came out of the livingroom with her mother and her aunt;"Did I forget a lunch or something."

"Shane?"began Nicole too as she turned worried towards her fiancée;"Why are you here?"

"They are here on policebusiness."answered her brother-in-law;"So,this isn't a lunchdate or anything."

"We're here to ask mrs. Hudson to come down to the station with us to answer a few questions about her father's murder."said ryan and turned towards donna;"Would you mind coming with us,mrs. Hudson?"

"Are you here to pick up my sister?"asked Nicole angry as she looked at shane;"How can you do this,shane?"

"I don't want to do this,Nicole,but it's my job and I don't have any other choice!"answered he tired;"I'm sorry."

"It's okay,shane,I don't mind coming down to the station with you guys."said donna and tried to calm Nicole down;"Don't be mad at shane or ryan,because they are only doing their jobs."

"Please try to understand."started shane again and tried to pull her into his arms,but she pushed him away and ran up the stairs;"Nicole…"

"We have to go."said his friend as he opened the frontdoor;"Are you ready,mrs. Hudson?"

"I will call scott right away and have him come to the station."promised Michael as he kissed his wife goodbye;"We will have this sorted out in no time."

Later that day m.j. was sitting in a chair by the window in her hospitalroom when adam walked in;"What are you doing out of bed,m.j.?"

"Jamie said that it was okay."said she annoyed about the way he came in;"He told me that I could get out of bed for a while."

"Oh,I guess it's okay then."answered adam surprised;"I'm sorry."

"Why aren't you at the policestation?"asked his girlfriend all of a sudden;"Shouldn't you be there helping on that big murdercase,adam?"

"No,i don't."said he hesitating;"I've got the week off."

"Just like that?"answered m.j. confused;"Why?"

"Well,I did something stupid and shane made me take the week off or else he was gonna tell the captain about what I had done."started her boyfriend slowly;"I attacked a suspect while he was in his jailcell,m.j."

"Why would you do something as stupid as that?"asked she stuned;"Who did you attack?"

"A guy that was a suspect in the robbery-case and who turned out to be one of the robbers later on."answered adam a bit ashamed when he saw the look on her face;"I know that it was stupid and that I shouldn't have done it,but I was so angry after they shot you that I kind of lost it."

"The things that you do something."smiled his girlfriend as she pulled him closer to her and kissed him;"Come here,you!"

Inside amanda's room she was just watching some television when all of a sudden her parents walked in;"What are you guys doing back here?"

"Did you really think that we were going to stay in England after Jamie called us with the news that you and sam were both in the hospital?"asked Rachel as she gave her daughter a hug;"How do you feel?"

"I feel fine now,mom,you shouldn't have come back yet."said her daughter surprised;"How did Mathew take the news about mitch?"

"He was pretty upset,amanda,but he's gonna be okay again."started mac slowly;"He also knows about your mother's condition too."

"How?"asked she shocked;"Did you guys decide to tell him?"

"We didn't want to,but I passed out as we were out to dinner and I was taken to the hospital by ambulance,so there mac told Mathew the truth."answered she;"I wish that he hadn't,but it seems that he didn't have much of a choice."

"No,I didn't,Rachel,because the doctor was asking all kinds of questions while Mathew was standing right next to me and I had to tell him the truth."said her husband irritated and turned back towards his daughter;"How is sam doing?"

"He's got a concusion,dad,but he's gonna be okay again."started Amanda hesitating;"What did Jamie tell you?"

"Everything that has been going on since we went away."answered he and walked towards the door;"I'm going to see how sam is doing."

"Good idea."said his wife and looked at her daughter after mac had left;"How are things between you and sam now,Amanda?"

"I don't know,mom,I want to forgive him and get passed what happened,but I'm still really angry at him."answered she softly;"I still can't understand how he could have done that to me."

"Sometimes people do stupid things that they might regret later on,honey,it happens and it doesn't make them bad people or anything."started Rachel hesitating;"I've made terrible mistakes over the years too,but your father and I loved eachother enough to work through them."

"Like your affair with mitch and getting pregnant with Mathew?"asked her daughter;"How was dad able to forgive you for that,mom?"

"With a lot of patience and hard work from both of us."answered she;"If you love eachother enough you will be able to get through almost anything."