"Baby?" John asked confused by Lexie's statement.
"Yeah, that's right John." Lexie explained looking at him. "It's bad enough that
she's going through this, but it's ten times worse for the baby right now. You're going to
have to calm down."
"What baby?" John asked looking at her. "What are
you talking about Lexie?"
"Lexie, he doesn't know." Carrie informed Lexie as she stepped along side of
John.
"Doesn't know what?" John asked looking at the both of them. "What's going on
here you two? I think that I have a right to get some answers here."
"John," Lexie said taking his hand, "Marlena's pregnant."
"Excuse me." John said stunned. "What did you just say?"
"John, Marlena's pregnant." Lexie repeated looking at the shock on his
face.
"Doc's having my baby?" John asked as he felt the wind knocked out of
him.
"She wasn't going to tell you right away because she was afraid that you would
push her to tell Roman the truth." Carrie explained to him. "Now I wish that she would've
told you sooner. Maybe then none of this would be happening right now."
"Doc's having my baby." John repeated sitting down on one of the benches in the
hall outside of the emergency room. "That must've been what she was going to tell me
over dinner tonight."
"I'm sorry that you had to find out like this." Lexie
said touching his shoulder.
"Dr. Carver," A nurse shouted out running out of
the emergency room, "we need you in here pronto."
"Oh God, Lexie what's happening?" John asked grabbing Lexie. "Is something
wrong with Doc and the baby?"
"I'll take care of her John." Lexie explained running off into the emergency
room.
"This can't be happening." John said starting to cry. "I can't lose them
Carrie."
"John, Marlena won't leave you again." Carrie assured him. "This feels like Deja
Vu."
"How so?" John asked looking at her.
"Well, it's like the time that she was in the hospital so many years ago." Carrie
explained giving him a hug. "Back then everyone thought that you were
Roman."
"I remember that." John said looking at Carrie's tear stained
face.
"We didn't lose Marlena then, and we won't lose her now." Carrie said squeezing
his hand as tears rolled down her face. "You and Marlena are the closest things to parents
that I have had and I won't lose either one of you. I still think of you as my dad John and
Marlena as my mom."
"Oh Carrie." John said hugging her as she began sobbing in his arms.
Jenny watched John and Carrie on the bench as her thoughts drifted to Eric. She
realized that he was in such a rage when he had left the apartment. She remembered the
anger in Eric's eyes as he ran down the stairs. She could still feel his cold stare as chills
ran up and down her spine.
"John," Jenny said looking at him.
"Yes?" he asked staring up at her as tears rolled down his face.
"Look, I know that this is really bad timing on my part, but I'm worried about Eric.
He took off after Roman so quickly and he was so angry that I'm afraid of what he might
do if he catches up with him." Jenny explained to him. "I'm so afraid that Eric is going to
get hurt."
"He went after Roman?" Carrie asked Jenny.
"Do
you know where he was headed?" John asked looking at Jenny.
"I don't know John." Jenny said as her eyes filled with tears. "I just don't want him
to do something that he's going to regret."
"Jenny, don't worry." John said standing up and giving her a quick hug. "I'll call
Abe right away and send him out to look for Eric."
"John, we need to talk." Mike said walking out of the emergency
room.
"You're not going to get away with this Roman. You're going to pay for what you
did to mom." Eric screamed running through a red light in order to keep up with
Roman.
Eric frantically chased Roman through traffic in town as thoughts of his mother
laying on the ground flashed in his head. He realized that he had been wrong about his
father. Eric became so caught up in getting a hold of his father that he didn't notice the
Pepsi delivery truck headed right towards his car until it was too late.
"Oh God." Eric cried out as he saw the truck inches away from his car.
