Part 7
Cassie burst into the police station with fire in her eyes. She walked down the hall and there he was, right in front of her, the man she came here to see. The man that had hurt her sister in the most possible way, was being escorted by Mallet right towards her.
Mallet stopped in his tracks and tightened his grip on Dax's arm when he noticed Cassie.
"Cassie?" said Mallet calmly feeling something was wrong.
She paused for a moment, just staring at Dax, but the longer she stared at him, the hotter the fire inside her grew.
"Perfect timing." she remarked in a eerie voice as she reached into her purse and pulled out a fully loaded pistal and aimed it straight at Dax's head.
"Cassie, what are you doing? Put the gun down." Mallet said trying to remain calm.
"I don't think so Mallet, He needs to pay for what he did to Reva."
"Cassie please, you don't want to do this."
"Oh no Mallet, I want to do this more than you will ever know." she said remaining to calm for Mallet's liking.
"Cassie Come on, Just put the gun down, PLEASE, lets just talk about this."he pleaed
"TALK ABOUT WHAT? TAKE ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE KIDDNAPPED MY SISTER? TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID TO HER? WHAT EXACTLY WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE ABOUT?"
"Please, just calm down, we got him and he's not going anywhere."
"Oh he's going somewhere alright. He's going straight to hell and I've got his one way ticket." she said as an evil smile came to her face.
"Cassie please, let the law handle him."
"LET THE LAW HANDLE HIM? TO MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TRIED TO HANDLE THINGS IN THE WAYS OF THE LAW AND TO MANY TIMES HAVE PEOPLE LIKE HIM, COME BACK TO HURT THE SAME PEOPLE AGAIN. SO LET THE LAW HANDLE HIM MALLET? I DON'T THINK SO....HE WILL PAY FOR WHAT HE DID TO HER, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER."
"What I did to her Cassie? All I am guilty of is loving her."
"LOVE?....YOU CALL WHAT YOU DID TO HER LOVE?....YOU KIDDNAPPED HER.... AND YOU RAPED HER....AND NOW SHE MIGHT LOSE HER BABY BECAUSE OF YOU."
"Aww.....that's to bad." Dax said sarcastically as a smile came acrossed his face at the news.
That was it, he had just given her all she needed to go through with it. She cocked the gun and was about to pulled the trigger when she heard the door behind her slam againest the wall.
"CASSIE, DON'T DO IT." frank yelled as he ran up behind her.
"Frank, I have to do this, just walk away and let me do this."
"Honey, you know I can't just walk away. Not only as a cop but as a friend."
"He needs to pay for what he did."
"Yes he does, and he will, but not like this......don't give him the easy way out....if you pull that trigger you will be giving him an easy out....and you will go to prison, not him.....Reva is gonna need you and how are you going to help her if you're in prison."
"I am helping her, the only way I know how.....I'm doing this for her.....I'm doing this so she doesn't have to worry about him ever again."
"Please think about this.....how do you think Reva's going to handle the fact that you are in prison for trying to help her? You know that if you do this, she is going to blame herself, and you don't want her to blame herself for any of this do you? Frank said calmly as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
He could feel her whole body trembling under his hand. He wanted to take all the pain of the last couple of years away. Both of these sisters had been through so much in their lives. So much that he wouldn't wish it on his worst enemy, and it never seemed to stop for them. Everytime things would start to calm down and they would finally start to move on with their lives something else would happen and turn their world upside down again. He know that was one of the reasons that Cassie was there right now. She hadn't gotten over Tammy's death and now with everything going on with Reva, it was just to much for her.
"You'll just have to make her understand that it's not her fault."
"Come on Cassie, you know Reva better than that....if you shoot him, she will blame herself and nothing I nor anyone else can say anything that will change that....Please Cassie, think of Reva.....she has enough to worry about right now without you adding to it, and that's what you'd be doing if you shoot him....."
Frank let his words sink in a moment before slowly running his hand down her arm and onto her hand. He felt her relax her grip a bit and knew that he had to do it now before she changed her mind. He grabbed for the gun as fast as he could and once it was out of her hand Frank and Mallet both let out a sigh of relief.
