Money, Power, and Fame || Jonathan Toews Book 1

Chapter 7 : Not So Good News

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I lean against the wall watching Jonathan gather up his last belongings. "So where are you going any ways?" I ask. "Boston." Jonathan says.

"Why you want something back from there?" Jonathan asks. "Frankly no." I say laughing.

Jonathan smiles and grabs his bag. "Don't worry I'll bring you back something." Jonathan says kissing my cheek.

I smile and Jonathan hands me his car keys.

"Care to drop me off at the airport?" Jonathan asks. "Of course." I say.

~*~

We get to the airport and I find a parking space since Jonathan wanted me to walk him in.

"Hello boys." Jonathan says placing his bag on the car filled with the others.

They all wave and Patrick smiles at me. "Nice to see you in one piece." Patrick says eyeing me. Not in the sexual way of course.

"You act like I would hurt her." Jonathan says. "She's my family, I'm protective over my family." Patrick says.

Jonathan rolls his eyes and I grab his hand.

"Hey Alina." Corey says bringing me into a hug. "Hi." I say smiling at him. "Hey Alina think you can water my plants while I'm gone?" Patrick asks.

"Sure." I say laughing. Patrick smiles and hands me a paper with his address written on it.

"Okay ladies lets get going." Their coach says.

"Don't have too much fun while I'm gone." Jonathan says. "And think about the job offer as our photographer." He adds.

"Okay." I say going leaning up to kiss him.

Jonathan winks before joining the boys. Patrick gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek before leaving.

~*~

I get back to Jonathan's house and begin to lonely since Cody and Michelle were out.

I walk upstairs and change into something more comfortable to go to my parents house. Which was a random blouse, jeans, and one of Jonathan's hoodies.

Once I'm finished done getting dressed I walk downstairs and grab my car keys.

The drive to my parents house was quiet, and I wasn't a music person so I didn't turn on the radio.

Patrick was texting me about how annoying Jonathan was being as he talked about me on and on.

I kept on laughing, and replied with emojis due to me driving and not having enough time to type words.

I get to my parents house and ambulance crowd the place.

I run up the yellow tape and duck under. "M'am you can't do that." A police officer says."

"My parents live here. In my book of rules I can." I say running in the house where a vase is broken.

"What happened?" I asked turning to my dad. My dad stays quiet next to my mom who is on a stretcher.

"What's going on here!" I yell. "Your mother is on stage two cancer." A paramedic says. I stare at them blankly and my dad grabs onto my hand.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I ask. "Well Alina your never around what difference would it make!" He yells.

"She's my mom! Of course I would come and visit her! Are you insane? Do you have problem with your thinking? Because if my husband had cancer and I had kids I would tell them." I say grabbing my hand from him.

"You don't know how it feels to have the love of your life slowly dying." He says. "Ya well you don't know the feeling of your parents not telling you that your mom has cancer. How about that." I say climbing into the ambulance with my mom and leaving him outside.

~*~

We get to the hospital and Christine and Mark are there. "When did you find out?" I ask. "About what?" Christine asks. "Moms cancer?" I ask.

"We found out last week." Mark says. "Ya well I found out today." I say.

"What? They didn't tell you?" Christine asks. "No!" I say. "Oh babe come here." Christine says pulling me into a hug.

"What happened?" Sam asks. "Mom fainted." Christine says. Sam frowns and hugs us.

"Whose the girl?" I ask. Sam turns and smiles. "That's my girlfriend April." Sam says smiling proud.

"You sure, she looks like a model while you, you look like a mess." I say. "Shut up." Sam says.

I smile and walk up to April. "My name is Alina, I'm Sam's young sister." I say. "Nice to meet you." She says smiling.

I smile back and Christine introduces herself and Mark.

"So I heard Selena, Matthew, Jennie, and Mia are coming to the wedding." Sam says. "For real? I miss them crazy." I say.

"Ya they were all nice." Christine says. "So what do they do now?" She asks.

"Um Selena is a model, Matthew is a CEO of his dad's company, Jennie is an accountant, and Mia is a pilot." I say.

"Mia? She's a pilot? Wow." Sam says. "I know, but hey never doubt people." I say.

Sam nods and we all sit down to wait for any news about my mom.