| � Fine if that�s the way you feel then fine. Besides I don�t know if I could ever be with a man who doesn�t trust me.� Michaela had tears in her eyes and when she looked at Sully she saw tears were beginning to form in his.
�Fine then we�re agreed, the wedding is off.� Sully stormed out of the room and collapsed on the floor outside. His tears were flowing freely and unchecked. He didn�t care who saw him. Michaela was also sobbing into her hands. How could she have ever thought this was the only way to protect Sully from any more pain? All she�d done was make him hurt again, and now she ran the risk of losing him forever. Chapter 28 Josef and Elizabeth had just returned to the hospital, and they were on their way to Michaela�s room when they spotted Sully. Josef immediately knew what was wrong he leaned to Elizabeth and whispered for her to go in and see if Michaela was alright while he talked with Sully. Elizabeth left Josef�s side and did as he asked. Josef took a deep breath and started to make his way towards Sully. Elizabeth opened the door to Michaela�s room and saw she had buried her face in her hands, and could hear her sobbing. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. �Michaela?� Michaela didn�t respond she kept her face in her hands. �Michaela, tell me what happened.� Elizabeth sat in the chair by her bed and cradled Michaela in her chest. Michaela began to calm down as Elizabeth rocked her gently. �Hush now�calm down and tell me what�s wrong.� Josef was outside trying to get Sully to talk, but he wasn�t having much luck. He wanted to tell Sully he knew everything and the reason why Michaela had done what she did, but he knew it wasn�t up to him. �Tell me what happened son.� Josef sat on the floor next to Sully and put a hand on her shoulder. Elizabeth was still cradling Michaela who had now calmed down and had started telling her side of the story. �Oh mother! What have I done? When you told me how much pain I caused him I knew I had to do something to make sure I never caused him any more pain. I had a plan worked out and everything but I didn�t have to use it because he saw Hank give me a friendly peck. Then he told me that he didn�t believe we were just friends. One thing let to another and he called the wedding off.� �Oh Michaela.� Elizabeth couldn�t help but feel guilty. After all if she hadn�t told Michaela what she saw or heard none of this would have happened. Josef had made no progress with Sully. He couldn�t get him to talk about what had happened. He tried again and again until Sully finally got up and wiped his hand over his face. Josef thought he was finally going to talk about what had happened but instead all he got was a, �I have to go back to work now.� Elizabeth had finally gotten Michaela to calm down and had gotten her to get some rest. As soon as Michaela was sound asleep she left the room to go find Josef. She didn�t have to go far because Josef was just outside the door. �How did it go?� �Oh Josef, they called the wedding off. I feel responsible, if I hadn�t told Michaela how much pain Sully had been in.� Josef grabbed her shoulders. �Elizabeth it�s not your fault. You didn�t know she would react like this.� After a week in the hospital Michaela was free to go home. She hadn�t seen Sully at all since the day they called the wedding off, but that didn�t mean she hadn�t thought about him. She was glad to get back to work though. She figured the busier she was the easier it would be to forget about Sully. Sully had also buried himself in his work. He had finished Michaela�s surprise in record time. When he had finally finished it he looked at it and instantly thought of her. Everything seemed to remind him of Michaela, especially the sweet scent of roses. Every time the smell filled his nostrils he�d get transported to their special place in the woods. Josef and Elizabeth had never seen their daughter so miserable. She never wanted to do anything but stay home or pick up some extra shifts at the hospital. The sparkle that had been in her eyes was gone. They knew they had to do something, but also knew they were going to need help. |