Chapter 54
At the policestation donna was in shane's officed when he came back with a cup of coffee and gave it to her;"Thanks,shane."
"I'm really sorry about this,donna."started he softly;"I didn't want to bring you in,but I didn't have much of a choice."
"It's okay."said donna;"I know that you're only doing your job and I'm not angry at you or at ryan."
"I wish that Nicole would feel the same way."answered her sister's fiancée tired;"Everything was so perfect after I finally asked her to marry me and found out that we're gonna have a baby together untill I got called into the captain's office yesterday,donna,then everything went to pieces!"
"Maybe she's angry at you right now,shane,but I'm sure that she won't be anymore once she's calmed down and understands that you're only doing your job."
"I didn't ask for this damn case and I have asked the captain to put somebody else on it,donna,but he said no."answered shane;"He said that I was a policeofficer and that this was my job."
"You don't have to convince me that you didn't ask for this."said she softly;"I know that you don't like this anymore then I do and I'm sure that Nicole will realize that too as soon she calms down again,shane."
That night vince was beginning to get really worried about mary since she hadn't been home all day after she'd left that morning,angry,and he was just about to call his oldest daughter about it when mary came in through the backdoor;"Where have you been all day?"
"I went to see m.j. at the hospital and I helped out at mary's place for a while."said mary;"Why do you even care where I was anyway?"'
"Ofcourse I care!"answered vince;"First you walk out on me this morning,angry,and then you stay out all day without calling me,mary!"
"What did you expect?"asked she still angry;"You accuse me of still having feelings for regioneld and you also made it pretty clear that you still think that I would cheat on you again."
"I didn't mean it like that,mary,I was just upset about the whole mess."started he slowly;"I shouldn't have said that and I'm sorry."
"Is that suppose to make it allright,vince,do you have any idea how much you've hurt me when you said that?"
"Ofcourse saying sorry doesn't make it okay,but I don't know what else to say and I can't take it back."
"Then why did you say it in the first place?"asked mary with tears in her eyes;"Do you really believe that I might still feel something for regioneld or that I would cheat on you again?"
"I guess that I was jealous,mary."answered vince hesitating;"That's why I said those stupid things."
"Jealous?"started she surprised;"Jealous of somebody who's dead?"
"You seemed so upset about his death that I got jealous and I know that it sounds stupid,but that's the way I felt."
"I wasn't upset about his death,vince,I was upset about the fact that he got somebody to hate him so much that they shot him to death!"answered mary;"There's nothing to be jealous about that."
"I'm sorry,mary,I acted like a real jerk."said vince as he pulled her into his arms;"Can you please forgive me?"
"If you don't ever talk to me like that again!"warned she him softly and layed her head against his chest;"Never again,vince!"
"I promise."answered he and kissed her;"I will never put you through that again!"
At the hospital adam was walking towards m.j.'s room when he heard her screaming,so he rushed into her room and found her sitting straight up in bed,while she was shaking all over;"What happened?"
"Nothing."said m.j. quickly as she layed back down on the bed;"I just had a bad dream,adam,that's all."
"That must have been some bad dream if I could hear you scream all the way down the hall."started he hesitating;"Maybe you should talk to somebody about this,because this wasn't the first time that you had a nightmare."
"I've already heard all of that from Jamie,so you don't have to start in on me about that too!"answered his girlfriend;"He talked me into having atleast one session with a shrink."
"He has?"asked adam surprised;"Why didn't you tell me,m.j?"
"I forgot."said she irritated;"Tomorrow I'm suppose to talk to your ex."
"I'm glad that you're going to try to do something about those nightmares."smiled her boyfriend happy;"Maybe susan can help you."
"We'll see."began m.j. slowly;"I might be able to go home next week,adam."
"That's great news."said he and kissed her;"Then you and justin can move in with me."
"No."answered his girlfriend and saw the disappointed look on adam's face;"I know that you want us to move in with you and I wish that we could,but I don't wanna rush into this with you right away!"
"But why not?"asked adam confused;"We've been apart for so long and if the house is too small we can always get a bigger house or something,m.j."
"The house isn't the problem and neither are you,adam."said she;"One of the reasons why I don't want to move in right away is because of justin."
"Why?"started her boyfriend annoyed;"Do you think that I wouldn't be able to take care of my own son or something?"
"Ofcourse I don't think that,adam,that wasn't what I meant!"answered m.j. tired;"All I'm trying to say is that justin hardly knows who you are and moving in with you before he gets to know you a little better isn't such a good idea."
"And who's fault is it that he doesn't know me?"asked he angry,but calmed down the second he saw the hurt look in her eyes;"I shouldn't have said that,honey,that was pretty mean and I'm sorry."
"You're right though about it being my fault that he doesn't know you and I'm sorry about that."began his girlfriend softly;"But moving in with you right now isn't a good idea and I'm not doing this to hurt you in any way."
"I know and you're probably right."said adam as he put his arms around her and kissed her;"I'm sorry,baby,I really want to move in with you and justin,but if you think that it's better to wait a while then we will untill you're ready."
Nicole was waiting for donna to back from the policestation when she finally walked in with Michael;"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine,Nicole."said her sister;"Shane made sure that I was as comfortable as possible,so it wasn't that bad."
"Shane shouldn't have picked you up in the first place,like some criminal."started she angry;"He should have known that you wouldn't kill anybody."
"You can't blame shane for doing his job."answered donna;"Don't be angry at him."
"Why not,donna?"asked her sister;"He could have said no to his captain and turned down the job."
"Come on,Nicole,he's a policeofficer and he's suppose to do what his captain tells him to do."said she;"Shane didn't have any other choice then to bring me in."
"Donna is right,Nicole,you shouldn't be mad at shane for doing his job."started Michael slowly;"Why don't you call him up,because I'm sure that he's feeling pretty badly about everything right now and that he would love to hear from you."
"I don't care how badly he feels right now,Michael,because he has brought that on to himself!"answered Nicole as she started to walk away;"I never want to see him again!"