Tears welled up in Cassie's eyes. She felt as if she had just let down her sister when she needed her most. No matter what problems they had with each other, they would always do what ever it took to help the other and now Cassie had not done that. She wanted so much to make Dax pay but she didn't want Reva to feel as if it were her fault.
"You are such a failure Cassie, You always have been and you always will be, and no matter how hard you try, you will always be second best when it comes to Catherine!"
Frank rapped his arms around Cassie as quickly as he could before she had the chance to go after him.
"Mallet get him out of here now."
Mallet grabbed Dax's arm as hard as he could and pulled him along, passed Cassie and Frank, and down the hall. Once they were out of sight Frank let go of her. She turned to Frank as the tears continued to fall.
"He's right you know. I will always be second best when it comes to Reva. It's always been that way."
"Cassie, you are no ones second best."
"Oh really, What about Richard? Josh? Jeffrey? Our mother? I am and was second best in all their eyes."
"Why don't we go to my office. There are somethings I would like to talk to you about."
Cassie nodded and Frank placed his hand on the small of her back as to usher her to walk.
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"I'm so sorry, this is all my fault." Reva cried as she tried to hold back her tears.
"Honey, this is not your fault..."
"Yes it is Jeffrey. I should've known that my past in San Cristabel would come back to haunt me again. I don't even know who he is but I know that he knows me from there. I was the one who made all this happen." she said as she now let her tears fall freely.
Jeffrey placed his hand under her chin and lifted her head so she was looking at him. It broke his heart to hear her blaming herself for any of this.
"Now you listen to me. None of this and I mean none of this is your fault. You can't...."
He stopped as he felt her body tighten up again with another contraction. She grabbed his shirt as if it were her lifeline and let out a deep long moan.
"Just breath sweety, Just breath." he said as he tightened his arms around her.
As he continued to incourge Reva, he noticed Lillian out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head to her and watched as she walk toward the I.V. pump. Lillian looked at the pump then down at the chart and back to the pump. The look on her face made Jeffrey's heart sink.
"What's wrong Lillian?" he questioned quietly, trying not to distract Reva.
"The medication is not working as fast as we need it to so I'm gonna have to bump it up again." she replied in a whisper.
"Do what ever you have to do Lillian, just please save our baby." He softly pleaded
"Jeffrey, I promise you that we are doing everything we can, and the medician is working, just not....."She paused when she noticed Reva was now listening.".....Reva, how are you feeling?"
"Don't change the subject Lillian, what's wrong?"
"Nothings wrong sweety, Just try to relax."
"Don't lie to me Jeffrey. I know that look on both of your faces, somethings wrong now tell me what it is."
Jeffrey looked to Lillian. He didn't want to be the one to tell her but he knew it should come from him. Jeffrey and Lillian both knew that Reva always seemed to handle things better when they came from him.
"Please Jeffrey, tell me what's wrong." she pleaded
"OK, OK,.....Lillian was telling me that they need to give you more of the medication because it's not slowing down you contractions fast enough."
Fresh hot tears streamed down her cheeks at the news.
"Hey, it's OK....."
"Jeffrey, I can't lose the baby......"
Jeffrey placed his finger on her lips to keep her from going any futher.
"Listen.....do you hear that.....that is our baby's heartbeat.....our baby Reva.....and her heart beat is so strong......and she is so strong......strong like you honey, just like you.....but right now you both just need a little help."
"Promise me.....promise me she's gonna be OK Jeffrey, promise me we're not going to lose our baby girl." she cried as tears fell like waterfalls from her eyes.
He know that he couldn't promise her what she wanted, and looking at her and listening to her cries brought tears to his eyes as well.
"Honey, as much as I would love to to promise you that, you know I can't.... but what I can promise you is that Rick and Lillian are doing everything in their power to make sure that that doesn't happen.....and I also promise that I'm gonna do everything I can too.....I love you and I love our beautiful baby girl, and if I could do something, anything you know I would." he said realizing that for once in his life he was completely helpless.
The one thing he wanted to do for her more than anything in the whole world was out of his hands. He was always able to make any of her problems go away, no matter how big or small, but now, now he had no control, he couldn't just make a couple of phone calls and problem solved. He hated this and so did she. She wanted to be able to close her eyes and know that when she opened them again, Jeffrey would have made everything that had happened just disappear, like he had so many times before, but she knew that no matter how much they both wanted that, he couldn't do it this time. This time it was in God's hands,and all they could do was pray that he wouldn't take their baby girl away from them, their baby girl who hadn't even had a chance to live yet.
