Chapter 61

At the hospital Amanda had just finished her breakfast when her mother walked in;"Goodmorning,sweety."

"Hi,mom,where's dad?"asked her daughter;"Didn't he come with you?"

"No,your father had to be at brava."said Rachel;"So,has sam been here to see you,amanda?"

"Yes,yesterday."answered she surprised;"How did you know?"

"Because I went to see him yesterdaymorning and we had a good talk."began her mother slowly when she saw the annoyed look on amanda's face;"Before you start getting angry at me or your husband,Amanda,you should listen to me first."

"Why,mom?"asked Amanda angry;"So that you can tell me what to do too?"

"I didn't tell sam what to do,Amanda,that he came here to see you was because he wanted to see you and not because I told him to!"answered she;"Do you want your relationship with sam back on track or not?"

"What kind of a question is that,mom,ofcourse I want things to get back to normal between us again and I have told him that too!"

"Then show him that,Amanda,because sam isn't the only one at fault here!"

"I didn't cheat on him!"said her daughter angry again;"I did nothing wrong!"

"Who's idea was it to move in with us?"asked Rachel tired;"You've known all along that sam hated living under our roof instead of in a place of your own and you kept forcing him to stay there,because you wanted to stay there and you didn't care about his feelings."

"That isn't true!"answered she;"I told sam that I wanted to wait a while before we moved out of there into a place of our own,mom."

"Come on,Amanda,I know you better then anybody else and I know when you're lying to me,so don't tell me that you did want to move out of there after a while."began her mother slowly;"Let me tell you this,honey,keeping a marriage work takes a lot of hard work from both sides and it's time that you started working a little harder!"

"What do you want from me?"asked Amanda with tears in her eyes while she was stuned about her mother's hard words;"Do you want me to forgive sam for what he did just like that and go on as if nothing has happened?"

"Ofcourse not,honey,but if you want to get over what happened then you will have to work on this together instead of apart and you will also have to admit to your own faults in this failing marriage instead of blaming it all on sam!"answered Rachel;"Your father and I got through my affair with sam's brother by working together too,so if you really love sam then work together with him through your problems."

Just before noon susan arrived at tops to have lunch with david when she sat down at his table;"Hello,david."

"I'm glad you came."smiled he;"You look beautyfull."

"You're a sweettalker,david."laughed susan;"But what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Straight to the point as always,susan."answered her friend when the waiter came with their lunch;"First things first,my dear,I hope you don't mind that I went ahead and ordered for the both of us?"

"Ofcourse not."said she curious;"Please tell me what you wanted to ask me,david,it isn't fair to keep me waiting untill after lunch."

"You're still so impatience."laughed david;"But you're right,susan,as you know I have to get back to Washington in a few days and I want you to come with me."

"For a vacation or something?"asked his friend surprised;"I just can't take some time off like that,david,not on such short notice."

"No,not just for a vacation."answered he;"For the rest of your life."

"You're joking,right?"started susan stuned;"Did you really just ask me to come to Washington with you forgood?"

"Yes,that was my question."said her friend;"There are fine hospitals there too and you know how I feel about you,susan,so why not?"

"But I don't love you and you know that,david,so it would be mean to lead you on like that."

"You wouldn't be leading me on by coming with me,susan,because I do know that you don't feel the same way as I do and I don't expect that from you either."

"What do you expect from me if I should come back with you to Washington?"asked susan softly;"Why do you want me to move to Washington with you?"

"I want you to come with me because I want you closer to me and I want to be there for you,susan,as a friend and I know that you're not happy here anymore."answered her friend;"I just know that I could make you happy again in Washington and I don't expect you to fall for me or anything,but just let me be your friend and let me take care of you."

Ryan walked into the captain's office at the policestation;"I've got something that you should see,sir."

"What is it?"asked he looking up;"This better be good,Harrison,I was just finishing up here and about to go home."

"I think that shane has found proof that donna Hudson couldn't have killed her father."started he slowly and showed the captain a list of phonenumbers;"This shows that regioneld laSalle made a phonecall about ten minutes after the witness saw mrs. Hudson leave her father's room."

"But that paper doesn't say that he made that call,Harrison!"said the captain;"Where did cassidy get that list anyway?"

"I don't know,captain,I found it on shane's desk."answered ryan;"Maybe it doesn't prove that regioneld made that call,but it does show that either mr. laSalle was still alive or somebody else was in the room after mrs. Hudson left,so she couldn't have killed him."

"Did Cassidy order that list from tops without my okay?"asked his captain angry;"Where is he anyway?"

"I don't know,captain,I have no idea."said ryan;"I came in about ten minutes ago and found the list on shane's desk."

"We will deal with him later!""started he slowly;"First you have to call the number on that list to see if mr. laSalle made that call or not and if he did then we will have a meeting with the D.A. to see how we're going to handle this."

At the 's adam had just brought m.j. back from the hospital when Kathleen walked in with cass;"Hi,guys."

"How are you feeling?"asked cass as he closed the backdoor and turned towards his sister-in-law;"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine and I'm going to scream if somebody is going to ask me that one more time!"answered m.j. irritated as she walked out of the kitchen and up to her bedroom;"Just leave me alone!"

"I will go and talk to her."said her boyfriend as he walked on after her and knocked on her door as he got upstairs;"Can I come in,m.j.?"

"No!"yelled she from the other side of the door;"Go away,adam!"

"Come on,m.j."started adam as he opened the door;"Don't be such a hothead."

"What part about go away don't you understand,adam?"asked his girlfriend angry and threw a pillow at him;"Just leave me alone!"

"Everybody's just worried about you."said he while he sat down on the bed next to her;"Can you blame them?"

"I guess not,adam,but you don't all have to smother me just because you're worried about me!"answered m.j. a bit calmer;"Everybody keeps watching my every move and I hate that!"

"Maybe we're all overdoing it a bit,but didn't you just fly off the handle downstairs just now and storm out of the kitchen?"laughed her boyfriend while he kissed her;"You're still a hothead,m.j."

"That's a family-trade."smiled she and kissed him back;"Do you want to go back downstairs?"

"Not yet."answered adam as he gently pushed her down on the bed and leaned closer towards her while he kissed her again;"Not when i've got the chance to be all alone with you right now."