Chapter 7
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Mac waited about 45 minutes before waking up Sam. When the clock struck seven he walked over to the couch and placed his hand on her shoulder. Then he gently moved her and said, “Hey Sam, you need to wake up. There’s a couple of people coming over to see you.”
Sam’s eyes slowly opened as she said, “Who?”
Mac smiled and said, “Danny and Lindsay.”
Sam’s eyes shot open as she said, “When!”
Mac backed off a little as he said, “They’ll probably be here in about fifteen minutes, maybe sooner.”
Sam came up into a sitting position as she said glaring at Mac, “Why are you letting them come Uncle Mac?”
Mac looked confused, then he said, “Huh, I invited them, I thought you might like to spend some time with Danny.”
Sam’s eyes blinked, then she stood up. She started her way down the hall as she said, “Do you have a hair brush? A toothbrush? Make up?!!”
She was in a panic, Mac then shook his head to the side with a smile as he said, “We’ll have to go shopping tomorrow, but for now there is an extra toothbrush bottom drawer, my hair brush is on the cabinet, and…… The middle drawer should have some of my wives things in it, you can use whatever you like.”
Sam turned back around to face Mac, then she lowered her head as she said normally, “Are you sure?”
Mac nodded and said, “Yea, I’d rather you use them then anyone else anyway.”
Sam nodded and then went into the bathroom.
Mac sat down at the table and five minutes later his doorbell rang. He stood back up and walked toward it as he yelled, “Hey Sam, they’re here!”
Sam moaned then Mac answered the door.
“Hey Danny, Lindsay, thanks for coming……… What all did you guys bring? Mac asked shocked by the bags of stuff in their hands.
Lindsay smiled and said, “Danny picked up some things for dinner, and I picked some things up for Sam. Like welcoming gifts for her.”
Danny and Lindsay walked in, then Mac lowered his voice and said, “I’m not sure how long she’s going to be here actually.”
“What are you talking about Mac, you’re the closes family she has.” Danny said.
“I know Danny, but there’s going to be a hearing in two weeks. I won’t know anything until then, just that Sam will be staying with me between now and then.”
Mac took the bag of food from Danny and sat it on the table, he started looking in it as he said, “You know you two, it’s not very kosher to bring dinner to your boss.”
Lindsay laughed as Danny said, “Well, don’t eat any of it then. We brought it for Sam anyway.”
Mac gave Danny one of his looks again, and then they heard a door close from down the hall. Lindsay looked down it and saw Sam making her way toward them.
Lindsay smiled as did Sam, then Lindsay said, “Hey Sam, how are you feeling?”
Sam shrugged her shoulders as Mac and Danny looked at her too, then she said, “I’m alright…. Thanks for coming.”
Danny and Lindsay nodded. Then Mac smiled and said, “You look really nice.”
Sam glanced over at Mac and gave him a glare, then Danny giggled and went to sit down on the couch. Lindsay helped Mac fix up the food, and Sam went and sat by Danny.
He looked at her and smiled as he said, “So, what do you have in mind for tomorrow?”
Sam looked down as she said, “I’m not really sure Mr. Messer, I don’t really know the arrangements yet…….”
Danny just nodded, he didn’t know what else he should say.
A few seconds past, then Sam tapped Danny’s arm and when he looked at her she said very softly, “What’s going to happen to my dad?”
Danny blinked, then Mac walked around the corner. Sam wasn’t facing him so she didn’t know he was there, but Danny did. He blinked again and said through bubbles, “Well Sam, he’s going to be in jail for a long time.”
Sam nodded then she turned around. Mac gave a small grin, then he turned back around to finish helping Lindsay.
Sam and Danny sat talking for a few more minutes, then Lindsay told them both to get to the table. So they obeyed.
Sam sat at one end and Danny and Lindsay were on both sides of her, and Mac was sitting at the other end. They all started eating, and then just as Sam put a fork of food in her mouth Lindsay said, “So Mac, what do you work tomorrow?”
Mac blinked and then said, “Six to Six.”
“12 hours?” Danny asked sounding shocked.
“Yea Danny, why do you seemed so amazed, I’ve worked several 12 hour days before.”
“I know, but it’s just what about Sam, she shouldn’t stay by herself, we don‘t know who else might be working with or for her no good father.”
Lindsay kicked under the table and hit Danny’s shin. Danny yelped with pain and Sam dropped her drink…… It ended up falling right on Danny’s lap. He yelled again from the coldness touching his skin, then he stood up with a jolt.
“What in the hell did you kick me for!” Danny asked.
Lindsay just glared at Danny, then Danny said, “I just thought with everything that has been going on that she probably doesn’t need to stay alone, especially with all of the injuries that she has because her damned father.”
Sam looked down, then she pushed herself away from the table and walked out of the room. She went down the hall to Mac’s room. She walked in and slammed the door and locked it.
Mac looked over at Danny and said, “Way to go Danny.”
“Why is this my fault, he’s abused her, why is she acting like that?”
Mac closed his eyes as he said, “Because Danny, just like you said, he’s abused her.”
Danny just shook his head as he said, “I still don’t understand why she got so pissed at me.”
Lindsay just glared at Danny, then she took off down the hall to try and get Sam to come out, but she didn’t have any luck. Danny gathered his stuff and left at once. He slammed the door on the way out, and then Mac went and met Lindsay by his bedroom door.
He gently knocked on the door as he said depressed, “Sam, please come out.”
There was no answer. Mac wasn’t going to push it, so he looked at Lindsay and said, “Don’t worry, she’ll be fine. We just need to give her time. Thanks for dinner.”
Lindsay nodded, then she rubbed Mac’s arm. After that she headed home……
Mac put away the leftovers and went to sit on the couch. He reached into the table drawer next to him and pulled out a photo album. He started flipping through pictures, then on the sixth page a special picture caught his attention.
It was of him, Justin and Sam the day she was born. He couldn’t take his eyes off the photo. But something ended up making him. Just as Mac blinked he heard a gun shot, the album fell to the floor as he jumped up off of the couch. He then heard two more shots, he started running down the hall as he screamed, “Sam!!!!”
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