"God I hope that I'm not too late." Bo thought to himself as he parked next
to John's Jeep on the pier. "I have to help them."
Bo ran over to the area on the pier where there were crates thrown around. His
heart raced as he imagined what he would do in John or Eric's position if he had
encountered Roman.
"John," Bo called out as he approached the crates.
"Bo!!" John shouted back at him. "We're back here. Eric's injured and Roman's
back here too!!!"
"What the hell happened?" Bo asked as he turned the corner to find Roman laying
face down on one side of the pier with Eric and John on the other side. "IS Roman
alive?"
"Long story and yes, Roman's still alive." John sighed turning to Eric. "Eric, we
have to get you to the hospital."
"Eric, you need to get that gash on your head checked out." Bo agreed looking at
his nephew.
"Not until Roman is taken away for what he did to mom." Eric whispered
weakly.
"Eric, Bo is going to take care of Roman." John explained taking a hold of Eric.
"We need to get you checked out."
"John." Bo called out to him. "We have a
problem."
"What?" John asked after he had helped Eric to his feet.
"Roman's
gone." Bo explained looking at the area where Roman was once
laying.
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"Gee, who should I do lunch with today?" Kristen asked herself as she flipped
through television channels. "Let's see maybe Jenn and Billie would want to get together
like we used to in the good old days."
Kristen got up and walked over to get her phone book out of her desk. She
opened it to the page with Jenn's number on it when she suddenly stopped.
"Oh, I almost forgot... half of this stinkin' town hates me, so I can't invite them to
lunch. So now what?" Kristen thought pondering. "I can't spend time with Peter because
he's off chasing Jenn somewhere."
"Your tea is almost ready Ms. Dimera." Aliana announced walking into the living
room. "Where would you like it?"
"You could just set it in here Aliana." Kristen explained to her as she suddenly got
an idea.
"As you wish ma'am." Aliana said turning to leave.
"Hey Aliana, would you like to do lunch today or something?" Kristen asked
her.
"Excuse me." she replied confused.
"I know that we haven't ever
really talked or hung out before, but you know it's never too late." Kristen suggested to
her. "What do you say?"
"I'm sorry Ms. Dimera, but I have to go home to my family." Aliana replied
confused by Kristen's sudden bout of friendliness.
"Go figure." Kristen sighed.
"I'm sorry." Aliana said looking her over.
"It's just as well." Kristen
announced shooing her away. "I'll just have to accept the fact that I'm alone."
"What ma'am?" Aliana asked.
"Nothing." Kristen replied as the doorbell rang. "I wonder who that could be.
Maybe it's Laura trying to spread some of her holiday spirit on me. I swear if she asks me
about Peter, I may just deck her considering the mood I'm in."
Kristen refilled her glass of brandy and walked over to answer the front door. She
finished her entire glass in one swig and then opened the door to find a very bloody
Roman standing there.
"What the hell happened to you?" she asked looking at the condition he was in.
"You look like you were just run over by a truck."
"Can I come in?" Roman asked faintly.
"Sure Roman. Why not? You look miserable and so am I." Kristen answered
helping him into the house and over to the couch.
"We need to talk Kristen." Roman announced glaring at her as she set him down
on the couch.
"About what Roman?" she asked going to refill her drink. "Would you like one of
these?"
"Please." he said feeling anger circulate in his stomach.
"What do you want to talk about Roman?" she asked as she handed him his
drink.
"I think that you have some explaining to do." He said taking a sip of his brandy
and sitting up straighter.
"Explaining about what?" she asked him confused.
"Why don't you start
by telling me the truth about you and John?" he insisted trying to pull himself together
again.
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"Come on Eric," John began helping him into the hospital.
"What's going on here?" Mike asked rushing to their side.
"Eric was involved in a car accident." John explained as a nurse pulled a wheel
chair over for Eric.
"I'm not going in that!" Eric yelled trying to break free of John's grasp.
"Come on son," John said putting his hand on Eric's shoulder, "Mike's going to
check you out and make sure that you are okay."
"I don't need a wheelchair John!!" Eric insisted boldly. "I'll be fine."
"Eric!!!" Carrie called out running to his side. "What happened to you? I was so
worried when I heard what happened at the penthouse."
"Carrie." Eric said throwing his arms around her. "You have no idea how glad I
am to see you."
"Why don't you sit down Eric so that we can check you out?" Mike suggested
again.
"Fine, I'll go with you Mike, but there's something that I have do first." Eric
reluctantly agreed feeling his legs growing weak as he turned to John. "I need to tell you
something. I need to say some things about the way I treated you at mom's office the
other day John."
"Eric, you don't have to say anything." John said looking at him. "I
understand."
"That doesn't make it right John." Eric insisted wanting to continue. "I need to get
this out."
"I understand Eric." John said wanting to reach out to Eric. "You don't have to
explain anything."
"John," Eric began with a few tears rolling down his face.
"What's wrong
son?" John asked not thinking about the fact that the boy in front of him was not truly his
biological son.
"I'm sorry John." Eric explained as a lump built up in his throat.
"It's alright Eric." John replied putting his hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry that
this hurt you so much. If I could've taken any of the pain away, you know I would've
done it."
"I love you..." Eric began instantly hugging John as he was overcome with
emotion. "I just wanted to let you know that I love you dad."
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"What about John and me?" Kristen asked confused.
"You two aren't really married Kristen." Roman said staring her down.
"Of course we are." Kristen lied starting to worry.
"No you're not." Roman said standing up and looking into her eyes. "Doc is with
John."
"Who would give you such a crazy idea like that?" she asked forcing a
laugh.
"I know the truth Kristen." he said growing stronger. "I know that you brought
me back so that you could stop Doc and John's wedding Kristen."
"Roman...I..." she began backing away from him.
"Stop the lies Kristen." Roman insisted taking hold of her arm. "I'll bet that you
even knew that Doc was pregnant with his baby."
"Roman...let go of me." Kristen said trying to break free.
"I'll bet that's why you gave me the idea to surprise Doc tonight and get her to
make love to me." Roman said looking her over. "You wanted me to believe that I got
Doc pregnant, didn't you?"
"Roman, I was only trying to do what I thought was best for all of us." Kristen
explained to him. "You love Marlena and I love John. There is no reason why we
shouldn't be with the ones that we love."
"Kristen, look at me!!!" Roman yelled digging his fingers deeper into her arms.
"John did this to me tonight."
"Roman, I only wanted you to get Marlena back." Kristen pleaded with him. "I
gave you those pills so that you could buy some time with Marlena. It was working so
well, wasn't it?"
"Look what it's got me Kristen." Roman screamed in a rage as he raised his hand in
anger at her.
"Get your hands off of her Roman!" A voice called out from across
the room.