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~~~Jess~~~
Part 8
Cassie took a set in Franks office as he went to the other side of his desk, to his own chair. He sat with his elbows on his desk and his head in his hands for a moment before looking up to Cassie.
"Cassie, what the hell were you thinking?"
"Frank." she said weakly
"No Cassie, You came into a police station with a gun, and you were gonna shoot Dax infront of Mallet, who happens to be a police officer, at a police station. What were you thinking?"
"I just....I just wasn't....I just wanted to make him pay."
"OK, OK, I get that, but you're so lucky it was me and Mallet here and not someone else or you'd be sitting in a cell right next to Dax or worse."
"I get that."
"No Cassie, I don't think you do. I know everything that you have been through in the last couple of years and I know you're upset about Reva and the baby but if I didn't know you so well and the situation behind this little escapade. I would throw you in a cell and charge you with a list of things ten miles long."
Cassie turned her focus from Frank to the floor as she tried her hard to stop the tears that threatened to fall. Frank got up, walked over and knelt infront of her placeing his hands on hers.
"Cassie, I know that you have alot going on in that pretty little head of yours but you need to pull it together.....you need to pull it together cause I need your help." he said in a soft sweet voice
Cassie looked up.
"What do you need my help with?" she asked with confussion
"Well it's not just me, it's Reva too."
"Frank what are you talking about?"
"I'm sorry.... this is what I need.....I need you to help me get a confusion out of Dax.... I know we have evidence, but we need to know why he did it. This is very important, cause we need to know what was going through his mind to make sure he doesn't try to pull an insanity plea. Now I know it's gonna be hard, maybe impossible but the less I have to put Reva through right now the better."
"How is she Frank, and the baby?"
"Last I knew, they were putting her on medication because of high blood pressure and contractions, but that's all I know."
"I need to get back there."
"Not a problem, I'll take you."
"Thank you, and yes, I'll help in anyway I can." she said as she throw her arms around his neck.
He slowly put his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. He liked this. the feel of her, the smell of her, he just liked all of it, all of her. He quickly pulled from her embrace, turning his head form her, slightly blushing. Cassie looked at him, she know he was avoiding looking at her. She wondered if he felt something. The same something she was feeling.
"I have to know and there's only one way to find out."she thought to herself
She placed her hands on his face and turned it to her.Their eyes met, neither could turn away. They were likeing, no loving what they saw in the others eyes. Quickly in unison, moving into a kiss. A long, slow, passionate kiss. Cassie the out a soft moan as Frank pulled them into a standing position, turning them around and glidding them onto his desk with her under him without his lips ever leaving hers. Their hands started to explore each other as their kiss became more and more passionate.
Frank reluctantly pulled back and looked into her eyes. He need to know if this was what she really wanted and instantly Cassie knew what he was doing, what he was thinking.
"Please don't stop." she whispered
That was all he needed and without hesitation he placed his lips back on top of hers. She ran her fingers through his hair as he made a sweet trail of kisses from her lips, along her jaw, down her neck and finally ending in the middle of her chest, right above her lowcut shirt. He slowly ran his hands up her body until they reached the first button of her shirt. As he unbuttoned each and every button he placed kisses to her newly exposed skin. As he reached the last button of her shirt, they both jump to the sound of the phone ringing. They let out a deep frustrated sigh in unision.
"You need to get that, it could be about Reva." Cassie said breathless as she pushed Frank off of her.
Frank let out another sigh and rolled his eyes as he reached for the phone.
"Frank Cooper."
"Frank it's Rick. We've got the DNA sample from Reva's rape kit back. When can you bring me your sample from your perp? I'll do the test myself if you can bring it in today."
"Not a problem Rick. I'll bring it right to you. By the way, how's she doing?"
Rick explained everything he knew to Frank in full detail, and as he hung up the phone his mind once again swam with questions that he knew would never be answered. Cassie noticed the confused look on his face and instintly knew he was thinking about Reva.
"Frank" she said quietly, bringing him back to reality.
"I'm sorry Cassie."
