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Feb 19, 2007 2:56:13 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 19, 2007 2:56:13 GMT 10
CHAPTER 8
ONE NIGHT JOHN CARTER
John looked at the clock, he realized it was only 9:00pm. He pulled his book out his suitcase, and proceeded to try and read some before he turned in for the night. He read a couple of chapters, and set the book down. Thoughts of the stabbing, surgery, and his Gamma filled his head. He could not believe he did the things, they were accusing him of. He needed the pain killers, and the doctor had refused to prescribe him anymore. He thought he was doing the right thing, by going to the hospital, and getting him some medicine. He thought he could get away with it, if only the nurse had not caught him.
John lays down, and tries to fall asleep. He turns over in the bed, and feels as if something is hurting him. He pulls the call light, a voice comes over the intercom. "Yes can I help you?" Yes, this John Carter, and I need something for pain." replies Carter. A few minutes later a nurse knocks on his door. "Here you go sir." "What is this?" Carter wants to know. "It is Tylenol." the nurse tells him. "I wanted something a little stronger than Tylenol"Carter tells the nurse. "Sorry sir, but I cannot get you anything stronger." the nurse tells him.
Carter paces around the room, he looks at the Tylenol, and then again at the nurse. "I want something a little STRONGER." yells Carter. The nurse tries to get Carter to calm down, but he is not listening to her. He picks up the chair that is sitting in the corner, and throws it across his room. The nurse steps out in the hallway, and calls for some help. "We have an angry young man, down on yellow wing." A few minutes later Jerry comes to the wing. "Ok I can handle it from here." he tells the nurse. The nurse leaves, and Jerry enters Carters room.
"Hey what is going on?" Jerry asks Carter. The damn nurse won't give me anything stronger than Tylenol for my pain." Carter yells at Jerry. "Yes, that is right. The nurse is only allowed to give out Tylenol, to all of the residents here." Jerry tells Carter. "I am in a lot of pain." Carter tells Jerry. Jerry asks Carter a very serious question. "Are you really in pain, or do you think you are in pain?" Carter sits and thinks about it for a while. Finally he has decided, that he is not in that much pain. Carter picks up the Tylenol that had been sitting on a table. He grabs a glass of water and takes the pill. "Ok there, I took the damn pill, happy." Carter responds sarcastically. "Ok good." replies Jerry. Jerry tells Carter to pick up his book and chair, and to try and get some sleep.
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Feb 19, 2007 17:40:29 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 19, 2007 17:40:29 GMT 10
CHAPTER 9
THE PAST WILL COME TO HAUNT YOU. LUKA
Luka gets done with his meal. He stands up, excuses himself from the table, and heads back to his room. When he gets there, he lays down on his bed, and stares at the ceiling. A while later he gets up, and gets his I-Pod out of his bag. He puts in his ear piece, lays back down again, and soon falls asleep. A couple of hours later. Luka is awaken by the feeling, as if somebody is in his room. He opens his eyes, and sees that a woman is standing by the foot of bed. "Abby?" he asks the woman. "Who is Abby?" the woman asks him. "Who are you?" Luka asks, now getting scared. "Have you forgot me already Luka?" the voice asks him.
Luka steps back from the bed. "No it can't be, your dead. You died in the war." Luka tells the woman. You can't be my dead wife Danijela". "Why Luka have you forgotten me, and the children already." Danijela asks him. Luka paces around the room, he wants this nightmare to go away. "You can't be real, I saw you die, I held you in my arms, when you died." Luka keeps talking to the figure he thinks is there. While he is talking to himself in his room, a couple of the residents walk by his room. They notice that he pacing the floor, and waving his hands fiercely. They look at each other, and are not sure if they need to go and get some help, or just walk away.
Luka is in the room, pacing more and more fiercely. He keeps talking with the woman who is not there. "How could you forgot about me and the children?" The voice keeps asking him. Luka has finally found a corner, he slides down the wall, crying. "I didn't forgot you or the children. You were dead, there was no more I could have done." Luka says as he sobs into knees. "Oh God I wish I could have saved you and the children, I wish this everyday." Luka keeps saying over and over again. When Luka looks up again he notices that the figure is gone. He wipes the sweat away from his forehead. "Wow that was one heck of a nightmare." Luka tells himself. He goes over and lays back down on his bed.
