Chapter 40

The last week went by fast, well things went by fast. It was only hours before they got to take their son home. David spent the last hour with Dr. Ross going over paperwork, test results, homecare and follow-ups. Erica spent that time with her son just watching him, waiting for the time when she doesn’t have to look at him in here anymore. It would be soon, very soon.

David finally told Erica what had gone down between him and the lab tech. He told her his suspicions and then admitted that he went to confront her. That she confessed to doing and why. He also told her that Krystal had agreed to turn herself in. Too bad that David failed to mention all this to her before the police came to the hospital to find him and the hospital administrator and Joe. He pretty much had to ignore her until they left with his statement and a statement from the hospital admin.

After Erica had been pissed at being out of the loop, he then decided to fill her in on the past days’ happenings. Of course she was not only pissed at David but at who he told her was responsible for this. David had actually tried to plead Krystal’s case, her reasoning for doing it. He told her that it was all but the same thing that Jack did, only Jack used physical harm on him and not playing musical test results. She continued to bitch at him for taking that “psycho bitch’s” side. He tried to reason with her, that he wasn’t taking sides. That he understood why she did it and that she is sorry it happened.

But there was no reasoning with an Erica Kane scorned. She let David have it. Telling him that he might as well go help Krystal get out of it because he wouldn’t be able to be near her, not if he was intent on buying what that bitch was selling. She had even gone as low as telling him that as long as he felt bad for that monster he called an ex-wife, that his son was off limits. It was her fault this happened to their son and she would be damned if he got hurt again.

David knew that she would get like this, that she would totally hate what he knew and the fact that she found out after the fact compounded that anger. He figured he would give her some time to cool off, rethink her words. Too bad for him she didn’t care what she said to him. The rest of the week was tense. He snuck in to see DJ when Erica stepped out. He had the nurses keep it quiet and Dr. Ross told Erica that DJ needed some testing every once and a while and David slipped in. It’s not like she didn’t know he was doing it, but she just didn’t have the heart to blow it all to hell.

She knew that she didn’t want this to go on any longer and that she wanted his help bringing DJ home. She just wasn’t ready to tell him that yet. There was something she needed to do first and she had a couple hours to get it done. While Erica disappeared from the hospital David stayed with DJ, at least until she got back.

It was the day of Krystal’s hearing. The DA had made a deal with Krystal. She pled guilty to charges of bribery, falsifying documents and criminal negligence/endangerment of a child. And in return for her plea she got one year in prison and 4 years of probation afterwards. It seemed like a light punishment for her crimes but being imprisoned while her daughter was a toddler would be more than torture enough. The DA suggested to David that they sue for damages and hospital bills, but it wasn’t like they needed the money. No they wanted this all behind them, they wanted to move on and take their son home.

“You have a visitor Carey.” They guard shouted from the hall.

“Who is it this time, the Devil?” Krystal said laying on the cot in her cell as she awaited the visitor and transfer to Statesville.

“Close.” Erica said as she walked up to the cell that contained her enemy.

“Erica! Why are you here?” She asked surprised at this untimely visit.

“I am here to face the woman who almost killed my son. Did you think I would let you rot in prison before I confronted you first?” She threw at Krystal.

“Well I thought maybe you wouldn’t want to see my awful face, ever. I guess I should have known you would have needed to tell me off first.”

“David told my why you did it. And I understand it. It’s not like I have never done something because a man ruined my life, but to endanger an unborn child, I just can’t even imagine.” Erica said shaking her head at the thought.

“Like I told him, I am sorry that this all happened. I only meant for a DNA test to be switched not some random blood test. If I could do it all over again I would never do what I did.” Krystal said nearly pleading to Erica.

“The thing I don’t get is that he is actually feeling sorry for you. I guess it’s because he feels guilty this happened. Like it’s his fault you were a bitch and wanted to make him pay. I told him I didn’t like the way he defended the woman who nearly killed our son, his son. He just kept on with his ‘she didn’t mean it’ bullshit so I told him to keep away from his son. I hate that I did that and for the last week he has been sneaking in the NICU to see the baby, thinking I don’t know. It kills me to know that you are the reason for this too. Not only did we almost lose him, but now David lost him again.”

“It’s not my fault that you are being a bitch to your fiancé, soon to be husband and father of your child! He knows that if he hadn’t of slept with you that none of this would have happened. He took responsibility for being a cause, yet you play innocent in all of this. I forgave him for getting into it with the likes of you because he thinks he loves you. He hasn’t forgiven me yet and I doubt he will, but at least he is willing man up and admit his fault, that he threw away our vows for you and now for your child. And what do you do but chastise him and keep him from the one thing he loves most in this world, next to you. You call me a bitch, but you stand here self-righteous as ever doing the same thing you claim I almost did!” Krystal said shaking her head and then turned away refusing to look at her.

Erica was actually blown away by the truth that came from that baby snatching bimbo’s mouth. She even stood speechless for a minute or two while she reassessed her game plan.

“Before your little outburst just now I was going to say that I pushed for the leniency of the deal that the DA offered you but now, I wished I hadn’t. I thought, how can I punish another child by keeping her from her mother for years? That you learned your lesson and that everything turned out okay. Too bad I didn’t have this conversation with you before today. Then we would see who would be giving advice to who! Good thing you have experience with prison life, it will come in handy.” Erica sneered as she turned and walked away from Krystal. She had somewhere else to be, two men were waiting for her elsewhere.