"No, it's ok. Right now Reva is most important, so how is she...and the baby....how's the baby Frank?"
Frank told her everything that Rick had told him about Reva, the baby, and that Jeffrey was right there by her side. Everything about the rape kit and everything they had managed to collect from it. And as he finished, he noticed her face drop as she tried her hardest to process everything.
"Cassie, You alright?" he question in the most kind voice.
"Umm...yeah.....Let's get that DNA sample from Dax so we can get back to the hospital." she said as she quickly buttoned up her shirt.
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Josh sat with his eyes closed and his head leaned against the wall behind him in the waiting room. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that Buzz, Coop, Lizzie and Bill had come back in. He tried to keep his feelings in check as he thought that he should be the one by Reva's side, not Jeffrey. Yes, he knew that Jeffrey was her husband and the father of the baby, but in his mind, he knew her better than anyone and he was the only one who could get her through this. He and Jeffrey had made peace with each other for Reva's sake after he had come back from visiting Shane, but he still hated the fact that she was with Jeffrey. He felt like the only reason she was with him was the fact that he looked so much like Richard, and to him it felt that Jeffrey played off of that. Richard had been a big problem for them and now a Richard look alike was doing the same thing. He promised Reva that he would let her live her life the way she wanted and with whom she wanted but he could help thinking of how wrong it all seemed. He wouldn't say it to anyone for the fact that it might get back to her and then he would lose her altogether, but he couldn't help the way he felt. At least she was still in his life right now, maybe only as a friend, but he would take what he could get after the way he had hurt her. Marrying Cassie was the biggest mistake of his life. He did it because he wanted to hurt Reva but he never thought that he would hurt her so bad that she wouldn't come back to him.
Josh was abruptly brought out of his thoughts by the feeling of someones hand on his shoulder. As he opened his eyes he saw Billy standing over him with a weak smile.
"Hey little brother, not sleeping were you?"
"No, no, just thinking."
"How's she doing'?"
"I'm not sure, I haven't heard anything in awhile."
"Where's Jeffrey?"
"He's in with her right now." he said with disgust as he rolled his eyes
"Come on bro, you know she's happy with him. She loves him and nothing is going to change that. And as much as I wanted her to go back to you, I see how happy he makes her and that's all I want for her. And he loves her as much as you do."
"No one can love her as much as I do."
"I'm not saying this to hurt you but you need to let her go just like I did. Granted, I was not for this in the beginning either but I have really gotten to know him and he loves her with his whole heart and that is all that matters. And no offence but you have no one to blame but yourself."
"Billy, I really don't need the third degree, I have enough on my mind right now if you don't mind."
"I think you need it now more than ever. I see that look on your face and in your eyes and I know it all to well. You want to be with her more than ever, but you have to let it go. Trust me. I know you love her but if you loved her as much as you say you do, you would want her to be happy.....and she is happy Josh, as much as you hate the fact that she's happy without you. You have to take what you can get and to just thank God that she still wants you in her life at all."
"Don't you think I know that Billy. I know that I'm lucky that she even wants anything to do with me after what I did to her, but the fact still remains that I don't trust him."
"Come with me. I want to show you something."
Josh just looked at Billy trying to think of what he wanted to show him that couldn't wait.
"Get up Josh and come with me now." Billy said as he grabbed Josh's arm and pulled him out of the chair.
Billy kept his grip on his brother as he drug him out of the waiting room and down the hallway. He finally stopped and let go as he reached Reva's room.
"Now look in that window and tell me that he doesn't love her."
"Not now Billy."
"NO, you look in that window right now and tell me to my face that he doesn't love her."
Josh slowly turned his head and looked in the window of the door and his heart sank. Billy looked at his brother knowing that his heart was breaking but he knew this was the only way he could make him see what he had seen. To see the real love that was between Reva and Jeffrey. The love that in Billy's mind was more than anything Josh and Reva had ever known together. The love that anyone would kill, just to have a piece of what they had. Billy continued to watch as tears silently fell from Josh's eyes. He hoped and prayed that they were because he was finally getting the picture of what Jeffrey and Reva really felt for one another, not just the fact that she was in someone else's arms.
"Now do you see what I mean little brother?"
Without a word Josh took of down the hall and Billy followed.
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~~~Jess~~~
Part 9 coming soon