Luka has finally fallen asleep. Again he is awaken by sounds in his room, it sounds like children playing in his room. He looks around the room, and notices two children playing on the floor, they are dressed in white. "Hey what are two doing in here, you don't belong here." Luka yells at them. The little girl looks up. "Our tata would have never yelled at us." The little girls tells the little boy sitting on the floor. Luka realizes that this is another trick his mind is playing. He realizes the two images are that of his two children, Jasna and Marko.
Jasna and Marko start to go towards Luka. "No you are not real, just like your mother, you were taken from my life." Luka keeps teling the figures. "Why doesn't tata love us anymore?" Marko wants to know. "I loved both of you very much, and your mother to. When the war broke out, I tried to get home right away, to make sure you were alright, and to try and get you to djed's house for safety." Luka tells the two children dressed in white. "When I got home, the house had already been bombed. I stumbled through the rubble, yelling out your names. I first noticed Marko laying underneath his crib, he had been crushed from a wall falling on him. Then I heard your mothers voice calling out, telling me to go and save you children first. I tried to save all three of you, but I had no luck. I am so sorry, I wish I could make you all well again." Luka says as he lays on the floor shaking.
When Luka looks up the images are gone. Luka continues to lay on the floor for the rest of the night, shaking and crying to himself. Wondering if he could have done anything different to save his family. Could he have taken a different route home, or maybe he should have taken his family to work with him that day. That is what Marko wanted to do that day. Luka finally falls asleep laying on the cold hard floor.
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Feb 19, 2007 20:53:19 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 19, 2007 20:53:19 GMT 10
Great Update!!!!
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Feb 20, 2007 3:18:41 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 20, 2007 3:18:41 GMT 10
CHAPTER 10
ONE HELL OF A NIGHT.
The next morning Luka, Carter, and Morris walk into the dining area. They spot Abby sitting at a table. "Hey good morning." Abby tells them. "Yeah good morning." All three of them reply back. "Looks like everybody had a rough night?" Abby asks them. Morris proceeds to tell everybody that he was not sure what kind of pill that they were given, but he did not like it when bit. "It made me do things that I have never done before." Morris tells everybody. Luka looks at everybody. "Yeah made me see images of my dead wife." Luka tells everybody.
Abby looks at Luka. "I didn't know you were married?" "Yeah I was married for three years to a woman named Danijela, we had two kids together, Jasna and Marko." Luka tells the group. "Oh did you get a divorce from your wife, and she has the children?" asks Morris. "No all three were killed in Serbian-Croatian War. I came home and my house had been bombed. It was to late, to late to save them." Luka tells everybody as he wipes away a tear. "Oh gosh I am so sorry." Abby tells him. Abby gets up from her spot, goes over and gives Luka a hug.
Meanwhile... Sam wakes up from a deep sleep, grabs her clothes, goes down to the shower area, and takes her shower. When she is finished she comes back to her room. There is a knock on the door. "Sam, are you decent?" the voice asks. "Yes come in." replies Sam. The door opens and Elizabeth comes stepping in. "Hello Sam, it is time for your morining weight in. All residents get weighed daily." Elizabeth tells her. "Ok," replies Sam. Sam and Elizabeth walk to the scales. "Ok step up," Elizabeth tells Sam. Sam closes her eyes. "You have gained one pound." Elizabeth tells Sam. Sam gets excited, "hopefully I can gain the weight, and be able to go home to be with my son Alex." Sam tells Elizabeth.
When Sam is done with her morning weigh in. She grabs her daily caloric intake chart, and heads for the dining area. She sees two of the ladies from her dorm. Nicole and Christa are sitting at the table. Sam grabs her breakfast, and joins the two ladies at the table. It looks like Christa has been crying. "Hi what's wrong with Christa?" Sam asks. "She has lost a pound." Nicole tells Sam. Sam goes over and gives Christa a hug. "What did you eat yesterday?" Sam asks. Christa tells Sam, "that she ate a piece of toast for breakfast, a salad for lunch, and for dinner she did not eat dinner." Sam tells Christa that she will help her to gain weight." Christa tells Sam thanks.
After breakfast ends. Carter looks at the clock, well looks like we have a hour before our first counseling session. Abby asks Luka "if he would like to go and take a walk around the building?" "Sure," replies Luka. Luka and Abby leave the dining area together. They walk around the building, Luka tells Abby of his life in Croatia, and losing his family, coming to America, and getting hooked on Meth. Abby tells Luka about her marriage to Richard, having her daughter Lisa, the divorce, losing control of her drinking, and losing her daughter Lisa. Luka looks at his watch. "Oh wow, this time has really flown by. It is time to go to our counseling session." Luka tells Abby. Abby and Luka walk into the room hand in hand.
