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Date Posted: Thursday, March 01, 08:05:52pm
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's message, "Priority Mail 399+" on Thursday, March 01, 08:02:50pm
“How much longer are you going to be?” Nikita inquired as her hand was in a death grip on the phone.
“I just dropped off the evidence… I’m probably forty minutes away, Kita,” Michael replied as he was trying not to let his voice show how upset he was that he decided to drop off this evidence after the soccer game. But when they didn’t win, Michael wanted to give Adam some time to decompress as it was clear that Adam had been trying really hard to win. To be so far away now when his son was in the hospital was difficult and Michael was trying to remain calm. It would do none of them any good if he sped and got into an accident trying to get back too quickly.
“They won’t let me back,” Nikita hissed as she looked up at the clock and sighed. They had indicated that Adam might be allowed to request her to go back but not right now. Nikita didn’t know why not right now but then a nurse suggested that maybe Adam was in the middle of some sort of test.
“Why?”
“I’m not married to you,” Nikita hissed and Michael groaned. “Kita…”
“I forgot that ID at home when I got the call…” Nikita lowered her voice as she knew that it would do no good now. And even if Walter was able to bring that ID, they had already seen what she had given them earlier. That wouldn’t get her back to Adam. “They said that he is going to be fine… but Michael…”
“Kita, just give them some time to take care of him,” Michael advised as he could feel that Nikita was struggling right now.
“The principal called me,” Nikita spat out as she shook her head from side to side. “Said… the boys won’t be suspended…”
“What?” Michael was shocked with this one.
“The steps where it happened… it’s not school property and it was well after a school activity,” Nikita explained as she couldn’t sit back in the chair. This was almost worse than when Michael had his appendix removed. “They said to contact the police and press charges.”
“I’ll try to get in touch with Nat. Is someone there with you, Kita?” Michael inquired as he saw the traffic slowing in front of him.
Nikita looked around and rolled her shoulders back. “Jason had just arrived… He is here… somewhere.”
“Why don’t you call Walter?”
“Because you’ll be here soon,” Nikita snapped as she rubbed her forehead. “Michael… how could this happen to Adam? He should have been able to protect himself.”
Michael didn’t know the details but he hated to admit, he was thinking the same thing. Adam was very well trained and of late had even stepped up to do some heavier sparring than he had ever done before. Even if Adam was outnumbered, he should have been able to handle the situation.
“And… to hear that Lisa was there… I’m so lost with what is going on with Adam and school…” Nikita spoke as she forced herself to take a deep breath. “I need to let you concentrated on driving.”
“I’ll get there shortly, Kita… I swear,” Michael replied as he had to concentrate on driving right now, even though he wanted to continue to talk to Nikita.
Nikita felt her legs starting to bounce again as she stared at the clock. She wanted to know why it was taking so long and when Adam was going to say that it was ok for her to go back. But then she wondered if she wasn’t being invited back because Adam didn’t want her back there. She wasn’t going to be upset with him about what happened. Yes, she thought that Adam should have been able to take care of the situation and protect himself, but she just wanted to make sure that he was ok. That was what mattered most.
“Mrs. Pomeroy?” Gretchen asked as she approached. Nikita jerked her head up and shook her head. “I’m not… Mrs. Pomeroy… I haven’t married Adam’s father yet… You are Gretchen.”
“Yes… And this is Blake… we would have been here sooner… but the principal made us stay and give statements to people… How is Adam?” Gretchen inquired as she sat down.
Nikita was surprised to hear that the principal had taken statements over the brief and curt conversation he had with her. Finding it hard not to cry, Nikita rubbed at her eyes. “They said he was going to be fine… nothing too serious… but he was in with tests…. I haven’t been allowed back yet… not a legal guardian or anything.”
“Adam would tell them that you could be back there. He adores you,” Blake stated as he sat beside Gretchen. He shook his head. “I heard that Robbie is across town… Adam did break his nose before he got ganged up on.”
Nikita blinked and swallowed. Gretchen touched Nikita’s hand. “He protected me.”
“Of course,” Nikita nodded as she smiled with that thought. Maybe it was because Gretchen was around that Adam didn’t fight back.
“My parents want me to come home… but I should stay….” Gretchen fretted and Nikita shook her head from side to side. “No…. Adam would want you to listen to your parents… so... give me your number and I’ll call when I know more and Adam wouldn’t want you to see him right now.”
Gretchen nodded her head as she took the paper that Nikita had given to her and wrote down a number. Blake grabbed it before Gretchen could hand it back and wrote down his number.
Gretchen was about to leave when she looked at Nikita. “It’s awful… Adam is always telling us about how great the Angel is… and how she stops the bad things from happening…. He believes in her… and I just don’t understand why she couldn’t have been there for Adam today… this is where the Angel should have been today… to stop this.”
Nikita exhaled as she hid her emotions. “It’s going to be fine, Gretchen.”
The teenage-girl barely nodded her head as she hurried out of the ER waiting room. As those doors closed, Nikita felt the tears and the pain of hearing about the Angel. Why hadn’t she known that this would happen?
Nikita didn’t know how long she sat there twisting her hands before she saw the ER waiting room door open and Lisa walked in. With a jerk, Nikita wished that Michael was there right then because she didn’t know what she was going to say to this girl. It was Lisa’s boyfriend who had hurt Adam the most.
Then Nat walked in behind Lisa. “Nikita… how is Adam?”
“I haven’t seen him…. Michael is on his way back after dropping off the evidence on the double river body case…” Nikita explained as she looked at Lisa. Lisa dropped her head. “I’m sorry… I didn’t know that Robbie was going to do that… I tried to get them to stop.”
“But you didn’t stop them,” Nikita snapped and Nat stepped forward. “Go back to Rhoda, Lisa…. Go home. I have to do police business on this…”
Lisa frowned. “But that other cop was at the school.”
“Go home,” Nat ordered. Lisa nodded her head and turned to leave. But she stopped and looked at Nikita with her eyes filled with tears. “It shouldn’t have happened… Adam never did anything but try to be nice and do what they wanted… he always took what they dished out… and it wasn’t right… I’m so sorry.”
“Lisa,” Nat softly spoke and Lisa looked at him before meekly running out towards Rhoda.
Nikita rubbed at her mouth as she looked at Nat. “You are taking this over?”
“Not officially… but I can take Adam’s statement…” Nat drifted off. Nikita looked at him. “You are wondering how Adam allowed himself to get beaten up like this.”
“I didn’t know if Michael or you taught him anything...”
“Plenty,” Nikita snapped as she shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know why…”
Nat rubbed at Nikita’s shoulders and sat there for some time. “I have some pull here… let me see if I can get you back there…”
But as Nat stood up the nurse that had talked to Nikita earlier came out, but most importantly, Michael walked into the waiting room.
“I want to see Adam now,” Nikita declared to the nurse as she jumped to her feet. She felt Michael’s arms around her waist as she looked at Michael. “Thank god you are here…”
“We want to see our son,” Michael announced and Nat stepped back. He had to go talk to some others about Adam, but from what the children said, he wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Adam had a concussion and a broken rib.
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