A Life Worth ContemplatingBy 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 Needing Donna walked into her apartment and cried. Her baby was growing up so fast and she wasn’t there to witness any of it. She wished that things could have been different, but she knew that she needed to move on with her life and forget about the past. That was easier said than done. Sam picked up the phone and dialed Josh’s personal phone. He needed to talk to someone about what Laurie had done. Sam also needed to find out if Donna could take legal action to get her child back. He wanted her to play a role in Bradley’s life, but didn’t want that role to come at the expense of his. Josh couldn’t believe the things Sam was telling him about Laurie. He knew that her call girl past would someday come back to haunt Sam and Bradley and now it was actually happening. Josh told his best friend to keep things under wraps and to not talk to Donna until he could check things out. Josh hoped that he could work out a solution that gave Sam his rights and restored Donna’s. Josh quietly gathered Toby and CJ and filled them in on the details. They couldn’t believe that Laurie had destroyed Donna because she was jealous and taken a child away from the most deserving parent they could ever hope for. CJ thought back to how hateful she had been to Donna during all those months. She felt immensely guilty. Toby had tried to stay out of the whole mess, but he to felt guilty because he had testified against her. They also found out the harassment of phone calls and vandalism wasn’t Donna, but had been Laurie trying to get them on her side. They all knew that they had a lot of actions to atone for inside their hearts. Sam couldn’t believe that Josh wanted him to tell Donna the truth. Josh thought that they would have a better chance to work out an agreement if they approached her out of court. Sam knew that the courts could overrule the original decision because of misconduct on behalf of the original judge. Sam called Donna and set up a lunch meeting, but didn’t tell her that Josh was going to be there to “supervise” things. He hoped that they could reach a custody agreement over an hour lunch with no problems. Donna arrived at the restaurant with mixed feelings. She didn’t quite know what to expect and was a little apprehensive about meeting her ex husband for lunch. She approached the table and saw that Josh was there too. Donna wasn’t too happy to see him, considering what he had told her in the hospital. They wasted no time getting down to business. They wanted to make a custody deal because, as Josh put it, Bradley needed a mother figure in his life and she was it. Sam said that he wanted her to get to know Bradley and that it was something they both needed. Josh and Sam were trying to bully her into signing a custody agreement and she knew it. Josh was twitching and Sam was smiling too much for a man who had just lost his wife. Working with these people for over three years had taught her alot and she was smart enough to realize that something more was going on. Donna told them that she wasn’t sure if she was ready to step back into Bradley’s life and take on a role that she had never got to play. She looked directly at them both and said she needed to take to a lawyer to explore new possibilities in the custody placement of her child. Working in daycare and dealing with the state agencies had also taught her how to use the right words to put the fear of God into people.
She smiled and walked out of the restaurant and went back to work. Sam and Josh looked at each other with worried expressions gracing their faces. Donna wasn’t about to be played for a fool now. They could only hope that she didn’t take it to court.