A Life Worth Needing
By Heidi H
Disclaimers-These are not my characters and I am making no money off of them
Ratings-Sam/Donna, a life can take so many unimaginable twists and turns
Sequel to A Life Worth Bearing
Donna had finally succeeded in her life. She had gone back to school and
earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and was enjoying her job as an
administrator for a top rated daycare center. It was fun to see how her work
was helping others. She thought about Bradley on a daily basis and wondered
how he was. She still had the picture that was taken minutes after his birth
on the mantel.
Then she received a call that changed her life. Sam, Laurie, and the baby were
in a horrific car accident and since she was listed as Bradley’s mother, she
had to be notified. Donna rushed to the hospital worried about her child, as
every mother would be.
Donna was informed that Laurie Seaborn was killed in the accident that she was
responsible for. Apparently Laurie had been driving while she was arguing with
Sam. She wasn’t paying attention to the road and ran head on into another car.
The driver of the other car was treated and released. Sam hit the windshield
and was being kept for observation. Bradley was in the pediatrics department
because he had injuries from where he had been thrown forward and then
restrained by the straps of his car seat. They were only keeping him for
observation. Donna didn’t know who to see first. The mother in her wanted to
see her child, but the adult in her knew that she had to go and clear it with
Sam because he still held the keys.
She pushed open the doors and saw him sitting on the bed. Donna approached him
and said hello. Sam was very surprised to see her and asked why she was there.
She explained that since she was the child’s mother, they called her. Donna
said that she only wanted to make sure that her baby was okay and then she
would leave. Sam was about to agree when the rest of the White House senior
staff came in the room. They were shocked to see her and Donna took her cue to
leave the room. Sam hadn’t said yes or no to her request and she walked down
the hall to the children’s ward. She knew where her child was and watched him
through the glass window. Bradley was up and running around the playroom. He
was oblivious to her presence. Her baby was now a two year old who looked so
much like his father. Donna was startled out of her reverie by Josh touching
her shoulder. Josh was hostile with her and showed her the door. He reminded
her of the custody agreement and warned her that if she tried anything now that
Laurie was gone and Sam was vulnerable, he would make sure that she regretted
it.
Donna couldn’t believe that they thought she would try to hurt her child or go
after Sam now that a tragedy had occurred. The only thing that she wanted was
to make sure and see for herself that her flesh and blood was okay. She slowly
walked back to her car.
Sam sat and watched Bradley sleep. It had been two years since he had last
seen Donna at the hospital. She wore a sadness on her that seemed to drag her
down. He knew that he was responsible for that sadness when he took her baby
away. Now the whole story was gonna come out and Donna was gonna be madder
than hell when she heard. Laurie had played him for a fool. He had been down
in the dumps over the divorce when she stepped in and made things better.
Laurie was the one who wanted custody of the baby because she couldn’t have
kids of her own and this was Sam’s baby too. He had only found out recently
that she had slept with the judge in family court for full custody of the baby.
When the accident happened, they had been arguing because Sam told her that he
wanted a divorce after finding out the truth. It had been Laurie behind
everything that had happened. She had always been jealous of his relationship
with Donna. Now as he watched his son sleep, he wasn’t sure where to go from
here.