| CHAPTER 3
Bo looked down at his watch for the fifth time in the past two minutes. "Where are you Fancy Face, you said you'd be here." "I'm sorry I'm late." She replied walking down the stairs. His face lit up when he heard her voice behind him. "I would have waited all day for you." Feeling the awkwardness of the moment. "I woke up late...I'm still not use to the new bed Gram put in my old room." "I didn't realize you weren't staying at the house." "It's just really hard being there without Zack and without ......" "A lot has changed Hope but I know we can work things out." She looks around the room. "I figured you would have sold this by now." "Sold the Fancy Face 3!" He says completely thrown off guard. "I'd never sell this boat Hope, it belongs to you. I bought for you." She walks over to the table and picks up a picture of the two of them holding Shawn D. He walks behind her and starts to place his hand on her shoulder but then pulls back. "I remember when the three of us sailed out of here like it was yesterday." "I can't believe how much I missed of him growing up." "It's not the time you missed with him Hope that counts. It's the time you spend with him each and every day." She holds the picture close to her heart. "I thought I'd be able to make some of that time up with Zack.....I know it sounds weird...it's just..." "It doesn't sound weird Fancy Face. It sounds like a mother who loves her children very much." She puts the picture back down on the table. "I'm sorry Bo I can't do this. I shouldn't have agreed to meet you." "Hope you can't leave now, we haven't even had a chance to talk." "Zack's dead and our marriage is over........what's to talk about?" "Our love." He replies looking deep into her eyes. "Hope Williams Brady I love you and I want to hear you tell me that you love me too." She breaks the eye to eye connection. "I do love you Brady but that doesn't change anything." "Hope I know I screwed up and trust me I know you blame me for Zack's death and you should." Starting to cry. "I blame myself just as much as I blame you Bo... but I know what happened wasn't your fault. I've had a lot of time to deal with what happened and although I don't understand why it happened I can't continue to blame you. You loved our son just a much as I did and I know you'd never intentionally do anything to hurt him." "Are you saying you forgive me?" Bo asked shocked "I forgive you for your part in our son's death. You could have never known what that night would have brought. How giving into your daughter manipulations would have caused your own son's death any more then us dropping him off for a simple sleepover would be the last time we'd ever see him smile, laugh....." Bursting out into tears. "But I could never forgive you for lying to me Bo for holding the fact that you knew all along who hit our son and choosing to protect your ex-wife and daughter over me and our family........" "Hope I was trying to protect you." Bo yells cutting her off. "I know what I did was wrong and I'm sorry but I did it for you Hope, not for Chelsea or Billie. I love you Hope and I'd never want to hurt you like that... I just didn't know how to tell you... I didn't know what to do." Yelling back. "You should have told me when you first learned the truth Brady, but no instead you lied." "Hey Bo you down here." Billie yelled walking down the stairs. "I'm sorry, I'm just going to go." "No you can stay Billie." Hope screamed pushing past her. "Bo and I are finished here." "Hope wait." Bo yelled running up the stairs after her. "We can't just end things like this." "Bo why are you doing this to me? You chose Billie and your family the night of Zack's funeral and I've chose to move on with my life. To much has happened Bo and I'm sorry there's no going back." "I don't want to go back Hope." He yelled grabbing her arm and pulling her close. "I want to move forward." He pulled her tight to his lips and didn't give in till he found her kissing him as much as he was kissing her. Trying so hard not to get to lost in the moment she quickly pulled away. "You can take back a lot of things Bo Brady but you can't take back what happened between you and Billie that night, and I can't take back what I did." "What the heck is that suppose to mean Fancy Face." Bo screamed as Hope quickly exited the boat. "I'm sorry Bo. "Billie said quietly walking up behind him. "This is all my fault." "Billie." Bo replied angrily. "What happened between my wife and myself is in no way your fault." "On the night of Zack's funeral." Billie looked down at the ground. "Hope saw what she believe to be...." Taking a breath and then spitting it out extremely fast. "You and me making love." �WHAT?� Bo screamed �Why would she have thought that?� �I kinda��.kinda knew she was coming to see you and you were pasted out��.and well.� �Well what Billie?� �Well I kinda got undressed and crawled into bed next to you and��.� �Billy how could you?� Bo screamed as he put his hand over his face. �Bo, I�m sorry.� She cried. �It�s just I love you and I know you love me too. The only thing standing in our way of being together again was Hope and��..� �Billie, Hope isn�t what�s standing in our way of being together.� Bo yelled cutting her off. �The fact that I don�t love is.� He added before he picked up his jacket and run out. �BO, PLEASE I LOVE YOU.� she cried as she hit the floor. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Jenn thank god your home." Bo quickly stated as Jenn opened the door. "I need your help.....my marriage depends on it." Jenn looks at her watch. "Bo listen I'd really love to help you." She walks over to him and ushers him towards the door. "And I will but not now. I'm already running late." "Jenn please your more then Hope's cousin, your her best friend and I know she'll listen to you. You have to help me please I'm desperate. Billie made Hope think the two of us were sleeping together Jenn and we're not." "What!" "I'm sorry Jenn I know I should be talking to Hope about this but I don't know how. She's warned me over and over again how Billie can't be trusted and I wouldn't hear it." "Wait a minute are you telling me that nothing happened between you and Billie the night Hope caught you in bed with her." "I don't even remember how I got to the hotel Jenn. All I remember was getting kick out of the bar because I almost killed some guy.......and then when I woke up Billie and I were in hotel room. She looked like she spent the night in the chair. I had no idea what she did or for that matter how she did it." Bo rambled on. "Bo you have to go fix this with Hope before it's to late." Bo looked at her. "Before it's to late? Hope said almost the same thing to me earlier today........ Jenn what are you not telling me?" "All I'm saying is the two of you let a lot of time go by without talking to one another." "She left town without saying a word." Bo yelled. "I tried to talk her out of it but I couldn't." Jenn closed the front door. "I just never thought things would have gone this far. I swear Bo if I would have known he was there I would have told you." "If who was where Jenn?" Jenn placed both her hands on her mouth, she knew she said too much. "Jenn just who was Hope with?" She walks over and opens the front door. "Bo really I have to go. I'm late." "Jenn I want to know who Hope was with?" Bo stated angrily. "She was with me." Patrick said as he walked up behind Jenn startling her. "What the....." Bo yelled walking towards her. "Now guys I just had the carpets cleaned." Jenn yelled stepping between the two of them. "What were you doing with my wife? If you kidnapped her Lunkhead I swear I'll kill you." "Why don't you ask your ex-wife what the two of us were doing while you were making a new home with your other ex-wife and long lost daughter." Bo looked like he wanted to kill him and it took everything for Jenn to hold him back. "Oh that's right." Patrick stated smugly. "Hope's to sophisticated for that.....she'd never kiss and tell." "Okay Patrick it's time for you to go now." Jenn quickly stated as she literally pushed him out the door. "My wife and Lunkhead?" Was all Bo could say in disbelief. "Jenn you don't think the two of them.........?" "Bo I think you need to go find Hope and talk to her about this." Jenn stated as Bo hit the back of his head against the wall. "How could she do this to us? I'd never cheat on her.......She's the love of my life, the reason I get up in the morning, the only reason I pulled myself together after Zack died and she ran out on me....and for what Jenn? So she could be suckered in by the likes of that jerk." Jenn couldn't think of what to say to him, she knew things were about to get worse. The only thing that saved the moment was the fact that Patrick apparently didn't know Hope thought she was pregnant ..........and with his child. |