The Red Road Traveled

What Happened Next

It had been a long, hard and difficult road back, but Marie Van DerVeen and her boys, made it back. A visit to Jack Kopus revealed alot, and enough to set the wheels in motion, to aid the sickly people on the mountain. Cancer, had to live with and very expensive to treat.

Junior, her eighteen year old son, shot in the abdomen, lost alot of blood, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, to be treated by Dr. Shania Tomkins, a surgeon, a very talented one. She stopped the bleeding and helped save Junior's life. Marie, herself, was spared the blood loss, and doing well, under Dr. Tompkins. She missed her son, Phillip. The truth, echoed in her brain over and over again, she had convinced herself, she was doing what was best for him, leaving him with Jack, but she knew the truth, but still could not face it. A truth, buried so deep inside her, she couldn't b eat for it, to see the light of day, any day.

Skye Van DerVeen, went ahead with her plans to impeach the currant chief. She had some tough opposition, in the form of Algonquin Chief Eli Gull. Gull was in the hospital for a week, recovering from a knife wound. Gull was no stranger to dirty tactics to achieve his goals. This Algonquin Chief was ready to kill or wound his own flesh and blood.

Marie worried of Baby Danny, he was with Skye Van DerVeen's grandmother, Ella, Mac and Marie's aunt. The old woman loved the child.
So, did the Chief. Dr. Tompkins, a light skinned, small boned woman, hair a soft auburn. Her eyes, behind her glasses were the color of the midnight sky. " Chief, you're looking fine, I checked on your son, Eli Jr., and he is fine too." "Please, Doctor, he prefers, plain, "Junior", to being called, "Eli Jr."." "So, noted, E..Junior is doing much better, so he'll be going home in about a week. " "So, we both will be going home soon." "Yes, you will, by the way, a man, named Phillip has been calling to check on you." A look of shame came over her face, ad a tear escapes her eye. "Chief, would you like me to barr him?" "No, Doctor, he's my son, my firstborn, the one,.. I left, for a cause, ..."

Jean Jenson, visited her doctor, and found some good news and some miraculous news. Jean Jenson was nine weeks pregnant. A surprise to the whole family. Sylvia Baker' s sister Anne Talbott, whose hu sband was a lawyer, brought his partner's children to Laypole. Preston and Patrice, Preston set his eyes on Rachel, to Sylvia's delight. Rachel, only had eyes for Junior.

Preston Beauchot, a small slender man, with golden blond locks and the face of a weasel. His sister, Patrice had eyes for Harold. Her dreams of loving that man. Jean being pregnant, could change everything in her favor. Sylvia tried to prevent Rachel from visiting Junior. Preston pretended to aid her, only to set her up. Patrice was all in for that, once baby brother returned the favor.