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Chapter 2

"Mickey I want those divorce papers back and I want them now." Bo yelled busting into Mickey's office.

"Well it's about time one of you came to your senses." Mickey calmly replied from behind his desk. "However you can't have them back."

"What do you mean I can't have them back? Please don't tell me you filled them with the court already?"

"Oh I filled them alright." Mickey laughed.

"What's so funny." Bo asked completely annoyed. "How can you think the end of a great marriage is something to laugh about."

"It's not." Mickey replied seriously. "and you don't have a clue how hard it was for me to even have them written up."

"Mickey your confusing me."

"Bo I can't give you the papers because like I said I already filled them."

"Bo just gave him a hopeless look."

"Where they belonged, when I received them with both yours and Hope's signature..... In the garbage."

"What." Bo asked completely thrown off guard.

"I never expect one of you let alone both of you to sign the papers... so I had my Secretary draw them up. And then when they came back with not only one of your signatures but both of them. I knew there was only one thing to do... Tear them up and throw them away."

"Are you telling me nothing was ever filled with the courts."

"That's exactly what I'm telling you." Mickey stated with a smile. "And since you're here asking me for them back, I take it you worked everything out with my niece."

Bo sat down in a nearby chair. "I tried to the other night when I ran into her at Jenn's, but she refuse to talk to me, let alone listen. I even asked her straight out if she wanted this divorce or not."

"And what did she say?"

"She wouldn't answer me, Mickey. She wouldn't even look at me. She just pulled away from me and ran out."

"Bo I'm sorry." Mickey stated as he walked over to him and place a hand on his shoulder. "But I'm sure the two of you will work this out. Hope loves you and she always has."

"I don't know Mickey. I think this might be it and it just might be to late to start over."

"You don't start over son you move forward. You, Hope, Shawn and even Chelsea have to move forward...move on with your life.... your life together as a family."

"Hope doesn't want anything to do with Chelsea, and I can't blame her. Shawn doesn't want anything to do with her either...Heck neither of them want anything to do with me."

"So that's it?" Mickey asked throwing his arms up in the air. "You just end it all?"

"I don't know what else to do Mickey."

"You came here asking for the divorce papers back, that's a start." He walked over to the door and opened it. "Now you go find your wife and remind her that you are her husband and always will be."

Bo got up from the chair and headed to the door. "That isn't going to be easy."

"Well my friend." Mickey laughed. "That's what you get from marrying a Horton."

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Late on that day Bo goes once again to Jenn�s house looking for Hope.

"Coming" Jenn yelled running to the front door.

"Hey Jenn, is Hope here?" Bo asked walking in past her.

"I haven't seen or heard from her at all today Bo."

Looking very worried. "So you have no idea where she could be....I've been looking all over for her and can't find her anywhere.... this was my last hope."

"Bo she's gotta be somewhere."

"But where Jenn? I've looked everywhere."

"You checked the house, Aunt Maggie's, Gram's, Shawn's..."

"Salem Inn, the park, down by the docks, the funeral home, everywhere I could think of." He replied cutting her off.

"Bo what are you so worried about?"

He walked into the living room. "I'm scared she left town again Jenn.... I don't know what I'd do if I lost her for good this time."

"Bo I'm sure she didn't leave town, she would have told me if she planned on leaving."

"How do I know your just not saying that? That she didn't make you promise not to tell me."

"Bo I can see how worried you are and I wouldn't keep something like that from you." She walked over and picked up her cell phone. "Why don't I try calling her myself."

"Thanks Jenn."

"Hey Hope it's me Jenn I really need you to call me as soon as you get this."

Pacing the floor. "I've left dozens of messages and she hasn't returned a single one.... I can't sit around here and wait for her to call I have to find her before it's to late."

"Bo wait." Jenn yelled as he walked out the front door.

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Hope couldn't help but pace up and down the docks. She didn't know what she was going to do, but she did know there was only one person who could help her. She wasn't sure if calling this person and asking them to meet her at the docks was the right thing, but she knew she needed to talk to somebody. The one person who wouldn't judge her and would give the best advice for a really bad situation. One she herself still has trouble dealing with.

"Hope I've been looking for you all day."

"Bo." Hope quietly stated to herself.

He stared to walk towards her but she backed away so he stopped.

"I was hoping we could talk Fancy Face."

She couldn't even look him in the eyes. "Bo, now really isn't a good time."

"I'm afraid it's never going to be a good time Fancy Face, but the longer we put this off the hard it's going to be."

"Bo if you don't mind I'd really like to be alone."

Getting upset. "Yes Hope I do mind... we really need to sit down and talk."

She turned around and looked up at him. " Just give me till tomorrow morning. I'll meet you for breakfast at the Salem Inn."

"I'll give you to morning on two conditions."

"What?" She reluctantly asked

"You promise me you won't leave town between now and then."

"I'm not going anywhere Bo, I promise."

"And we meet some place less crowed."

"Fine. I'll call you later and leave a message on your cell phone telling you where and when....just don't answer the call. I don't want to talk to you till then."

"Deal."

She turned and looked back over the water. "Good bye Bo."

"I love you Fancy Face." He stated as he walked away.

Hope quickly turned back around and mumbled under her breath' I love you too Brady'

"Then why didn't you tell him that?" Jenn asked approaching her.

"Thanks for coming, I really need to talk to you."

"I know how hard things must be for you Hope but you really do need that man."

"I know I do." Hope replied walking back and sitting on the bench. "But I'm afraid once he finds out what happened and where I've been he's never going to forgive me."

"What happened?"

"I wasn't alone on that Island I went to Jenn."

"What do you mean you weren't alone? I thought you left town to get away from everybody."

"I did Jenn! It wasn't planned or anything we just kinda ran into each other........of course Bo isn't going to see it that way. He's going to go ballistic and atomically assume he planned the whole thing."

"He?" Jenn asked even more curios then before.

Hope stood up with her back towards her. "Patrick."

"Patrick?" Jenn yelled standing up, grabbing her arm and making her look at her. "As in Patrick Lockhart?"

"It gets worse."

"Hope please tell me you didn't!"

"I don't know how things got so far... he spent most the time trying to convince me to go home to work things out with Bo."

"Hope you should have left that Island as soon as you ran into Patrick."

"I know I should have but I didn't. Jenn he's my friend and I trusted him.... I needed somebody I could trust and lean on and well.........there he was."

"That person Hope Brady should have been your husband Bo Brady."

"If you remember correctly, Bo was to busy comforting his ex wife .... and on the night of Zack's funeral of all nights."

"Hope."

"Jenn please don't give me the Bo lost a child too and didn't know what else to do... he wasn't in his right mind etc etc.......lecture. I don't think I can take it anymore."

"Hope you have to be honest with Bo. You have to tell him what happened between you and Patrick on the Island."

"That's just the thing Jenn. I don't know what happened.....I'm not sure anything happened."

"What do mean Hope?"

"Jenn! Patrick and I went out one night and I had way to much to drink ... I remember him kissing me and me pulling back....but that was earlier in the evening.... I don't recall what happened later."

"What did Patrick say?"

"According to him." She started to cry. "We slept together."

"Honey I'm so sorry." Jenn cried right along with her as they embraced.

"Jenn." Hope cried even louder. "It gets worse."

"What could be worse then not knowing if anything did or didn't actually happened between you and Patrick."

"I think I'm pregnant."