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Feb 20, 2007 6:19:05 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 20, 2007 6:19:05 GMT 10
Great Update!!!
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Feb 20, 2007 22:04:15 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 20, 2007 22:04:15 GMT 10
CHAPTER 11
MEETING CHARLIE
Abby and Luka walk in the room, they are holding hands. In the room are seven chairs in a circle. Abby notices Carter and Morris sitting in the chairs. "Well it looks like you two have become quite buddy, buddy." Morris says sarcastically. "Yeah, and so what if we have," Abby responds back. Morris stands up. A middle aged man with balding hair enters the room. "Alright sit, down." the man tells Morris. "My name is Robert Romano, I am the counselor here for this group. Well looks like four of you can show up on time." says Robert. Carter looks at Romano, and asks, "Who are waiting for?" Romano looks at his watch, a couple of minutes tick by. Romano gets up off of his seat, and goes to the door. He is about ready to close the door, when two men walk through. "Glad you two could join us today." Romano tells the two men.
"Alright we will get started." Romano tells everybody. "First we are going to go around the room, and introduce ourselves, and why we are here. We will start to the left." says Romano. "Hi my name is Ray, and I am addict to speed," the first man says. "Hi my name is Charlie, they just call me Crazy Charlie." I am addicted to alcohol, crank, anything I can get my hands on." says the man sitting next to Ray. "Hi my name is Archie, but everybody calls me Morris, I am addicted to Coke." Morris tells everybody. "Hi my name is John, and I have an addiction to pain pills." says John. Hi, my name is Abby, and I have a problem with alcohol." replies Abby. "Hi my name is Luka, and I have a problem with Meth." Luka tells everybody. "Well you all know who I am," Romano tells everybody.
Romano looks at everybody sitting in their chairs. "Today we are going to talk about what brought us to this place, did you come on your own, or were you court ordered to come?" Everybody looks at everybody else. One by one everybody talks about their addictions, and why they came to the treatment center. Before the session is about ready to end. The door opens, and in steps five other men, and one other woman. "Ok, you are wondering who these people are? Well they have been assigned to you as your mentors. You will meet with your mentors twice a day, failure to meet with them, will cause you to lose demerit points." Romano tells the group.
Romano divides the group up among their mentors. "Ok we will meet back here at 7:00pm." Romano tells the group. Everybody steps out of the room. Each goes with their mentors. They talk with each of them. Learning why each of them is there. At lunch time everybody sits together. When they are done eating. Abby heads back to her room, to write a letter to her daughter, Luka goes out to the garden to meditate, Morris returns to his room, he is going to do some reading. Carter heads for the phone.
Later that evening everybody returns to their next counseling session. "Hello everybody, welcome back." Romano tells the group. "How did things go with your mentors?" Abby tells everybody that her Haleah talked about what mattered to each of them, and that was their children." Morris tells everbody that him and his mentor Mark, talked about that there is more to life than drugs. Everybody talks about their mentors,and what is most important in life. Romano looks at his watch. "Time has been flying, it is almost 10:00pm." Romano tells everybody. The group leaves the room. Luka walks Abby back to her room. "Well I had better get going, I will pick you up in the morning." Luka tells Abby. "Ok," Abby tells Luka. She leans over and gives Luka a kiss. ____________________________________________________ Sorry this chapter is not very good. I was tired when I wrote it. Next chapter should be better.
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Feb 20, 2007 23:02:15 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 20, 2007 23:02:15 GMT 10
Great Update!!!
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Feb 21, 2007 17:21:56 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 21, 2007 17:21:56 GMT 10
CHAPTER 12
OUT OF DETOX
A week has passed. Morris, Carter, Abby, and Luka have completed detoxing, and are ready to return to a regular dorm setting. They will still have counseling sessions, and risk management classes. Haleah has agreed to have Abby as her roommate, since her roommate has graduated from rehab. All four get their stuff together, and prepare to leave the detox center. They all say thank you to the staff there, and with Luka and Abby leading the way, walk through the doors. They make their way across the little garden, and enter the doors, they first entered a week ago.
