Chapter 32

The X-ray machine had arrived. However, even though it was the portable variety it was still pretty large and cumbersome to try and get though dirt packed passageways. Vincent, Winslow, and Caleb, as well as Peter and Father were all there trying to carefully maneuver the machine into the hospital chamber Peter and Father were of course were mostly advising while the other three did the actual moving.

Rebecca quickly moved things out of their way and wanted to know if there was anything more she could do to help.

Above, Catherine had taken a taxi all the way across town to Jenny's apartment. The fare was quite high when she reached her destination, but Catherine didn't flinch at the cost at all. She even added a hefty tip on top of that which ensured the driver would not forget her. Not that it was likely that he would forget a seven month pregnant beautiful woman that tipped that well. He gave her his card and told her to call on him anytime she needed a cab. Catherine gave him a sweet smile and put his card in her wallet.

It took longer than normal for Jenny to answer the knock at her door. She really didn't want to see anyone, but from the persistence of the knocking she guessed the person was not going away. Jenny was almost certain that it was Catherine.

Opening the door and confirming her suspicions Jenny invited her in not even trying to hide her tear streaked face.

"Are you aright?!" Catherine asked placing her hand on Jenny's arm.

"I really don't know Cath."

"Jenny why didn't you come to Vincent and I about this instead of leaving the tunnels the way you did?"

"I just needed to get away. I didn't want to face anyone."

"But we're your friends! That's what friends are for! To lean on, in times of trouble."

"That's just it Cath, I don't know that this is really a bad thing. Remember that I was talking about breaking it off with Devin before this happened. I guess it just hurt more than I thought it would for him to be the one to do the dumping!"

"Are you absolutely sure that is what he was doing and not just giving you an out because of what happened to him? I mean he could very well change his tune if the X-ray says his back is just bruised or sprained or something like that and not broken?" Catherine insisted.

"I don't think that matters in the end Cath. I really do think I want to have a family like you and Vincent do and ultimately I'm sure Devin doesn't want that. So Joe is the one I should choose. Anyway I couldn't go begging Devin to take me back!"

Knowing what was going on with Joe, Catherine had to give it another try, "Jenny what if I could find out from Devin if he really meant it and how he might feel about a family for you? That way you wouldn't be crawling back at all but rescuing him from his own stupidity!"

"Cathy, why are you pushing me at Devin so much?! Is it because we would be sister-in-laws together?"

Thinking that was better than any reason she could've come up with on the spot, Catherine quickly agreed that had been her hope.

"Cath, don't you know that we will always be in each other's lives?! No matter if I marry Devin or Joe, we will still be best friends and won't loose touch with each other!"

This brought Catherine to tears. The emotions of the situation, combined with her pregnancy hormones released the floodgates and soon both of them were clinging to each other and crying their eyes out.

Vincent felt this through their Bond and started to race to his wife's side, when he realized that it was just cleansing emotional tears. He sent peaceful loving thoughts her way and returned to work with the children.

To be continued…..