A Life Worth Nothing
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 Culivating
Donna watched the judge settle into his seat before addressing the courtroom.
In that second, all of the possible scenarios that could happen ran through her
mind in warp speed. The judge began to speak and she concentrated on hearing
every word that he spoke.
She was in shock after the decision was read. Her lawyer hustled her out of
the courtroom when she was ready to come apart. He knew that this was
something those other people in the courtroom didn’t need to see.
Sam and Laurie were on the receiving ends of hugs and kisses. They had won in
an amazing way. They had received full and complete custody of Sam’s son after
he was born. The judge had ruled that Donna would have no contact with her
child because of her earlier negligance in not informing Sam of her pregnancy
and that she couldn’t be trusted with another life with her history of
irresponsibility. Sam felt a small pang of guilt that he was taking his son
away from his mother, but that pang was pushed away as everyone began to talk
about the baby. He intertwined his hand with Laurie’s and walked out of the
courtroom victorious.
Donna was sitting in a small room absorbing what had happened. A judge had
ruled that she couldn’t be a mother to her own child. Her lawyer said that
they had the right to appeal, but a new ruling might not change the decision.
She was really thinking about running now. Donna knew that her family would
support her in any decision that she made, but she didn’t want to put them
through the intense scrutiny if she did.
Donna made the decision and told her lawyer not to appeal, she would go by the
ruling that the judge had handed down. She was shocked to hear herself say the
words, but it was for the best.
As the months to her due date drew closer, Donna walked around in a haze. She
left her job and decided to use the money that she had gotten out of the
divorce. She was saving it for her child, but now that she didn’t even have
her child, she was damn sure she would burn every dime of his money up in a
blaze. Donna bought a top of the line, fully decked out Ford Mustang
Convertible and drove like a wild woman. She also took a Florida vacation for
three weeks and came back to Washington with a beautiful tan. She put some
money back to pay for a post pregnancy wardrobe that she would definitely need.
Sam and Laurie were busy decorating a room for their child in the house that
they had recently bought when they both realized that they didn’t even know the
sex of the child. It was one of the questions that they had failed to ask.
Sam picked up the phone to call Donna to ask. He was surprised when she said
no that she wasn’t telling him and that it would be a surprise for them when
the baby was born and that she had no desire to help them out.
Donna sure as hell wasn’t going to help the people who had basically stolen her
child away. She couldn’t believe that he had the nerve to call and ask. Donna
knew that she was being snarky, but she was still angry and would probably
always be angry.