"Hello and welcome back," Susan tells them, as they come to the front desk. "Glad to be back," replies Morris. Susan gives them their room assignements. As they are walking down the hall. Haleah spots Abby. "Hello and welcome back roomy." Haleah tells Abby. Before she leaves with Haleah, Abby gives Luka a kiss. "I will see you later, for dinner." Abby tells Luka. "Ok, I love you." Luka replies back. "Looks like somebody has fallen in love here?" Haleah asks Abby. "Yeah, I think I have." replies Abby. Both ladies walk off towards their room. Meanwhile Morris finds his room, and knocks on the door. "Hello my name is Archie Morris, and you are?" Morris asks the man sitting on the bed. "Oh hi, my name is Dustin Crenshaw." replies the man. "First thing is first, I was in this room first, and I hate for people to mess with my things. Got It." Crenshaw tells Morris. "You don't need to get your underwear in a bunch." Morris tells Crenshaw. Morris goes over and lays down on his bed.
Luka walks towards his room, wondering if he even deserves somebody as special as Abby. Luka comes to the door, and hears loud music being played from inside. He knocks on the door. A young black man opens the door. "Hello you must be Luka Kovac? My name is Gregory Pratt, glad to meet you." replies Pratt. "Glad to meet you also." Luka tells him. Luka goes and sits down on the bed, and pulls out a picture of his wife and children, he then pulls his rosary out of it's bag, and places it on the table next to his bible. "I didn't see you in the detox center." Luka asks Pratt. "I am here for another reason. I was arrested for sleeping with a 16 year old girl. I spent six years in prison, now I have to be here to complete sex offender treatment, and to make matters worse, she also became pregnant. I have to also pay child support, for a baby I will never see." Pratt tells Luka. Luka looks at Pratt, and feels sorry for guy. "It must be hard, not to see the baby you know is out there." Luka says to himself.
Carter sticks around the lobby area for awhile. He is not quite ready to head to his new room yet. As he is reading a book, he notices Sam sitting by the window, reading a book. He walks over to her. "Hello there again," Carter tells Sam. Sam looks up from her book. "Oh hi John, glad to see back over here, has the others made it back.?" Sam asks Carter. "Yes they have, and they have gone to their rooms already." Carter tells her. They sit by the window and talk for a good couple of hours. "Well look at the time, I think I had better get going." Sam tells Carter. "Can we meet again, maybe at dinner tonight?" asks Carter. "Sounds good to me." Sam replies back. Carter stands there and watchs Sam walk off.
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Feb 22, 2007 1:59:12 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 22, 2007 1:59:12 GMT 10
Great Update!!!
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Feb 22, 2007 6:41:41 GMT 10
Post by Bah on Feb 22, 2007 6:41:41 GMT 10
great update
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Feb 22, 2007 20:06:36 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 22, 2007 20:06:36 GMT 10
CHAPTER 13
THE VISITORS
Carter finally meets his roommate. A young man named Michael Gallant. He was serving in Iraq. He came home on leave and went to a party. He was caught in a drug raid. The judge ordered him to come to Peaceful Rivers. Carter goes and picks Sam up for dinner. He knocks on her door. A young lady answers the door. "What do we have here?" The young lady asks. Sam steps around her. "I have it from here, Nicole." Sam tells the young lady. "Are you ready for dinner?" Carter asks Sam. "Yeah let's go," replies Sam. Sam and Carter have a nice dinner together. After dinner they go to the garden. Sam tells Carter of her 13 year old son Alex. She tells Carter that Alex is coming for a visit tomorrow." Cater tells Sam, "that he is excited about meeting Alex." Sam gives Carter a kiss, and tells him that she is going to turn in early. Carter tells her "good night."
Abby and Luka have decided to watch a movie in the rec room. Abby is laying in Luka's lap. While the movie is playing, Abby tells Luka that her 12 year old daughter Lisa is going to come for a visit. Luka tells Abby, "that he is looking forward to meeting Lisa." Abby continues to watch the movie, while Luka rubs her neck. When the movie ends, Luka walks Abby back to her room. He gives her a long slow kiss. "Good night," he tells Abby.
The next day, after breakfast and counseling sessions. Abby and Luka walk to the commons area. When they get there, Abby notices that Maggie not Richard is there with Lisa. "Where is Richard?" Abby demands to know. Maggie tells her that Richard had dropped Lisa off three weeks ago, and has not returned." That SOB," Abby tells Maggie. She goes over to Lisa, "You are looking good." Abby tells Lisa. "You look good also mom." Lisa tells her mom. "I would like for you both to meet my new friend, this here is Luka Kovac." Abby tells Lisa and Maggie. "Glad to meet you both, Abby has told me all about you." Luka tells the ladies. "You are sure cute." Lisa tells Luka. Luka starts to laugh. "Just like your mother." Abby, Luka, Maggie, and Lisa walk to the dining area to have lunch.
