Being with Michael: Part 1 (Book Two)

Chapter Sixty Nine

We pull up the driveway and see a black Lincoln sedan sitting in front of the house.

Paige looks skeptically at the car. "Who's that?"

Javon shrugs, "I dunno."

They park behind the Lincoln and walk up to the door. Paige opens the door and walks in just to bump into someone leaving.

He grabs her arm to steady her. "Oh, sorry about that."

Paige looks up to a smiling, apologetic face.

He holds out his right hand. "I'm Dr. Murray."

Paige shakes his hand. "Paige... um, Jackson."

He grins, "I figured. Well, I must say I can see why Mr. Jackson would marry you."

Paige tries not to flush. "If you don't mind me asking, why are you here?"

"Oh," he shuffles uncomfortably. "I'm the family doctor. Mr. Jackson was having trouble sleeping, so I gave him some medicine that will help him sleep and get all that exhaustion away."

"Oh..." Paige bites her lip. "Well, do I need to pay you?"

He laughs at that. "No, it will get wired over to my account."

There's an awkward pause. "Well, I better get going."

"Okay," Paige steps aside to let him out.

She waits to hear the car drive away until she walks into the kitchen and get a glass if water.

Prince walks in, "hey."

Paige nods as a hello as she drinks her water.

Prince presses his forearms and leans against the counter. "What's up?"

Paige puts the cup down. "Not much, really. I don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing."

"You're not supposed to do anything. Do whatever you feel like doing," he says.

"Okay..." Paige thinks. "I still don't know what I want to do." She laughs.

Prince smiles and then Paige says, "I'd like to remember you guys."

Prince cringes and Paige knows why. She didn't say "I wish I could remember," she said "I wish I could remember you guys."

"I'm sorry," Paige mutters.

"It's cool," Prince says. "But just so you know, you're still the same person. Everyone else can see it, you just can't."

Paige nods.

Prince adds, "You're still the badass chick on the stage and the one that saved my sister's life."

Paige's heart pulls. She feels even more guilty not being able to remember stuff like that.

Paige looks at the clock on the microwave and it's still mid afternoon. She can already feel she's exhausted from the busy day.

Michael's asleep and she doesn't want to leave the kids on their own, but she's too tired to be of any help.

"Um, do you guys mind if I head off to bed?"

"No, no," Prince says. "You're fine."

"Are you sure? I could probably figure something out for dinner for you guys."

Prince makes a shoo-ing motion, "No, go ahead."

"Okay," Paige says quietly as she steps away from the counter.

She walks down the hall and pauses right in front of her door. She stares at the closed door of Michael's room for a couple seconds before she opens her door and goes inside.

A/N

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