"What's going on here?" Abe asked getting out of his car as he looked over
the accident scene.
"Commander, it appears that the guy driving the blue car over there was in some
kind of a hurry and ran a red light." the officer informed him. "We have him in holding
over there."
"Is anyone hurt?" Abe asked as the officer led him around the vehicle.
"Negative." the man replied pointing at Eric. "The guy in the car is pretty shaken
up right now. I think that you should go talk to him."
"I have to go!" Eric explained to the officer that had handcuffed him. "Let me out
of these right now!"
"Quiet down buddy!" the officer snapped at him as Abe walked toward
them.
"What's going on here?" Abe asked looking at Eric.
"He was trying to run away from the scene of the accident Commander." the
officer explained to Abe. "We had to restrain him to keep him here."
"Abe, there's been a huge misunderstanding. You have to let me out of these! I
have to get out of here!" Eric said showing him the handcuffs.
"Uncuff him." Abe ordered the officer.
"Yes sir." the officer said taking the handcuffs off of Eric.
"Thank you so much Abe." Eric said shaking his hand. "I really appreciate you
helping me out."
"I think that you have some explaining to do young man." Abe said looking him
over. "Why don't you start by telling me the reason you were driving so fast to begin
with?"
"Abe, I have to go." Eric pleaded with him. "I don't have time for this."
"Make time." Abe said gently pushing him to sit back down. "Now why don't you
tell me the reason you were in such a hurry?"
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"John, I love you so much." Marlena said as tears of happiness rolled down her
face. "You mean everything to me. I'm sorry for what I've put you through all of these
months. I shouldn't have pushed you away like I did."
"Doc, none of that matters right now." John explained wiping away her tears. "All
that matters is that we are together and I'm never going to leave you alone
again."
"John, there is so much that we need to talk about." Marlena said letting out a
yawn.
"I know sweetheart, but you need some rest right now." John said laying her back
down on the hospital bed. "You need to concentrate on getting better."
"John, I don't want to sleep..." Marlena began yawning again.
"Doc, you're exhausted." John explained looking her over. "Both you and the
baby need some rest considering all that you've been through today."
"Alright, only under one condition." she sighed as her eyelids grew
heavy.
"What's that?" he asked noticing how weak she looked.
"You have to be here when I wake up." she explained to him as she fought to keep
her eyes open.
"I promise you that Doc." he said leaning down and gently kissing her forehead. "I
love you."
"John," she began opening her eyes again, "I need you to do one more thing for
me."
"Anything Doc." he said watching her fight her sleepiness.
"Find Eric for me." she whispered faintly as she closed her eyes. "I'm really
worried about him. Please make sure that he's okay."
"I will Doc." he said taking her and kissing it as she fell asleep.
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"How is she doing John?" Carrie asked as John walked out of Marlena's hospital
room.
"She's tired so she's resting right now." John explained to her.
"I'm so glad that she's going to be alright." Carrie smiled hugging him.
"Me too pumpkin." he said looking at Jenny. "Jenny, do you have any idea where
Eric went off to?"
"I have no clue John." Jenny said worried. "I wish that I knew where he was."
"Don't worry Jenny, we'll find him." John assured her as his cell phone rang. "John
Black here."
"Yeah, John it's Abe." Abe said into the phone.
"Hey partner what's up?" John asked looking at Carrie and Jenny.
"John we need to talk." Abe began.
"Yeah we do Abe." John said thinking about Eric. "Listen tonight some things
went down at the penthouse and I'm at the hospital now with Doc. She was hurt pretty
bad tonight."
"Is Marlena alright?" Abe asked concerned.
"She appears to be physically." John informed him. "Anyways, I need your help
partner. Eric is missing and I need to find him."
"That I can help you with." Abe explained to him. "He's right here with me."
"He is?" John asked confused.
"He was involved in an accident on Main street and 5th." Abe informed him.
"Oh God is he alright?" John asked worried.
"Yeah, he's just a little shaken up right now about something." Abe said to him.
"Can you come down here and get him?"
"I'll be there in five minutes." John said hanging up the phone and turning to Jenny.
"Eric's with Abe. I'm going to go pick him up."
"I'm going with you." Jenny announced picking her jacket up off of the bench.
"I'll stay here with Marlena." Carrie said to John.
"Thanks pumpkin." John said giving her a kiss on the cheek. "We'll be back soon
with your brother."
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"Commander Carver, I'm having problems with the guy back there." an officer
explained to Abe. "He seems really restless."
"Just keep an eye on him." Abe said worried about what had Eric so upset.
"Where is he Abe?" John asked jumping out of his Jeep with Jenny at his
side.
"He's back in one of the squad cars." Abe said leading John and Jenny to the other
side of the street. "He's worked up about something, but when I asked him about it, he
wouldn't say anything."
"Abe, he just saw Roman beat up Marlena." John explained to his friend. "I'm just
glad that you found him when you did."
"Roman beat up Marlena?" Abe asked confused. "No wonder the kid was so
upset."
"He was so angry with Roman when he left the penthouse." Jenny added. "I think
that his whole world was shattered when he saw what Roman did to Marlena."
"Well, thank God we have him." Abe sighed as he looked at the squad car where
Eric was being held. "I'll be right back with him."
"John, I'm so worried about Eric." Jenny said looking at him. "I've never seen him
in such a rage before."
"He'll be fine Jenny. I won't let him do anything that he'll regret." John said
wondering what he would've done if he had walked on Roman attacking Marlena.
"John, we have a problem." Abe explained walking back to the two of them
without Eric.
"What's wrong Abe?" John asked worried that Eric wasn't with Abe. "Where's
Eric?"
"John, Eric's gone." Abe informed him.