Sam and Carter walk to the commons area. Sam sees Gracie and Alex standing by the fireplace. She runs up, and gives Alex a hug. "Hi mom, you are looking better." Alex tells his mother. "You are looking so much better," Gracie tells Sam. Sam tells Alex and Gracie, "that she would like for them to meet a friend of hers." "This is John Carter." Sam tells them. "Glad to meet you." Carter tells both Alex and Gracie. "Would you mind if I ask what you do for a living?" Gracie wants to know. Carter tells her that he is a doctor." "Don't let this one get away Sammy?" Gracie tells her. "Oh grandma." replies Sam. Carter, Sam, Gracie, and Alex go to the dining area to have lunch. When they enter, they notice Abby, Luka, and Abby's guest sitting at a table. "Who is that cute girl?" Alex wants to know. Sam looks at Alex, "Well why don't you go over an introduce yourself." Sam tells Alex. Alex walks over to the table. "Hello my name is Alex Taggart." he tells the young lady sitting at the table. "Hello my name is Lisa Lockheart," replies the young lady.
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Feb 22, 2007 20:31:22 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 22, 2007 20:31:22 GMT 10
Great Update!!!!
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Feb 23, 2007 2:55:07 GMT 10
Post by Bah on Feb 23, 2007 2:55:07 GMT 10
great update.
Carter and Sam together. sounds great;
update soon!
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Feb 23, 2007 6:45:36 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 23, 2007 6:45:36 GMT 10
CHAPTER 14
SAYING GOOD BYE.
Luka invites Sam, Carter, and her family to join them at lunch time. "Looks like the kids are getting along well." replies Carter. Everybody has a great lunch. After lunch time. Alex and Lisa are talking. They are talking about school. "What school do you attend? Alex asks Lisa. "I go to Franklin Junior High, I am in the 7th grade this year." Lisa tells Alex. "I go to the same junior high school, and I have not seen you around." Alex tells Lisa. Lisa tells him, that she is in honors classes, and is not in the regular part of the building all day. "Looks like they are really hitting it off." replies Luka. The day goes well. Before everybody knows it. It is time to say good bye to their families. "We will be back in a couple of weeks." Maggie tells Abby. "Give a message to Richard for me. Tell him that he now has a fight on his hands, when I get out of here." Abby tells Maggie. Abby gives both Lisa and Maggie a hug, and tells Alex and Gracie goodbye. Tears roll down Abby's face as her mother and daughter walk out of the building. Luka asks Abby, "if she is ok?" "Yeah I will be fine." Abby tells Luka. Sam gives Alex and Gracie a hug. "You be good, and try to stay out of trouble?" Sam tells Alex. "Ok mom I will." Alex replies. Sam and Carter walk them to the door, and wave good bye as they walk off down the path. Sam tells Carter "that she needs to get going to her counseling session. "Ok,"replies Carter.
Later on that evening while Luka and Pratt are talking, they hear a knock on the door. Luka goes to answer it. "Hello can I help you?" Luka asks the two police officers standing at his door. "Are you Greg Pratt?" the officer asks Luka. "No I am Luka Kovac." replies Luka. Pratt comes to the door. "Can I help you, I am Greg Pratt?" Pratt tells the two officers. "Greg Pratt you are under arrest," the officer tells Greg. "What for?" replies Pratt. You have violated the conditions of your parole. You need to come with us." The officers lead Pratt out, while Luka looks on.
At dinner that evening. Luka is talking with Abby, when Morris walks in. "Hey did you hear what happened today?" Morris asks Abby and Luka. "No, what happened?" replies Abby sarcastically. Morris shoots Abby a dirty look. "What is her problem?" Morris wants to know. "She is ticked off at her ex husband, he has managed to dump their daughter off, with Abby's mother, and then he disappears." Luka tells Morris. "Oh I am sorry." Morris tells Abby. "No problem, I shouldn't have jumped you the way I did." Abby tells Morris. They finish up dinner, and head for their evening counseling session. Things go well at counseling. Afterwards, Abby heads out to the garden. "Luka finds her there, and takes her into his strong arms. Abby has a good cry on his shoulder.
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Feb 23, 2007 7:17:00 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 23, 2007 7:17:00 GMT 10
Great Update!!!
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