Allen, Juanita and Darla were in the car, on their way to the airport. As Allen drove, he was always looking behind, through the rearview mirror, to be sure no one was following them. They got to the airport and Allen brought out their bags, taking them into the airport. He found a sit, told Juanita and Darla to sit while he go pay for their tickets. "Sit tight, I'll be back in a second" he said to them. Allen walked to the ticketing stands, paid for their tickets and was back in few minutes. As he was walking to where he left them, he couldn't see Juanita and Darla. He ran to where he left them as fear gripped his body. "Oh my God, oh no! Oh God, where are they" he said, under his breath. He walked to people, who were seated beside Juanita and Darla. He asked them if they had seen a woman and a child of about ten year old leave here. The other passengers didn't know where they went, so they just shrugged, and some shook her head. Allen put both hands on his head. He was becoming

The doctor was seated, raised her eyes to Look at Samantha. "Please have a seat, miss Samantha it doesn't work that way. We need to carry out various tests, to determine whether your father can withstand.....; "I know all of that doctor, I know all of this, but it's just so unfair. My dad is the most selfless man I have ever known. Why did this have to happen to him. Why does it have to be him, why!! Samantha said, falling back to her seat. Samantha looked at the doctor as she explained things to her. She was now fully back to herself and listened to the doctor, word for word. After the doctor had explained things to her, she walked out of the doctor's office. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Samantha Walked out to see her mother, reading a book to her father. She couldn't take the pain and sadness anymore. Her heart felt so heavy in her chest. She turned and ran to the hospital's toilet. She sat on the toilet seat cover and cried. Samantha didn't know what pain and sadness was, until now. She c

"Samantha I said, you will regret this. You will regret calling me a cricket. You will regret calling the father of my child a stray dog. I will show you who owns him" Rose said, still hiding behind Kay.Kay didn't say a word. He stood there like a frozen sculpture, just looking at Samantha. They both watched Samantha, with confusion in their eyes. This wasn't really the Samantha they knew. She has changed. Samantha looked at them both, scoffed and left.~~~~~~~~~~~~~As Samantha walked to her parents, she smiled at them. She was happy within herself. She didn't know what came over her, as she challenged Kay and Rose. She had forgotten about the bad news she received about her father as she confronted them , but as she walked to her parents, her smile began to fade. She was walking back to reality. She was walking back to the fact that her father still had a brain tumour and it wasn't going away. Samantha had to put a smile on her face. She didn't want her mother to notice that some

"It's a 'he' mom, the dog is male and the owner must be around somewhere. Come on, let's go mom" Her mother tried to leave, but the puppy wouldn't let her. The puppy held onto her clothes with its teeth. "Sammy? can we take him? I don't think he has an owner" Samantha looked at her mother. Her mother didn't know what was coming. Her mother didn't know what she will be going through from now on. Samantha knew, that if she told her mother about her father's brain tumour, keeping puppies will be the least of her worries."Mom, you can't afford to take care of a pet right now" Her mother pet the dog for some time, then stood up. As she walked away to the car, she occasionally turned to see the puppy still staring at her. She was close to the car when she turned back, and ran to pick the puppy up. "I think we should at least take it to the animal shelter. But I will take care of it for some time"Samantha couldn't talk her mother out of not taking the puppy, so she gave up and let her

Samantha had called Kingston, and he assured her that Allen could take care of himself. Immediately she dropped the call with Kingston, Allen's call came in. Although Allen said there was nothing wrong, Samantha didn't believe him. She knew that Allen was hiding something from her, or maybe because he didn't want to add to her worries, but either way, Samantha planned to get the truth out of him, later.Samantha walked to the living room and her father was seated on his wheelchair. Now that she thought of it, she had previously asked her father to help find her elderly patient's missing son. She didn't hear from her father, and that should have made her know, that something was wrong. Her father never wasted time in helping her find people, whenever she needed him to. She stood in the living room, beating herself up..She should have known better, she should have known that something was wrong , she thought.Samantha walked to her father and sat beside him, on a couch. She eventually h