A Life Worth NothingBy Heidi H
Disclaimers-These are not my characters and I am making no money off of them. Ratings-Sam/Donna, a life can take so many unimaginable twists and turns Sequel to A Life Worth Culivating Donna watched the judge settle into his seat before addressing the courtroom. In that second, all of the possible scenarios that could happen ran through her mind in warp speed. The judge began to speak and she concentrated on hearing every word that he spoke. She was in shock after the decision was read. Her lawyer hustled her out of the courtroom when she was ready to come apart. He knew that this was something those other people in the courtroom didn’t need to see. Sam and Laurie were on the receiving ends of hugs and kisses. They had won in an amazing way. They had received full and complete custody of Sam’s son after he was born. The judge had ruled that Donna would have no contact with her child because of her earlier negligance in not informing Sam of her pregnancy and that she couldn’t be trusted with another life with her history of irresponsibility. Sam felt a small pang of guilt that he was taking his son away from his mother, but that pang was pushed away as everyone began to talk about the baby. He intertwined his hand with Laurie’s and walked out of the courtroom victorious. Donna was sitting in a small room absorbing what had happened. A judge had ruled that she couldn’t be a mother to her own child. Her lawyer said that they had the right to appeal, but a new ruling might not change the decision. She was really thinking about running now. Donna knew that her family would support her in any decision that she made, but she didn’t want to put them through the intense scrutiny if she did. Donna made the decision and told her lawyer not to appeal, she would go by the ruling that the judge had handed down. She was shocked to hear herself say the words, but it was for the best. As the months to her due date drew closer, Donna walked around in a haze. She left her job and decided to use the money that she had gotten out of the divorce. She was saving it for her child, but now that she didn’t even have her child, she was damn sure she would burn every dime of his money up in a blaze. Donna bought a top of the line, fully decked out Ford Mustang Convertible and drove like a wild woman. She also took a Florida vacation for three weeks and came back to Washington with a beautiful tan. She put some money back to pay for a post pregnancy wardrobe that she would definitely need. Sam and Laurie were busy decorating a room for their child in the house that they had recently bought when they both realized that they didn’t even know the sex of the child. It was one of the questions that they had failed to ask. Sam picked up the phone to call Donna to ask. He was surprised when she said no that she wasn’t telling him and that it would be a surprise for them when the baby was born and that she had no desire to help them out. Donna sure as hell wasn’t going to help the people who had basically stolen her child away. She couldn’t believe that he had the nerve to call and ask. Donna knew that she was being snarky, but she was still angry and would probably always be angry.