A Life Worth New Bonds
By 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 Accepting
Donna was a lucky woman. People had forgotten
who she was and had a hard time recognizing her
with the brownish hair and womanly figure. This
worked for her, especially when she heard the latest
Washington rumor about Sam Seaborn’s late wife
and her “connections” to the family court system.
Donna put two and two together and suddenly
realized why Sam and Josh wanted her to sign the
papers. What they forgot was that Bradley had never
known his real mother and only had his father left
in his life. There was no way in hell that Donna
would now go back to court and try to rearrange
her child’s life. She cared way too much about
her son to hurt him like that.
Sam was shocked and surprised when Donna called
and accepted the offer that he and Josh had made
her. He never expected her to go for it. Donna
told him that she would sign the papers after she
made some additional provisions. Sam asked what
she wanted and she told him. She wanted to be
able to take the child on vacations, Sam agreed to
put it in the document. Then came the clincher.
Donna wanted Sam to have to tell Bradley the
truth about Laurie, Donna, and the court ruling. Sam
thought long and hard about it before agreeing to
the provision. When they were both satisfied,
they set up a time and a place to sign the papers.
A feeling of guilt had settled over the west
wing. Many of them felt so horrible for what they
had done to Donna when things were rough. They had
all heard the truth about what Laurie had done.
While there was sympathy for Sam and Bradley,
there was only hate aimed at Laurie. There were
also many people who were angry that Sam had been so
gullible and let *that* woman destroy everything.
CJ knew that she had betrayed the sisterhood by
not supporting or believing in Donna. Maybe this
was another in a long series of problems that
stemmed from the Curse of Bast. CJ knew that Donna
wasn’t in a place to forgive right now, but she
hoped that one day Donna would understand what had
happened and why it had. She picked up the phone
and dialed Donna’s home. She wanted to let Donna
know that she was ready to make amends and resume
the friendship that they had had for many years.
Toby hoped that Donna would do the right thing
this time for her son. He knew that Donna took the
original family court ruling hard, but decided
that Bradley was the one who needed her to do the
right thing. He dialed her phone number to give
her words of advice and encouragement.
Josh felt worst of all. He had fired his dutiful
assistant of three years when things had gone
downhill. He had fired the woman who had stood
behind and beside him for so long. It was something
that he would never have the chance to do again,
reliving that part of his life. Josh couldn’t
believe that he had also fired a pregnant woman and
left her with nothing.
Margaret held the phone in her hand and wondered
if it was the right thing to do, call Donna.
They had gotten to know each other very well during
the campaign and had remained friends when they
got to the White House. They had been a
springboard for each other when the hearings got to be too
much to bear alone. She made up her mind and
dialed the phone.
Ginger wondered if she should contact Donna.
They had become good friends and remained friends
until the news of the marriage had leaked out. She
knew that she had distanced herself from Donna on
purpose. Ginger knew it was wrong, but at the
time, she was worried about herself and her own
job. Things were never the same after that
disaster. The assistants kept to themselves and each
other while the senior staff did the same thing.
Carol was able to find out where Donna was and
what she was doing. They became fast friends,
hanging out together when time allowed. She had
dropped Donna like a hot potato after she married
Sam. Carol was pissed that Donna had skipped of to
Los Vegas and gotten married. She was one of the
very few people who knew that Laurie was up to
something, but had kept her mouth shut and watched
hell break loose.
Bonnie was one of the only people who wondered
what Donna was going through with all these former
friends and co-workers wanting to come back into
her life after walking away. She sat down and
wrote a letter to her friend, explaining why things
had happened the way they did. Bonnie was
careful to tell Donna that she didn’t expect anything
to happen.
Leo stood back and watched everyone around him.
The senior staff and their assistants were acting
like zombies over the whole Donna/Sam/Laurie
situation. He hoped that they snapped out of it
soon. Yes, the mistake had been made, but it was
time to get out of the mud and move on.
Donna came home from work and shopping to find
her answering machine full of calls from people
that she once knew. She simply deleted the calls
because she wasn’t ready to deal with them. Donna
needed time to heal and recover before making any
decisions about her future and the people that
she wanted in that future.
