"What do you mean Eric's gone?" John asked confused. "I thought that
you had him Abraham."
"Well, we did." Abe explained frustrated. "One of my officers must have left the
squad car unlocked because when I walked over to get Eric, the door was open and Eric
was gone."
"He couldn't have disappeared like that partner." John said scanning the area.
"He did." Abe replied noticing John's frustration.
"Well, he couldn't have gone too far." John insisted as his eyes roamed the
area.
"I have my men searching for him right now." Abe said looking at John.
"You have to find him." Jenny insisted fearing what Eric was capable of. "If he
meets up with Roman there's no telling what he could do."
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"What is happening to me?" Roman asked looking out to the water as thoughts of
his confrontation with Marlena played in his mind. "How could she have deceived me like
that? I gave her everything that a woman could want and she goes to a man like John. He
can't give Doc what I could."
Roman closed his eyes as he recalled the events of the evening:
"Stay away from you Doc?" Roman laughed at her as he slowly
creeped down the stairs. "Why so that you and John can be together? I
don't think so Doc."
"Roman, it's over between us." she explained to him as she
continued crawling across the room. "I wanted to tell you about John and
me sooner, but you weren't healthy enough to hear the truth."
"The truth?" Roman asked glaring at her. "You wouldn't know the
truth if it bit you in the face."
"Roman, the day you came back to Salem John and I were
supposed to be married." she explained as pain shot up her leg. "We
wanted to tell you the truth, but you were so sick."
"So you thought that you would spare a dying man." Roman
finished looking at her. "Is that it Doc? Did you think that it would make you a
better person by leading me on all of these months?"
"It wasn't like that Roman." Marlena explained as tears rushed
down her face. "I never wanted to hurt you, but things got so
complicated."
"Things only got complicated Doc when you let that man destroy our lives."
Roman shouted hitting the crates next to him. "He has ruined my life. He took you away
a long time ago Doc, and now he's doing it again. Damn him!!!"
"Roman, I knew that I'd find you here." A voice called out startling him.
"Eric," he said tuning around to face him.
"How could you do that to mom?" Eric asked walking towards him.
"She deceived me!" Roman explained with anger in his voice. "She let John
destroy our family once again!"
"You had no right to hit her!" Eric yelled coldly at him. "Why did you do
it?"
"She left me no other choice Eric." Roman yelled back at him as anger filled his
heart. "There is no way that I will ever let her be with John even if she is pregnant with
his child. He can't have her!"
"She's pregnant? That's not possible." Eric asked in disbelief.
"Oh it's possible son. Once again your mother has had no trouble jumping into bed
with John. They made a fool of me once, but they won't do it again!" Roman spat in
anger. "I guess that just shows you what kind of whore your mother really is."
"Why you..." Eric began throwing a punch at Roman.
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"This has to be where Eric went to." John thought to himself as he stepped out of
his Jeep. "He probably needed time to think since he was so upset and here is the best
place to do it."
John walked towards the pier as he heard crashing sounds coming from behind the
crates near the water. As he rushed to see what was going on, he heard a voice coming
from the same direction.
"I'm never going to let you hurt her again!" Eric's voice rang out into the
night.
John quickened his pace as the pounding grew louder. He turned around the
crates and saw Eric beneath a shadowy figure.
"Get your damn hands off my son!" John yelled throwing the man off of
Eric.
"Ugh." the man moaned as he hit the ground.
"Eric, are you okay?" John asked turning back to find Eric on the
ground.
"John look out!" Eric yelled as John spun around.
"Your son?" Roman
asked with rage in his voice as he wiped blood away from his lip.
"Roman." John replied staring back at him.
